)
Chris
Priest's THUD-F; this and it's predecessor YAWL-B
were one-offs distributed through PADS. Part of a trilogy, the third
element of which, to be titled OVVM-E, was never published.
Cover by Dicky Howett.
)
Steve
Moore's VEGA. Cover by Steve Moore.
)
Chas
Legg's ENTROPY, cover by Santos. Santos was obviously a pseudonymn,
for one of the Mary Reed/CRAPAPPLE group. Martin Pitt ?
)
Charlie Winstone's EFFELL, cover by Yac, who was, I believe, Charlie
himself..
)
Chas
Legg's FREEWHEELIN', successor to ENTROPY. Cover is by Jay Kinney.
Yes, the rather famous US comics artist. That was much later.
)
Peter
Weston's NEXUS. This rather good cover is by, fairly obviously,
ATom, the great Arthur Thomson.
)
Jim Grant's FUSION. A rather good science fiction fanzine similar to Ashley's XERON. Cover by Brian McCabe.
)
Beryl
Henley's LINK. Cover by Mik, Mike Higgs of the Birmingham SF
Group. This was Beryl's first fanzine; she later became a significant
character in UK fandom as Beryl Mercer
)
Graham
Hall's DOUBT, the one issue of his one fanzine. It is said he
never published another after he discovered how much effort it demanded.
Cover by Brian McCabe.
)
Charles
Platt's GARBISTAN. Platt had studied printing and design and it
shows. A very attractive concept, unattributed, but probably Platt
himself.
)
Dick
Howett's PADLOCK number 3. Howett was an accomplished artist and cartoonist,
and this design shows he had the potential for professional success,
which he later achieved.
)
Tom
Jones' PROTEUS. Cover signed as 'J Rose'. Possibly something
from the then-active Central Contributors Pool., a repository for
mediocre (at best) material that wasn't produced specifically
for any given fanzine.
)
Mary
Reed's CRABAPPLE, often thought of as the archetypal PaDszine.
Cover by Dave Baldock.
)
Mike
Ashley's XERON. Mike Ashley is now a highly respected sf bibliographer
and historian. Cover by Phil Harbottle - yes, that
Phil Harbottle...
)
Harry
Bell's GRIMWAB, first issue of his first fanzine, possibly his
first fanzine
cover art. He did a great deal more artwork, of often excellent quality,
during the 1970s and 80s.
)
BAD
NEWS ! from Dave Wood of Nottingham. Not Dave Wood, Junior Fanatic,
originally from Lancaster and active from the 1950s, but a
much younger fellow who put out a number of idiosyncratic little
fanzines in the mid-60s. Cover by Dave Wood.
)
Charles
Platt's INSOMNIA, cover unattributed but likely by Platt himself.
An effective design
)
Adj
Cook's WARLOCK, cover by Cliff Reynolds, unknown as a fan and probably
a local friend of Cook's or a CCP contributor, perhaps.
)
The first page of Charles Platt's INSOMNIA, giving information
on the idea of PADS.
)
Part
of the letter-column from Adj Cook's WARLOCK 3
)
A
page from the fanzine review section of Chas Legg's ENTROPY 2