[ SECRET POST #2707 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2707 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 (also a repeat x 3) - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

Do any of you own old letterzines?

[(Anonymous)]

What kind of stuff was in them? How were they arranged? Did the editors pick topics that the letter writers sent in responses to? How do they compare to fandom discussion nowadays?

Re: Do any of you own old letterzines?

[hands4healing]

I had to leave them behind when I moved, alas. I modded one, and was a part of two more. One was based in the Star Trek 'verse (sometime before the TNG timeperiod of canon), one was horror based, and one was kinda like HP for adults, prior to HP being written. The only themes were in the Star Trek verse, otherwise, everyone wrote whatever we wanted. The HP for Adults one did have a shared universe, though; with interactions between the characters.

Re: Do any of you own old letterzines?

[(Anonymous)]

I have a few X-Files ones that folded fairly soon after their inception, because Usenet, webrings, and the fic archives (Spooky and Gossamer) basically made them obsolete.

1. Mostly what was in them:
- Reviews
- Fic
- Fanart
- Con reports
- Letters column

2. They were arranged on desktop publishing programs. Ahahaha you prolly don't even know what that is. D-: Two-column format, they were either Xeroxed, or sometimes (the X-Files one I still have a couple of did this) if they wanted to be really fancy, they were done up as booklets.

3. It was basically editors' choice as to what got printed, but the letterscol (as it was referred to Back in the Day *ahem*) was a free-for-all and generally contained the print version of pre-Internet flamewars. So, the letter writers sent responses to the articles, notices about other zines/cons/clubs, responses to the other letters, responses to *those* responses, and so on. Rinse, lather, repeat.

4. They don't really compare, because fandom is pretty much Internet-based and instant gratification which zines were pretty much the opposite of, as they were printed (for the most part) on an irregular basis.