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From MonSFFriend Guy Lilian: Spartacus ,SPARTACUS no 70

An update from Bill Burns over at efanzines:

I received a flurry of fanzines following the snow, and here they all are at https://efanzines.com

Guy H. Lillian III’s Spartacus #70

Leybl Botwinik’s CyberCozen – Jan 2024

Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #62

Christopher J. Garcia’s The Drink Tank #453

Octothorpe #101, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line

Bill Plott’s Sporadic #78, 78.1, 79 (2023 archive issues)

Opuntia #564, edited by Dale Speirs

Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #39 & 40

Christopher J. Garcia’s Claims Department #63, 64, 65

—
Bill

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A number of zines have arrived in our mail box.

From Leybl in Israel, CyberCozen, which has news regarding “More Zion’s Fiction” and lots and lots of interesting links to various Cyber spaces fans might like to explore.  CCAUG-2021-v01

From Ottawa fandom we have OSFS #508 which this month is dedicated to the Perseid Meteor Shower. I do beg to differ about the Perseids being the best shower of the year, though. It’s the best known, but if you really want to see shooting stars, the Geminids are best by a long shot. OSFS #508 July, 2021

From Guy Lilian in Florida, we have Spartacus, his perzine. Spartacus 491 He opens with an opinion piece on the police–the good and the bad.

The N3F sent us Tightbeam and two issues of Mount Void.

Tight beam: Table of Contents Tightbeam323
Art
Front Cover … Steam Hero by Alan White
11 … Shadow by Jose Sanchez
20 … Dragon Bust by Angela K Scott
Back Cover … Crystal Page by David Russell
Letters of Comment
4 … Lloyd Penney
4 … George Horace Wells
Editorial
5 … Editorial … George Phillies
Anime
5 … D_Cide Traumerei the Animation … Jessi Silver
7 … Peach Boy Riverside … Jessi Silver
Books
9 … Will Mayo Reviews H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine
9 … Queen of the Unwanted by Jenna Glass … Chris Nuttall
12 … Will Mayo’s Review of Edgar Lee Masters’s Spoon River Anthology
12 … Overlooked Again by Jon Mollison … Declan Finn
Comics
14 … An Interview with Scott Bieser by Tamara Wilhite
Films
16 … A Nightmare On Elm Street … Will Mayo
16 … An Interview with Robert Arvanitis by Tamara Wilhite
SerCon
18 … Miriam Allen deFord Bio-Bibliography … Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D.
22 … Catching Up with Author Jon Del Arroz … Interview by Tamara Wilhite
Video
24 … Will Mayo reviews Space: 1999
24 … The Long Halloween Takes a Holiday From the Book … Jason P. Hunt
Food of Famous Authors
26 … Chris Smith’s Cedar-Planked Salmon … Cedar Sanderson

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Table of Contents
STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES (television retrospective by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Jazz (letters of comment by Richie Bielak, Paul Dormer, and John Kerr-Mudd)
AIRPLANE! (letters of comment by Art Stadlin, Gary McGath, and Paul Dormer)
Midway, Historical Dates, and Timelines (letters of comment by Dorothy J. Heydt,
Keith F. Lynch, Kevin R, Tim Merrigan, and R. Looney)
This Week’s Reading (SUPERNOVA ERA) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Quote of the Week

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Bond Songs (Part 1) (DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER)
(comments by Mark R. Leeper)
Labels and Alphabetizing (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Mini-Reviews, Series, and Psychohistory (letter of comment by John Hertz)
SUPERNOVA ERA, the Ata Boys, and Sea Level Rise (letters of comment
by Kevin R, Scott Dorsey, Keith F. Lynch, and Peter Trei)
STAR TREK and the Venus Drug (letters of comment by Gary McGath,
Dorothy J. Heydt, Tim Merrigan)
This Week’s Reading (THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Quote of the Week

Fanzines

Lots of Zines to share!

Quite a few zines have arrived from Guy Lillian, N3F, and R-Laurraine Tutihasi.

First up, Spartacus from Guy. Guy is from Florida, lots of news on the American political scene and Covid situation in his area.  I found it very interesting that he and Rosie have had their shots already. Who knows when they’ll get around to us?

Download Spartacus.

From Laurraine Tutihasi, Purrsonal Mewsings. Cover illo by Taral Wayne has a real cool centaur lady.  What I like about this zine are the pictures and descriptions of animals we don’t see around these parts, like the cactus wren. Laurraine is now growing fruit trees in cages–oranges, persimmons, as well as apples and pears. Her husband is a very good astrophotographer and I always enjoy seeing his photos.

Download Purrmews

The National Fantasy Fan Federation has forwarded the First Fandom Newslettter, and six issues of MT VOID.

Download The First Fandom Newsletter

TABLE OF CONTENTS
P. 2: President’s Message; Announcements
P. 3: Obituary Notices and Remembrances
P. 8: Birthdays (January, February, March)
P. 9: First Fandom in the News
P. 10: Reviews of Two New Fanzines
P. 11: New Associate Member Kevin L. Cook
P. 12: Dinosaur Tracks; Activities Calendar
P. 13: About David Kyle (By Ben Bova)
P. 14: Fun FF Photo Forensics; Officers, Staff

Mt Void is the fanzine of the Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society. The editors are Mart and Evelyn Leeper. Interesting in particular for its reviews of books and classic movies.

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MT VOID 2153

MT VOID 2154

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A bumper crop of zines have arrived in the MonSFFA mailbox. Enjoy!

From Leybl in Israel: CyberCozen September Issue

This month’s roundup:
– Part XIV of the Time-Space series: Review of Stephen Baxter’s “Anti-Ice”
– ETs STAY HOME! (Part 2) “Occupation” – Reviewing some movies about invasions from outer space.
Our usual, interesting tidbits from various websites.

From Joe Major, Alexiad

Table of Contents
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Reviewer’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Back to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cat Watching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Dragon Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Joy of High Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hugo Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Retro-Hugo Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rocks and Fossils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What Isobel Deserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Worldcons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Book Reviews
JTM Buettner, My Enemy’s Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
JTM Close, Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
JTM Dali/Franks, Giraffes on Horseback Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
JTM Moore, Great War 1898 Crisis to Quagmire. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
JTM O’Brady, The Impossible First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Silver, After Hastings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
JTM Zakon, Sealion Drowning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
TV Reviews
TW The Big Bang Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Random Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2             Letters ……………..9

Tightbeam, edited by George Phillies and Jon Swartz, who wrote:

We also introduce something a new subgenre PolSciFi — Political (propaganda) Science Fiction, material where the author(s) want to send a political message. I expect that many readers are thoroughly sick of politics at this point, so PolSciFi appears at the very end of the issue, after Cedar Sanderson’s delectable Food of Famous Writers, so as not to spoil your appetite. Download Tightbeam

Table of Contents

Art
Front Cover …Woman of the Wild…Angela K. Scott
7 … Little Fairy … Angela K. Scott
12 … Mask and Rose … Angela K. Scott
20 … Moon Keeper … Angela K. Scott
26 … It’s Just One of Those Days … Angela K. Scott
Back Cover … FutureScape…Jose Sanchez

Editorial ­ PolSciFi … George Phillies

Letter of Comment
4 … Richard Dengrove

Anime
5 … Giving It Another Try … Jessi Silver

FanAc
7 … Announcing a New Fan Experience … Cedar Sanderson
8 … FANAC Fan History Project UPDATE 13 … Joe Siclari

Fanzines
11 … Fanfaronade … Justin E. A. Busch

Games
13 … Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery … Jim McCoy

Hugo Awards
16 … The Hugos, continued … Tom Feller

Novels and Anthologies
18 … Bentley Little’s The Ignored … Will Mayo
19 … Existence by David Brin … Sam Lubell

Sercon
19 … Anthony Boucher Bio-Bibliography … Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D., N3F Historian
23 … An Interview with Cedar Sanderson … Tamara Wilhite

Video
25 … Doctor Whom? An Analysis from Several Years Ago … Chris Nuttall
27 … Rabid Ears: Ravings of a TV Fiend … by Cathode Ray

Food of Famous Writers
29 … The Creamy Fish Chowder of Nathan Lowell … Cedar Sanderson

PolSciFi
30 … Alternate Truths Edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Bob Brown … Chris Nuttall

George Phillies from The National Fantasy Fan Federation has passed on these zines:

Askew 30

Askew 31

First Fandom Newsletter

MT VOID 2129-2136, edited by Mark and Evelyn Leeper

       MT VOID 2129        MT VOID 2130        MT VOID 2131      

         MT VOID 2132       MT VOID 2133    MT VOID 2135    

MT VOID 2136   (We don’t have #34)

Spartacus-38, Edited by Guy Lillian III

This Here! 32   Edited by Nic Farey

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Fanzines, forwarded by the The National Fantasy Fan Federation.

Mt Void, edited by Mark and Evelyn Leeper,  is the fanzine of the Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society.

MT VOID 2121

MT VOID 2120

MT VOID 2119

Spartacus, edited by Guy Lillian III, has great editorial that Keith and Danny will particularly enjoy, lots of very interesting letters as well and a look back at the pandemic from 2025.

THIS HERE… is (mostly) written, edited and produced by:
Nic Farey,

 

 

Fanzines

Two zines to share!

Guy Lillian has sent us two zines!

The most interesting, at least to me, is Spartacus. Spartacus always has thoughtful content.  The drawing at the bottom of the Zine Dump should  be in Spartacus, I think. Very moving tribute to the people fighting on the front lines! Be sure to look for it.

Spartacus         Zine Dump

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MonSFFA has received fanzines from Guy Lillian and Garth Spenser.

Guy says:  Those of you offended by the photo on the last page, please take it up with Supergirl. Click here to read Spartacus

Garth says: This is what happens when I don’t eat my vegetables.  Click here to read Interesting Times

NB for model builders: Read article by Taral Wayne about the release of new model of the first  Romulan War Bird.

 

Fanzines

Zines for your reading pleasure!

MonSFFA trades zines with various other editors and clubs. We have received the following fanzines recently.

Spartacus, a perzine by Guy Lillian:  most interesting articles on current US politics and the messy justice system.

Alexiad, perzine by Joe Major:  Long article on James Bond and Thunderball.

Art of Garthiness, perzine by Garth Spenser:  Garth’s continuing efforts to teach common sense. Also, funny graphic of Vancouver and fanzine reviews.

BCSFAzine,  clubzine edited by Felicity Walker: Notes on club meeting and upcoming events.

OSFS Statement: Clubzine: We receive paper copies from the Ottawa SF Society. They have a website, but they do not seem to upload their zines to the site. They carry a lot of astronomy news. If interested in seeing it, ask me at a meeting.

Broken Toys is a really good perzine by Taral Wayne. You can download it from http://efanzines.com/Taral/BrokenToys-48.pdf and you really should have a look at last year’s editions as they are nominated for an Aurora.

Fanzines

FanZines for your reading pleasure!

From time to time, MonSFFA receives zines in the e-mail, or we get word of a zine being posted on e-fanzines. Always worth reading, they are often funny and thought provoking.

Broken Toys 46 Edited by Taral Wayne : A most interesting description of the Pompeii exhibition at the ROM (starts on page 32). I’m amazed he was allowed to take photographs, many reproduced in Broken Toys. This exhibition is now in Montreal, and I’m planning a visit. I wonder if we will also be allowed photos here.

I think it is fair to say that there is a broader scope of material in this issue. Apart from the usual self-pity and whining about the vicissitudes of aging, there is a tribute to File 770’s eight years on-line, a terrifying journey into the bottom of my deep freezer, and a pleasant little jaunt to the scenic resort town of Pompeii, in the autumn of 79 AD. Bring a stout hat and respirator.

Opuntia 334 : Edited by Dale Speirs: Starts with Part 2 of Dale’s photographs of Calgary’s Chinese New Year Celebration. I also enjoyed the article on mystery stories/SF, and was reminded of the RNA experiments where some researchers claimed that RNA could transfer memories, an idea that was picked up by SF writers. (Of course, who could resist an idea like that??)

The Art of Garthiness 10:  Edited by Garth Spencer: Static in my Attic, hilarious comments on all sorts of unrelated topics.

Where are the mad scientists in Vancouver? We need a few mad scientists. Is it just me, or are all the heathens living in Surrey? Are there any abandoned properties or forgotten subterranean structures in Vancouver where criminal supervillains could set up their lairs? Is it true that Canadian water supplies are doped with Prozac? When the Arctic ice cap finally melts, will we find evidence of lost human civilizations, or mind-melting Lovecraftian horrors that time forgot, or just more mineral resources to fuel a 22nd-century gold rush? Is there an English word that rhymes with orange?

Garth then goes on to discuss Micronational Politics, another progress report on the Common Sense Life Skills Book, Phan Nuiuz (fan news–Yeah, I know, took me a couple of seconds), and Semiprozines and other marketlike news.

Spartacus 12 Edited by Guy Lillian:  Guy is also known to MonSFFA as editor of Challenger and the Zine Dump. (Always has nice things to say about WARP.  🙂 ) Spartacus is a zine in which he gives personal views on current events. In this issue, the death of Antonin Scalia, gravitational waves, the American elections, the diversity controversy at the Oscars and the way the Academy is shutting out older actors (he reprints Bill Mumy’s letter, adding the comment, send them to the cornfield, Bill) winding up with his own list of preferred candidates for the Hugo Awards.