Thyme

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Thyme is a science fiction fanzine published in Australia.

The first 18 issues were co-published by Andrew Brown and Irwin Hirsh. In 1983, Roger Weddall joined the editorial team, and by 1984 he was the sole editor. By 1986 he had gained a new co-editor in Peter Burns and in 1987 the two editors won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine.

In the early 1990s, Thyme was edited by LynC and Clive Newall. In 1994, with issue 96, Thyme was accompanied by Australian SF News. beginning with issue 57 of this publication. By 1995 Alan Stewart had taken over the fanzine. Under his editorship, in 1997 Thyme again won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine.

Contributions to the Alan Stewart version of Thyme included a column by Terry Frost, Ian Gunn's on-going "Space-Time Buccaneers" comic strip, an article by Christopher Ballis, and an interview with Ben Bova.

Andrew Brown also published the fanzine Grundoon. He died July 8, 1999.