The Westerfilk Collection, Volume II More Songs of Fantasy and Science Fiction

This is an oversized paperback book with a plastic spiral binding. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are mostly clean and bright, though there is a thin strip of toning to the front cover by the spine. A former owner has inked the title on the spiral binding. The text pages are clean and bright. This book is considered quite scarce. "Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since the early 1950s and been played primarily since the mid-1970s. The genre has a niche but faithful popularity in the underground. " (from Wikipedia) and, "In the early 1950s, the term filk music started as a misspelling of folk music in an essay by Lee Jacobs, "The Influence of Science Fiction on Modern American Filk Music". Wrai Ballard, then editor of the Spectator Amateur Press Society refused to publish it for fear that the article's bawdy content could get them into trouble with the Post Office under the Comstock Laws, but found the typo itself amusing, and mentioned it repeatedly; thus, Jacobs's typo became the self-identified term for the genre/subculture while it was still an informal, unrecognized activity at conventions. Its first documented deliberate use was by Karen Anderson in Die Zeitschrift für vollständigen Unsinn (The Journal for Utter Nonsense) No. 774 (June 1953) , for a song written by her husband Poul Anderson. " (from Wikipedia).…