( T ) — from TAL-SHAYA to A TRIP REPORT FOUND IN A PLAIN MANILA ENVELOPE

TAL-SHAYA

— Faned: Randy Barnhart. At least one issue pubbed out of Prince Rupert, B.C. “Book reviews, comments on the Babylon 5 sequel Crusade, and on Aussiecon the 1995 Worldcon in Australia.” (LP)

1996? – (#1 – ?)

TARNATIONS

— Faned: Douglas Mitchell. Perzine pubbed out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. At least one issue circa 1952. Contained an attempt by Douglas to promote a new fannish ghod by name of GHA (as in GHAdzooks, GHAls, etc) whose only purpose was to cherish the memory of Galaxy magazine which had “unwittingly appeared once again”. An obscure joke at best with no particular fannish role, so GHA did not enter the fannish pantheon. Was reprinted in COOL which in turn was reprinted in CANADIAN FANDOM #22 in Sep 1954.

Thish also contained a profile of G.M. (of Manitoba?), the neofaned of the crudzines ALLEX & COOL (the latter unpublished).

[ See GHA, ALLEX & COOL ]

TASH

— Faned: Tommy Ferguson, a well-known Irish fan temporarily living in Toronto, Ontario. (Detail to be added)

1997 – (#14 – Spring)

TAUNTAUN EXPRESS

— Faned: ? Possibly D. Trent Lum. A Star Wars fanzine pubbed out of Victoria B.C. by teenagers circa 1993/84.

B. Klassen described it as “remarkable only for the unreadableness of its contents.”

1983 – (#1 – ?) – Contained the short story ‘Misdirection’ by C.A. Bucar, D. Olden & D. Trent Lum, later republished in #2 of THE CALL GOES OUT (1985). It is Star Wars fan fiction, with ‘Artoo Detoo’ & ‘See-Threepio’ getting lost on the planet Sionus, only to be confronted by a human whose identity adds an O. Henry-style ending combined with one of the oldest clichés. The planet is actually Earth, and the human is George Lucas!

THANGORODRIUM!

— Faned: Patrick Neilson Hayden, one of the mid-1970s Toronto Derelicts. A genzine pubbed out of Toronto, Ontario.

Wrote Taral Wayne circa 1976: “Patrick Hayden’s personal genzine is still more flexible in appearance than Victoria Vayne’s SIMULACRUM, but shorter and less elaborate. Highly opinionated & often tempestal intellectual content make it interesting & often infuriating reading. I feel more of the editor in this zine than in almost any other derelict zine.”

Varied greatly in size. The more frequently pubbed issues often just a single-sheeter. Other issues as many as 24 pages.

1975 – (#21 – Jul) (#21.1&.2&.3 – Jul) (#21.4&.5&.6&.65&.7 – Aug) (#22 & #22.1 – Sep) (#23 – Oct) (#24 – Oct) (#25 – Oct) (#26 – ? )

1976 – (#27 – Mar)

1977 – (#28 – Feb)

THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP

— Faneds: “Those annoying Onocon Illuminati”. At least 4 issues pubbed out of Calgary, Alberta, in 1988.

An interesting concept: not a clubzine, but a social get-together zine, as in: “The Calgary Bi-weekly SF thing has been in existence for 2 or 3 years now… the things should have their own newsletter, kind of an official organ of the thing” typed madly the night before & rushed to photocopiers. However, the constant calls for active participation may have grown tiresome rather quickly. It is possible that the zine petered out after just the 4 issues.

1988 – (#1 – Jan 14) – Cover editorial with Dover Books art illos. A ‘Thing Survey”. Sample question: “What I do?” Answers: “Growl at people”, “Eat, sleep, squeak”, etc. Plus a visual puzzle with art by Richard Bartop, Marl Holmes & John Samuel Gallagher.

– (#2 – Jan 28) – Contained an editorial, articles on Nonocon & Noncon Eleven, a spoof poem version of Jabberwocky called ‘Jabbering’ by ‘Lewis Carrot’,, and the entire thing survey reprinted because the photocopier screwed up.

– (#3 – Feb 11) – No highlights of Thing because “can’t really remember what happened two weeks ago”. Review of editor’s experiences at Nonocon in Feb, a hand-written chain story beginning: “It was hot, slimy, & purple-coloured, and that’s not a good thing for jello to be…”, and an ad for “X-Men The Musical’, starring Meat Loaf as ‘Colossus’, Anne Murray as ‘Vindicator’, & Madonna as ‘Dazzler’.

– (#4 – Feb 25) – Basically just a continuation of the chain story.

THIS SURE AS HELL AIN’T DNQ

— Faned: Jim Shedden. A one-shot perzine pubbed out of Scarborough, Ontario. Shedden was very active in CANADAPA, VANAPA & BCAPA, and this one-shot was a proposal for the creation of yet another apa. Not regional or invitational, but to “comprise fans from many different areas”. No content laws, “but I urge sercon zines & long zines.” This is so vague a concept I suspect nothing came of this.

The rest of the zine included a review on the Torque Con held recently in Toronto (Apr? 1980) which included, among other things, “a discussion led by George Henderson on the 10 worst movies ever made.”

The cover of thish was a reprint of the cover of #28 of Taral Wayne’s DNQ, with the above title superimposed.

1980 – (#1 – Apr)

THRU THE HAZE

— Faned: Art Hayes. A long-lived genzine pubbed out of Bancroft, Ontario, in the 1960s. It appears to be associated with the National Fantasy Fan Federation but is not actually a NFFF publication. In Hayes own words: “THRU THE HAZE, while generally supporting the NFFF is not, and will not allow itself, to be controlled by ANY organization.” (Detail to be added).

196? – (#1 to #17)

1962 – (#18 – Oct)

196? – (#19 to #31)

1968 – (#32 – Mar) (#33 – Jul) (#34 – Oct)

1969 – (#35 – Jan) (#36 – Apr) (#37 – Aug)

TIME FRAME

— Faneds: Stephanie Bedwell & Evelyn Baker. Offset mediazine pubbed out of Willowdale, Ontario. At least 2 issues circa 1978 to 1980? Maybe as late as 1983? (GS)

TIME LORD TIMES

— Faned: Lawrence Prime. Dr. Who zine pubbed out of Burnaby in the mid 1980s. (Detail to be added)

1986 – (#1 – Jan/Feb ) (#2 – Apr/May) (#3 – Jun/Jul) (#4 – Aug/Sep) May have been further issues.

THE TIME MEDDLER

— Faned: R. Bouget. Dr. Who fanzine pubbed out of Touraine, Quebec, circa 1983. (GS)

TIMEWARP

— Faned: Bruce Brown. Semi-pro fictionzine pubbed out of Ottawa circa early 1980s. (GS)

1985 – (#3 – Fall?) – Featured SF stories by Jeffrey Waters, Gary Lovisi, William Marsden, Patrick Quinn, & others.

TIN WOODMAN

— Faned: Neil Ballantyne. Pubbed out of Burlington, Ontario. At least 2 issues.

1977 – (#1 – Dec)

1979 – (#2 – Dec)“An imaginatively presented yet unpretentious small zine that I have too much material in to properly review. You might like it though. I did for some odd reason.” – (TW)

TITAN

— Faned: Phillipe (Boyer?) Paine. Pubbed out of Milton, Ontario.

1969 – (#1 – Sep) (#2 – Nov)

1970 – (#3 – Mar) (#4 – Jun)

TMOV NEWS

— Faned: Janette King. Dr. Who fanzine pubbed out of Vancouver, B.C. by ‘The Time Meddlers’ Club circa early 1990s.

1993 – (#1 – Jan/Feb) (#2 – Mar/Apr) Undoubtedly further issues.

TMOVZINE

— Faned: Janette King. Dr. Who fanzine pubbed out of Vancouver, B.C. by ‘The Time Meddlers’ Club circa early 1990s.

199? – (#1 to #17)

1991 – (#18 – Jul) (#19 – Aug) (#20 – Oct/Dec)

1992 – (#21 – ? ) (#22 – ? )

1993 – (#23 – Apr)

1994 – (#24 – Jan)

TORATIONS

— Faned: Norman G. Browne. Pubbed out of Wilson Heights, Ontario, circa 1954.

P. Howard Lyons describes Browne in CANFAN #22 (Sep 1954) as the “Editor of TORATIONS“. At this time Browne was still active in Fandom, contributing to CANADIAN FANDOM & to Richard Geis’ PSYCHOTIC, and perhaps still to FAPA, so not unreasonable to assume TORATIONS was his last attempt at a perzine shortly before gafiating. Odd that CANFAN #22 does not include it in its list of CAFP (Canadian Amateur Fan Publishers) publications. (Details wanted!)

TORCON REPORT

— Faned: Edward ‘Ned’ McKeown. A one-shot souvenir zine produced in late fall 1948 in the wake of TORCON, the world convention held in Toronto in July 1948. McKeown had been Chair, and was editor of CANADIAN FANDOM at the time; he also served as general editor for the report.

TORCON was the first Worldcon at which the proceedings were tape-recorded. Consequently the report contained the complete text of GoH Robert Bloch’s talk: “Fantasy & Psychology”, Bob Tucker’s: “Results of The First Fan Survey”, Dr. David H. Keller’s: “Science — Master or Servant?”, and George O Smith’s “Fan Entertainment” (at which he parodied the infamous “Zap! Zap! Atomic Ray Is Passe With Fiends!” review of the con by George Bain in the Globe & Mail Newspaper the day before. In addition, Leslie A. Croutch’s article “Torcon Memories”, which appeared in issue #36 (Aug 1948) of his perzine LIGHT, was included as well, along with a loose ‘art’ photograph of a female nude (in colour) just to spice things up. No wonder THE TORCON REPORT ran 62 pages and cost 50 cents. 200 copies were printed. (JRC)

[ See TORCON, & ZAP! ZAP! ATOMIC RAY IS PASSE WITH FIENDS! ]

TORONTO STELLAGRAM

— Faned: Michael Wallis. An incarnation of a newsletter pubbed out of Toronto by OSFIC, the Ontario SF Club, circa 1977 (predated by MIMEOGRAPHED LONDON SUNDAE THYMES and followed by LAST WHOLE OSFiC LONDON SUNDAE THYMES).

1977 – (#1 – May) (#2 – Jun) (#3 – Jul) (#4 – Aug)

[ See (in order of publication) OSFIC MAGAZINE, OSFIC SUPPLEMENT, OSFIComm, OSFIC QUARTERLY, NOR, OSFIC EVENTUALLY, SYNAPSE, NIT WIT, MIMEOGRAPHED LONDON SUNDAE THYMES, THE TORONTO STELLAGRAM, LAST WHOLE OSFiC LONDON SUNDAE THYMES, INPUT/OUTPUT, ISHUE, OSFIC NEWSLETTER FOR THIS MONTH, OSFIC MONTHLY, GOOGLE, OSFiC UNCONSTITUTIONAL NEWSLETTER, ANOTHER UNOFFICIAL OSFiC NEWSLETTER, UNNAMED OSFiC NEWSLETTER, DAZZELATIONS, A VERY SHORT OSFiC NEWSLETTER, CHRONIC, OSFiC ELECTION BULLETIN, GATEWAY, ALL AGOG, LUNA & BEYOND, LUNA AND…, DEAR OSFiC MEMBERS ]

TORONTO THE GHOOD

— Faned: Taral Wayne. A one-shot anthology of Toronto fanwriting which Taral put together for the first Ditto Convention, held in Toronto, Ontario, in 1988. Wrote Taral: “This collection was edited, typed, designed, illustrated, and electrostenciled by Taral. Mimeography was by Mike Glicksohn, who battled valiantly against the deadline. TORONTO THE GHOOD is dedicated to the memories of Susan Wood, Bill Grant, P. Howard Lyons, and Les Croutch: Ghood Torontonians all. As a Ditto publication, proceeds from TORONTO THE GHOOD will first be applied to convention losses. In the event there are no convention losses, profits will be donated to the fan funds deemed advisable by the Ditto Masters.”

“This collection celebrates a fandom that is probably under-recognized, but has much to be proud of. Our fair city is the home of the man who was accused of sawing Courtney’s boat, (falsely!). A Toronto fan enriched fanspeak with the word “sercon”. The first Worldcon in Canada was held in Toronto, and debuted the first propeller beanie to be worn by a fan. To the everyday world, “Toronto The Good” meant exactly the opposite — blue laws and dour working class values. But to fandom Toronto has been genuinely GHOOD. Let us drink to the memory.”

Contained the following articles:

“Casting in the Time Pool” – Editorial by Taral Wayne.

“Aaaaaagghh!!!” – by Beak Taylor – from CANADIAN FANDOM #11 – 1946.

“Chain Letter” – by P. Howard Lyons – from IBIDEM #3 – 1955.

“Derelict derogations, #8” – by Boyd Raeburn – from A BAS #10 – 1957.

“Straw & Cold Cuts” – by Boyd Raeburn – from LE MOINDRE #30 – 1973.

“Fans and the Future” – by Peter Gill – from ENERGUMEN #1 – 1970.

“My 2 cents Worth” – By Susan Wood – from ENERGUMEN #4 – 1970 & #6 – 1971.

“Kumquat May & Coddled Eggs” – by Rosemary Ullyot – from ENERGUMEN # 15 – 1973.

“In The Glicksohn Vein” – by Mike Glicksohn – from KARASS #2 – 1974.

“Killer Fudge” – by Victoria Vayne – from NON SEQUITUR #9 – 1976.

“Das Boots & A Dialogue” – by Bob Wilson – from EINE KLIENE BOTTLE, MUSIK I & CALICO BELLY – 1976.

“But What About Photosynthesis” – by Janet Wilson – from SIMULACRUM #7/8 1977/78.

“MSS From a Tobacco Factory ” – by Phil Paine – from FOOTWEAR FOR ACHILLES – 1976.

“I Can Always Dream” – by Taral Wayne – from THE MONTHLY MONTHLY #9 – 1981.

“Here And Back Again” – by Bob Webber – from FISH BELOW ICE #1 – 1988.

Also contains a number of “CAN FAN PERSONALITIES” (articles profiling Canadian fans) which first appeared in issues of CANADIAN FANDOM. These include: #3 — Beak Taylor, #4 — Albert A. Betts, #6 — Ned McKeown, #8 — Bill Grant, #9 — John Millard, #11 — Gerald A. Steward, & #12 — Boyd Raeburn.

1988 – (#1 – Sep)

2000 2nd edition printed by The BCSFA Press.

TORUS

— Faneds: Lloyd Penney, Keith Soltys, Nancy Soltys, & Michael Wallis, known as ‘The Kamikase Collective. 8 issues pubbed out of Toronto, Ontario, in the late 1980s. Contained interviews with professional authors, and articles by BNFs. Sercon, literary, but fun.

1986 – (#1 – ?) – Articles by Mike Glicksohn on attending 200 conventions, Garth Spencer on the state of Canadian fandom, Heather Ashby on a design for the Casper Award (one that was definitely NOT used), Christopher Coggon on how the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing on North American shores should be celebrated – with spaceflight, Michael Skeet and Lorna Toolis on the traumatic move to Toronto, Paul Stockton on Strawberry Jam Comics, Karen Wehrstein on the creation of the Bunch of Seven writers’ group, and Keith Soltys interviewing Judith Merril. (LP)

1987 – (#2 – Oct) – Michael Skeet joins the Kollective. An interview with C.J. Cherryh is followed by articles on how to really make tea, hunting the wildwoods lobster, Canadian SF and locs. (LP)

1988 – (#3 – Apr) – Interviews with Elisabeth Vonarburg and Donald Kingsbury, articles on shooting pool instead of publishing fanzines, short fiction from Phyllis Gotlieb, some fanhistory from Taral, plus the locol. (LP)

– (#4 – Oct) – The KEC now listed as back to Penney, Soltys and Wallis. Articles by Robin Rowland about the rise of censorship in Canada, Terri Neal on living with a pager, fine art from Taral, an interview with Orson Scott Card, Karen Wehrstein on living in a writers’ group, and the usual locs. (LP)

1989 – (#5 – Mar) – KEC now adds Nancy Soltys. An interview with Ben Bova, article by Terri Neal on how to write when the Torus editors threaten, poetry by Shirley Meier, art by Juanne Michaud, article by Allan Burrows on how not to trust your senses, future fanhistory from Taral, and locs. (LP)

– (#6 – Oct) – Wallis departs KEC. Articles by Derek McCulloch on a dangerous childhood friend, Tony Davis on science fiction in South Africa, Sam Moskowitz on researching SF history (including Canadian history), Canadian SF and locs. (LP)

1990 – (#7 – Apr) – A review of the National Art Gallery by Robert Runte, article by Bev Richardson on tropical fish conventions, essay by Lloyd Penney on holographic cats, art by Taral on house gamins, article by Paul Stockton on the perfect pizza (not in Toronto), and by Michael Skeet on where to find good food, Tony Davis on an SFnal South Africa, Canadian SF and locs. (LP)

– (#8 – Dec) – Final issue, as Keith becomes a dad. Articles by Ben Bova on SF and faith, poetry from Terri Neal and Phyllis Gotlieb, Candas Jane Dorsey on asking a writer to write, an interview with Andrew Weiner, Tony Davis reviews going to Pulpcon 19, fanzine reviews, Canadian SF and locs. (LP)

T&R

— Faneds: John Mansfield & Drew Simela. Mediazine. “32 pages type + 16 pages photos, all offset. Text Repro good, photo repro fair. Reprint articles on THE AVENGERS plus plot summaries of widely divergent quality. For trufan only.” (MG)

1970 – (#1 -?)

TRANSIT

— Faned: Pierre Lacroix. A French-Canadian semi-pro genzine pubbed out Hull, Quebec. Originally titled CARFAX but changed to TRANSIT in early 1985. Then quickly changed back to CARFAX. “It is Lacroix’s mania to always have second thoughts” – (LP)

[ See CARFAX ]

TRANSWARPED

— Faned: Clifford Cunningham. Clubzine for the Kitchener-Waterloo Star Trek club in Ontario circa mid 1980s. (GS)

TREKKADA

— Faneds: Dan Cawsey, David Gordon-McDonald, Earnie B. Klassen, & Karl Johanson. Occasional fictionzine of the United Federation of Canadian Star Trekkers, pubbed out of Victoria, B.C., circa early 1980s.

“Typical Trek zine with articles on ST, reviews, fanfiction, crossword puzzles, etc. Trekkada’s main claim to fame are the cartooning talents of Dan Cawsey (Canada’s answer to Phil Foglio) and the pencil sketches by Pat Kilner.” (RR)

“Irregular clubzine of the UFCST (Look, I didn’t make that name up; take up the matter with them.) Illos, fanfiction, news, desiderata.” – (GS)

“If I recall correctly, TREKKADA was the vehicle for my first contributions to fan publishing. I think a short short of mine may have been published, as well as a cartoon or two, and things like word search puzzles and trivia quizzes. I think I still have those issues…” (LP)

1978 – (#1 – May) Edited by Dan Cawsey.

1980 – (#2 – Jan) Then edited by David Gordon-Mcdonald (#3 – ? )

1981 – (#4 – ? ) Edited by Earnie B. Klassen. (#5 – ? )

1982 – (#6 – ? ) Edited by Karl Johanson. (#7 – ? )

TREK LETTER

— Faneds: Numerous, including Lloyd Penney, founder and editor of the first fourteen issues. The “Official Newsletter of Star Trek Toronto” pubbed out of Toronto, Ontario, in the late 1980s & early 1990s.

1986 – Volume One?

1987 – Volume 2? (#7 – Aug)

1988 – Volume Three? – (#1 to #12?)

1989 – Volume Four – (#1 – Jan) (#2 – Feb) (#3 – Mar) (#4 – Apr) (#5 – May) (#6 – Jun) (#7 – Jul) (#8 – Aug) (#9 – Sep) (#10 – Oct) (#11 – Nov) (#12 – Dec)

1990 – Volume Five – (#1 – Jan) (#2 – Feb) (#3 – Mar) (#4 – Apr) (#5 – May) (#6 – Jun) (#7 – Jul) (#8 – Aug) (#9 – Sep) (#10 – Oct) (#11 – Nov) (#12 – Dec)

1991 – Volume Six – (#1 – Jan) (#2 – Feb) (#3 – Mar) (#4 – Apr) (#5 – May) (#6 – Jun) (#7 – Jul) (#8 – Aug) (#9 – Sep) (#10 – Oct) (#11 – Nov) (#12 – Dec)

1992 – Volume Seven – (#1 – Jan) (#2 – Feb) (#3 – Mar) (#4 – Apr) (#5 – May) (#6 – Jun) (#7 – Jul) (#8 – Aug) (#9 – Sep) (#10 – Oct) (#11 – Nov) (#12 – Dec)

1993 – Volume Eight – (#1 – Jan) (Summer) (Sep/Oct)

A TRIP REPORT FOUND IN A PLAIN MANILA ENVELOPE

— Faned: Murray Moore.

[ See CUFF TRIP REPORTS  for quotes & details]