Fantasy Newsletter

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Fantasy Newsletter was a major fantasy fanzine founded by and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe.

Publication history[]

The first issue appeared in June 1978, and Allen continued publication until October 1981. It was then taken over without a break by Collins, director of the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts at Florida Atlantic University. At the beginning of 1984, it was combined with , and given a new title, Fantasy Review. At this point, it became a semi-prozine, with substantial bookstore sales, and provided the widest coverage of science fiction and fantasy books then in existence. The magazine folded with issue #103, July/August 1987, but the review section continued as well into the 1990s.

Awards[]

The magazine won the Balrog Award and the World Fantasy Award.

References[]

  • John Clute and Peter Nicholls, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, St. Martin's Press, 1993, ISBN 0-312-09618-6.
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