• Question: Are there really enough reliable references out there on "perzine" that it warrants a Wikipedia article? Sharpbrood (talk) 00:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

The Harry Warner books on historic early & middle period SF Fandom I'm sure discusses Perzines (Along with most of the other flavors of Published Fandom) (Warner wrote two book-length histories of fandom, essential references in the field:[1] All Our Yesterdays (ISBN 1-886778-13-2), covering the 1940s, first published in 1969, and A Wealth of Fable (ISBN 0-9633-099-0-0), covering the 1950s, first published in 1977. The second book won the Hugo Award in 1993 for Best Related Book. "All Our Yesterdays" was also the title of a series of historical columns Warner wrote.) Also Clutes "History of Science fiction" & James Gunns "Alternate Worlds" both give Fanzines A light once or twice over. Hundreds of issues of the Pro magazines since the late 1920's would review fanzines (Sometimes in dedicated columns) & since the late fifties would define their orientation, as to whether they were FanFic, Gen-zines, or Per-zines. (Or Art-Zines Or Con-zines or... or... Eventually some fans were following their muse to publish fanzines focused on Comics- or even- *Gasp* Rock music-zines!) But I would venture to guess that in the Zine world, (Outside of the Amateur Press Associations - APA's _ that it was SF fandom who got there firstest with the mostest...

Anyway, Just sayin' ... (UTC)208.74.107.254 (talk) 04:25, 9 May 2009 (UTC)MBD208.74.107.254 (talk) 04:25, 9 May 2009 (UTC) 9:23pm, May 08 2009 71.6.81.62 (talk)