Meanings
plural crudzines
- datedslanglifestyleA low-quality fanzine.
Perihelion shares with the rankest crudzines a penchant for printing amateur (or almost-amateur) fiction, and a generally gosh-wow outlook.
1969, Amazing Stories, volume 43, page 1342 more examples
This is one of the questions that has long puzzled mankind (along with why dropped toast always lands buttered-side down and how come crudzine editors always find your mailing address).
1981 November, Terry Hughes, “The Modified Big Bang Theory”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 27<nostalgic sigh> I remember the cover I stuck on my crudzine at the time of the first Jersey Eastercon... two top-hatted and tiara'd toffs saying "Hurrah! what fun at Jersey in '89". Nobody seemed to take any notice. But then, it _was_ a very _cruddy_ crudzine.
1997 October 19, Sandra Bond, “Re: Jubilee”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <877221185snz@ho-stree.demon.co.uk>
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