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The Fans and Fanzines

The Magazines

In Canada, as in other countries, most writers begin by publishing short stories in magazines ... usually with small circulations read by an elite of enthusiasts.

Until recently, Canadian writers depended almost exclusively on the existence of the pulp and paperback market in the United States, and to a lesser extent, Great Britain.

But small Canadian genre magazines began to emerge in the 1970s ... at present the science fiction magazine On Spec is surviving well, publishing four times per year.

The Fans and Fanzines

Most magazines in the field are fan magazines (fanzines), inexpensively produced periodicals, published by individuals with a special interest in science fiction and fantasy and occasionally including works of fiction. Among the most famous fanzines of Canadian fantastic fiction are Leslie A. Croutch's Light Canadian Fandom and New Canadian Fandom, BCSFanzine and Maple Leaf Rag.

Bibliography

On Spec

Vol. 6, issue 2, Summer 1994

Illustration: Jean-Pierre Normand.

Wild Wild West Fall 1994

© 1994 by Tim Hammell (artist) & Peter Renault (photographer).

Solaris

issue no. 103. (vol. 18, no. 2) automne 1992. issue #109. printemps 1994.

Courtesy of Solaris.

Imagine

issue #63. (vol. XIV, no. 2) mars 1993.

Courtesy of François Escalmel and Imagine.

issue #64. (vol. XIV, no. 3) juin 1993.

Courtesy of H.R. Giger and Imagine.

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