One of the things that I enjoyed most about the old SF magazines was the letters sent in by readers. Have a look through any magazines from (say) the 1940s or 1950s and you’ll find missives from fans of all descriptions, including some names that would later become big-name authors in the SF field. But [...]
Some very nice comics arrived from Ebay today. A bunch of Miracleman comics, from the classic Eclipse Comics series. Issues 12, 14 , 22, 23, and Miracleman: Apocrypha #3 (of 3), to be exact. Leaves me just #’s 11, 13, 15 and 24 of the main series to complete the entire run. I was outbid [...]
I’ve just recently bought the hardback of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It’s been sitting in front of me for about a week now, and I’m trying to get up the nerve to actually read it. And it’s proving more difficult than even I’d imagined it would be.
My son, [...]
I love fanzines. I really do. I get a bigger kick out of reading a tatty old A5 black & white fanzine done on an ancient dot matrix printer than I do from 99.9% of professional publications. That’s a bit strange, considering the fact that professional publications are supposed to be “superior” in every way, [...]
I’ve been going through a bit of a crazy phase recently. Almost a reversion to my youth, or, at least, my youthful collecting habits. I’ve been spending a lot of money on Ebay, trying to pick up some of the rare relics of my early-to-mid teenage years, when I was an obsessive collector of British [...]
I buy a lot of books. And I do mean a lot of books. Most of them second hand (”used” books for our transatlantic pals). I think it’s a tragedy that so many classic SF novels and short story collections/anthologies are out of print. But it does make for a booming trade in “used” books.
This [...]
