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(Did you mean the [[Wayne Third Foundation]], a club at Wayne State University?)
 
(Did you mean the [[Wayne Third Foundation]], a club at Wayne State University?)
  
''Third Foundation''<ref> The title refers to [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Foundation Trilogy]].  </ref> was a [[fanzine]] published by [[Lee Klingstein]], then by [[Lee Gold]] and [[Barry Gold]], from 1967-1970. The first issue was #76 (there must be a story behind that), and the last issue is #95.  
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'''The Third Foundation''' (T3F) <ref>The title refers to [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Foundation Trilogy]].  </ref> was a club [[fanzine]] published by the club "The Third Foundation" and edited by [[Lee Klingstein]] (later [[Lee Gold]]) 1967-1970. The first issue was #77 ("so we would have the Spirit of '76 to inspire us), and the last issue is #105. The club's mythos was that "We were founded at the The 'End of Eternity' to make sure that Hari Seldon was born on time."
  
 
Lee (Klingstein) Gold says "I found organized [[SF fandom]] in 1967 at [[Westercon XX]]", including [[filking]], then "A month later I attended my first [[LASFS]] meeting with copies for sale of ''The Third Foundation'' #76 (the [[fanzine]]'s first issue), containing my first [[filksong]]:  ''Oh, What a Beautiful Martian.''  One of the LASFSians who sang it that night was a fellow named [[Barry Gold]], whom I married two years later."  
 
Lee (Klingstein) Gold says "I found organized [[SF fandom]] in 1967 at [[Westercon XX]]", including [[filking]], then "A month later I attended my first [[LASFS]] meeting with copies for sale of ''The Third Foundation'' #76 (the [[fanzine]]'s first issue), containing my first [[filksong]]:  ''Oh, What a Beautiful Martian.''  One of the LASFSians who sang it that night was a fellow named [[Barry Gold]], whom I married two years later."  
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76 ||1967 || ||'''First issue!'''
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76 ||1967 || || Mythical first issue: #77 had "answers to last issues quiz" and "letters of comment" on the "previous issue".
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78 || || ||Managing editor: James Shapiro. Lee Klingstein is listed as "Ambassador from Academia"  
 
78 || || ||Managing editor: James Shapiro. Lee Klingstein is listed as "Ambassador from Academia"  
 
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95 ||January 1970 ||40 ||Final issue. (The date of publication listed here is probably in error.
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Revision as of 10:02, 12 January 2020

(Did you mean the Wayne Third Foundation, a club at Wayne State University?)

The Third Foundation (T3F) [1] was a club fanzine published by the club "The Third Foundation" and edited by Lee Klingstein (later Lee Gold) 1967-1970. The first issue was #77 ("so we would have the Spirit of '76 to inspire us), and the last issue is #105. The club's mythos was that "We were founded at the The 'End of Eternity' to make sure that Hari Seldon was born on time."

Lee (Klingstein) Gold says "I found organized SF fandom in 1967 at Westercon XX", including filking, then "A month later I attended my first LASFS meeting with copies for sale of The Third Foundation #76 (the fanzine's first issue), containing my first filksong: Oh, What a Beautiful Martian. One of the LASFSians who sang it that night was a fellow named Barry Gold, whom I married two years later."

Issue Date Pages Notes
76 1967 Mythical first issue: #77 had "answers to last issues quiz" and "letters of comment" on the "previous issue".
77 first issue
78 Managing editor: James Shapiro. Lee Klingstein is listed as "Ambassador from Academia"
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80
81
82
83 July 1968 41
84 September 1968 36
85
86-87 January 1969 50
88 June 1969
89
90 Sept.-Oct. 1969 48 Pages numbered 1-38, A-J. Cover by "Simpson"
91 1969
92 1970 42 "Year-ish". Cover by G. Barr. Internal evidence implies this was probably published in late Jan. 1970.
93
94 1970
95 January 1970 40
  1. The title refers to Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.


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