Janus (science fiction magazine)

"Janus" ISSN 0197-775X was a feminist science fiction fanzine edited by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll in Madison, Wisconsin, and closely associated with that city's science fiction convention, WisCon (Several early WisCon program books doubled as special issues of "Janus".) ["What is WisCon?:History of Wiscon"] It was repeatedly nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine (1978, 1979 and 1980) [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/HugoNomList.html Hugo Nominee List] ] ; this led to accusations that if "Janus" had not been feminist, it wouldn't have been nominated. [Merrick, Helen. "From female man to feminist fan: uncovering herstory in the annals of SF fandom," in "Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism" Helen Merrick and Tess Williams, eds. Univ. of Western Australia Press, 1999, p. 129-ff.] [Gomoll, Jeanne. "An Open Letter to Joanna Russ," "Six Shooter" (Jeanne Gomoll, Linda Pickersgill and Pam Wells, eds. [1987] ; reprinted in "Fanthology '87" [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8720/letter.htm] ] Eighteen issues were published under this name from 1976-1980; it was succeeded by "Aurora SF" [ [http://feministsf.org/crit/zines.html Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia:Journals, Newsletters, & 'Zines] ] [ [http://library.temple.edu/collections/special_collections/fanzine.jsp;jsessionid=DD33A759A422E62B4B582F59E618187B?bhcp=1&bhhash=1#j Temple University Libraries Fanzine Collection: J] .

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