FANCYCLOPEDIA (1944) BY JACK SPEER, PUBLISHED BY FORREST J. ACKERMAN SCI-FI REFERENCE BOOK.
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8.25x10.75" volume. The Fancyclopedia, 100 pages plus covers, edited and largely written by "John Bristol," aka Jack Speer, and published by Forrest J Ackerman in 1944. It was produced in an edition of 250 copies, of which the one offered is #202 - presented to Roy Squires. Speer was a prominent SF fan, active since the early 1930s, regarded as one of the fathers of fandom and perhaps the first really important fan historian, writing Up to Now: A History of Science Fiction Fandom in 1939. He remained active his entire life until his death in 2008. In his introduction to Fancyclopedia, he wrote:"The purpose of the Fancyclopedia, not fully realized, is to define all expressions, except nonce-words, which have an esoteric meaning in fantasy fandom, and to supply other information, such as that on Esperanto, which may be needed to understand what fans say, write, and do. It should be remarked, however, that fans make many allusions to materials in prozines, fanzines, and other places, which no reference work could cover completely. Certain fields have been excluded from the scope of the Fancyclopedia because they are well taken care of elsewhere. While nicknames of fans and pet names of fan magazines are identified here, biographies have been left to the various Who's Whos of fandom, and fanzines in detail to Dr. Swisher's excellent S-F Check-list." Lt. aging/surface rubbing to high spots of textured cover stock. 1" spine split at top edge. Tan pages. Displays Fine. Rare volume.
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