Nandu

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Nandu
Issue 6 March 1954
Cover art by Margaret Dominick (DEA)

Nandu was a science fiction and fantasy zine edited and published by Nan Gerding in Roseville, Illinois, U.S.A.

The first issue appeared in December 1952. At least 29 issues were published, the 29th coming out in January 1965. Nandu was an Apazine, distributed by the Spectator Amateur Press Society (SAPS).

Poetry was contributed by Garth Bentley, John Brunner (as K. Houston Brunner), "Jack-the-Ripper", Nan Gerding, Orma McCormick (Starlanes), Fred Remus, Stan Woolston (Moonshine), and others.

Cover art was provided by Nan Gerding (#1), Nancy Share (Hodge-Podge) (#2), Vee Hampton (#3), Tom Reamy (Trumpet) (#4), Richard Bergeron (Warhoon) (#5 & #8), Margaret Dominick (DEA) (#6 & #18), Thomas Gerding (#28 & #29), and others.

Other illustrations came from Bill Ballard, Wrai Ballard, Richard Bergeron, Ron Dee, Margaret Dominick (DEA), Henry Ebel (Tyrann), Bob Farnham (The Chigger Patch of Fandom), Nan Gerding, Vee Hampton, Jack Harness, Glover Prescott, Art Rapp (Spacewarp), Tom Reamy, William Rotsler, Nancy Share, Terry Wilson, Stan Woolston, and others.

Issue 7 featured a tipped in real photograph of Nancy Share at her mimeograph machine.

Nan Gerding also co-edited Starlanes with Orma McCormick, and The Chigger Patch of Fandom with Bob Farnham.