BeABohema

{{Short description|Old science fiction fanzine}}

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BeABohema was a science fiction fanzine edited by Frank Lunney of Quakertown, Pennsylvania . It lasted for twenty issues from 1968 to December 1971, and was nominated for the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine, losing to Richard E. Geis' ''Science Fiction Review.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1970-hugo-awards/|title=1970 Hugo Award|work=World Science Fiction Society|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164613/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1970-hugo-awards/|archivedate=2011-05-07}}

It was known for controversies over such topics as the relationship between the Science Fiction Writers of America and Amazing Stories publisher Ultimate Publishing;{{cite journal|url=http://www.pjfarmer.com/sfr39.htm|author-link=Philip José Farmer|author=Philip José Farmer|title=Letter|journal=Science Fiction Review|issue=39|access-date=2010-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106033147/http://pjfarmer.com/sfr39.htm|archive-date=2011-01-06|url-status=dead}} and New Wave science fiction.{{cite book|author=Edward James|author2=Farah Mendlesohn|name-list-style=amp|title=The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|page=61}}{{cite journal|author=Rob Latham|author-link=Rob Latham|title=Fanzine Research: Some Sercon Musings|journal=Science Fiction Studies|volume=31|issue=3|pages=487–497}}

Among the better-known contributors were Dean Koontz,Koontz, Dean. "Way Station" BeABohema #4, pp. 15-19; as well as issues #5, #6 and #8 Piers Anthony (who did a column titled "Babble" for a while{{cite book |last=Anthony |first=Piers |author-link=Piers Anthony |title=How Precious Was That While |publisher=Macmillan |year=2002 |page=288}}), Bill Rotsler, Ted White, Philip José Farmer, James Blish, David Gerrold, Sam Moskowitz, Jay Kinney, Terry Carr, David R. Bunch, and a then-obscure fan named "Gene Klein" who would later become famous as Gene Simmons of KISS.BeABohema #2, pp.14, 16, 47