Meskys (10 results)

Soft Cover. First Edition. Soft Cover. First Edition. Illustrated journal. Very good condition.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover Illustrations by Larry Dickison & Robert H. Knox (illustrator). 1st Edition. Along with the usual columns found in the Hugo Award winning Niekas are a very engaging piece by Joe E. Christopher about Anthony Boucher's Usuform Robotics future history's, an article by Donald A. Wollheim concerning SF writers and fans being able to recognize future trends before the general public, and a slightly off color obiturary of Jim Henson. Out of print and scarce in good condition for the fanzine collector. Conditions are very good to fine. Preserved in plastic archival acid-free silp cover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good- interior. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Large stain top back cover, not affecting; Articles and some poetry on the subject of the Arthurian legends. ; quarto; 72 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Cover Illustration by Larry Dickison (illustrator). 1st Edition. This was the last complete issue of the Hugo Award winning fanzine Niekas published under the Niekas masthead. Edmund R. Meskys the original editor may have done APA's or FAPA's after this with Niekas material under a different name. This issue was refered to as the Strange Sports Stories issue because of the articles comparing SF fans to Sports fans; the types of heros both disciplnes offers and the tenacity each have for their interest. Out of print and scarce and in a condition collectors will require for completing a collection. Conditions are very good to fine. Preserved in plastic archival acid-free silp cover.

Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition SciFi/Fantasy zine (Near Fine) Minor smudges on the cover. 64pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Cover Art; Allen Koszowski, Nick Cuti, David Waalks, & Jim Reynolds (illustrator). Niekas established itself as a large and variegated magazine containing a mixture of articles, but with particular emphasis on Fantasy and J R R Tolkien. Niekas ceased publication with no 20 in 1968, only to be revived with no 21 in 1977. Contributors to Niekas included Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Anthony Boucher, Algis Budrys, Avram Davidson, Philip K Dick, Raymond Z Gallun, Jack Gaughan, Harry Harrison, Sam Moskowitz, Andre Norton, Alexei Panshin, Jerry Pournelle, Donald A Wollheim and Roger Zelazny. Niekas won the Hugo for Best Fanzine in 1967 and was nomnated again in 1989. (Peter Nicholls, Rob Hansen, David Langford/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition). These two (2) issues from 1981 & 1985 respectfully contain articles by Diana Paxson, Marsha Jones, Fred Lerner, Philip K Dick, Raymond Z. Gallum, Mike Bastraw, Piers Anthony, Sam Mskowitz, and Jon Douglas Singer among many others Both these copies are uncirculated, but are starting to show light browning from shelf sitting for almost 40 years. Both are now being protected in acid free plastic sleeves.

The seventh, eighth and ninth issues. Beginning with number 9, the journal, which ran for 15 issues, was edited by Edmund R. Meskys. See Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 831. Fine copies. (#157064).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Niekas Front Cover - Larry Dickison, Back Cover - Tim Kirk (illustrator). 1st Edition. Niekas established itself as a large and variegated magazine containing a mixture of articles, but with particular emphasis on Fantasy and J R R Tolkien. Niekas ceased publication with no 20 in 1968, only to be revived with no 21 in 1977. Contributors to Niekas included Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Anthony Boucher, Algis Budrys, Avram Davidson, Philip K Dick, Raymond Z Gallun, Jack Gaughan, Harry Harrison, Sam Moskowitz, Andre Norton, Alexei Panshin, Jerry Pournelle, Donald A Wollheim and Roger Zelazny. Niekas won the Hugo for Best Fanzine in 1967 and was nomnated again in 1989. (Peter Nicholls, Rob Hansen, David Langford/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition). #39's articles include Tolkien's Military by Betty J Bruther, columns by Fred Lerner, Anne Braude, and Don D'Ammassa among others. The Tolkien Journal is a 1968 reprint of the original issue's 1 & 2 edited by Dick Plotz that first appeared in the Spring and Winter of 1965. This issue of Neikas and these reprints of the Tolkien Journal are hard to come by and not offered together anywhere else that this editor is aware of. This Niekas is a new uncirculated copy and the Tolkien Jounral is also uncirculated, but is lightly browning from age. They are both being protected in plastic acid free storage bags. A must have for fanzine collectors and Tolkien enthusiasts.

17 issues of four different American Tolkien fanzines sold as a lot. All staplebound. Very Good or better condition overall. Numerous illustrations. Entmoot. Crystal City, MO: Entmoot, [1965-1966]. Three issues. Issue #2, 3, & 4. Issues 2 & 3 folded vertically for mailing with mailing label and postmark on rear cover. Tolkien fanzine published by Greg Shaw, who would go on to start the music fanzine Bomp! and its record label. Niekas. Livermore, CA / Center Harbor, NH: Niekas Publications / Tolkien Society, 1962-1968. Ten issues. Issue #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20. Issue #11 has the Philip K. Dick piece "Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes." Issue #20 includes a one-page piece by Philip K. Dick & Vaughn Bode illustrations. Palantir. Los Angeles: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1966. Issue #4. Tolkien Journal. Brooklyn, NY: Tolkien Society of America, 1966. Three issues. Vol. II, Nos. 3 & 4; Vol. III, No. 2. Horizontal fold to two issues in Vol. II.