If you are going to have ratings for review material, I think you should rate everything reviewed.
That is part of the appeal of being reviewed in db.
Bruce Boston, email
U wish! - ZK
Thnks for including Mooreeffoc in your review column. Being a 'likeable' Mutant is
none too shabby, but Mr. Dybing and I now have a new aspiration: the level of cool, or boss,
or even (dare I hope!) to rock. Monster is no doubt reserved only for the loftiest of
publications, which we do not have any false pretences of attaining (unless people give us
more money - with a trebled operating budget I think we could be a Monster).
You mentioned that issue #3 was a bit brief content-wise (if I understood
the last line correctly; I wasn't sure what ltd stood for - 'limited'?), to which I reply:
check out issue #4, which should be arriving in your mailbox within the next 2 weeks. We have
6 stories this time, and went from 6 poems to 16! (The 'zine is the same # of pgs, but we're
using space more efficiently).
Nicholas Ozment, email [co-ed, Mooreeffoc]
due 2 decrepit health,
db
will now only publish regulo lists of items rec'vd, not usual rev'ws - Zine Kat
ABYSS, POEMS
by Harry R. Wilkens - Euro 4.40
Bookstore Koan, Skoufa 64, Athens, 10680, Greece
email
bk of poems "non-conformist, politically incorrect stuff" pres in Eng + Greek, incl illos
by Norman J. Olsen. MUTANT
A FOR ANDROMEDA
by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot - £7.99
Souvenir Press, 43 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3PD
email
p/b rpt of 1962 novel abt SF alien contact, intrigo plot has signal from nr galaxy beam plans 4 big
mecha 2 deliver superscience challenge 4 mankind & Earth. Gd 2 C well respected classic avail.
COOL
THE ANT-MEN OF TIBET & OTHER STORIES
ed. by David Pringle - £8.99
Big Engine, PO Box 185, Abingdon OX14 1GR
website
smart UK p/b anthol, genre fic select fr' Interzone mag. 10 tales by likes of Stephen Baxter,
Keith Brooke, Eric Brown, Alastair Reynolds, etc. BOSS
APPETITES
by Martin Galvin - SAE/IRC
31 Belle Vue St, Filey, N Yorks YO14 9HU
poetry coll, partly on food themes.
Also avail fr' Bogg Publications, 422 N Cleveland St, Arlington, VA 22201, USA.
COOL
THE ART OF STEPHEN YOULL: PARADOX
- £20 / $29.95
Paper Tiger, London Ho, Great Eastern Wharf, Parkgate Rd, London SW11 4NQ
website
slick pres h/b illos by Youll know who, has potent mix trad F wi' plenty S'n'S hero figs, nifty drago
beasts, also ftl sci-fi, spaced out wares incl droids, cyber net-heads, star pilot babes. Some comics
crime-fighters, Star Wars, utopian futurism etc. U get bunch of sketches 2 show painter style,
concept developm't & demo technique. ROCKS
BAD TIMING AND OTHER STORIES
by Molly Brown - £8.99
Big Engine (see above)
1st fic coll 4 genre wri, has 21 tales wi' gd vari themes & tones. COOL
THE BIBLE OF HELL
ed. by Michael M Pendragon - $10
Pendragonian Publications, PO Box 719, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10101-0719, USA
website
L p/b mix fic & verse by range of long dead genre Lit legends + sml press champs roped in 2 retro
laud or celeb darkside clichés or try po-mo spec. H & DF text grab topics 2 chew on. Neat
flag, but not fly right. PROTO
BORED OF THE RINGS
by Harvard Lampoon - £6.99
Gollancz, Orion Publishing, Orion Ho, 5 Upper St Martin's La, London WC2H 9EA
Lil' h/b edtn spoof of Tolkien quest, orig writ 1969. Was bit lewd, v rude, fairly crude lewd, now
just badly stewed. Reads like dorm lazy frat-boy slacker Pratchett-oid, wi' dirty socks
on. KIPPLE
CINEASTE
- $6
PO Box 2242, New York, NY 10009-8917, USA
website
midbrow ¼ly movie mag focus, "art & politics of cinema." Sum '01 ish has i/v's
wi' Takeshi Kitano, also looks at race in Trek. Aut '01 incl Monty Python retro, keen UK film scene
sup'lmt. BOSS
COLD PRINT
- £2
2 Salmon Cottages, Tideford Rd, Landrake, Cornwall PL12 5DR
website
SFnal zine incl short fic by Stephen Palmer (+ i/v), David Murphy. Also i/v's wi' Nicholas Royle, Jon
Courtenay Grimwood. Cheapo prod value but gd writ'gs all round. BOSS
DATA DUMP
- 70p / $2 [S Sneyd]
Hilltop Press, 4 Nowell Pl, Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorks HD5 8PB
info NL of SF poetry handwrit by Steve S. MUTANT
DEAD BLUE EYES
- $3 [C Sernotti]
Doorway Productions, 220 Sullivan Way, B15, Trenton, NJ 08628, USA
poetry coll circa '98, ed by Craif S. KIPPLE
DISCWORLD THIEVES GUILD YEARBOOK & DIARY 2002
- £10.99
Gollancz (see above)
more Pratchett fanboy merch, co-wri Stephen Briggs + illos by Paul Kidby. Usual comic tone 4 crime
scene, but no help 2 plan bank jobs. PROTO
DOCTOR WHO: REGENERATION
by Philip Segal, Gary Russell - £12.99
HarperCollins Publishers, 77-85 Fulham Palace Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB
website
XL p/b ed'tn behind scene bk abt US/UK TV movie, wi' Paul McGann as Time Lord hero. COOL
FARSCAPE: The Illustrated Season 2 Companion
by Paul Simpson & Ruth Thomas - £9.99
Titan Books Mail Order, Bowden House, 36 Northhamton Rd, Market Harborough, Leics LE16 9HE
email
Illo'd p/b episode guide bk 2 top pop sci-fi show by Rockne S. O'Bannon, has yer basic Buck Rogers in
timewarp space opera saga find romance among stars. Quirky humour + oddball sidekicks ensure fanbase
loyalty, but will it stay course? MUTANT
THE FIX
- £2.50 / $5 [TTA Press]
5 Martins La, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB
website
new mag usurps TTA's Zene, drops GLs 4 tyro genre scribes (so Scavenger's Newsletter
walks alone), 2 sharpen Li crit axe on est'd & new short fic mags both pro + sml press
types. BOSS
FREEHAND
- £6 subs [Footprints]
15 Meols Dr, Hoylake, Wirral CH47 4AD
Gen amateur writers zine of fic, poetry etc, ed by Jo Wood. PROTO
Greg & Tim Hildebrandt: THE TOLKIEN YEARS
- $24.95
Watson-Guptill Publications, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA
website
lavish artbk coll of illos select fr' Tolkien calendars, incl orig sketches + memory of paint work by
nephew Greg H jr. Also fab pullout poster, seige of Minas Tirith II. COOL
HANDSHAKE
- SAE/IRC
5 Cross Farm, Station Rd, Padgate, Warrington, Ches WA2 0QG
A4 sheet zine of SF poetry, ed by JF Haines. MUTANT
HARDYWARE: The Art of David A Hardy
- £20 / $29.95
Paper Tiger (see above)
More grt astro & SF illos in h/b wi' i/v text by Chris Morgan. ROCKS
(You can read a full review of this title
in our SF web-zine, The ZONE
- Editor.)
HEADPRESS
- £8.99 / $14.99
40 Rossall Ave, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 1JD
website
#22 of excel pop cult p/b mag, incl: focus on Factory 2000 under'grd indie flicks, James Ellroy i/v,
dead Elvis i/v, Pasolini retro, porn star Jeanie Rivers i/v, lots more intrigo
stuff. ROCKS
ICARUS ASCENDING
- $4.50
Artifact Press, 1701 Stanley Rd, Cazenovia, NY 13035, USA
email
smart pres poetry & prose mag, Spr/Sum '01 ish incl Charlee Jacob, Marge B Simon, Denise Dumars,
Ann K Schwader + others. Some b/w illos. COOL
THE IMPACT OF STEEL
by Ken Kirk - £4 [G England]
20 Werneth Ave, Gee Cross, Hyde, Ches SK14 5NL
website
best of Kirk's poetry coll in slim bklet. MUTANT
IN CAMERA
- unpriced
Kodak Ho, PO Box 66, Hemel Hempstead, Herts P1 1JU
website
Kodak's glos trade mag 4 cine folk incl industry news, awards, behind-scenes new media. Jul '01 ish -
Jesus art in TV's Face, new Fri 13th film Jason X. Oct '01 - TV's war story Band of
Brothers, digital Cheers, recent hi-calibre TV ads. BOSS
IN EXILE
by Daisy Abey - £3 [B Tebb]
Sixties Press, 89 Connaught Rd, Sutton, Surrey SM1 3PJ
4th poetry coll by Sri Lankan born UK im'grnt. Bit dear 4 only 20 x A5s. PROTO
IOTA Poetry Quarterly
- £2.50
67 Hady Cres, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 0EB
#55 of David Holliday's exemplary poetry mag. Always plenty gd verse 2 B found
here! COOL
J-MAG
- £2.95
Tim Woodward Publishing, 63 Abbey Business Centre, Ingate Pl, London SW8 3NS
email
new club life mag ed by Julia Collings, aims 4 "intellectual hedonists" style market, fr'
opera 2 rave. Not much more than rub skin gala & fetish diva i/v'd, really. Decor ok but plumb'g
faulty. MUTANT
KIMOTA
- £2.99 [G Hurry]
52 Cadley Causeway, Preston, Lancs PR2 3RX
website
15th ish of Graeme H's genre tales + articles mag has usual mix of fine short stories & hi-qual
nonfic in sq-bd A5 chapbk format. Gd value read despite price hike! COOL
KRAX
- £3.50 / $7 [A Robson]
63 Dixon La, Leeds LS12 4RR
#38 of Andy's fic + poetry mag incl expected range of prose fr' many of sml pres
champs. COOL
LAST OF THE ROCK 'N' ROLLERS
- £1.50
Forty Winks Press, 212 Caerleon Rd, Newport, Gwent NP19 7GQ
coll of poetry by brits Steve Sneyd, Dave Wright, Mike Hoy + Bryn Fortey (who also
edits). MUTANT
LEGEND: World of Possibility
- £4 [T Denyer]
Immediate Direction, 7 Mountview, Church La W, Aldershot, Hants GU11 3LN
website
3rd ish of Trevor D's wide range F genre fic mag. Qual 60 x A4 pres wi' full-page b/w illos, poetry,
comic strips, i/v wi' Michael Lohr. Gd read! COOL
MONAS HIEROGLYPHIEA
- £1.50 [J Spracklen]
58 Seymour Rd, Hadleigh, Benfleet, Essex SS7 2HL
website
12th ish (Spr '01) of dark F, goth mag, ed by Jamie S. Incl i/v's wi' artists & poets etc. Mainly
38 x A4 pgs, but has handy A5 poetry insert MARGINALIA. MUTANT
MONOMYTH
- subs £4.60 [DJ Tyrer]
38 Pierrot Steps, 71 Kursaal Way, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 2UY
website
1998 yrbk ed'tn of Dave's genre fnz comes 2 yrs late & poor xerox copy. Lo-std sinks bulk of its
content, as text faint so mostly illegible. Try 2 pay 4 ya print next time
guys! SUCKS
MOOREEFFOC
- $5
Phetal Publications, PO Box 416, Laneboro, MN 55949, USA
email
gd prod values in US mag of mythic trad fic. #4 (Sum '01) incl classic rpt of GK Chesteron tale, fine
select poems + some c'toons & int illos. MUTANT
MOODSWING
- £1 + stamp
Talking Pen, 12 Derby Cres, Moorside, Consett, Co Durham DH8 8DZ
pocket-sized A3 foldout poetry brdsheet. #1 (Aut '01) incl usual N Eng poets Sneyd, Fortey, G Stevens
+ others. Looks gd, reads even better! COOL
THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS
by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier - £10.99
Souvenir Press, 43 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3PD
email X-Files' Mulder would like this cult 1960s text (p/b trans French by Rollo Myers) that surveys
fringe intel abt ESP & New Age 2 suggest poss that mutant homo superior X-men types exist now but
remain hidden or ignored. Provokes debate; opens eyes & minds! COOL
NECRONOMICON
ed. by Andy Black - £12.95
Noir Publishing, PO Box 28, Hereford HR1 1YT
email
4th illo'd L p/b mag bk abt cult H & erotic movies, has plenty of grt articles on retro + topical
Euro shock flicks, new US stuff & quirky genre items. BOSS
(You can read a full review of this title
in our SF web-zine, The ZONE
- Editor.)
NEW FRONTIER
- £2.50 / $4 / Euro 3.60 / F 7.95
Frontier Sciences Foundation, PO Box 372, 8250 AJ Dronten, The Netherlands
website
magalog of fringe sci & weird stuff, Spr/Sum '01 ish promo by FSF. ANORAK
NOCTURNE
by Michael M. Pendragon - $7.50
Malleus Maleficarium Press (no address, but see Pendragonian Publications, above)
slim p/b of 13 ghost stories, likely self-pub'd author coll, wi' color cover art. PROTO
ODYSSEY
- unpriced
East London Creative Enterprise Centre, St George's Hall, 236 Cable St, London E1 0BL
website
hi-glos talent showcase mag of sci-fi future themes wi' slick photos abt things like junk fashion,
arch pompous prose. Lively but empty. KIPPLE
THE PATH OF THE POLE
by Charles Hapgood - price
Souvenir Press (see above)
more New Age prose (incl 4word by Einstein), rpt of 1958 text, revised 1999. Concerns shift of planet
crust due 2 shift of Earth's magnetic field poles. MUTANT
PEACE & FREEDOM
- £1.75 / $5
17 Farrow Rd, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincs PE12 0TS
website
Sum '01 of Paul Rance's verse zine is war poetry special (v apt since Sep 11), incl compo win prose.
PROTO
PENDRAGON
- £2.50 [Pendragon Society]
c/o Smithy Ho, Kingsley Rd, Newton-by-Frodsham, Ches WA6 6SX
Spr '01 ish of Pndrgn society journo, cover range of dark age study & Arthurian themes. Incl some
dF poetry among Celtic myth articles. MUTANT
PENNY DREAFUL
- $5
Pendragonian Publications (see above)
Michael P's sml press empire cont'd conquest of dF realms wi' bumper 13th ed'tn this mini-anthol mag
of "fantastic terror" tales & poems + nonfic & rev'ws wi' Lit H not genre tone. Few
real standout pieces, but int illos add 2 style of qual pres. COOL
POETRY FROM LIFE
by Raanan - unpriced
2717 Ave P, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11229, USA
email
self-pub'd verse coll by R Burd. Smart pres & gd range themes but really shoulda put full order
info on bk. PROTO
THE QUOTABLE SANDMAN
by Neil Gaiman - £9.99
Titan (see above)
worthy lines by Sandman comics script master Gaiman in partic focus on dialog by Endless myth
folk like Lord Dream, smart pocket h/b pres wi' illos by many top artists. Reads like hi-qual verse
coll, so may suit Lit mindful even if not like comics. COOL
ROADWORKS
- £5 / $8
Immediate Direction (see above)
fast rise fic mag by Trevor Denyer (+ ed. Legend), this sq-bd 120 x A5 ish has plenty gd tales
& verse, odd illo 2 ensure solid read. BOSS
SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE
$4.95
DNA Publications, PO Box 2988, Radford, VA 24143-2988, USA
website
#217 (Oct '01) of mthly genre trade mag, ed by Warren Lapine. Lotsa SF/F/H scene news, movie cols by
likes of Jeff Rovin + Alan Dean Foster, bk revs, Poul Anderson obits, cons list + reports. U also get
Amuso edtrl rant by Andrew I Porter abt old "crudzine" phenom & subgenre vanity
pubs. ROCKS
SEPIA
- 75p
Kawabata Press, Knill Cross Ho, Knill CRoss, Millbrook, nr Torpoint, Conrwall PL10 1DX
#66 poetry & prose mag has 3 doz A5 pgs worth. Means well but trifle bland,
really. PROTO
THE SEVEN ISLE OF AMEULAS
by Casey Fahy - $22.95
Writer's Club Press, iUniverse.com, 5220 S 16th Ste. 200, Lincoln, NE 68512, USA
website
promo by print-on-demand server, this "grown-up" F nov's abt teen king wi' god powers.
MUTANT
SKETCHES
by KM Dersley - £7.95 [JE Chevous]
Appliance Books, 43 Tranmere Grove, Ipswich IP16DU
website
writer coll of fic, articles, Lit crit & revs. Intrig mix of sml press items + ideo look at Brit
arts. MUTANT
SMOKING MIRROR BLUES
by Ernest Hogan - $12
Wordcraft, PO Box 3235, La Grande, OR 97850, USA
website
comic satire SF in bold Lit style marks this anti-genre nvl out as v
difrnt. BOSS
SONGS OF INNOCENCE
- $5
Pendragonian Publications (see above)
yet more wordage on tap fr' stable of M Pendragon, this 1 offers stories, poems, nonfic &
rev'ws. MUTANT
STAR TREK: Other Realities
- £12.99
Titan (see above)
g/n coll of Trek tales set in alt worlds of orig series, DS9 + non-TV New Frontier spinoff franchise.
U get std tropes of djinn tricks, space virus, time travel. PROTO
Also avail in US via Wildstorm/DC Comics.
website
STAR TREK: Starship Spotter
by Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz & Robert Bonchune - £9.99 / $16
Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, Africa Ho, 64-78 Kingsway, London WC2B 6AH
website
slick illo'd p/b of pix & tech specs abt Fed ships + sml craft. Grt ref vol 4 ya Trek pub quiz
night! MUTANT
WATERSHOT
by Stella David - £5
Wanda Publications, 75 High St, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1HS
email
verse coll by poet-in-residence, port of S'hmptn. Smart pres wi' Arts
fund'g. MUTANT
WAVES 2001
- £2 [B Douglas]
47 Walkerston Ave, Largs, Ayrshire KA30 8EP
32st annual coll of poetry by folks in Society of Civil Service Authors, fruit of yrly verse wkshp.
PROTO
contact SCSA - Joan Hykin, 17 The Green, Corby Glen, Grantham, Lincs NG33
4NP
WINDSONG
by Barry Tebb - £3
Sixties Press (see above)
here's yet another neat print but costly poetry coll, self-pub'd. PROTO
WORLDS OF WONDER: How to Write Science Fiction &' Fantasy
by David Gerrold - £12.99
Titan (see above)
excel intro 2 story craft 4 novice genre authors, covers all basics wi' tips 2 inspire & shows U
how 2 break rules thru adv'ncd chpts on style. ROCKS
WRITERS' FORUM
- £3
Writers International, PO Box 3229, Bournemouth BH1 1ZS
website
bi-mthly gen scribes mag, pub'd by Worldwide Writers org. Aug/Sep '01 ish incl articles on audio bks,
biogs market, short fic clinic + cols on poetry, comedy, DIY e-bks, plots, webs etc. Lotsa v useful
intel on UK scene. COOL
NOSE TO TAIL
publishing news
db
tho' collab proj ongo, DF Lewis quits writ'g 2 focus on his Nemonymous fic mag, order info at
website.
db
Sherry Decker says genre fic mag If #8 (Jun '01) is last ish. Title may return in yr's
time but prob'ly as anthol.
db
Tony Lee's SF web-zine The Zone goes
online Sep '01
THE LAST GASP
subscriptions renewal
Hardcopies of db for distribution to
your correspondents and friends are available - please send a large s.a.e. (with sufficient
postage). Get your independent publication listed and reviewed in db: send a copy (no
e-zines please!) to: Zine Kat, c/o Pigasus Press. Publishers can get complimentary copies
of db in return, but - please enclose sae or IRC with your review materials. db
is also available free by email, see below and follow links to subscribe.
All enquires - contact editor, Tony Lee, at Pigasus Press
RESPIRATORY AID
Zine Kat thanx
Sarah Armstrong, Andy Black, Andy Cox, Trevor Denyer, Paula Gillespie, Susan Herbert, David Holliday,
Ben Jeapes, David Kerekes, Tony Lee, John Light, David Memmott, Sally Partington, Michael Pendragon,
John Ratcliffe, Chris Reed, Andy Robson, Ian Shutter, Nicola Sinclair, Steve Sneyd, Holly L White,
Lee Wiggins
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