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Category Archives: Dad zines

In which my dad is cranky about circuses to Marion Zimmer Bradley.

It’s about to be Father’s Day. My dad died in 2008, and I miss him all the time, but especially now, when the media is incessantly suggesting things I should buy for him, and other people are talking about what … Keep reading

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Posted on June 15, 2012 in Blog, Dad zines

Dad zine excerpt: Ad Interim #2, February 1960

Tonight I started reading Jo Walton’s astonishing Among Others. I had to put it down halfway through because it was making me too sad that I wouldn’t be able to talk about it with my father. To make myself feel … Keep reading

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Posted on February 22, 2011 in Dad zines

Dad zine excerpt: Bandwagon #1, winter 1956

My dad published several science fiction fanzines in the 1950s and 60s, when he was in his twenties and thirties. From time to time, I post articles therefrom. But a significant portion of said zines is difficult to excerpt, since … Keep reading

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Posted on September 3, 2010 in Dad zines

Dad zine excerpt: “The loud and the mundane”, La Viand Rose, summer 1956

My dad was active in the sf fanzine community in the 1950s and 60s. Every so often I post excerpts from his zines. He was 26 when he wrote this. the loud and the mundane: “Had a mimeograph salesman in … Keep reading

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Posted on May 4, 2010 in Dad zines

Post-Father’s Day

So Father’s Day, for me, is a day to think about how much I miss my dad. I have lots of days like that, only rarely underscored by national celebrations, and on those days, I often read Dad’s writing. Sometimes, … Keep reading

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Posted on June 22, 2009 in Blog, Dad zines, Family

Dad zine excerpt: “The man who reads dictionaries”

This is from my father’s sf fanzine Bandwagon #4, autumn, winter 1957. Dad was 27, living in Columbus, Ohio. I’m posting it for the usual reasons, and also for Jeff: the man who reads dictionaries: After some years of struggling … Keep reading

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Posted on November 23, 2008 in Dad zines

My dad the zinester (and proto-blogger)

From time to time, I’ll be posting things my dad wrote, because I miss him, and because I think they’re worth sharing. This one, a bit of social history about amateur publishing, is from his submission to the National Amateur … Keep reading

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Posted on September 4, 2008 in Dad zines

For Father’s Day: “let us begin,” Bandwagon number eight, january 1961

Background for this post: In the late fifties and early sixties, my father Richard Ryan published fanzines as a member of FAPA, the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Members wrote about sf/f, each other’s zines, current events, and (as with all … Keep reading

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Posted on June 15, 2008 in Dad zines

Sara Ryan

I write books and comics for teens and others. I live in Portland, Oregon and work as a librarian.

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