Operation Fantast Handbook

Annual guide to the fandom and SF world published by Ken Slater as part of Operation Fantast in 1951 through 1953.

Year	Pages	Notes
1951	24 (?)	Year abbreviated as '51 on the cover (art by Alan Hunter, head of Fantast's starting Fanart Club, see p. 19; small inner art by Peter Ridley and "American fan-artist Mrs. A. G. Archer"); "compiled in May, 1951 […] by Capt. K. F. Slater". 20 inner pages, numbered nonstandardly from "(2)" on first recto to "(21)" on last verso, plus covers (advertisement on the back for Cansfield Bros (Maps) Ltd., Litho & Letterpress Printers, "productions similar to this", Planet Works, Bradford; inner sides empty). Mistakenly listed as 13-page at Fanac.org as the scan is by double-page spreads due to little format.
1952	40
1953	68	(Uannounced) final issue; numbering standard from contents on 1 to last verso 64; "compiled in Feb-March 1953 […] by K. F. Slater", but "Capt." retained in the "Editorial Address" as it was to his military unit. Cover by Ken McIntyre, inner art Les Chapman, David Wood. Similar Cansfield/Planet advert on bacover. Thish contained: • Operators' address list, p. 3 • Clubs and societies, pp. 6–11 • Conventions, p. 14 • A Word about Fanzines by Walter A. Willis, p. 16 • Society and Amateur Publications, p. 17–21 • Literary Agents, p. 27 • Operation Fantast Trading Bureau, p. 29 • Current magazines, pp. 30–5 • Dead magazines, pp. 36–7 • Dealers, pp. 48–9 • Libraries, p. 50 • Science fiction book clubs, p. 62 (Some items of the contents page are not listed above, and some pages were taken up by ads.)

Operation Fantast Handbook online at fanac.org.

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Publication

1951—1953

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