Tightbeam from the N3F
New at e-fanzines:
Added today at https://efanzines.com are:
Opuntia #544, edited by Dale Speirs
Ray Palm’s The Ray X X-rayer #170
Octothorpe #78, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
Perry Middlemiss’s Perryscope #31
Christopher J. Garcia’s The Drink Tank #445
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Bill
Zines to share!
From Joe Major: Alex127
From Garth , who is a CUFF candidate! He says:
I are a CUFF nominee. Congratulate me (or condole me, depending).
Ricou Browning, who starred as The Gill Man in the 1954 movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, died Monday of natural causes. He was 93. Browning reprised Gill Man for the sequels Re
venge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956). His other acting credits include the 1958 TV show Sea Hunt, and as a stuntman he worked on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). Browning was the creative force behind the 1963 Flipper movie and subsequent TV show. He directed on that show and directed scenes in films including Thunderball and Caddyshack.
See trailer for the movie Here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046876/
These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” for March from the December 2022 issue of Locus Magazine.
MAR 2023
A collection of newly rediscovered short stories by Terry Pratchett, originally written under a pseudonym, are to be published later this year.
Sarah Shaffi, Mon 27 Feb 2023 14.52 GMT
The 20 tales in A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories were written by Pratchett in the 1970s and 1980s for a regional newspaper, mostly under the pseudonym Patrick Kearns. They have never been previously attributed to Pratchett, who died in 2015 aged 66, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
The collection was bought by Pratchett’s longtime publisher Transworld for a six-figure sum, and will be published on 5 October.
The discovery of the stories is down to a group of Pratchett’s fans. One of the longer stories in the collection, The Quest for the Keys, had been framed on Pratchett fan Chris Lawrence’s wall for more than 40 years. When he alerted the Pratchett estate to its existence, the rest of the stories were unearthed by fans Pat and Jan Harkin, who went through decades’ worth of old newspapers to rediscover the lost treasures.
With the FAAn Awards coming up, it’s a good idea to browse a few recent zines. Bill Burns keeps an archive on e-fanznes. These are the latest additions.
Nic Farey’s This Here…#62
Guy Lillian’s The Zine Dump #57
Andy Hooper’s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #51
Guy H. Lillian III’s Spartacus #63
John Thiel’s Meteor #4
Octothorpe #77, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line
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Bill
“CHAIN REACTION” EXPLOSION: Yesterday, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted, setting off a chain reaction that included a solar flare, two types of radio blackout, and a potentially Earth-directed CME. Minor to moderate geomagnetic storms are possible on Feb. 27th. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: A magnetic filaments lifts off on Feb. 24th, the first step in a chain reaction of space weather events.
From Nic Farey, This Here 62
The Faniverse in general, and I believe the fanzine bit of it in
particular, does have a common spirit which is shared at
some level, as much as individual expressions of it may
differ wildly. The spirit of the FAAns smells like, what, inky
fingers? Weed? Strong Drink ((c) L Huntzinger)? Snark?
Desperation? Perhaps all of the above, yet I contend that it
behooves the disparate members to have at it and participate
in what’s still fanzine fandom’s only dedicated awards…
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Le Shawicon est un événement se voulant un hommage à la culture populaire québécoise mais également internationale. Durant 2 jours, les visiteurs auront l’opportunité de rencontrer des personnalités célèbres, de prendre des photos avec eux, d’obtenir des autographes ainsi que d’assister à des conférences.
Également sur place, plus d’une quarantaine de commerçants de divers horizons présenteront de la marchandise originale et exclusive. Le ShawiCon est l’occasion unique pour les gens de tous les âges de rencontrer les artisans de leur film, série et livre préféré.
De plus : réalité virtuelle, tournoi de jeux vidéo, retro gaming, tournoi de cartes et plus encore.