stfzine

S1T1F4Z10I1N1E1

noun

A science fiction magazine.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounstfzine (plural stfzines)

plural stfzines

  1. datedslanglifestyleA science fiction magazine.

    Will trade stfzines, or what have you ... might even pay cash.

    1950 April, Arthur H. Rapp, “Wanted”, in Spacewarp, number 37, page 29
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    One of the few barbarisms I committed on the body of a stfzine was cutting out this chart to put in my high-school freshman science workbook.

    1955, John Bristol Speer, “1934: The Making of a Fan”, in Fancestral Voices, page 110

    The average stfzine sold maybe 75,000 copies on a good day in the thirties when the population of the country was about 130 million. Today the population is rapidly approaching 239 million and the average stfzine still sells maybe 75,000 copies on a good day. If that many.

    1968 March, Roy Tackett, “Section Eight [letter column]”, in Psychotic, number 24, page 28

Origin

Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + zine (“magazine”).

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