Usually refers to a publication produced by speculative fiction fans, which features fan-written stories about characters from popular published stories.
A self produced magazine, mostly edited, written and illustrated by its producer. Fanzines may be on a particular subject, about things in general (GenZines) or about its producer in particular (Perzines). Laura has produced several fanzines including Tau Ceti and Apocrypha, and Laura Seabrook's Queer Stuff.
Note – not all fanzines are science fiction related, or even produced by members of the SF community. Strictly speaking, a fanzine is simply a publication produced, with no expectation of financial gain, by someone who's very enthusiastic about their particular hobby or profession i.e. for the love of it. These fanzines can be about almost anything, for example a rather interesting zine I just received from an archaeologist which is largely devoted to matters historical. Interestingly, every major zine-publishing subgroup (skateboarders, underground musicians, petrol-heads, etc.) thinks that they were the ones who invented the ‘fanzine' and that everyone else copied.
a collection of stories, poems, filks (original songs or songs adapted that relate to RoS), artwork, cartoons, etc
a homemade magazine for fans of a particular band
a magazine produced by fans
a magazine written by a fan/group of fans about some aspect of science fiction and/or science fiction fandom
an amateur magazine produced by sf fans
an amateur-produced magazine, typically with low production values and more enthusiasm than technical proficiency
an amateur publication focusing on special themes of interest to the publisher or editor usually in an experimental way
A fan club publication put out by amateurs.
Amateur publication by comic fans about comics, artists, writers or publishers.
Usually a small press magazine with a very limited run, written by amatuer writers for the amusement of other fans. Quality and prices vary. Some are novellas, some are anthologies, some are series unto themselves.
Magazines made by fans, published by fans, for fans.
An amateur fan publication.
A amateur publication by a fan, usually about a specific topic.
A fan-created "magazine," a printed (or in early days a mimeographed) collection of fan fiction, articles, and fan art. These are not as numerous or as popular as they once were, because they are expensive, and most fen are busy downloading fannish items from the Internet for free. One advantage to a fanzine is that it may have a good editor and good beta-readers, with the result that the stories will be superior to ones blithely posted on the Internet by bad spellers/bad writers. Another advantage is that you can read them in the bathtub, which Ms. Nitpicker does not recommend for Palm Pilots or laptops or PC's. Fanzines can be purchased online but it's better to pick them up at a convention, where you can see the quality before shelling out big bucks. Mediawest, a con held at Lansing, Michigan, over Memorial Day Weekend, is a big fanzine convention--well, big in the historical sense, as the actual attending membership is deliberately limited to 500 fen--and they have a website with information about attending.
A fan magazine devoted to a narrow interest. Often shortened to "zine" In the graff scene, fanzines would obviously be devoted to writing, featuring photos of pieces, etc. The first graffiti fanzine was "International Graffiti Times" started by Phase 2. Nowadays there are many fanzines such as Can Control, Skills, Crazy Kings, and many others.
A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in October 1940 by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, although self-published fanzine-like publications did not originate with science fiction fandom.