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'''Metrofan''' was a science fiction fanzine by David McDonald.
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'''Metrofan''' was a science fiction fanzine by Dick Ellington and David McDonald.
  
''Metrofan'' was published in the 1950s as an "unofficial publication of the New York Fandom Council, composed of Circle, ESFA and Lunarians - three first-rate stf clubs in the New York Area'.  It was a mimeographed, stapled publication of 27 pages. Issue #9 was released in March/April 1958.
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''Metrofan'' was published in the 1950s as an "unofficial publication of the New York Fandom Council, composed of Circle, ESFA and Lunarians - three first-rate stf clubs in the New York Area'.  It was a mimeographed, stapled publication of 27 pages.  The issues from #1 to #5 were edited and published by Dick Ellington with the later issues, #6 to #10 released by David McDonald. Issue #1 was released in 1957, and the last issue, #10, was published in 1958.
  
 
Contributors of writing included Ken Beale, Belle Dietz ([[Ground Zero]]), Dick Ellington, Don Johnson, [[Boyd Raeburn]] ([[A Bas]]), H.P. Sanderson, Hans Stefan Santesson ([[Fantastic Universe]]), Roberta Wild ([[Vagary]]).
 
Contributors of writing included Ken Beale, Belle Dietz ([[Ground Zero]]), Dick Ellington, Don Johnson, [[Boyd Raeburn]] ([[A Bas]]), H.P. Sanderson, Hans Stefan Santesson ([[Fantastic Universe]]), Roberta Wild ([[Vagary]]).

Revision as of 23:16, 10 June 2011

Metrofan was a science fiction fanzine by Dick Ellington and David McDonald.

Metrofan was published in the 1950s as an "unofficial publication of the New York Fandom Council, composed of Circle, ESFA and Lunarians - three first-rate stf clubs in the New York Area'. It was a mimeographed, stapled publication of 27 pages. The issues from #1 to #5 were edited and published by Dick Ellington with the later issues, #6 to #10 released by David McDonald. Issue #1 was released in 1957, and the last issue, #10, was published in 1958.

Contributors of writing included Ken Beale, Belle Dietz (Ground Zero), Dick Ellington, Don Johnson, Boyd Raeburn (A Bas), H.P. Sanderson, Hans Stefan Santesson (Fantastic Universe), Roberta Wild (Vagary).

Contributors of artwork included Trina Robbins and Van.

Letters came from Alan Dodd, Nick and Noreen Falasca, Len Moffat, Bob Pavlat, Fred Prophet, Joe Sanders, Rick Sneary (Shangri L'Affaires), George W. Fields, and Guy Terwilleger.