sercon

It was not a unique kind of forum, following in the footsteps of many earlier "sercon" zines such as RIVERSIDE QUARTERLY, QUANTUM/THRUST, SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW, ALIEN CRITIC, et al. But it certainly captured the zeitgeist.

Boing Boing: April 8, 2007 - April 14, 2007 Archives 2007

Mind you, a “sercon” fanzine that mainly is about science fiction and fantasy is still a fanzine, and the writing there is still fan writing.

A Series of Casual Thoughts I Had While I Was Filling Out My Hugo Nomination Ballot and Looking at the Best Fan Writer Category « Whatever 2007

On the other hand, there are the “sercon” fanzines, meaning fanzines “of serious content,” focused on the sacred task of commenting on, and judging, the increasing output of SF/fantasy literature.

Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives 2005

Programming bovil SorcererCon Verdict: an excellent relaxacon with sercon-style programming.

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

The Whatever isn’t a “sercon” fanzine full of earnest reviews redolent of dreary aspirationalism, it’s a snappy, wisecracking “fannish” fanzine that covers whatever happens to currently interest John Scalzi.

Well, That Didn’t Take Long « Whatever 2007