A Sort of Homecoming

Zine
Title:	A Sort of Homecoming
Publisher:	Fern Marder and Carol Walske
Editor:	Fern Marder and Carol Walske
Author(s):	Fern Marder and Carol Walske
Cover Artist(s):	Carol Walske
Illustrator(s):	Carol Walske
Date(s):	1988
Series?:	yes
Medium:	print
Genre:
Fandom:	Robin of Sherwood and U2 (RPF)
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A Sort of Homecoming is the first novel in the Luminous Times Universe, a shared universe created by Fern Marder and Carol Walske. Only 10 copies were printed in 1988 and the zine contains 190 pages. The zine also contains reprints of articles about U2 along with black and white photos of both U2 and the Robin of Sherwood cast members. It was accompanied by a custom audio cassette mixtape of music and both were wrapped inside a vinyl case.

Like other parts of the Luminous Times Universe, the zine was circulated among fans. This led to groups setting up informal reading events. At one convention, fans who had passed around "A Sort of Homecoming" read sections aloud at room parties. Some friends threatened, tongue in cheek, to mount a write in campaign to award the zine a FanQ award - although no one could agree on what category the zine should fit in.

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Gallery

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  front cover

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  frontispiece

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  throughout the novel, song lyrics are used as part of the character's "dialog". On this page, Robin of Sherwood is using A Pagan Place by Mike Scott and Bono is "speaking" the lyrics from the U2 song Gloria. Click to see a larger version.