Karass

(Did you mean the term karass or a Stephen Ivey fanzine?)

A fannish newszine published by Linda Bushyager near Philadelphia with thirty-eight issues between Jan 1974 and Oct 1978, and named for the concept originated by Kurt Vonnegut in his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	January 1974	10
2	February 1974	16
3	March 1974	12
4	April/May 1974	13	Plus a 5-page Rotsler cartoon portfoilo
5	June 1974	11
6	July/August 1974	19
7	September 1974	17	Includes extensive Discon II report
8	October 1974	10
9	November 1974	19	Includes a very long editorial on the future of Worldcon
10	January 1975	15
11	January 1975	15
12	March 1975	13
13	April 1975	10
14	May 1975	8
15	June 1975	18
16	August 1975	10
17	September 1975	10
18	October 1975	9
19	January 1976	10
20	March 1976	6
21	May 1976	20
22	June 1976	10
23	August 1976	12
24	September 1976	18	Big MidAmeriCon report
25/26	Nov 1976	18	Double issue. Includes rebuttal from MidAmeriCon
27	January 1977	16
28	February 1977	18
29	April 1977	8
30	May 1977	18
31	June 1977	18
32	August 1977	12
35	December 1977	18
37	June 1978	20
38	November 1978	60	Final issue. Printing a hoard of contributed art

Contributors included Michael G. Coney, Gary Farber, Mike Glicksohn, Bill Rotsler, James Smart, Taral Wayne.

Karass online at fanac.org.

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1974—1978

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