Fanzine Fanatique

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Fanzine Fanatique is a quarterly review zine from the UK published by Keith and Rosemary Walker.

First published in June 1972 it is the longest running fanzine reviewzine in the world. Over one hundred issues have been released. The early issues were published using a hand fed, hand inked flatbed stencil duplicator but these were improved with Gestetnering and later xerox. Current issues are computer printed.

A typical edition included four pages of capsule reviews of fanzines and small press publications. The editors cover many types of publications, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, Wiccan, feminist, comix and anything they receive from all over the world.

Letters came from Harry Warner, Jr., among others.

In his review in ERG # 60 from October 1977, Terry Jeeves writes, "4 page of capsule reviews...duping spotty but the right spirit. Keeps you aware of what's available and friendly chatter."

Fanzine Fanatique ran from 1973 till 2014.

Together, Rosemary and Keith Walker also published the titles Cyclops in the early 70s, S:Film Fantastica (Nov., 1978), SFanzine Review (1979), and SF Horizons (1980).

Keith Walker compiled The Fanzindex, an index to all fanzines published in England prior to the last quarter of 1974. He also published the title Keith's Krudzine, and was a member of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. He released the publications Psywar, Reckoning, and Stylus through the Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association APA of which he was the Organizing Editor (OE).