Browsing

Browsing was a fanzine published by J. Michael Rosenblum in the UK. All issues were also distributed in FAPA.

Writing in Futurian War Digest #37 (October 1944), Rosenblum said:

From the present issue (No 9) of my Fapa publication Browsing, it is available to non-members at a price of 2d per copy post free. The magazine is a six or more page publication devoted mainly to fantasy in book form and includes book reviews, chatter and notes. Persons co-operating in various ventures will continue to receive free copies though. 

The FAPA Book notes that:

Browsing [11]] is simultaneously Fantast's Folly. Fantast's Folly is simultaneously (Rosenblum's) Browsing no. 11. The magazine (and there was only one, not two) was actually solely Fantast's Folly, with extra details added to make Swisher's indexing job more interesting.

The final issue, distributed with the January 1946 mailing, offers some insights into timing. It's not entirely clear which issue Rosenblum is talking about but perhaps #10 which also appeared in that mailing. He said:

The stencils for this were cut in August 1944, the mimeoing done about April '45, & the copies mailed to the USA in May; which only goes to show how long a publication can take betwixt conception & distribution.

Issue	Date	Pages	FAPA mailing	Notes
1	January 1943	2	24
2	Spring 1943	4	25
3	Summer 1943	4	26
4	October 1943	4	27
5	December 1943	4	27
6	Spring 1944	4	28
7	September 1944	6	29
8	1944	6	29
9	December 1944	10	30A
10	Summer 1945	15	34
11			33	Included with Fantast's Folly #3
New Series
1	Autumn 1945	14	33
2	January 1946	18	34	Final issue

• Browsing online at fanac.org

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Publication

1943—1946

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