Science Fiction and the Mimeo Machine

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:45 AM

There’s an interesting article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about how modern science fiction was born on mimeo machines. Before the Internet, enthusiasts would publish their own periodicals and send them to other fans. Though now many of those conversations are held in online chat rooms, “fanzines,” as the self-published magazines were called, epitomized interactivity before the “term became a buzzword.” Atlanta is gearing up to hold its annual DragonCon festival, a celebration of all things science fiction. Turns out the city is also home to the grandfather of fanzines, Cuyler Ned Brooks, whose many typewriters and mimeographs produced most of the genre’s first copies.

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