{"id":33845,"date":"2026-02-10T10:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33845"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:17:20","slug":"fanzine-roundup-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33845","title":{"rendered":"Fanzine roundup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robot-youve-got-mail-in-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33846 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robot-youve-got-mail-in-snow-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robot-youve-got-mail-in-snow-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robot-youve-got-mail-in-snow.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>Here are the zines that arrived in the virtual mailbox. Enjoy! and share!<\/p>\n<div class=\"default-style\">Greetings, programs!<br \/>\nAttached you will find the January 2026 edition o<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tightbeam376_Jan2026.pdf\">f\u00a0<em>Tightbeam<\/em>, number 376<\/a>, with reviews, recipes, and reminiscence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"default-style\">You are invited to peruse and send a letter of comment.<\/div>\n<div class=\"default-style\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"io-ox-signature\">\n<p><strong>Jason P Hunt<\/strong><br \/>\nPublisher\/CEO<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.SciFi4Me.com\">www.SciFi4Me.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jason also sent us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N3FReview202601.pdf\">N3FReview202601<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Leybl in Israel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CCJanuary2026-v01.pdf\">CCJanuary2026-v01<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">From Matt Mitchell at LASFS: Please feel free to distribute to your members.\u00a0 Thank you very much. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/De-Profundis-617-February-2026.pdf\">De Profundis #617 &#8211; February 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">From Nic Farey: <span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we&#8217;re sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we&#8217;re not.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TH-95r.pdf\">TH 95r<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"default-style\">From Jason Hunt, N3F, two zines.\u00a0 Greetings, programs! Please find attached the latest instalment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NAPA280_jan2026.pdf\">NAPA280_jan2026\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"default-style\">As we work out the kinks in the schedule, the goal is to get everything on track for a regular schedule of dates on which each of our &#8216;zines will hit your in-box. I appreciate everyone&#8217;s patience!<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"default-style\">As we draw near the end of the month, as I contemplate the ridiculously cold temperatures and snow on the ground and wonder if the deer in the back are OK, I am sending to you this last &#8216;zine of the month (I think?) &#8212; the\u00a0<em>National Fantasy Fan<\/em> for January 2026, beginning Volume 85.<\/div>\n<div class=\"default-style\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"default-style\">Letters of comment are welcome. And please continue to send me any updates on e-mail addresses. I&#8217;m trying to keep everything as current as possible.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TNFF202601.pdf\">TNFF202601<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>From Ahrvid Engholm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Intermission163.pdf\">Intermission163<\/a><\/p>\n<pre class=\"moz-quote-pre\">Intermission in the Epstein files?\r\n\r\nIt wouldn't surprise us, considering how morally corrupt it is! But in\r\nthe Engholm files (latest example #163 enclosed) we find Jules Verne!\r\n(With his unknown, only English story!) And a whole bunch of writers\r\nin deplorable filthy-pro magazines such as Beyond Fantasy,\r\nImagination, Startling Stories and others presenting your wettest,\r\nwildest dreams! Blue films - at least one - also covered, and AI\r\ntranslation.\r\n  But we start with the latest goofs by Trump and Putin. Agent\r\nOrange's Greenland plans get cold shoulders from the Arctic and\r\nPutins's under-supplied alcoholic bumbs of an \"army\" is destroyed by\r\ndrones. And why don't media report on Putin' collapsing economy?\r\n Finally, don't miss \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0  and \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0, especially \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0!!!\r\n\r\nDon't Put Hands In Running Mower,\r\n\r\n--Ahrvid Engholm, edit\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0or\r\n  (Comments welcome, but whatever you write, make CC: to\r\n<a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:ahvid@atomicmail.io\">ahvid@atomicmail.io<\/a>, due to failing Microsoft...)<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"io-ox-signature\">\n<p>From the N3F<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tightbeam376_Jan2026.pdf\">: Tightbeam 377<\/a> is attached. There is an Alarming Event&#8230;we are back on schedule.\u00a0On the topic of schedules, Mindy Hunt reports that the next issue of FanActivity Gazette will be delayed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Updates from Bill Burns at d-fanzines<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>Perry Middlemiss&#8217;s Perryscope #56<\/li>\n<li>Science Fact &amp; Science Fiction Concatenation, Spring 2026 is now on line<\/li>\n<li>Octothorpe #151, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line<\/li>\n<li>Two Chairs in Print #12 by Perry Middlemiss and David Grigg [2025 issue]<\/li>\n<li>Henry Grynnsten&#8217;s Wild Ideas #67 [2025 issue]<\/li>\n<li>John D. Berry&#8217;s dot-fanzine: guillemets<\/li>\n<li>Nic Farey\u2019s This Here&#8230;#95<\/li>\n<li>Andy Hooper\u2019s CAPTAIN FLASHBACK #86<\/li>\n<li>Opuntia #618, edited by Dale Speirs<\/li>\n<li>Leybl Botwinik\u2019s CyberCozen &#8211; January 2026<\/li>\n<li>Christopher J. Garcia\u2019s Claims Department #94<\/li>\n<li>John D. Berry&#8217;s dot-fanzine: interrobang and dot-fanzine: colon [archive issues]<\/li>\n<li>Two Chairs in Print #13 by Perry Middlemiss and David Grigg<\/li>\n<li>Octothorpe #152, a regular fannish podcast by John Coxon, Alison Scott and Liz Batty, is now on line<\/li>\n<li>Opuntia #619, edited by Dale Speirs<\/li>\n<li>Garth Spencer\u2019s The Obdurate Eye #59<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the zines that arrived in the virtual mailbox. Enjoy! and share! Greetings, programs! Attached you will find the January 2026 edition of\u00a0Tightbeam, number 376, with reviews, recipes, and reminiscence. You are invited to peruse and send a letter of comment. Jason P Hunt Publisher\/CEO www.SciFi4Me.com Jason also sent us N3FReview202601 From Leybl in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33845\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fanzine roundup!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanzines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33860,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33845\/revisions\/33860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}