Datazine/Issues 51-60

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Issue 51

cover of issue #51

Datazine 51 covers January/April 1988 and contains about 60 pages.

• this issue contains Surak Award nomination forms
• several fans write of zineds who have gone above and beyond to provide excellent service
• the editor of Interstat says that the recent review in Orion and Power of Speech was written under a pseud and that the pseud was used unethically and maliciously, and that Datazine refused to print it, saying they did not "print unsolicited reviews, especially hateful attempts at discrediting others."
• there is a letter from a fan explaining the different levels of editing zine eds do
• a zine ed is fed up with unreasonable demands and harassment about zines from fans; she says that From a Certain Point of View will have one more issue, but My Vice, Happy Holidays, Blue Pencil, and a Riptide zine are cancelled
• there is a letter from Susan Garrett explaining in great detail about what an SASE is and how to use it
• a review of Destiny's Children #3, see that page
• a review of The Orion Incident, see that page
• an extremely long review of First Time #14, see that page

Issue 52

Datazine 52

• unknown content

Issue 53

cover of issue #53

Datazine 53 covers July/September 1988 and contains about 60 pages.

• for the first time since they were started in Datazine, there are no personal statements
• two reviews of How Cold is the Heart, see that page
• a review of The Orion Incident, see that page
• a review of The Dark Shadows Concordance, see that page
• a review of Trust, Like the Soul, see that page
• a review of First Time #16, see that page
• a review of Matter/Antimatter #6, see that page
• a review of Raising Hell #1, see that page
• a review of The Hard Side of Yesterday, see that page
• a review of Faery Tale #2, see that page
• a review of Mirrors #1 and #2, see that page
• a review of Safe Places, see that page
• a review of Shadows of Light, see that page

Issue 54

cover of issue #54

Datazine 54 covers September/October 1988 and contains about 30 pages.

• it contains no zine reviews
• a zine ed makes the rare move of essentially poaching completely out in the open by printing a proposal in personal statements. She writes that she is tired of a proposed Escape from New York zine to be published and invites the contributors by name (culled from the flyer from two years ago) to re-submit what they had submitted to "Call Me Snake" to her zine, the third issue of Snakebit, a zine which also didn't make it off the ground. Neither did "Call Me Snake."

Issue 55

cover of issue #55, Jean Kluge

Datazine 55 covers March/April 1989 and contains about 60 pages.

• there are no personal statements
• a review of Standard by Several #1 and #2, see that page
• a review of Of Dreams and Schemes #6, see that page
• a review of Beyond Diplomacy, see that page
• a review of Mach-1 Plus #3, see that page
• a review of Sanctuary, see that page
• a review of City of Byzantium, see that page

Issue 56

cover of issue #56, Rick Wawiernia

Datazine 56 covers May/June 1989 and contains about 60 pages.

• this issue contains no zine reviews
• there are no personal statements
• the zine ed whose contributors were "poached" in a personal statement in issue #54 responds by saying her zines have always taken a long time to be published and that she is hurt that someone would try to undermine her planned zine. In the end, neither zine eds' zines saw the light of day.

Issue 57

cover of issue #57, Rick Wawiernia

Datazine 51 covers September/October 1989 and contains about 30 pages.

• there are no personal statements
• reviews of Rerun #6 and #7, see that page
• a review of First Time #18, see that page
• an announcement regarding a change in publication for the zine Act 5, see that page

Issue 58

cover of issue #58, Leah Rosenthal

Datazine 58 covers May 1990 and contains about 40 pages.

• there are no personal statement
• there is a full-page paid ad for Heartsounds #2
• this issue contains no zine reviews

Issue 59

cover of issue #59, Jacquelyn Zoost

Datazine 59 covers July 1990 and contains about 60 pages.

• there are no personal statements
• a review of Eyes Only, see that page
• a review of Dr. Bellfriar's Memorial Journal, see that page
• a review of The Paladins Affair, see that page
• a review of Within the Mirror, see that page
• a review of Beneath an Angry Star, see that page
• a review of First Time #20, see that page

Issue 60

cover of issue #60, J.M. McClure

Datazine 60 covers September/October 1990 and contains about 60 pages.

• this issue contains no zine reviews