Fanzines

<body class="bodyMedium"> <table width="95%" cellpadding="4" class="bodyDark" align="right"><tr><td class="bodyLight"> <h2 class="bodyDark">icsf Fanzines</h2> <img src="images/fanzine_covers_ani.gif" width="100" height="140" alt="covers of fanzines" border="1" align="left" hspace="20" /> <p class="flavour">"...go on, write something for the fanzine. Or draw something! What, you're a scientist and gave up the arts at age 15? That's what they all say..." - The perils of being fanzine editor at IC</p> <p>The <i>icsf Fanzines</i> are (usually) annual magazines produced by members of the society <i>(fanzine=magazine produced by fans)</i>. They have contained anything from fiction, artwork, and poems, to reviews and essays of sf/fantasy-related topics, and crosswords.</p> <p>As far as we can tell, the first fanzines of the Science Fiction society at Imperial were called <b>NME</b>, and were probably between 1979-1984. There was a gap of 4 years between <b>WHJC</b> and <b>The Waking Edge</b>, followed by several years of regular fanzines with '<b>Edge</b>'-related titles. From 1994 onwards, the fanzines have been named after a scientific term, chosen by the Editor.</p> <h3 class="bodyLight3">Submissions:</h3> <p>We are always looking for submissions of stories, poems, articles, reviews, comics, pictures etc. etc. In more recent years, the content of the fanzines has shifted towards mostly fiction, but don't let that stop you if you want to write a factual piece. <br />If you would like to submit anything to this year's Fanzine, then get in contact with the <a href="mailto:editor@icsf.co.uk" title="Mail the Editor">Editor</a> (Ben).</p> <h3 class="bodyLight3">Technical Notes:</h3> <p>Can't navigate with JavaScript? You'll have to use the list of fanzines below. <br />You may want to <a href="index.html" target="_blank">open the Fanzine section in a new window</a> for easier viewing.</p> <br /> <h3 class="bodyLight3">Past Fanzines:</h3> <table cellpadding="2" class="bodyLight"> <tr> <th valign="top" nowrap ="nowrap">Year</th> <th valign="top">Fanzine</th> <th valign="top" nowrap ="nowrap">Editor(s)</th> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1981-1982</td> <td valign="top"><a href="nme3/nme3_cover.html">NME 3</a></td> <td valign="top">Elise Pechersky</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1984-ish?</td> <td valign="top"><a href="section10/section10_cover.html">Section 10, the alternative S.F. Soc magazine</a></td> <td valign="top">Guy Riddihough</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" nowrap ="nowrap">October 1985</td> <td valign="top"><a href="whjc/whjc_cover.html">WHJC</a></td> <td valign="top">Dave Clements</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1989/90</td> <td valign="top"><a href="we/we_cover.html">The Waking Edge</a></td> <td valign="top">Amanda Baker</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1990/91</td> <td valign="top"><a href="the_edge/the_edge_cover.html">The Edge</a></td> <td valign="top">Paul Davison</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">October 1991</td> <td valign="top"><a href="et1/et1_cover.html">Edge of Tomorrow</a></td> <td valign="top">Alex McLintock</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1992</td> <td valign="top"><a href="et2/et2_cover.html">The Edge of Tomorrow II</a></td> <td valign="top">Richard Yagodich</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1993</td> <td valign="top"><a href="xenomorph/xenomorph_cover.html">Xenomorph</a></td> <td valign="top">jk</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">June 1994</td> <td valign="top"><a href="arcs/arcs_cover.html">Arcs</a></td> <td valign="top">Luke Gietzen and jk</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">June 1995</td> <td valign="top"><a href="parsec/parsec_cover.html">Parsec</a></td> <td valign="top" nowrap ="nowrap">Stian "naSti" Ingebrethsen</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">June 1996</td> <td valign="top"><a href="metathesis/metathesis_cover.html">Metathesis</a></td> <td valign="top">Gidon 'Sandals' Moont</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">June 1997</td> <td valign="top"><a href="paradigm/paradigm_cover.html">Paradigm</a></td> <td valign="top">Michael 'karne' Wright</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">June 1998</td> <td valign="top"><a href="synergy/synergy_cover.html">Synergy</a></td> <td valign="top">Liz 'ShadowCat' Hodson</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">1999</td> <td valign="top">The 1999 fanzine never happened, but the stories went into Wyrmtongue 4</td> <td valign="top">Alex 'Bushbaby' Taylor</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Feb 2000</td> <td valign="top"><a href="axiom/axiom_cover.html">Axiom</a> </td> <td valign="top">Lloyd 'Hack' Kilford and <br />Lorna Robinson</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">2001</td> <td valign="top">The 2001 fanzine never happened, but the stories went into Wyrmtongue 6</td> <td valign="top">Michael 'karne' Wright</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">2002</td> <td valign="top"><a href="perihelion/Perihelion_cover.html">Perihelion</a></td> <td valign="top">Alex Crosse</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">2003</td> <td valign="top"><a href="dream_twister/The%Dream%20Twister_cover.html">The Dream Twister</a></td> <td valign="top">Alex Crosse</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">2004</td> <td valign="top"><a href="pragmaclast/Pragmaclast_cover.html">Pragmaclast</a></td> <td valign="top">James P. Barrett</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Dec 2009</td> <td valign="top"><a href="danger_dreams/Danger_Dreams at Work.pdf">Danger: Dreams at Work</a> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 75%;">Warning Very Large PDF (~35MB). It's probably a good idea to download it</span></td> <td valign="top">Akbaralli Kapasi</td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table>  </body>