by Victoria Lucas Experimental movies on the rise Mel and I like this little tiny independent theater off Broadway in San Francisco where we're now living. We've seen some great experimental films there, funny and not so funny. From where we live it's only a few blocks to walk, they only show films on weekends, … Continue reading [July 6, 1966] Baillie's Bailiwick–the Other Castro Street
by Jason Sacks The Earth is starting to collapse. Smog fills the air of our greatest cities, species are dying throughout the world, and the global population continues to increase geometrically, threatening our very existence as human beings on this planet. Half the people in the world live in extreme poverty while most of the other … Continue reading [June 6, 1966] The World is Ending (Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison)
by Cora Buhlert German Beats: Beat music is invading the West German single charts and getting steadily more popular, particularly among the young. In September, I reported about the launch of Beat-Club, a brand-new music TV program made right here in my hometown of Bremen. Since then, Beat-Club has become a must-watch among young West … Continue reading [January 22, 1966] Monks, Demi-Gods and Cat People: The Sword of Lankor by Howard L. Cory
by David Levinson Science fiction is generally considered to be literature that looks ahead. Much of Western culture also seems to be fairly obsessed with the miracles of progress and moving into a brighter future. Even communism, though less materially oriented, talks a good game about a better tomorrow. But there are also those who … Continue reading [May 2, 1965] FORWARD INTO THE PAST (June 1965 IF)
By Jessica Holmes Welcome to another serial of Doctor Who. This month, we’ll be taking a trip through history, to the height of the Third Crusade, when Richard I ‘the Lionheart’ of England marched on Jerusalem, bringing him toe-to-toe with An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (better known as simply ‘Saladin’). It’s the height of … Continue reading [April 18, 1965] The Doctor, the King and the Sultan (Doctor Who: The Crusade)
by Victoria Silverwolf Out of the Depths One of the more intriguing events this month was the discovery of the wreck of the Confederate cruiser Georgiana by a young man named Edward Lee Spence. The teenage diving enthusiast — he's been finding shipwrecks since he was twelve years old — located her remains in the … Continue reading [March 26, 1965] Digging Up the Past (April 1965 Fantastic)
By Jessica Holmes Hello, everyone. Today we're going to have a look at The Web Planet, the latest serial on Doctor Who, written by Bill Strutton. Now I don’t want to alarm you all, but we’ve got an infestation, and I think we’re going to need a bigger bottle of ant powder… THE WEB PLANET … Continue reading [March 2, 1965] Doctor Who And The B-Movie Rejects (Doctor Who: The Web Planet)
by Victoria Silverwolf (More Than) One Big Happy Family A lot of dramatic events happened this month, many of them violent and tragic, from a huge earthquake in the Aleutian Islands (fortunately, far away from inhabited areas) to, just today, the murder of civil rights activist Malcolm X. Although not as world-shattering as other news … Continue reading [February 22, 1965] Theory of Relativity (March 1965 Fantastic)
by Victoria Silverwolf A Hodgepodge of Happenings It's the season for clearing out all that stuff you've got piling up in the closet, ready to greet the new year with a fresh start. With that in mind, and given the fact that no one news item dominated the headlines this month, allow me to throw … Continue reading [December 23, 1964] Odds and Ends (January 1965 Fantastic)
by Victoria Lucas The City Yes, San Francisco is known for earthquakes, and perhaps I should be more careful with that word "epicenter." However, just as earthquakes start deep underground, so did the current cultural cluster of motion in this town whose underground is decidedly showing. Free the Muses! That's "motion" as in "motion pictures," … Continue reading [December 17, 1964] San Francisco as Cultural Epicenter (Woman in the Dunes, etc.)
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