''Granfalloon'' was a
science fiction fanzine
A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day. They were one of the earliest forms of fanzine, within one of which the term "''fanzine''" wa ...
published by Linda Bushyager. It was nominated for the
Hugo Award for
Best Fanzine in 1972, losing to
''Locus''; and 1973 (losing to
''Energumen'').
Contributors included
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his :Xanth books, long-running novel series set in ...
,
Alicia Austin,
Bill Bowers, Ron Bushyager, Grant Canfield,
Don D'Ammassa
Donald Eugene D'Ammassa (born April 24, 1946) is an American fantasy, science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts ...
, Steve Fabian,
Alexis Gilliland,
Mike Glicksohn
Michael David Glicksohn, better known as Mike Glicksohn (May 20, 1946 – March 18, 2011) was a Canadian high school math teacher and the co-editor of the science fiction fanzine ''Energumen'' with his then-wife Susan Wood (Glicksohn). Energumen w ...
, Terry Jeeves,
Arnie Katz
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,
Tim Kirk,
Damon Knight
Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of " To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind t ...
, Frank Lunney,
Sandra Miesel
Sandra Louise Miesel (born Sandra Louise Schwartz on November 25, 1941) is an American medievalist, writer, and science fiction and fantasy fan. Her early work was in science fiction and fantasy criticism, fields in which she has remained active ...
,
Ron Miller,
Andrew J. Offutt
Andrew Jefferson Offutt V (August 16, 1934 – April 30, 2013) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and erotic fiction author. He wrote as Andrew J. Offutt, A. J. Offutt, and Andy Offutt. His normal byline, andrew j. offutt, has all his nam ...
,
Andrew I. Porter,
Bill Rotsler,
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Gr ...
,
Darrell Schweitzer
Darrell Charles Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and critic in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror fiction, horror, although he does also work in science fictio ...
, Mae Strelkov,
Bob Tucker,
Harry Warner, Jr.,
Ted White,
Susan Wood and
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
.
Suzanne Tompkins went on to publish the fanzine ''The Spanish Inquisition'' with Jerry Kaufman in the 1970s.
[Bosky, Bernadette Lynn and Hlavaty, Arthur D. "Fandom" in ''Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1: Overviews''. Reid, Robin Anne, ed. Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Press, 2009; pp. 283-284.]
References
Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1966
Magazines disestablished in 1976
Magazines published in Pittsburgh
Science fiction fanzines
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