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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:52:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>The Zine Dump</title><description>A publication by Guy H. Lillian III for the readership of Challenger * GHLIII@yahoo.com</description><link>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>112</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheZineDump" /><feedburner:info uri="thezinedump" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-7269602711304740416</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T02:28:35.046-06:00</atom:updated><title>The Zine Dump #18</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_yOqUw7ZH250/R7aeFVO2ekI/AAAAAAAAADc/1gVHOVS6WNI/s1600-h/18+Reinhart.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_yOqUw7ZH250/R7aeFVO2ekI/AAAAAAAAADc/1gVHOVS6WNI/s400/18+Reinhart.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167491436890192450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GHLIII Press Publication #1023&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December, 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The overwhelming fannish event since the last Zine Dump – indeed, the overwhelming fannish event of all 2007 – was the death and funeral of my great friend Hank Reinhardt, Hearts player, swordsman, anachronist and Southern fandom’s #1 guy. Though Hank was never much of a fanzine fan – getting him to do his SFPAzines was, to coin a cliché, like pulling teeth from a statue – I’ve never known a greater exemplar of the fannish lifestyle. He embodied humor, eccentricity, audacity, friendliness, and tolerance. This portrait – by Alan Hutchinson – is from The Reinhardt Roast, published by yhos in SFPA in 1976. I hope to have the complete zine on the Challenger website RSN; check it out and see why everyone who knew Hank absolutely loved the guy. Of course this TZD is dedicated to his memory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also on our website RSN – Challenger #27, 97 pages in paper form, bedecked with a jolly Ken Mitcheroney cover (colored by *blush* me) and blest as are all issues with terrific contributions from terrific people. No politics this time! Next issue: March! LOCs and contributions? Oh please, yes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, to the zines. Remember, The Zine Dump wants to see every SF-oriented fanzine published in English!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-7269602711304740416?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/itTfyvBLkNc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/itTfyvBLkNc/zine-dump-18.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_yOqUw7ZH250/R7aeFVO2ekI/AAAAAAAAADc/1gVHOVS6WNI/s72-c/18+Reinhart.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/zine-dump-18.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-6408500492121258206</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T02:19:17.162-06:00</atom:updated><title>Alexiad Vol. 6 No. 5-6</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe &amp;amp; Lisa Major, Louisville KY / jtmajor-@iglou.com / $2@ / To begin with, an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Stencil;font-size:130%;"  &gt;announcement &lt;/span&gt;… Joe will be hosting another Fan Editors’ Lunch or Dinner at the Denver worldcon. Who in the Mile-High area knows of a good place for fanzine nuts to chow down? Okay – back to Alexiad, a zine rich with great book reviews of tomes of almost every subject known to man. Major is one of the sharpest wits, and his reviews cut cleanly to the kernel of the works he reads. The piece on Camelot and the Cultural Revolution, dealing with the effects on liberalism of the JFK assassination, is particularly compelling – perhaps because I just scanned a website dealing with the murder. Joe also touches on film – his review of 300 is a riot – before Lisa expounds on horseflesh and Johnny Carruthers takes on various types of candy. All is grist for fandom’s mill. The issue closes with con reports – none attended by us, alas – and a potent lettercol, spiced with Joe’s frequent responses and informed by the grand span of knowledge and experience enjoyed by SFers. It makes my day to see discussion of the Hardy Boys by a guy who’s actually studied his Stratemeyer. Highlight of the following issue is Lisa’s piece on the USS Utah, destroyed but not defeated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. It’s vivid stuff, reprinting many survivor stories – as ever when I read first-hand accounts of such horrors, I wonder how I would have behaved had I been there. Not this well, I’m sure. Best among Joe’s many reviews is that of a book concerning the Duke lacrosse team rape case; like the recent Jena 6 matter, that scandal was painted with racial hysteria but actually fomented by prosecutorial greed: if either DA had conducted his case rationally there would have been no brouhaha. Johnny Carruthers’ piece on the “Best All-Time Series” Hugo is entertaining, as is his review of The Man from Krypton, a book of essays on Superman. The WAHF paragraph following the lettercol lists the welcome name of Lloyd Daub; it’s been far too long, Lloyd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-6408500492121258206?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/YHSJKlU7loE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/YHSJKlU7loE/alexiad-vol-6-no-5-6.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/alexiad-vol-6-no-5-6.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-3496829626030913505</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T02:16:19.545-06:00</atom:updated><title>Ansible #245</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dave Langford, Reading, Berkshire, U.K. / U.S. Agent: Janice Murray, P.O. Box 75684, Seattle WA 98125-0684 / SAE or google it. / Web news.ansible.co.uk / Dave’s celebrated newszine is a monthly mirror up to the science fiction field, with amusing professional news and gossip, too many death notices, “Thog’s Master Class” (English as it were writ by people &lt;del&gt;on drugs&lt;/del&gt; who should know better). The December issue notes Harlan Ellison’s threatened lawsuit against Paramount for using characters and sites he created in “City on the Edge of Forever” in a new project. Good question: does a writer surrender rights to such business when he sells a script?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-3496829626030913505?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/EsSvY0O9Ico" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/EsSvY0O9Ico/ansible-245.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/ansible-245.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-3336684803770381671</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:58:51.051-06:00</atom:updated><title>Aphelion</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dan Hollifield / &lt;a href="http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/"&gt;&lt;u&gt;www.aphelion-webzine.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-3336684803770381671?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/90kO7mfhmKM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/90kO7mfhmKM/aphelion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/aphelion.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-2703949333090188548</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:58:33.550-06:00</atom:updated><title>Argentus #7</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steven Silver / &lt;a href="http://www.sfsite.com/%7Esilverag/argentus.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt; http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/argentus.html.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / on eFanzines / Steve brings out one &lt;i&gt;Argentus&lt;/i&gt; a year, usually with a wonderful "mock section" wherein his contributors run wild with their imaginations; this issue lacks that, but I'm jealous of the goodies it does proffer. There's an outstanding b&amp;amp;w design cover by Deb Kosiba, whose work is new to me. Three contributors name their top ten (or five) out-of-print SF books. (&lt;i&gt;Lord of Light&lt;/i&gt;? &lt;i&gt;Stand on Zanzibar&lt;/i&gt;? &lt;i&gt;Bridge of Birds&lt;/i&gt;? &lt;i&gt;Why&lt;/i&gt; aren't these masterworks on the shelves?) Fred Lerner of &lt;i&gt;Lofgeornost&lt;/i&gt; tells tales from the Portuguese, a change of pace for most fanzines, and Michael Thomas provides a nifty piece about &lt;i&gt;Dr. Who&lt;/i&gt;. (Long live Jon Pertwee!) Mike Resnick tells the tale of his friendship with Satanist Anton Levey; Levey sounds like a guy who found a dandy scam and milked it for everything he could get. Most interesting item in this serious, intellectually stimulating fanzine is a quasi-panel discussion of utopian SF Silver "cobbled" together from comments by several erudite Sfers. And that's the distinction of &lt;i&gt;Argentus&lt;/i&gt;: it tries to touch and stimulate the intelligence of its readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-2703949333090188548?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/jFF3AUjTfZo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/jFF3AUjTfZo/argentus-7.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/argentus-7.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-4549147113818707949</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:58:06.599-06:00</atom:updated><title>Askance no. 5-6</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Purcell, College Station TX / &lt;a href="mailto:j_purcell54@yahoo.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;j_purcell54@yahoo.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / $2, trade or on eFanzines.com / That's a Frank Wu on the cover? A dragon on stage at a rock concert seems a little silly for him  Anyway, this latest &lt;i&gt;Askance&lt;/i&gt; is my kinda fanzine, with goofy personal natter (i.e., John talks about his dogs), a silly article by James Bacon on becoming a zombie (my clients recommend two shots atop a xanbar), and a very cool piece by Lee Anne Lavell on how she became a fan. Arnie Katz promotes "Core Fandom" as the true inheritor of the fandom of Ackerman and Jack Darrow. Personally, I think &lt;i&gt;The Core&lt;/i&gt; was a waste of Hilary Swank. Editor Purcell stands in for Lloyd Penney and reviews a few fanzines  including one or two I don't get, an intolerable situation  and Linda Bushyager wonders "What if?", a question I often ask myself, particularly when I encounter a &lt;i&gt;real&lt;/i&gt; lawyer at court and all I have in my briefcase is umpteen fanzines to review. The lettercol is thoughtful, most interesting when the Chorus turns its attention to the study of fanzining as an art form unto itself. I must single out J.A. Kaufman's kind words about &lt;i&gt;Challenger&lt;/i&gt;'s website, which is entirely to the credit of Patrice Green; all I do is send her files. Issue #6 features a wonderful cover by Kyle Hinton and the results of John's poll on fannish pet peeves. But most interesting to me is Andy Trembley's piece attacking Core Fandom, Arnie Katz' label for fanzine fans; he sees it as exclusivist. Claire Brialey, in a long subsequent piece, struggles with the question. Bill Fischer's satire, "Tart Reform", is simply choice writing, as his "Figby" is simply choice cartooning. So why is this "my kinda fanzine"? Because it's fun, it's personal, it's enthusiastic and it's positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-4549147113818707949?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/KSpZQ9UozOA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/KSpZQ9UozOA/askance-no-5-6.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/askance-no-5-6.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-3008220737959599352</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:57:40.625-06:00</atom:updated><title>Banana Wings #32</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer, Croydon, Surrey, U.K. / fishlifter@googlemail.com / Superb contributors grace this issue of one of the U.K.'s top publications: Steve Stiles (the funny cover), Dave Langford (an article about A.P. Herbert's "misleading cases," which sound fascinating to this public defender), James Bacon (reviewing comics, a natural topic for this Alan Moore fanatic), Steve Green (a Harry Potter dream  for Harry!), Margaret Austin (her Japanese journey). The editors, fine fan writers both, are on hand of course, Claire with a compelling article on how one's sexuality affects one's status/activity in fandom and Mark on many matters, including worldcon GoHs and the Hugos (provoking a fond memory of &lt;i&gt;NOSFAn&lt;/i&gt; 9, which won me a mention in &lt;i&gt;Analog&lt;/i&gt;). A page on the Rotsler Award for fanartrists names the 2007 winner, the great Terry Jeeves, overdue for such recognition. The letter column is rich with great writers and hearty responses to previous issues  the truest indication of a great and successful fanzine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-3008220737959599352?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/LgYm2aa7EfU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/LgYm2aa7EfU/banana-wings-32.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/banana-wings-32.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-1630418445094418635</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:57:27.941-06:00</atom:updated><title>Baryon Magazine 106</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barry R. Hunter, Rome GA / &lt;a href="http://www.baryon-online.com/"&gt;&lt;u&gt;www.baryon-online.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / free online, $5@ printed / More book reviews here than one can shake a stick at, and believe me, I can shake a stick. In this task he is aided by the amazing Harriet Klausner, who devours books the way I eat Tic-Tacs, but understands and appreciates each and all. Her plot synopses are usually skillful and entertaining in themselves. Most are current releases, ranging from Robert Parker novels to sexy vampire stories, but what's this &lt;i&gt;Slan&lt;/i&gt; she talks about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-1630418445094418635?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/-N1qw5OBqrE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/-N1qw5OBqrE/baryon-magazine-106.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/baryon-magazine-106.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-3137744637552269377</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:56:57.917-06:00</atom:updated><title>Batteries Not Included Vol. XIV #10-12 (Oct-Dec 2007)</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richard Freeman, Fairborn OH / $3@ US, $4@ outside / What's new in the wonderful world of video smut? &lt;i&gt;BNI&lt;/i&gt; won't tell you  except for tidbits and gossip to be picked up from the letter column, news isn't a major part of the zine's appeal. Instead it provides features, some quite thoughtful, interviews with performers, some quite revealing (I wish they'd get around to Victoria Paris), cynical reviews (I believe the editor provides the same for &lt;i&gt;Adam Film World&lt;/i&gt;), some sharp comedy. In these issues, M. Christian writes about writing porn, John Mozzer describes his early years in the business (apparently competing with Quaaludes for actresses' attention), Richard Pacheco  a terrific writer  interviews Ona Z, Jeff Jarvie paeans Kylie Ireland (he wishes!), Netta Gilboa recaps her career as a sex toy saleswoman ("women would sit on items that they really wanted"; wasn't that the point?). You come away from &lt;i&gt;BNI&lt;/i&gt; with a sense of the porn industry as a place where people with very heavy questions find very light answers  but if you forego being judgmental you'll find yourself entertained and informed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-3137744637552269377?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/lyxpyYNDcpY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/lyxpyYNDcpY/batteries-not-included-vol-xiv-10-12.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/batteries-not-included-vol-xiv-10-12.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-9033213747200869629</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:56:36.364-06:00</atom:updated><title>BCSFAzine #412-5 /</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garth Spencer, Box 15335, VMPO, Vancouver BC Canada V6B 5B1 / &lt;a href="mailto:garthspencer@shaw.ca"&gt;&lt;u&gt;garthspencer@shaw.ca&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / Four issues of Garth's monthly publication for the British Columbia group. The latest issue opens with the editor's apology for having less and less energy to "pub his ish"; the issue before starts with a familiar plaint about the expense of postage; he anticipates the day RSN when &lt;i&gt;BCSFAzine&lt;/i&gt; goes entirely on-line. (He's not kidding; a copy of &lt;i&gt;Challenger&lt;/i&gt; costs $2+ to mail within the United States and &lt;i&gt;nine effing dollars &lt;/i&gt;to send to the U.K.!) Herein a report on this year's Aurora Awards, the hoax Elrons, "Fandom's longest running spoof awards," con reports, CUFF natter. Nice cover art, two by Taral, Fan Guest at the next Canadian worldcon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-9033213747200869629?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/fJdQ5ZlxLro" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/fJdQ5ZlxLro/bcsfazine-412-5.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/bcsfazine-412-5.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-2204014752806220449</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:55:23.913-06:00</atom:updated><title>Bento 19</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Levine &amp;amp; Kate Yule, Portland OR / &lt;a href="mailto:kate@bentopress.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;kate@bentopress.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:david@bentopress.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;david@bentopress.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / David wins a trip to Phuket, Thailand, and provides the template for this spiffy palm-sized fanzine: &lt;i&gt;Amazing Race&lt;/i&gt;. First stop for our contestants, Singapore, which reads like paradise, especially its zoo. Then Phuket, not pronounced like it looks, which reads even more like paradise, especially that breakfast buffet. The editors ride an elephant and do all kinds of wonderful things and win the race; if we had been involved we would have probably dropped out and said "Phuket! I'll stay there!" Crazed fan fiction follows, then charming LOCs, and finally the news that David is about to retire. Is this a novel to supplement his "'Tk'tk'tk" we see pending?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-2204014752806220449?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/VsFLkEq3Les" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/VsFLkEq3Les/bento-19.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/bento-19.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-2225598700059222193</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:53:49.628-06:00</atom:updated><title>Brooklyn! No. 58</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fred Argoff, Penthouse L, Brooklyn NY / $10 in cash per 4 quarterly issues / Amongst the usual delights of Fred's paean to America's favorite borough  city history, photos of intriguing architecture and a self-parodying lexicon  Fred adds Brooklynized versions of various fantastic tales: &lt;i&gt;The Wizard of Oz&lt;/i&gt; as set on Flatbush Avenue, Pinocchio in Bensonhurst, "The Ant &amp;amp; the Grasshopper", "Jack &amp;amp; the Beanstalk", "Stone Soup". In Brooklyn they think Mother is only half of Ms. Goose's title. Favorite photos this time: the UFO graffiti, the abandoned Cook mansion (someone ought to spend a coupla million and turn that cool old edifice into a B&amp;amp;B), an actual yellow semi-submarine, and a still from the near-nadir of Bela Lugosi's career: &lt;i&gt;BL Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla&lt;/i&gt;, one of the worst movies of all time. Great issue of one of the best non-SF zines; did Brooklyn's first tornado in 118 years faze the editor? &lt;i&gt;Fuhgeddaboudit!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-2225598700059222193?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/kDMQK5grbCY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/kDMQK5grbCY/brooklyn-no-58.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/brooklyn-no-58.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-8770456856690015032</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:53:32.641-06:00</atom:updated><title>Chunga #13</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andy Hooper, Randy Byers, carl juarez, Seattle WA / &lt;a href="mailto:fanmailaph@aol.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;fanmailaph@aol.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / $3.50@ / Editors requests three copies of any zine sent in trade / &lt;i&gt;Chunga&lt;/i&gt; is a perfectly produced, impeccably written, splendidly illustrated paean to its editors' collective insanity, a Hugo nominee in the past bound to be such again. Fronted by an outstanding illo by Marc Schirmeister (&lt;i&gt;why&lt;/i&gt; hasn't this bwah made the Hugo ballot?), this issue concentrates on movie criticism. It features thoughtful dissertations on the '05 remake of James Whale's &lt;i&gt;Call of Cthulhu&lt;/i&gt;, Woody Guthrie's appearance in the Three Mesquiteers masterpiece, &lt;i&gt;The Afrika Kowboys&lt;/i&gt;, Kubrick's epic version of &lt;i&gt;The Moon is a Harsh Mistress&lt;/i&gt; and more. (A clue for the clueless: don't bother with IMDB.) Among the critics, Stu Shiffman, Bob Webber, Byers and Hooper. Wil Tenino's piece on SF porn, dealing with real if regrettable movies (I've actually seen &lt;i&gt;Sex World&lt;/i&gt;), seems almost tame by comparison. Exceptional lettercol yclept "Ye Iron Pigge".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-8770456856690015032?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/So5umoAzE5k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/So5umoAzE5k/chunga-13.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/chunga-13.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-6293252189875229055</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:53:09.437-06:00</atom:updated><title>Dagon #605</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Boardman, Brooklyn NY / Apa-Q / The &lt;i&gt;Dagon&lt;/i&gt; template goes like so: cover is a collage of comic strips, often political; inside cover is a flyer for a mystical ripoff (crystals, Bermuda triangle, this time dream interpretation through art, which  frankly  sounds OK to me); the Colin Ferguson Award to a warmonger in the genre (Dave Grossman this time); a page of amusing  and often compelling  rants on topics various &amp;amp; sundry (the Terror Watch List, those who insist Pluto is still a planet, etc.); two pages of "PATRIOTISM IS", listing various offenses to human decency that &lt;i&gt;true&lt;/i&gt; patriotism definitely is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;, such as the tasering of John Kerry's noisy student questioner and the torture of John Walker Lindh; Apa-Q financial notes; fannish natter (as "A Mess of Pottage"). John's account of the October First Saturday club meeting includes several names I know, including former LASFAPAn Marc Glasser and  if I have the right lady  Elyse Rosenstein, whom I met at a New Year's Eve party some years back and who boasted the second most beautiful mane of red hair I've ever seen. &lt;i&gt;Suh-EYE!&lt;/i&gt; The woman sporting the &lt;i&gt;most&lt;/i&gt; beautiful crimson pate I've ever seen recently sent me a photo from our 40&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; year high school reunion: she's gone completely white. &lt;i&gt;Blasphemy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-6293252189875229055?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/F6ss1VKWy2U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/F6ss1VKWy2U/dagon-605.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/dagon-605.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-513680127029847734</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:52:50.717-06:00</atom:updated><title>Dancing and Joking</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Hertz, L.A. CA / available for $5 donation to the fan funds / To one familiar with John's relatively brief comments in &lt;i&gt;Vanamonde &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;infra&lt;/i&gt;), &lt;i&gt;D&amp;amp;J &lt;/i&gt;is a revelation  longer pieces, written for various genzines, the lamented &lt;i&gt;Twink&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Emerald City&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Argentus&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Mimosa&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Trap Door&lt;/i&gt;, and so forth. Prepared for John's Fan GoH stint at the 2005 Westercon, it is splendid stuff. Hertz writes with verve and style. My favorite pieces here deal with Bruce Pelz, the 2001 worldcon masquerade, and Eleanor Cameron's Mushroom Planet books (I read the second volume first. What did I know?). Funny, incisive, rich with love of the genre and its people  t'were up to me, Hertz would stay on the Fan Writer Hugo shortlist until fandom woke up and &lt;i&gt;gave&lt;/i&gt; him the thing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-513680127029847734?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/NnR59-HbWOU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/NnR59-HbWOU/dancing-and-joking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/dancing-and-joking.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-6837093650654364188</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:52:34.019-06:00</atom:updated><title>DASFAx Dec. 07</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan Geisler &amp;amp; Sherry Johnson, Arvado CO / &lt;a href="mailto:Editor@DASFA/com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Editor@DASFA/com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / The monthly Denver clubzine is very colorful on-line with some purty pictures spread amongst the meeting and party schedules and news. Fred Cleaver's reviews, a constant feature of &lt;i&gt;DASFAx&lt;/i&gt;, are as sharp as ever (that Emshwiller bio sounds irresistible). The editor, in his column, talks up current celestial glories  and there have been a few, Mars' close approach, Comet Holmes, a February lunar eclipse  a good view dependent, always, upon good weather. Apparently they have a problem with clouds a mile in the sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-6837093650654364188?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/ZwG2LyYJwjQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/ZwG2LyYJwjQ/dasfax-dec-07.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/dasfax-dec-07.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-5145176526918583594</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:52:14.557-06:00</atom:updated><title>De Profundis 420</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Milt Stevens, c/o LASFS, 11513 Burbank Blvd., N. Hollywood CA 91601 / &lt;a href="http://www.lasfs.org/"&gt;&lt;u&gt;www.lasfs.org&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / PDF versions available at &lt;a href="http://barrydgold.home.comcast.net/deprof.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt; http://barrydgold.home.comcast.net/deprof.html&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / LASFS has been undergoing a spate of elections and self-appraisal. At a December meeting Milt was among those elected to the Board of Directors and the club decided to adopt a 10-year plan designed to maximize its positive impact on science fiction. That's a long way from the chocolate-covered manhole cover!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-5145176526918583594?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/zVNZGb8MrrM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/zVNZGb8MrrM/de-profundis-420.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/de-profundis-420.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-3778847842420506688</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:51:11.735-06:00</atom:updated><title>The Drink Tank Issue 157</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Garcia, &lt;a href="mailto:Garcia@computerhistory.org"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Garcia@computerhistory.org &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;/ On eFanzines / The youthful TAFF winner for 2008 is incredibly prolific; by the time you read this, &lt;i&gt;TDT&lt;/i&gt; will be deep into the 160s. #157, its cover bedecked with pictures of the French smart car, starts with The editor's reactions to the new listings on the National Film Registry, many from the thirties. I'm embarrassed at how few I've seen. Cheryl Morgan contributes a crazy fanfic; Frank Wu offers some sharp predictions on China's future. Good stuff, but it's Chris' responses in the lettercol that really lift the energy and spirit of the zine. A recent issue featured a Ditmar cover, one of the great Aussie's first appearances on this side of the Pond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-3778847842420506688?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/bT6gxwbkpxI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/bT6gxwbkpxI/drink-tank-issue-157.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/drink-tank-issue-157.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-4110128620683665810</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:50:10.001-06:00</atom:updated><title>DUFF 2008</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve &amp;amp; Sue Francis, &lt;a href="mailto:sjf138@aol.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;sjf138@aol.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="mailto:sfsue@aol.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;sfsue@aol.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / Campaign letter by candidates for the Down Under Fan Fund, accompanied by a ballot. Steve &amp;amp; Sue, winners of the Rebel Award and former chairs of Louisville's Rivercon, are running against Murray Moore for the delegacy, and as all three are superb contenders and friends, I'm not going public with my vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-4110128620683665810?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/ZOxUwGWV-PE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/ZOxUwGWV-PE/duff-2008.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/duff-2008.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-8188313072746551963</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:49:46.229-06:00</atom:updated><title>EI35</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earl Kemp, &lt;a href="mailto:earlkemp@citlink.net"&gt;&lt;u&gt;earlkemp@citlink.net&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / eFanzines.com / Subtitled the 2007 Annual, &lt;i&gt;eI35&lt;/i&gt; opens with a cool Steve Stiles cover mixing Disney with Lovecraft, and closes with a Stiles portfolio; I'm with Earl, Steve is decades overdue for a Hugo. Strongest item in this wonderful electronic zine  and one of the best read this whole season  is Michael Moorcock's memoir, "A Child's Christmas in the Blitz", with photos selected by Jim Linwood. It is superbly written (of course) and extraordinarily moving. Of course one is reminded of the great film &lt;i&gt;Hope &amp;amp; Glory. &lt;/i&gt;Mike Ashley writes  also very well  about his discovery of fandom in "Hooked". Not enough about Earl himself here, but what's here is fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-8188313072746551963?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/k0cmudyZwNE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/k0cmudyZwNE/ei35.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/ei35.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-8723107574061532850</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:49:15.787-06:00</atom:updated><title>File 770: 151</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Glyer, Monrovia CA / &lt;a href="mailto:Mikeglyer@cs.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Mikeglyer@cs.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / Another superb issue of the standard in SF newszines, a multiple Hugo winner that has grown better with the years. News, of course, is primary  e.g., &lt;i&gt;Fans Escape San Diego Fires, &lt;/i&gt;Chris Garcia wins Nobel Prize, Doris Lessing wins TAFF (do I have that right?)  Terry Jeeves' Rotsler Award is hailed, with the first photo of the great Jeeves I've ever seen. The obits mention Reinhardt, and my world is rocked once more. In mentioning the 2007 Hugo, Mike jumps into the mini-controversy over Nippon's Ultraman design; he likes the thing. (Me too.) His delight in the success of his wife's book on Lewis and Tolkien makes the page dance. Then con reports take over  John Hertz on Westercon, Mike himself on MythCon in Berkeley, Tuckercon by Keith Stokes, Ditto/ArtCon by Hope Leibowitz, NovaCon by Keith Bacon (who is everywhere these days). More excellent photos abound. Most interesting item in "The Fanivore", Mike's lettercol, deals with the efforts to stop the ridiculous annual joke in the Best Fan Writer category; was nominating a second professional, John Scalzi, the right way to stop Langford?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-8723107574061532850?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/agW3J5cLBEI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/agW3J5cLBEI/file-770-151.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/file-770-151.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-175781352904588326</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:49:00.471-06:00</atom:updated><title>For the Clerisy</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brant Kresovich, P.O. Box 404, Getzville NY 14068-0404 / &lt;a href="mailto:kresovich@hotmail.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;kresovich@hotmail.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / $2, LOC, or trade /&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-175781352904588326?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/GUoRs-Nmt3M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/GUoRs-Nmt3M/for-clerisy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/for-clerisy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-1634855102591729674</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:48:22.272-06:00</atom:updated><title>Fosfax #214</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Lane, c/o FOSFA, P.O. Box 37281, Louisville KY 40233-7281 / $4 / Tim's strengths are obvious: a deep intelligence and curiosity, and in person, he is a friendly and often funny companion. Alas, his writings in &lt;i&gt;Fosfax&lt;/i&gt; often betray his weaknesses: he's a projector and a name-caller. He uses every hateful device at his command to smear the good faith of those he feels oppose his point of view. So unfortunate. I never tire of reading his reviews, which often border on brilliance. His review of a book on the disputed authorship of Shakespeare's plays is the best analysis of the issue I've heard since Greg Benford's. His notice of &lt;i&gt;The Secret Trial of Robert E, Lee&lt;/i&gt; makes me drool for the book. I can even stand to be challenged by Lane's political arguments. For instance, his excellent article on the very real difference between "intelligent design" and creationism reminds us not to mock the need of ID believers for faith in a benevolent God. But such is Timmy's loathing of that amorphous enemy known as "liberals" that his invective about them is  at least -- over the top. I imagine he's only joking when he refers to Benedict Arnold as a "premature liberal" (I'm sure his mother carried him full term), but sometimes he crosses a very serious line. For instance, in discussing the election of Louisiana's new governor, Bobby Jindal, a Republican of Indian descent, he states "liberal Democrats had no hesitation using racial and religious bigotry against Jindal, such bigotry being acceptable to liberals in a good cause." What is he talking about? I was in Louisiana during Jindal's campaign, and while I admit to not trusting the man, and to a belief that he'll slight the desperate city of New Orleans, I never saw or heard or smelled the slightest slur against Jindal for racial reasons, and the only reference to his vaunted Christianity I heard was his own. Where does Tim get his information? Most personally, there's his response to a former issue of &lt;i&gt;TZD&lt;/i&gt;, where he accuses me  without a trace of jokery  of simply hating conservatives. That's a slander I do not have to abide. Lane and I share a friendship with conservative Joe Major. I number many conservatives in my family  I mentioned my uncle in &lt;i&gt;The Antipodal Route&lt;/i&gt;  and a bunch among my bro's in Southern fandom. You can read at the head of this issue about one such man, right-wing all the way, whom I loved and admired as much as any fan I have ever known. I'd hate to forgo what I've said about wanting to see &lt;i&gt;every&lt;/i&gt; fanzine published in English and tell Timmy to save himself postage, but really, enough is too much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-1634855102591729674?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/_zS25IzYM9o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/_zS25IzYM9o/fosfax-214.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/fosfax-214.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-1733769611447136469</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:47:56.242-06:00</atom:updated><title>The Insider #264-5</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michelle Zellich, Fenton MO/ &lt;a href="mailto:mzellich@csc.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;mzellich@csc.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; OR &lt;a href="mailto:michelle@zellich.com"&gt;&lt;u&gt;michelle@zellich.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / $10/year / Thick, jolly, colorful zine of cartoons, reprints, birthdays, news, photos, reviews, anything else the wonderful editor can get her hands on to share with her fellow members of the St. Louis SF Society. I didn't know Algis Budrys shared a birthday with Elvis! There's an insightful (if infuriating) interview with Ridley Scott about the ultimate edition of &lt;i&gt;Blade Runner &lt;/i&gt;(by imagining Deckard as a replicant, he shows he missed the whole point of &lt;i&gt;Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?&lt;/i&gt;); there's a rich section of science stuff (sunshine explained!); there's a review by Tim Bolgeo of the NASFiC Michelle and husband Rich put on last summer (note: &lt;i&gt;I &lt;/i&gt;needed years to learn myself that "erstwhile" means "former"); there are reviews by Michelle (she likes the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Harry Potter, as did we). The December number announces the Zs' New Year's Eve party, prints recipes, gives more science news (new lakes found on Titan!), media notes, and prints several eulogies for Hank Reinhardt, greatly appreciated by his rebel friends. A helluva spirit courses throughout this zine, the effort and the image of one of fandom's flowers. Love it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-1733769611447136469?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/1QhF-WNCxpc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/1QhF-WNCxpc/insider-264-5.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/insider-264-5.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965339.post-9127128872146532418</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-16T01:47:21.682-06:00</atom:updated><title>Instant Message 792-5</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NESFA, P.O. Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0809 / &lt;a href="mailto:Garcia@computerhistory.org"&gt;&lt;u&gt;info@nesfa.org&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.nesfa.org/" eudora="autourl"&gt;&lt;u&gt; http://www.nesfa.org&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; / Preparations for Boskone 45 are the lead stories in these two issues of the great Boston club's clubzine. The coordination of their efforts is astonishing  has there ever been a more together SF group? (But  what are they going to do with &lt;i&gt;8,000&lt;/i&gt; Boskone 45 flyers?) &lt;i&gt;(Note to Tony Lewis: please put me on the mailing list for your Nippon report.)&lt;/i&gt; Considering Terry One wonders if the Discworld convention advertised for Sept. 2009 will still feature Terry Pratchett, given his recent, sad medical announcement. A gripe: NESFA's on-line list of 2008 Hugo recommendations is effectively empty. What gives?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7965339-9127128872146532418?l=zinedump.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZineDump/~4/mMlH5T-0HtQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZineDump/~3/mMlH5T-0HtQ/instant-message-792-5.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (;-p)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://zinedump.blogspot.com/2008/02/instant-message-792-5.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

