Mimosa (magazine)
Defunct science fiction fanzine
Mimosa was a science fiction fanzine edited by Richard Lynch and Nicki Lynch. [1] It won six Hugo Awards for Best Fanzine (in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 and 2003) and was nominated a total of 14 times (1991-2004). The headquarters was in Gaithersburg, Maryland . [1]
Published from 1982 until 2003, Mimosa focused on discussions of the history and impact of science fiction fandom . Contributors included Forrest J Ackerman , Ron Bennett, John Berry, Vin¢ Clarke , Sharon N. Farber, Dave Kyle , Mike Resnick , Bob Shaw , Harry Warner, Jr. , Ted White and Walt Willis .
Illustrators
The cartoonists and illustrators who contributed to Mimosa included Sheryl Birkhead, Kurt Erichsen , Debbie Hughes, Julia Morgan-Scott, Peggy Ranson, Stu Shiffman, Dan Steffan , Steve Stiles , Charlie Williams and Kip Williams. Covers by Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist winners included Brad W. Foster , Ian Gunn, Teddy Harvia and Joe Mayhew.
Issues 1-16 were produced via mimeograph , while issues 17-30 were printed commercially. The two-volume A Mimosa Fanthology collected the best from the first 27 issues. [2] [3]
The last article in the final issue (#30) of Mimosa (August 2003), "Footprints in the Sand" by Michael A. Burstein , is one of several articles published during the late 1990s and early 2000s pondering the possibility of science fiction fandom's eventual death.
References
- 1 2 "Science fiction fanzine collection" . Temple University . Retrieved 12 August 2020 .
- ↑ A Mimosa Fanthology, Part 1 , 2002.
- ↑ A Mimosa Fanthology, Part 2 , 2003.
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