Stilyagi Air Corps TANSTAAFL

Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association


Definitions:

APA
Amateur Press Association, a sort of limited fanzine designed to work on writing style, including contribs from each person on the mailing list, where each person has to send off a contribution every time, or at least meet minac.
clubzine
A fanzine produced by a science fiction club.
contrib
Contribution to a fanzine or APA.
faned
The editor (and publisher, and copy boy...) of a fanzine.
fanfic
This does not refer to all fiction written by fans, because a lot of fans write original stuff. This means stories about characters in popular shows, books, plays, etc. A remake of Sweeney Todd using the charcacters from Cats, or a story where Captain Kirk fights Darth Vader would be fanfic. See slash.
fanzine
An amateur SF publication (often shortened to zine) sometimes including stories, con reports, book reviews, articles of fannish interest, and almost always LoCs.
letterhack
Someone whose main contrib is writing LoCs.
LoC
Letter of Comment, a response to the material in a zine, meant to give the authors and editor feedback.
minac
The minimum activity necessary to maintain your membership in an APA. A totally strict APA might require a contrib of thirty pages every ish, whereas a really lenient one might allow you to go on with only four or five pages a year.
perzine
A zine where the editor writes everything, and doesn't ask for contribs.
slash
Type of fanfic where Kirk and Spock, or any other characters, have a gay love affair.
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch was the motto of Free Luna in Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Also the Stilyagi Air Corps clubzine.
zine
See fanzine.

For information about, or submit to TANSTAAFL, please paste "tanstaafl2005" (without the quotes) into your email program, followed by earthlink dot net.

The Stilyagi Air Corp clubzine editor will recieve your LoC or other submission promptly.

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