''Trap Door'' is 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
Robert Lichtman, with the first issue appearing in October 1983.
History
It received nominations for the
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1987 and 1992.
The magazine is published irregularly and (especially in more recent years) infrequently. As of December 2018, a total of 34 issues had been published. Although it has never won a Hugo Award most likely due to its limited circulation not reaching enough Hugo Award voters the magazine is highly regarded and has won (or placed high) on various polls within the science-fiction fanzine subculture (such as the
Fan Activity Achievement Award, which it won in 2000, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014
The LOCUS Index to SF Awards: Fan Activity Achievement Awards
).
A wide range of science-fiction fans and professionals have contributed to the magazine over the years. This list is in the order of their first appearance:
* Chester Anderson
* Paul Williams Paul Williams may refer to:
Authors
* Paul O. Williams (1935–2009), American science-fiction author and poet
* Paul L. Williams (author) (born 1944), FBI consultant, journalist
* Paul Williams (journalist) (1948–2013), American founder of mu ...
* Dan Steffan
* Redd Boggs
Dean Walter "Redd" Boggs (1921 – 9 May 1996) was a science fiction fanzine writer, editor and publisher from Los Angeles, California.
Beginning with his editing of the 1948 ''Fantasy Annual'', and through his fanzines such as ''Sky Hook'', h ...
* Eric Mayer
* Larry Stark
* Brad Foster
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* Jay Kinney
* William Rotsler
* Steve Stiles
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Early life and education
Steven Willis Stil ...
* Arthur Thomson (ATom)
* Charles Burbee
* Lee Hoffman
* David Langford
* F. M. Busby
Francis Marion Busby (March 11, 1921 – February 17, 2005) was an American science fiction writer and science fiction fandom, science fiction fan. In 1960 he was a co-winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine.
Biography
Francis Busby was born in ...
* Sidney Coleman
* Marta Randall
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In addition to writing numerous science fiction novels and short fiction, Marta Randall has edited the ''New Dimensions'' science fiction anthology series, and '' The ...
* Wilson "Bob" Tucker
* Steve Green
* Frederik Pohl
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* John-Henri Holmberg
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* rich brown
* Greg Benford
* James White
* Terry Carr
* Bob Shaw
* Carol Carr
* Karen Haber
* Chuch Harris
* Calvin Demmon
* Geri Sullivan
* Gary Hubbard
* Shelby Vick
* Bill Kunkel
* Ray Nelson
* David Hartwell
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* Ted White
* Ross Chamberlain
* Rob Hansen
* Teddy Harvia
* John Foyster
* Arnie Katz
* Candi Strecker
* Dale Speirs
* Jim Harmon
* Ron Bennett
* Richard Brandt
* Gregg Calkins
* John Hertz
* Bill Donaho
* Joe Kennedy
* William Breiding
* Boyd Raeburn
* Avram Davidson
* George Metzger
George Metzger (born 1939) is an American cartoonist and animator. He was an underground comics artist during the mid-1960s and early 1970s in California, eventually relocating to Canada, where he worked in animation.
Biography
Born in rural Il ...
* Chris Priest
* Joel Nydahl
* Gordon Eklund
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* Bob Silverberg
* Michael Dobson
* Bruce Townley
* Andrew Main
* John D. Berry
* Graham Charnock
* John Baxter
* Roy Kettle
Leroy Richard Arthur "Roy" Kettle OBE (born 1949) is a retired United Kingdom civil servant who, among many other achievements, was one of the principal architects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Science fiction fans know Kettle as a ...
See also
* Lists of magazines
References
English-language magazines
Magazines established in 1983
Science fiction fanzines
Science fiction magazines published in the United States
Irregularly published magazines published in the United States
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