Dear George and Jon:

Tightbeam 364 is here, and of course, is due some comments. I am not sure how many I will make, but it is the attempt at responding that counts. I just keep telling myself that…

We have had very cold temperatures here the last week or so. I know may part of the US have been cold, but we have had close to -30°C, which is about - ( Read more... )

Dear Mindy:

Thanks for the latest FanActivity Gazette, V4#8, and as always, there are things to comment on, things to say, and discussions to start. I will get busy…

Projects for the year? Well, for me, ensure that my investments are safe, and not subject to harsh tariffs from a certain orange president. I doubt I’d be able to come down to the USA ( Read more... )

Dear Garth:

I have The Obdurate Eye 47, and thank you for sending it along. I’ve made a few notes in advance to help me with getting all these fanzines responded to, so I will dig them out, and see iof I can read my own writing.

Great art from José Sanchez…someone ask them if they turned off all the lights, and the iron, too. Did anyone remember to ( Read more... )

Dear Andrew:

The Captains keep coming fast and furious, and I am barely keeping up, but here are comments on issue 73, and I am working on my third loc of the evening. Well, I have to get it done somehow…

It sounds like TurboCon was a fine time, and I have seen elsewhere mentions of a TurboCon II. Most of us are social people, and I think we all ( Read more... )

Dear John and First Fandomites:

Many thanks for issue 82 of Scientifiction. Lots described here, and with some luck, lots to comment on. It’s getting late in the evening, so I’d better move with this…

Our numbers continue to dwindle, but I hope others will jump in to keep the deals of the Foundation alive. We look forward to 2026, which will mark ( Read more... )

Dear Ray:

Thanks for issue 182 of the X-Rayer, and I’ve made a few advance notes to help me with this issue and my response. Let me know if any of this makes sense…

Victorian cards for any reason were always weird, for it seemed that Death was all around…wars, disease, short lifespans, I guess they had their reasons, all they could do is meet it ( Read more... )

Dear Dale:

All of the holiday goodies are devoured, all of the holiday events are over with, and we can all get back to our regular schedules. With that in mind, I have four issues of Opuntia, 586 to 589, and comments will follow below.

586… We were still not able to find a Remembrance Day ceremony in Etobicoke. I think the Legion is happy to ( Read more... )

Dear Robert:

I am a little behind, so I have issues 93 and 94 of The Typo King, and I have made a few notes, and now to flesh them out, and relay a few thoughts.

93… I’d like to pay a lot less attention to politics, too. Unfortunately, it is in my face, and I have to deal with it somehow. I don’t want to be an apathetic, uninformed voter. I read ( Read more... )

Dear Guy:

Thank you for The Zine Dump 60. It seems to be getting tougher to keep responding to all these zines…I have Amazing Stories to edit for, and the time just keeps going away. It’s tough to balance the two. Comments usually follow…

Please be well soon. Parkinson’s is more than a pain, it’s making all your interests difficult, it also takes ( Read more... )

Dear David:

It is that time of the year, three Ansibles are together in my fanzine IN box, 447, 448, and 449 for the last three months of this year. Add it all together, and here’s a loc on all three issues.

447… We all know by now that Samantha Harvey did indeed win this year’s Booker Prize for Orbital, thereby proving that good writing can ( Read more... )