apazine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
APA (“amateur press association”) + zine
Noun[edit]
apazine (plural apazines)
- (fandom slang) A periodical created by a member of an amateur press association for distribution to all of its members.
- 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II[1], APA:
- Such apazines are contributed to the bundle by their publishers without charge, being considered exchanges for the other members' fanzines.
- 1977 September, Peter Pross, “The Documents in the Case (letters)”, in The Mystery Fancier[2], volume 1, number 5, page 59:
- So, the inclusion of my personal opinions in the original apazine articles was not, I think, out of place.
- 1986, Leon L. Gammell, The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, →ISBN, page 26:
- A certain knowledgeable science fiction fan whom I know from my apazine days sees in this a precursor of the Jovian sentinels in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001.
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References[edit]
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “apazine”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “apazine n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.