Fanzines - Part 2 Originally by David Weingart dweingar@ic.sunysb.edu Supplied by John Whatty @~Concluded from Issue 45 MAINSTREAM Jerry Kaufman Suzanne Tompkins 8738 1st Ave. NW Seattle, WA 98117 USA Samples of this irregularly-published genzine can be had for a mere $2. MASIFORM-D Devra Langsam 627 E. 8th Street Brooklyn, NY 11230 USA Masiform-D is a long-running STrekzine (the original submission of this one suggested a rough range of 20 years or so) that's put out on a more or less annual basis. Price per issue is on the order of $8, exact figures aren't available as of this typing. MIMOSA Dick & Nicki Lynch PO Box 1270 Germantown, MD 20875 USA Mimosa is a genzine ("One of the best around," according to the submission (_not_ from the Lynches)), with an emphasis on fan history. Samples are available for $2. MYTHAGORAS Watts Martin Bill Biersdorf c/o Concept Alliance PO Box 272987 Tampa, FL 33688-2987 USA This is a "furry fandom" quarterly with a 3-color cover. (Furry fandom refers to people involved in anthropomorphics (aka funny animals, although they are very often quite serious and well-done. DSW). The 'zine contains fiction, artwork and articles. Issue #3 is available for $3.95 ($4.95 ppd), and #4 costs $3.75 ($4.75 ppd). NEW PALS Catherine Doyle Kip Williams 26 Copeland Lane, #D Newport News, VA 23601 USA New Pals is a bizarre little mix, running between genzine, perzine and (get this) clubzine. The catch is that the club is made up of people who LoC the zine, so you have to LoC to get in, grok? When you do, you get a Pal number (I have no idea what a Pal number actually is, I want you to know! DSW). NEWS FROM THE VORTEX c/o Bill Savage 1507-B Randolph Avenue Huntsville, Alabama 35801 USA uunet!ingr!infonode!b15!savagewe!wes This is a clubzine/newsletter for an un-named club! Mostly it's for fan of British media (especially Doctor Who). Subscriptions are available for $15. NOVA EXPRESS Michael Sumbera No full address given. It's somewhere in Austin, Texas, USA This literary SF 'zine boasts that it is for the new type of fan, one who is young, hip and eats their own dead. The centerpiece of each issue is a long interview with a writer (past issues have interviews with Howard Waldrop, James Blaylock, Pat Cadigan and Pat Murphy). The rest of the issue has short reviews, fiction (of the slipstream variety,) and critical essays. The editors frown on a fanish style in favor of one which non-fan readers can get into. Adherents of genre fantasy are warned in advance that _NE_ delights in the mass murder of elves, bunnies and anything else construable as cute. It has also been nominated for the Readercon award. $3 an issue, or $12/year (4 issues). Bill Humphries, who submitted this entry (and actually typed in the above, for the most part) also adds a cryptic note that this is "the inheritor of _Cheap Truth's_ legacy." THE PRIDE No address was given, but you might try to send e-mail to Scott Sanford at wyvern@agora.rain.com. This (more or less) monthly is a clubzine for the ISC Wildcat, a con volunteer group with a group persona of an exploratory starship. Subscription rates are $20 annually. Circulation is small (about 30 copies each printing). PROPER BOSKONIAN c/o Laurie Mann NESFA Box G MIT Branch PO Cambridge, MA 02139 USA lmann@jjmhome.UUCP Laurie_Mann@m80.stratus.com lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (NeXT Mail) PB is the NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association; the people who run Boskone) clubzine. It's available in either paper or electronic form (but without artwork). The ASCII format is available about 1 month after the hardcopy. PB is available free to NESFAns, or $2 (US) for others. PROTOTYPE William Chow 2830 East 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5M 1W9 CANADA Samples $2.50 (presumably Canadian $$$) An anime (aka Japanimation aka Japanese animation) zine. Contains fan art and scripts and synopses. There are also articles on modelling and related topics PYROTECHNICS: THE NOW & THEN NEWSLETTER OF GENERAL TECHNICS Bill Higgins Constance Trembley PO Box 965 Aurora, IL 60507 USA This is a zine of techie-type fan stuff. Typical material includes articles on "Why You Shouldn't Use a .22 Rifle Cartrifge as an Automotive Fuse" and "A Test of the Ability of Hostess Twinkies to Withstand Space Launches." It's a relative quarterly, at about $4 for 4 issues. QUANTUM QUARTERLY Jim Rondeau 1853 Rallbrook Ave. San Jose CA 95128 USA This 'zine is devoted to the TV show "Quantum Leap." I have no information at all on prices or how often it comes out (presumably 4 times a year). RADIO FREE THULCANDRA Marty Helgesen 11 Lawrence Avenue Malverne, NY 11565 USA libmh%ccny.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu This is sort of a clubzine for Christian Fandom. I say sort of because doctrinal flamewars are highly DIScouraged, while LoCs by non-Christians are highly ENcouraged. Most of the contents are book reviews and commentary. No print frequency is given. $3 is accepted to meet printing and postage, but the usual is preferred. THE ROAD Kevin Conod 7-10 Forest St. Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-1540 USA The Road is a clubzine/genzine for the Stony Brook Science Fiction Forum. It includes the usual genzine-ish things (lettercol, book reviews, occasional fanfic), but also lots of stuff relating to the SF4M itself. This (roughly) quarterly is free to members and alumnae. Write about samples and subs. SF-LOVERS DIGEST Saul Jaffe sf-lovers@rutgers.edu (submissions only) sf-lovers-request@rutgers.edu (subscription requests and other administrative stuff) sf-lovers digest is an electronic genzine, ranging from movies to stories to reviews to cons. As an e-zine, it is free. Internet subscriptions can be gotten from the above address. For BitNet users, TELL LISTSERV at RUTVM1 command SFLOVERS "name" where "command" is either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE as appropriate. SINGULARITY Ronald Hale-Evans 89 Massachussetts Ave. #199 Boston, MA 02115 USA evans-ron@cs.yale.edu evans@brandeis.bitnet $10/4 issues, $3/single issue I couldn't possibly improve on Ron's description, so I'll just quote it. "A zine of techno-weirdness and cultural relativism. Regular features include what it's like to be insane, and weird new words. Typical topics include memes, cyborgisation, space colonisation, magick." SPENT BRASS Andrew P. Hooper PO Box 1624 Madison, WI 53703-1624 USA Back in the early 80s Ted White and another longtime fanzine fan put out a frequent broadsheet called _PONG_. It was a well liked little genzine. Hooper has reincarnated _PONG_ with _SPENT BRASS_. The publication schedule is roughly two issues every six weeks with one in 3 issues devoted to LoCs. $1 or the usual for two issues. STET Leah A. Z. Smith 17 Kerry Lane Wheeling, IL 60090-6415 USA This is a perzine, which has interests running from fandom to recipes and food. Samples can be had for $2. STRANGE PLASMA Edgewood Press PO Box 264 Cambridge, MA 02238 USA This is an irregular semiprozine of speculative and imaginative fiction. Single issues are $3, and subscriptions are available for $10 for four issues in the USA, $12 in Canada, $18 overseas. According to their inside front cover blurb, they are "Not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, though great care will be taken with everything received." According to the person who sent this one in for The List, "The stories are weird, but in a competent non-cutesy way." THE TANTALUS FIELD Michael J Montoure 24026 21st St. Seattle, WA 98198 USA singh@bailey.cpac.washington.edu This is a STrek 'zine, apparently thematically related to the "Mirror, Mirror" episode (Spock with a beard) and ST:TNG. Subscriptions are $8/year. Back issues can be had for $1.50 a pop, anthologies are $5 each. TRASH BARREL Don Franson 6543 Babcock Ave. N. Hollywood, CA 91606 USA This 'zine (for which your Humble Narrator has little real info) is a collection of fanzine reviews for the National Fantasy Fan Federation (aka the N3F). THE TURBO CHARGED PARTY ANIMAL APA c/o Kim Nash 2642 Kendall Ave Madison, WI 53705 USA Originally this was intended to be the Madison APA, however, in its 5th year. TURBO boasts members from the east and west coasts as well as several people from Europe. The discourse tends to be in the form of comments, however more members are leaning towards performance oriented zines. Membership limited to 30 (but how many are there now? DSW). Out of town members are expected to make arangements for mailing and reproduction with Madison APAans. TWILIGHT ZINE attn: Jourcomm MIT Science Fiction Society Room W20-473 84 Massachussetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 USA mitsfs@athena (possibly mitsfs@athena.mit.edu) TZ is the clubzine for the MITSFS, and contains a lot of MITSFS related in-jokes and information (such things as meeting minutes from 15 years ago). However, there are very strong genzine elements, with lots of reviews, cartoons, and hoax science. Many of the contributors have never even _been_ to MIT. TZ is available for the usual or a few dollars. It's pubbed 10 times per decade, where a decade is defined as the period of time it takes for 10 issues of TZ to be pubbed. VICTORIA JAC FANGAZINE Ed Sum 1807 Francisco Tce Victoria, BC V8N 4W2 CANADA comptec89074@instr.camosun.bc.ca Free sample copy for $1 (Canadian) for postage & handling as long as quantities last. Primarily a Japanese animation (anime, japanimation, etc.) zine with fan art, synopses, and articles, the focus also drifts towards an occasional article in the animation industry in general. Free copy is sent out to anyone who submits fan art or animation articles (upon publication). (This is also apparently a clubzine, but I have no idea what club it's for! DSW) WINNIE THE POO Rich McAllister 149 Webster St. Palo Alto, CA 95301 USA rfm@eng.sun.com This is the official clubzine of the San Francisco Penninsula SF Association. The contents are all meeting announcements. There are no articles, reviews, cartoons, etc. The price is 5 for $2, but prospective members can get a free issue on request. XENOFILKIA Lee Gold 3965 Alla Rd Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA Xenofilkia is a bimonthly filkzine, consisting almost entirely of filksongs, filksong fragments, verses to new songs and occasional ideas for filksongs, plus filk news and announcements. Each issue costs $0.05/page plus postage (subscriptions are available at the same rate), or for free if you submitted a filksong that was used in the ish, or for postage-only if you had a song in the last ish. IMHO, Xeno is utterly indespensible for the rabid filker. There are regular contributions by Big Name Filkers as well as relative unknowns. - o -