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The Silver Age Bulletin
April 1, 2007
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- Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #16
- Gilligan's Thigh-Land
- The Animal Encyclopedias
- The Literary Bone
- Midnight Street
Being able to treat ourselves to colour covers raises a lot of
potential problems. There is so much more to think about - the stark
simplicity of our previous black and white covers is now a fond and
distant memory, and the potential for making a mistake is all too large,
as I discovered in the course of creating the overcooked cover for issue
fifteen. This issue, however, the potential of colour was demonstrably
unlocked, as we procured the wonderful piece of illustrative artwork that
that will greet you on the way in! The artist behind this amazing window
into the world of Howard Phillips is one John Shanks, proprietor of
Homegrown Goodness, which he describes as a site for people who don't care
that they can't draw. "With animals. And celebrities." It's at www.homegrowngoodness.co.uk - visit now, while he's
still taking requests!
Said cover will alert the reader to the
main content of this issue: the next instalment in the Saturation Point
Saga, as Howard relates to us The Doom That Came to Sea Base Delta! The
serialisation of this novel will be concluded in issue seventeen (unless
something better comes up before then). If any readers are tiring of
Howard's neverending quest, I'm very sorry! I'm just glad to see an old
friend reunited with his muse - if he wrote a novel every week I would up
the frequency of TQF to match, that I could publish them all!
In
previous issues, forty or so pages of prime Phillips would have been
considered more than enough to make an issue complete, but not this time,
not in this, our longest ever issue!
For dessert, Lawrence R
Dagstine, editor of esteemed journal, The Literary Bone, brings us "Our
Plight on Amaros". If there's one thing we love at TQF, it's a high
concept tale with lashings of adventure, and that's exactly what we have
here. After reading it, ask yourself, would we have treated them any
better if they came to our planet?
This issue also brings the next
part in what is intended to be a five-part serial of very short stories,
After All, by Michael Wyndham Thomas. The first part of this mysterious
tale appeared in issue fifteen, as part of our Silver Age Treasury of
Fantastic Literature.
Wash that down with another sip of Newton
Braddell! Surely there will come a day when this series will be regarded
as one of the greatest short story cycles of all time, if not the greatest
of them all! Maybe it's time for the Foundation saga to make room on its
pedestal!
What else? Another Lost Classic of the Silver Age, a
tale of one Cleabella Danger, thanks to the plucky fellow who rescued her
book from a space pirate!
And dropped into the mix at the very
last minute, an extract from the novel-in-progress, Chameleon Man Gets
Lost, by Caroline Marwitz: "The Good Fortune Driving School for Men".
You lucky readers!
There's also another incredible episode in
the life of Helen and her magic cat! - SWT
Link: http://www.silveragebooks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mag/tqf/tqf_16.htm
You might not have seen this publication before - a collection of
highly offensive comic strips by Steven Gilligan that we haven't done a
great deal to promote, but which nevertheless attracts a steady stream of
readers on the website every month.
Follow the link below to
discover for yourself the dubious delights of the Bored Fish, the Ill
People, and Crazy Ivan!
Link: http://www.silveragebooks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mag/gt/gt_01.htm
Our fantastic cover artist for this issue, John Shanks, has been
quietly producing some of the funniest little books you can buy for a
pound. They are full of hilariously incorrect facts about animals, and
make a wonderful gift for anyone you don't want to spend more than a pound
on!
Link: http://www.homegrowngoodness.co.uk/books.htm
Another contributor to this issue, Lawrence Dagstine, is also the
editor of his own journal, The Literary Bone. Issue one is out now, with
issue two due to follow at the end of the year.
Follow the link
for more details!
Link: http://www.theliterarybone.blogspot.com/
In the current issue of TQF you'll find an advertisement for Trevor
Denyer's small press magazine, Midnight Street.
Many, many years
ago Trevor contributed to our own New Words. While we burnt out, Trevor's
fire kept burning, and he went from strength to strength, publishing first
Roadworks, then Legend, and now the magnificent Midnight Street.
Follow the link for more details!
Link: http://www.midnightstreet.co.uk/
Regards,
Stephen Theaker
Publisher, Silver Age
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