More zines have arrived in our mailbox, enjoy!
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And yet more zines!
Probe from South Africa features an impressive cover created by AI. An article near the end of the ish explains the process and includes yet more AI generated images. The key words were storm, dragon, spaceship. It appears that AI is not quite sure of what a spaceship is.
Beyond the cover, we have book reviews and some very interesting fiction worth the read.
We also received another update from Bill Burns at e-fanzines:
New today at https://efanzines com:
- Ray Palm’s The Ray X X-rayer #172
- Ethel the Aardvark #221 and archive issues 19, 179
- Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #31
- Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #36
- Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #53 & 54
- Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #39
- John Thiel’s Meteor #5
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Bill
Fanzines to share
A bumper crop of fanzines came in while we were busy organizing the fieldtrip to MAM. Enjoy!
De Profundis #589 – September 2023
Added today at https://efanzines.com are:
- Rich Lynch’s You’re Still on My Mind #3, a letterzine companion to My Back Pages
- Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #57
- Octothorpe #90, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
- Opuntia #556, edited by Dale Speirs
- Christopher J. Garcia’s The Drink Tank #449 & 450
- J.L. Farey’s JenZine #6
- Nic Farey’s This Here…#67
- Heath Row’s The Stf Amateur, August & September 2023 (apazine bundles)
- Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #52
- Octothorpe #91, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty
Fanzines to share!
Bill Burns has sent us an update, and the N3F has sent us Fanac now edited by Mindy Hunt. FanAct202308
Catching up after a few days away, I’ve added nine new issues at https://efanzines.com:
- Rob Jackson’s Inca #22
- Ethel the Aardvark #220 and archive issues 18, 180
- William Breiding’s Portable Storage #9 – final issue
- Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #35
- Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – Aug 2023
- David Grigg’s The Megaloscope #8
- Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #38
- Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #30
- Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #51–
Bill
More Zines to share!
August Impulse, details of in-person meeting
MonSFFA meets in-person on the 12th of August, 13:00h, at the Lachine Royal Canadian Legion.
With a bit of luck, we will be able to also live stream via zoom for out -of-town members.
Details in Impulse, Click here to download.
Zines to share
From the N3F, zines to share:
Also, an experiment, a free sample issue of a fiction zine. If you want to see more, you need to subscribe to it. I hope you like them.
F-302 Countdown: The Unreleased Stargate Model Is About To Land
F-302 Countdown: The Unreleased Stargate Model Is About To Land
Master Replicas will sell the previously unreleased ship model, in limited quantities, starting this Friday. Here’s everything you need to know.
Stargate’s F-302 Fighter Interceptor is finally going up for sale this Friday, and we now have the first clear look at the model itself.
The model was originally designed by Eaglemoss for its “Hero Collector” line, but cancelled when the company went bankrupt last year. Master Replicas then stepped in and acquired all of Eaglemoss’s remaining stock, and has been selling them in weekly drops at MasterReplicas.com.
The hotly anticipated model is for a fan-favorite. The F-302 was to be the fourth ship in the Stargate line, following the Daedalus (BC-304), Ha’tak-class Goa’uld mothership, and the Death Glider.
The F-302 was first introduced in the sixth season premiere of Stargate SG-1, as the “X-302” experimental fighter. The craft is built by Earth engineers utilizing alien technologies acquired through the Stargate program. It was used to help save Earth from an attack by Anubis, and subsequently became a staple of Earth’s defense forces.
Master Replicas
The 302 was featured throughout the remainder of SG-1‘s run, as well as on Stargate Atlantis and in the premiere episode of Stargate Universe.
Master Replicas’ screen-accurate model will be similar in size to the previously released Death Glider model, which had a 7.8-inch (20-centimeter) wingspan. Like the others we expect it is made of die-cast metal and ABS plastic. It features the ship’s familiar three-engine design (two standard thrusters flanking a larger booster rocket in the center), as well as four air-to-air missiles on the ventral side.
HOW TO BUY
Stargate fans who are interested in adding the F-302 to their collection will have a narrow window to pick one up before the ship is sold out. The drop goes live at MasterReplicas.com
READ MORE https://www.gateworld.net/news/2023/07/f302-countdown-unreleased-stargate-model-about-land/
A COMET SHAPED LIKE THE MILLENNIUM FALCON
Space Weather News for July 25, 2023
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A COMET SHAPED LIKE THE MILLENNIUM FALCON: Astronomers are monitoring a very unusual comet. A few days ago, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks explosively brightened, spewing plumes of debris into space that now resemble a famous spaceship. No one knows for sure what happened, but it could be the eruption of an ice volcano on the comet’s surface. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: A backyard telescope image of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on July 24, 2023. Credit: David Strange of Salcombe Regis, East Devon, UK
Zines to share!
More zines to share, enjoy!
Added today at https://efanzines.com are:
Bruce Gillespie’s SF Commentary #112
Ray Palm’s The Ray X X-rayer #171
Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – Jul 2023
Henry Grynnsten’s Wild Ideas #37
Garth Spencer’s The Obdurate Eye #29
Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #47
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Bill
Just a brief update on CUFF 2023 before Pemmi-Con! – Garth Shooting My CUFFs #4
Be pleased to learn that Mindy Hunt will be the new editor of Fanactivity Gazette. She takes over for the August issue.
This weekend I will be bringing out the next issue of the National Fantasy Fan. Please have your club news in by Saturday.
The deadline for Laureate Award ballots is July 31. Please have your votes to me before then. FanAct202307