THEN

Science Fiction Fandom in the UK: 1930-1980

by Rob Hansen

The version of THEN on this website is a lightly edited adaptation of the original four fanzine-format instalments published 1988-1993. This text is superseded by the much revised, corrected, expanded and heavily photo-illustrated book edition of 2016, as described here.

1.1 — The 1930s: GENESIS
1.2 — The 1940s: WAR AND PEACE
2.1 — The Early 1950s: RENAISSANCE
2.2 — The Mid 1950s: MAN AND SUPERMANCON
2.3 — The Late 1950s: GOTTERDAMMERUNG
3.1 — The Early 1960s: SERCON RISING
3.2 — The Mid 1960s: THE NEW WAVE
3.3 — The Late 1960s: FRAGMENTATION
4.1 — The Early 1970s: AARDVARKS, WOMBATS, GANNETS, AND RATS
4.2 — The Mid 1970s: THE BASTARD OFFSPRING OF SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY
4.3 — The Late 1970s: CULMINATIONS
Supplement #1 — The Early 1980s
Supplement #2 — The Mid 1980s
Source Material — The THEN Archive

All material in THEN is copyright © Rob Hansen, 1988-1993. THE STORY SO FAR, from which the 1980s supplements are extracted, is copyright © Rob Hansen, 1987. These files may be freely copied for private enjoyment or research but may not be republished (e.g. in printed or CD-ROM versions), distributed in modified form, incorporated into other works, or quoted out of context without the express written permission of the copyright holder. Rob Hansen has long welcomed feedback and factual corrections via his contact page but would prefer future comments to be based on the book edition, which incorporates all known corrections received up to publication date.