Difference between pages "The Chigger Patch of Fandom" and "Asha Anderson"

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[[Image:Chigger_patch_of_fandom_195x_n2_copy.jpg‎|right|frame|'''The Chigger Patch of Fandom''' Issue 2]]  
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Along with a couple of one-ofs, '''Asha Anderson''' wrote the zine Reddog Review and published it as Skyriver Press and ashabot.com. She was a member of alt.zines and an active participant in its rollicking, rowdy flame wars until the Feds destroyed the Usenet and people migrated to internet blogs and discussion boards. She does two blogs, [http://www.ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier], an ongoing narrative on whatever, and [http://www.annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse] where she posts some of her poetry. American by birth, Anderson has spent extended periods of time in various countries and posts photos from her wanderings on [https://www.flickr.com/ashabot/ Flickr] and [https://www.instagram.com/ Instagram]. She occasionally submits poetry to lit mags. She currently lives in Portugal.
  
'''The Chigger Patch of Fandom''' was a science fiction fandom fanzine edited by [[Nan Gerding]] and Bob Farnham (d. December 30, 1965).
 
  
''Chigger Patch'' was released in the 1950s in Roseville, Illinois, U.S.A.
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Contributors of prose included Garth Bentley, Robert Bloch ([[Science Fiction Fifty Yearly]]), Ed Cox ([[Triton]], [[Altair]]), Harlan Ellison ([[Science Fantasy Bulletin]]), [[Rory Faulkner]] ([[Shangri L'Affaires]]), Eva Firestone ([[The National Fantasy Fan]]), Joe Gibson ([[G2]], [[The Damned Patrol]]),  Jim Harmon, Bert Hirschhorn ([[Tyrann]]), Olive Morgan, [[Orma McCormick]] ([[Starlanes]]), Noah W. McLeod, Tom Piper, Hal Shapiro ([[Hallucinations]]), L.L. Shepherd, Robert R. Wheeler, and the editors. 
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*[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ blog]
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*[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ poetry]
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*[https://www.flickr.com/ashabot/ ashabot at flickr]  
  
Contributors of poetry included Orma McCormick, and Stan Woolston ([[Moonshine (USA)|Moonshine]]), among others. 
 
  
Cover art was by Glover Prescott, and others. The cover of issue two bears the defiant slogan, alongside the cover drawing in small print on the left side, "WE IRRITATE SOME", and on the right side, "OTHERS IGNORE US".
 
  
Letters came from Robert Bloch, Eva Firestone, Tom Piper, Hal Shapiro, and Robert R. Wheeler, among others.
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''The Chigger Patch of Fandom'' was a member of "Fanvariety Enterprises", an affiliation of fan publishers put together by Max Keasler and Bill Venable. It included such publications as Max Keasler's [[Opus]], Bill Venable's [[The Pendulum]], Norman Browne's [[Vanations]], Harlan Ellison's [[Science Fantasy Bulletin]], Dave English's [[Fantasias]], Norbert Hirschhorn's [[Tyrann]], Ian MacAuley's [[Cosmag]],  [[SF (Magnus)|SF]] by John Magnus, Joel Nydahl's [[Vega]], and [[Starlanes]] by Nan Gerding and Orma McCormick.
 
 
 
Bob Farnham also published [[Centaurian]]. Nan Gerding also published [[Nandu]].
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 08:21, 27 May 2021

Along with a couple of one-ofs, Asha Anderson wrote the zine Reddog Review and published it as Skyriver Press and ashabot.com. She was a member of alt.zines and an active participant in its rollicking, rowdy flame wars until the Feds destroyed the Usenet and people migrated to internet blogs and discussion boards. She does two blogs, Language Barrier, an ongoing narrative on whatever, and Anna Sadhorse where she posts some of her poetry. American by birth, Anderson has spent extended periods of time in various countries and posts photos from her wanderings on Flickr and Instagram. She occasionally submits poetry to lit mags. She currently lives in Portugal.


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