(Did you mean the fanspeak term or Fantast Medway booksellers?)
The Fantast was a U.K. fanzine (nicknamed Fay) published first by C. S. "Sam" Youd (John Christopher) from April 1939 until March 1941 (issues 1–9) when it was taken over by John F. Burke (co-editor issues 9–10) and Douglas Webster (issues 10–14) ending in July 1942. It published early fiction and poetry by Youd, Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Eric Maine and others.
J. Michael Rosenblum reviewed #12 in Futurian War Digest #16:
The 32 page December 1941 issue of Fantast is a fight issue, or so says editor Douglas Webster. He has collected a batch of controversial material by Birchby, Burke, Hopkins etc which together with the more regular items, certainly makes up a good meaty number – art work by Turner is, as usual, specially notable. Much teeth-gnashing will undoubtedly occur as a result of a new column – 'Swillings from the Stf Trough', by Swine – which apparently sets out to see if fans can take it. Watch out for squalls but I think British fans might manage to miss the rabid feuding certain transAtlantic denizens seem to dote on.
Harry Warner article.
| Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Notes
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| #1 V1.1 |
April 1939 |
20 |
Editor is C. S. Youd
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| #2 V1.2 |
May 1939 |
22 |
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| #3 V1.3 |
June 1939 |
20 |
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| #4 V1.4 |
July 1939 |
20 |
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| #5 V1.5 |
August 1939 |
20 |
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| #6 V1.6 |
September 1939 |
20 |
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| #7 V1.7 |
October 1939 |
30 |
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| #8 V2.1 |
May 1940 |
20 |
Cover says "VOL 1 NO 8 - Feb 1940" (then, underneath, "please amend to Vol. 2 No. 1 - May 1940")
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| #9 V2.2 |
March 1940 |
20 |
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| #10 V2.3 |
April 1941 |
20 |
Editor is now Douglas Webster ; The ToC says "August 1941"
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| #11 V2.4 |
November 1941 |
20 |
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| #12 V2.5 |
December 1941 |
24 |
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| #13 V3.1 |
April 1942 |
32 |
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| #14 V3.2 |
July 1942 |
34 |
Final issue
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The Fantast online at fanac.org.
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