Janus & Aurora

01 Vol 1, No 1Janus was the idea and namesake of Janice Bogstad. Jeanne Gomoll worked on the first issue and joined Jan as co-editor in the second issue. Jan focused on text content while Jeanne was primarily responsible for the layout and graphics.

Jan and Jeanne suspended their editorial partnership in 1979. Jan began publishing a fanzine named New Moon. SF³ and its publication committee continued to publish Janus, and subsequently changed its name to Aurora, although the numbering system was retained. By issue #20, Diane Martin took over as head of the SF³ publication committee and managed the fanzine until its final issue, #26, was published in 1990. One of the main causes of the fanzines’ demise was the increasing amount of the group’s energy consumed by WisCon, which is now recognized as the leading feminist science fiction convention.

Janus was nominated for three “Best Fanzine” Hugos in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Jeanne Gomoll was nominated for two “Best Fan Artist” Hugos in 1978 and 1980. Janus and Aurora were the most prominent feminist science fiction fanzines of their time. With the exception of Amanda Bankier’s fanzine, The Witch and the Chameleon, which ceased publication in 1976, Janus and Aurora were the ONLY fanzines with this focus.

We contacted as many Janus and Aurora writers and artists as we could find and asked their permission to post these electronic versions of the fanzines on-line. But there are quite a few people we could not locate. Their names are marked with an asterisk next to their names in the tables of contents. Help! Contact us <sf3info@wiscon.info>if you find your own asterisked name, or forward a link to this page to them if you have their contact information. Thank you!

	1975 Janus 1 (Vol 1, No 1) Janice Bogstad, editor Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents  Janus 01 Vol 1, No 1
	1975 Janus 2 (Vol 1, No 2) Janice Bogstad; editor Jeanne Gomoll, managing editor Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Janus 02, Vol 1, No 2 (PDF)
	1976 Janus 3 (Vol 2, No 1) Janice Bogstad, editor Jeanne Gomoll, managing editor Cover art Jennifer Wilson Table of Contents Janus 03, Vol 2, No 1
	1976 Janus 4 (Vol 2, No 2) Jeanne Gomoll, editor Janice Bogstad, co-editor Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Janus 04, Vol 2, No 2 (PDF)
	1976 Janus 5 (Vol 2, No 3) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Robert Kellough Table of Contents Janus 05, Vol 2, No 3 (PDF) Â
	1976 Janus 6 (Vol 2, No. 4) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Janus 06, Vol 2, No 4 (PDF)
	1977 Janus 7 (Vol 3, No. 1 / WisCon 1 program book) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Robert Kellough Table of Contents Janus 07, Vol 3, No 1 (PDF)
	1977 Janus 8 (Vol 3, No. 2) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Janus 08, Vol 3, No 2 edit (PDF)
	1977 Janus 9 (Vol 3, No. 3) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Robert Kellough Table of Contents Janus 09, Vol 3, No 3 (PDF)
	1977 Janus 10 (Vol 3, No. 4) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Robert Kellough Table of Contents Janus 10, Vol 3, No 4 (PDF)
	1978 Janus 11 (Vol 4, No. 1, WisCon 2 program book) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Eric Wallner Table of Contents Janus 11, Vol 4, No 1 (PDF)
	1978 Janus 12-13 (Vol 4, No. 2-3) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Eric Wallner Table of Contents Janus 12-13, Vol 4, No 2-3 (PDF)   Â
	1978 Janus 14 (Vol 4, No. 4) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Ole Kvern Table of Contents Janus 14, Vol 4, No 4 (PDF)
	1979 Janus 15 (Vol 5, No. 1) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Janus 15, Vol 5, No 1 (PDF)
	1979 Janus 16 (Vol 5, No. 2) Janice Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll, editors Cover art Joan Hanke-Woods Table of Contents Janus 16, Vol 5, No 2 (PDF)
	1980 Janus 17 (Vol 6, No. 1) SF3 Publications Committee, editors Cover art Arlin Teeselink Table of Contents Janus 17, Vol 6, No 1 (PDF)
	1980 Janus 18 (Vol 6, No. 2) SF3 Publications Committee, editors Cover art Georgie Schnobrich Table of Contents Janus 18, Vol 6, No 2 (PDF)
	1981 Aurora 19 (Vol 7, No. 1) SF3 Publications Committee, editors Cover art John P. Alexander Table of Contents Aurora 19, Vol 7, No 1 (PDF)
	1981 Aurora 20 (Vol 7, No. 2) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Steven Fox Table of Contents Aurora 20, Vol 7, No 2 (PDF)
	1982 Aurora 21 (Vol 8, No. 1) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Sam S. Adkins Table of Contents Aurora 21, Vol 8, No 1 (PDF)
	1982 Aurora 22 (Vol 8, No. 2) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Jini Kai Table of Contents Aurora 22, Vol 8, No 2 (PDF)
	1983 Aurora 23 (Vol 8, No. 3) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Brad Foster Table of Contents Aurora 23, Vol 8, No 3 (PDF)
	1985 Aurora 24 (Vol 9, No. 1) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Steven Fox Table of Contents Aurora 24, Vol 9, No 1 (PDF)
	1987 Aurora 25 (Vol 10, No. 1) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Brad W. Foster, Steven Fox, Joan Hanke Woods, and Robert Kellough Table of Contents Aurora 25, Vol 10, No 1 (PDF)
	1990 Aurora 26 (Vol 10, No. 2) Diane Martin, editor Cover art Jeanne Gomoll Table of Contents Aurora 26, Vol 10, No 2 (PDF)