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In article <C1IILp.z1@panix.com>, pnh@panix.com (Patrick
Nielsen-Hayden) writes:
|>I've known people in
|>these other fandoms who lived, breathed, slept & ate fanzines, never mind
|>the ostensible subject-matter.  If they'd been members of our little
|>microcosm we would have called them fannish fanzine fans.

Definitely, which is the main appeal of zines like _Factsheet Five_
(the start of the whole discussion) -- the appeal of reading works
from those who are overwhelmingly interested in a subject, any subject
at all.  I'd rather read a fanzine pubbed by fan of a subject I don't
care much about, than a zine put out by an apathetic bystander on a
topic I love.

Amateur frequently is taken to mean "poorly-performed," but we should
not forget that it comes from _love_, and, at least for me, that can
override considerations such as proofreading, printing quality, and
timely delivery.

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