About SWILL:

SWILL was fan magazine created in February 1981 in response to the controversy created with in Ontario science fiction fandom by a fake boycott poster distributed at the 1980 Maplecon by Neil Williams and his cohorts. The fake boycott poster was intended as a surreal joke that appeared to spark actual animosity between the Ottawa fan group and the Toronto fan group. The powers-that-be in the Toronto fan group were going to find out who was responsible and punish them... And so issue #1 of SWILL was published.

Trigger Warning: The original issues of SWILL (#1 though #6, #6.5a through #6.5c, and #7) were all written prior to the emergence of "modern sensibilities" and may be disturbing to some groups. Foul language is often used.

SWILL was a critique on science fiction and science fiction fandom. The original issues were crude and unsophisticated in their arguments and analysis; the analysis was more aimed at attacking "sacred cows" of science fiction fandom of the 1980s.

SWILL #7 is a twentieth anniversary issue that was published online. The critiques are more sophisticated and less foul language is employed.

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