Early fans wrote and published prolifically. In The Visual History, we excerpt and distill their work to focus on the most important, interesting and entertaining material they created. Even so, each volume has filled over 500 pages. If you’ve carried one around, you know the meaning of the term “weighty tome.”
Still, we’re frustrated by the exclusion of the full versions of key fan artifacts that provide additional richness and context. To address this, we’re developing a series of Supplements, one for each volume of The Visual History (“TVH”).
Our Supplements are offered via print-on-demand in a standard, economical 8.5×11 softcover format, produced and delivered by Lulu Press.
Supplements to The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom, Volume Two: 1940 and Volume Three: 1941 are now available. A Supplement for Volumes One is forthcoming.
The TVH Volume Two Supplement includes 139 pages of material created by fans in 1940, with full narratives presented as originally published in seldom-seen fanzines — as well as one-of-a-kind correspondence between fans recounting experiences not documented in fanzines.
Click here to order the Supplement to TVH Volume Two at Lulu Press.
The TVH Volume Three Supplement includes 168 pages of material created by fans in 1941, with full narratives presented as originally published in fanzines.
Click here to order the Supplement to TVH Volume Three at Lulu Press.
Table of contents for the Volume Two Supplement:
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