Well, the time has come, and GeoCities will be gone for good after Monday – or so Yahoo says. Time to take a last look at an old friend… Or is it? Time (Monday?) will tell.
Fanzine Archive acquired by University of Iowa
The University of Iowa Libraries, with the help of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW,) has acquired The Fanzine Archive, a collection of 3,000 classic fanzines long managed by Mariellen (Ming) Wathne. The bulk of Ming’s collection are Star Wars titles originally collected by Lucasfilm themselves, a valuable cache of fandom and fanfic history. (You can read more about the collection’s history at Fanlore.)
OTW and UI are intent on securing even more ‘zines and documents as part of their Fan Culture Preservation Project.
Linkwhoring: Can you handle more Star Trek?
Blast from the past. Newsweek has a fantastic audio slideshow featuring long-time fan Angelique Trouvere talking about Trek conventions of the 70’s. Don’t miss it!
Don’t blink. MTV points out the many cameos in the new film. There was no mistaking Tyler Perry, but who else missed Greg Grunberg? io9 goes into more detail on the various Easter Eggs.
He is Spock. Geoff Boucher has a great interview with Leonard Nimoy.
But everyone’s a Captain Kirk. Elsewhere on the Los Angeles Times site, Todd Martens takes a look at Star Trek in mainstream music.
Speaking of Kirk… You could get your own next time you fly.
Geek reads. Here’s a site devoted to Star Trek books. Huh. (via)
A fanboy moment. John Serba’s ten reasons why Star Wars is better than Star Trek. Can’t we all just get along? (via)
Flashback: Fanzines of yore
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog features a variety of fanzine covers from back in the day, including a hefty selection of Star Wars ones. Has your embarrassment squick kicked in yet? (via)