Grulzak

The grulzak is a BEM invented by Joe Kennedy.

See “Hunting Grulzaks for Pleasure & Profit” by Kennedy in Scientifantasy 1 (Fall 1948), page 18.

See also: Creatures of Fandom.

A grulzak. Art by William Kroll in Scientifantasy 1 (Fall 1948).

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

(Kennedy) An unseemly creature which roams through the jungles of all planets except Earth and Jupiter, tho the fattest and most slimy grulzaks are found deep within the vine-choked woodlands of Venus. Grulzak hunting is the sport of kings (and more self-made types of executives, too). Little equipment is needed for it: a large atomic ray pistol will stun a grulzak at a distance of three yards. Take along a first-aid kit, a copy of the Kinsey Reports (for reading while you're waiting for the grulzak to show up), a file of Shaver Amazings (for fire-starting) and a box of toothpicks. Grulzaks dwell where the vegetation is densest, since they are extremely modest and don't want the other animals watching them when they shed their skin (which they do twice a day). When you detect an odor of H2S mingled with Chanel #5, the Grulzak is nearby. Their mating call is similar to the sound produced when a squeaky piece of chalk is rubbed along a blackboard, coupled with the bellow of a bull ape.

Grulzak the Fanzine

Kennedy pubbed a FAPAzine named for the creature in the late 1940s.

Issue	Date	Pages	FAPA mailing	Notes
1	October 1946	18	37
2	Fall 1947	12	41
3	Spring 1948	16		Final issue

• Grulzak online at fanac.org

Golden Grulzak

A Golden Grulzak, meanwhile, is a fannish libation. In Karen Anderson’s No Holds Barred recipe, it’s made from 1 oz. gin and 1 oz. frozen pineapple juice concentrate mixed in a tall glass topped off with ice and soda. See Liquors, Drinking.

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1946—1948

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