Factsheet Five
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Factsheet Five is a periodical originally published by Mike Gunderloy of Albany, New York. It consisted almost exclusively of short reviews of privately produced printed matter, along with contact details. In the early 1990s, its comprehensive reviews, that ran into the thousands in any issue, made it the most important publication in its field, heralding the wider spread (beyond science fiction fandom) of what would eventually be called fanzine or zine culture. Prior to the wider adoption of the web & e-mail around 1994/5, publications such as Factsheet Five formed a vital directory for connecting people of like-mind; for instance, in the queer 'zine culture of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Factsheet 5 website is now at Factsheet5.org (http://www.factsheet5.org)
(Compare to the periodical Sound Choice in the cassette culture.)