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''Niekas'' (from Lithuanian: ''nothing'' or ''nobody'') was a science fiction fanzine published from 1962–1998 by Ed Meskys – also spelled ''Meškys''〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Mythopoeic Society )〕 – of New Hampshire. It won the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1967 Hugo Awards )〕 and was nominated two other times, losing in 1966 to ''ERB-dom''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1966 Hugo Awards )〕 and in 1989 to ''File 770''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1989 Hugo Awards )〕 For the initial five issues, Meskys – at the time a professor and a member of The Tolkien Society at the now-defunct Belknap College in Center Harbor, New Hampshire – edited ''Niekas'' by himself, after which he was joined by Felice Rolfe and Anne Chatland. The latter left after issue #8.〔Clute, John and Nichols, Peter. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995) ISBN 0-312-13486-X p.871〕 By the late 1980s he was editing the zine by himself. It originated as an apazine before being expanding to a full-fledged fanzine. Meskys continued publication when his employment moved to Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota. Meskys later wrote, "I started a separate mailing-comments zine for the APA, and changed its name to ''Niekas'' and started the numbering over again with the June 1962 issue.... Since there was no Tolkien fanzine being published I decided to devote ''Niekas'' to Tolkien and try to run at least one Tolkien related piece in each issue."〔Meskys, Ed. ''The View From Entropy Hall'' #12, cited in ("Niekas" Tolkien Collector's Guide )〕 The zine played a prominent role in the early development of Tolkien fandom in the United States.〔(Hunnewell, Sumner Gary ("Hildefons Took"). ''Tolkien Fandom Review: from its beginnings to 1964'' Arnold, Missouri: New England Tolkien Society, 2010; pp. 3-4 )〕 Issue #7 included a letter from C. S. Lewis to Meskys that mentions ''The Lord of the Rings''. In coming years, contributors included Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, John Boardman, Vaughn Bode, Anthony Boucher, Marion Zimmer Bradley ("Bloodthirsty for Power: Vampirism in Hambly’s ''Those Who Hunt the Night''"), Charles N. Brown, Algis Budrys, Avram Davidson, Philip K. Dick ("Naziism and the High Castle"), Raymond Z. Gallun, Jack Gaughan, Harry Harrison, S. T. Joshi, Clyde Kilby, Tim Kirk, Sam Moskowitz, Andre Norton, Andrew J. Offutt, Alexei Panshin, Diana Paxson, Jerry Pournelle, Darrell Schweitzer, Arthur Thompson (ATom), Bjo Trimble, Donald A. Wollheim, Roger Zelazny ("Song of the Ring", a poem).〔Clute and Nichols (1995) for Anthony, Asimov, Boucher, Budrys, Davidson, Dick, Gallun, Gaughan, Harrison, Moskowitz, Norton, Panshin, Pournell, Wollheim and Zelazny, names only〕 A "Glossary of Middle Earth" by Al Halevy was an ongoing feature,〔 as was material by Robert Foster, who later published ''The Complete Guide to Middle-earth'', In 1968, ''Niekas'' ceased publication after issue #20, but was revived in 1977 for issue #21.〔 By 1995, Meskys – who had become blind – was the fanzine's editor-in-chief, with Mike Bastrow listed as editor and designer.〔 The final issue of ''Niekas'', #48, described itself as published by Meskys and edited by Joe R. Christopher. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niekas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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