Zine Farr

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Zine Farr has been used by fans to describe two things: 1) the obsession to create a print zine, 2) the mad stampede in a convention dealer's room to procure new zines.

Fannish Drift and "Zine Farr"

Zine Farr is a play-on-words with Pon Farr. The concept of pon farr is so well known that it's been used as a base word to coin fannish phrases, usually about near-manic, focused fanac:

• Con Farr—the overwhelming, almost physical need to get to a convention for fannish interaction (and fanzines).
• Zine Farr—the overwhelming need to put out a fanzine, often leading up to a con
• Vid Farr—the overwhelming need to finish an amateur video production

Creating a Zine

• "For the past four or five years, Dee, Erika and I have shared the delights of zine farr at Media West."

Buying Zines at Cons

• "It was the first time I had ever been in a room with so many zines and I went a bit wild, buying some zines that I would later wonder what I bought them for."