Mimosawas ascience fiction fanzineedited by Richard Lynch and Nicki Lynch.[1]It won sixHugo 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 inGaithersburg, Maryland.[1]
Published from 1982 until 2003,Mimosafocused on discussions of the history and impact ofscience fiction fandom.Contributors includedForrest J Ackerman,Ron Bennett, John Berry,Vin¢ Clarke,Sharon N. Farber,Dave Kyle,Mike Resnick,Bob Shaw,Harry Warner, Jr.,Ted WhiteandWalt Willis.
Illustrators
editThe cartoonists and illustrators who contributed toMimosaincluded Sheryl Birkhead,Kurt Erichsen,Debbie Hughes, Julia Morgan-Scott, Peggy Ranson, Stu Shiffman,Dan Steffan,Steve Stiles,Charlie Williams and Kip Williams. Covers byHugo Award for Best Fan Artistwinners includedBrad W. Foster,Ian Gunn,Teddy Harviaand Joe Mayhew.
Issues 1-16 were produced viamimeograph,while issues 17-30 were printed commercially. The two-volumeA Mimosa Fanthologycollected the best from the first 27 issues.[2][3]
The last article in the final issue (#30) ofMimosa(August 2003), "Footprints in the Sand" byMichael 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
edit- ^ab"Science fiction fanzine collection".Temple University.Retrieved12 August2020.
- ^A Mimosa Fanthology, Part 1,2002.
- ^A Mimosa Fanthology, Part 2,2003.
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