''Janus'' was a
feminist
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science fiction
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fanzine
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edited by
Janice Bogstad and
Jeanne Gomoll in
Madison, Wisconsin
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, and closely associated with that city's
science fiction convention
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,
WisCon (several early WisCon
program books doubled as special issues of ''Janus''). It was repeatedly nominated for the
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine (1978, 1979 and 1980); this led to accusations that if ''Janus'' had not been feminist, it wouldn't have been nominated. Eighteen issues were published under this name from 1975 to 1980; it was succeeded by ''
Aurora SF'' (''Aurora Speculative Feminism'').
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Contributors
During its run, ''Janus'' included articles, reviews, artwork and/or letters of comment from a variety of notables, including: Amanda Bankier, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Walter Breen, Linda Bushyager, Avedon Carol, Suzy McKee Charnas, C. J. Cherryh, Buck Coulson, Samuel R. Delany, Gene DeWeese, Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave science fiction, New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published wo ...
, Alexis Gilliland, Mike Glicksohn, Joan Hanke-Woods, Teddy Harvia (both as Harvia and under his real name of David Thayer), Ursula K. Le Guin, Elizabeth Lynn, Loren MacGregor, Katherine Maclean, Vonda McIntyre, Alexei Panshin, Andy Porter, William Rotsler, Joanna Russ, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Charles R. Saunders, Stu Shiffman, Gene Simmons
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, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Joan Vinge, Harry Warner Jr., F. Paul Wilson, Donald A. Wollheim, and Susan Wood.
See also
* Feminist science fiction
* '' The Witch and the Chameleon''
* Women in speculative fiction
References
External links
*
Janus/Aurora
' at ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''
''Janus'' online
*
Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States
Feminist criticism
Feminist literature
Defunct feminist magazines published in the United States
Feminist science fiction
Magazines established in 1975
Magazines disestablished in 1980
Magazines published in Wisconsin
Mass media in Madison, Wisconsin
Science fiction fanzines
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