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− | [[Image:SPCLTNSPRN1972_copy.jpg |right|frame|'''Speculation'''<br/>Issue 30 Spring 1972 <br/>Cover art by Bob Rickard]]
| + | Along with a couple one-ofs, '''Asha Anderson''' wrote the zine Reddog Review and published it as Skyriver Press and ashabot.com. She was a member of alt.zines on the Usenet and an active participant in its rollicking, rowdy discussions and flame wars until the Usenet imploded under the weight of binaries resulting in a mass migration to web-based blogs and discussion boards. She does two blogs, [http://www.ashabot.blogspot.com/ Language Barrier], an ongoing narrative on whatever, and [http://www.annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ Anna Sadhorse] where she posts some of her poetry. American by birth, Anderson has spent extended periods of time in various countries and posts photos from her wanderings on [https://www.flickr.com/ashabot/ Flickr] and [https://www.instagram.com/ Instagram]. She occasionally submits poetry to lit mags and currently lives in Portugal. |
− | '''Speculation''' was an award-winning British [[fanzine]] edited by [[Peter Weston]].
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− | ''Speculation'' was released under the title ''Zenith'' for the first six issues, which lasted from 1963 till 1964. It was then called ''Zenith Speculation'' for issues 7 to 13, between 1964 and 1966, during which time Peter Weston was also publishing the apazine [[Nexus]]. After 1966, the fanzine assumed its final identity, ''Speculation''.
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− | Contributors to ''Speculation'' include Brian Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Greg Benford ([[Void]]), James Blish ([[The Planeteer]]), John Boston, Carl Brandon, Jr., John Brosnan ([[Big Scab]]), John Brunner, Ken Bulmer ([[Science Fantasy News]]), F.M. Busby ([[Cry of the Nameless]]), Richard Delap, Alan Dodd ([[Camber]]), Harlan Ellison ([[Science Fantasy Bulletin]]), John Foyster, Richard Gordon, Phil Harbottle, Harry Harrison, Tim Hildebrand, Terry Jeeves ([[ERG]]), Lang Jones, Fritz Leiber, Robert A.W. Lowdnes, David Masson, Ian McAuley, Archie Mercer ([[Vector]]), [[Beryl Mercer]] ([[Link (UK)|Link]], [[Oz (UK)|Oz]]), Sandra Miesel, Michael Moorcock ([[Typo]], [[A Fanzine Called Eustace]]), Larry Niven, Andy Offut, Alexei Panshin, Joe Patrizio ([[Ipso Facto]]), Bruce Pelz, Roger Peyton, John J. Pierce, writing on Cordwainer Smith, H. Beam Piper, Martin Pitt, Charles Platt ([[Beyond (UK)|Beyond]]), Frederik Pohl ([[The International Observer of Science and Science Fiction]]), Chris Priest, David Redd, Bob Rickard, Robert Silverberg, Ben Solon, Tony Sudbery, E.C. Tubb ([[EYE]], [[Vector]]), [[Harry Warner, Jr.]] ([[Horizons]]), Charles Winstone, and Ian Williams ([[Maya]]).
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− | Covers were by Ames (#33), Richard Bergeron ([[Warhoon]]) (#25), Jim Cawthorn (#10), Vincent diFate (#29), Jack Gaughan (#21), Jim Groves (#12), Ivor Latto (#24, #26), Riccardo Leveghi (#14), Ken McIntyre (#13), Bob Rickard (#16, #20, #30), [[Arthur Thomson|ATom]] (#3, #4), Pamela Yates (#15), Joseph Zajackazowski (#11).
| + | *[http://ashabot.blogspot.com/ blog] |
| + | *[http://annasadhorse.blogspot.com/ poetry] |
| + | *[https://www.flickr.com/ashabot/ ashabot at flickr] |
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− | Illustrations were contributed by Jim Cawthorn, Eddie Jones, Vincent DiFate, and Pamela Yates. among others.
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− | ''Speculation'' also featured an interview with writer J.G. Ballard by Jannick Storm.
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− | Letters came Rick Brooks ([[Nargothrond]]), Pamela Bulmer, Terry Carr ([[Lighthouse]]), Graham Charnock ([[Wrinkled Shrew]]), Edmond Cooper, Samuel R. Delany, Sven Eklund, Philip Jose Farmer, Bruce Gillespie ([[SF Commentary]]), Graham Hall, Phil Harbottle, Sam Moskowitz ([[Different (Moskowitz)|Different]]), E.C. Tubbs, and [[Donald Wollheim]] ([[The Phantagraph]]), among others
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− | A special issue of ''Speculation'' was part of the [[Thirdmancon Combozine]] (April 1968), which also included special issues of [[Badinage]], [[Gothique]], and [[Scottishe]].
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− | A series of "Speculation Conferences" were also organised, adopting a similarly "sercon" approach to science fiction analysis. It won the very first [[Nova Award for Best Fanzine]], in 1973.
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