Quark (Tom Perry)

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Quark was a science fiction fanzine published by Tom Perry.

Quark was published in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. beginning in 1964 and published till 1966. At this time Tom Perry took a ten year break between issues, and returned to publishing with issue 13 in 1976. He resumed published new issues in the UK for a year before he stopped publishing in April 1977.

Contributors to the 1960s issues included Gina Clarke (Honque, Descant), writing on George Lincoln Rockwell, and Walt Willis with his regular column "The Harp That Once Or Twice". Other contributors included Eric Bentcliffe, Norm Clarke (Descant, Queebshots), David Langford (Ansible), and Joe Piloti.

Contributors to the 1970s issues included David Langford (Ansible), and Peter Weston (Speculation).

Tom Perry died of cancer on July 8, 1997, in Gainesville, Florida. Aside from his fanzine publishing he also was a frequent contributor of articles to AMAZING under the editorship of Ted White, in the 1970s.