M
Mailing Reviews: Norman Wansborough.
        (-)     Jun/57    ?    F        6  d/w OMPA 12

Matter Of No Moment: Ken Slater.
        (1)     Aug/52   m     F        2  d/w FAPA 60
         2      Nov/52   m    A4        4  d/w FAPA 61

The March Of The Rocket Men: Norman Wansborough.
        (-)     Feb/57   m     F        2  d/w FAPA 78

Meander: Chuck Harris.
         1      Dec/54   m    ½F        8  d/w OMPA 2
         2      Dec/55   ?    ½Q        4  d/w OMPA 6
   
Medi-eval: Tony Thorne.
         1      Sep/54   m     -        2  d/w OMPA 1 (8"x11" page)

Mediocre: Tony Thorne.
        (-)     Dec/54   m     Q        8  d/w OMPA 2

Medway Journal: Brian Lewis & Tony Thorne for the Medway Club.
         1        ?/52   m    ½F       18
         2      Dec/52   p    ½F       28
         3      May/53   p    ½F       28
         4        ?/53   m    ½F       28
       *(-)     Jun/54   p     -        4  (8"xlO½" page)
*b/w Supermancon S.P.& C. (qv).

Medway Journal Literary & News Supplement:
                      Brian Lewis & Tony Thorne for the Medway Club
         1        ?/54   m     -        8  (11.25"x 8.75" page size)
         2      May/54   p     -        8  (13"x9" page) 

Mercatorial Annual: Archie Mercer
         1           ?   ?     ?        ?
         2      Dec/57   m     Q        2
         3      Dec/58   m     Q        2
         4      Dec/59   m     Q        2
         5      Dec/60   m     Q        2
continues after 1960.

Mi: Eric Bentcliffe.
         1      Jan/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 12
         2      Feb/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 13
         3      Feb/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 14
         4      Mar/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 15
         5      Apr/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 16
         6      May/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 18
         7      May/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 19
         8      Jun/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 20
         9      Jul/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 21
        10      Nov/60   m     Q        2  d/w Skyrack 26
continues after 1960.

Moebius Strip: Ron & Daphne Buckmaster, Chris Miller.
        (-)     Sep/60   m     Q        2  d/w OMPA 25

Mood: Jim Linwood, Bruce Kidd, & Mike Moorcock.
         1      Jul/56   m     Q        2
         2      Aug/56   m     Q        2

Moonvention - seeIt's Tycho's Foor....

Morph: John Roles.
         1      Sep/54   h     Q        6  d/w OMPA 1
         2      Dec/54   m     Q        8  d/w OMPA 2
         3      Mar/55   m     Q       10  d/w OMPA 3
         4      Sum/55   m     Q       12  d/w OMPA 4
         5      Aut/55   m     Q       12  d/w OMPA 5
         6      Win/55   m     Q       16  d/w OMPA 6
         7      Mar/56   m     Q        8  d/w OMPA 7
         8      Sum/56   m     Q        6  d/w OMPA 8
         9      Sep/56   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 9
        10      Win/56   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 10
        11      Spr/57   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 11 
        12      Sum/57   m     Q       12  d/w OMPA 12 
        13      Aut/57   m     Q       14  d/w OHPA 13
        14      Win/57   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 14
        15      Spr/58   m     Q       16  d/w OMPA 15
        16      Sum/58   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 16
        17      Aut/58   m     Q       16  d/w OMPA 17
        18      Win/58   m     Q       14  d/w OMPA 18
        19      Spr/59   m     Q       12  d/w OMPA 19
        20      Sum/59   m     Q        4  d/w OMPA 20
        21      Aut/59   m     Q       18  d/w OMPA 21
        22      Win/59   m     Q       20  d/w OMPA 22
        23      Spr/60   m     Q        8  d/w OMPA 23
continues after 1960.

Move: Vincent Clarke.
        (-)     Aug/58   m     Q        4

Movie Music: Jim Linwood.
        (-)     Win/58   m     Q        12  d/w OMPA 18

My Feathered Friends: Nigel Lindsay.
        (-)     Sep/54   ?    ½F         4  d/w OMPA 1

My First Real Convention: Mal Ashworth.
        (-)     Sep/54   m     Q        14  d/w OMPA 1
N
Natter: Dave Newman.
         1      Sep/56   m     F         4
         2      Nov/56   m     F         6
         3      Nov/56   m     F         2
         4      Jan/57   m     F         6

Needle: Fred Smith.
         1      Sep/54   m     Q         2  d/w OMPA 1
         2      Dec/54   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 2
         3      Mar/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 3
         4      Jun/55   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 4
         5      Sep/55   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 5

The New Futurian: Michael Rosenblum.
         1      Spr/54   m     Q        24
         2      Sum/54   m     Q        42
         3      Aut/54   m     Q        34
         4      Win/54   m     Q        42
         5      Sum/55   m     Q        40 
         6      Jan/57   m     Q        42
         7      Spr/57   m     Q        40 
         8      Sum/58   m     Q        44

A Newsletter Of Sorts - see A Sort of Newsletter.

Newsletter Of The Young SF Readers Group: Jim Linwood for the BSFA.
         1      Sep/60   m     Q         2 
continues after 1960.

New Worlds Science Fiction: A History & Checklist: 
                                         unknown for the BSFA 

Nirvana: Ken Bulmer.
(first published 1949)
       *(-)     Jun/54   m     Q         4  (called "20")
*b/w Supermancon S.P.& C. (qv).

Noise Level: John Brunner.
         1      Dec/54   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 2 
         2      Mar/55   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 3 
         3      Jun/55   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 4 
         4      Sep/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 5 
         5      Dec/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 6 c/w Pogrom 4
         6      Sum/56   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 8 
         7      Dec/56   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 10 
         8      Jun/57   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 12 
         9      Sep/57   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 13
        10      May/58   m     Q        12  d/w OMPA 16

Northlight: Alan Burns.
         1        ?/58   m     Q        12 
         2      Apr/58   m     Q        14 
         3        ?/58   m     Q        18 
         4      Jan/59   m     Q        20 
         5      Mar/59   m     Q        32
         6        ?/59   m     Q        34 
         7      Nov/59   m     Q        34
         8      Jan/60   m     Q        36
         9      Apr/60   m     Q        34
        10        ?/60   m     Q        28
        11      Sep/60   ?     ?        32
continues after 1960.

Now And Then: Harry Turner & Eric Needham.
         1      Aug/54   m    ½F         4  d/w OMPA 1
        *2      Nov/54   m     -        20  d/w OMPA 2 one side only
         3      Mar/55   m     Q        22  d/w OMPA 3 
         4      Jun/55   m     Q        14  d/w OMPA 4 
         5      Sep/55   m     Q        22 
         6      Nov/55   m     Q        18 
         7      Jun/56   m     Q        28  d/w OMPA 8 
         8      - - - - c/w Steam 15
*page size = 9"x9".
O
Objection Slip: Archie Mercer.
        (-)     Dec/59   ?     Q         2  d/w OMPA 22

Off The Cuff For Gertrude: Chuck Harris .
        (-)     Feb/58   m     Q         4  d/w FAPA 82

Off Trails: Vincent Clarke, Joy Clarke Archie Mercer, 
               John Roles, Roberta Gray, Ron Bennett, 
                          Daphne Buckmaster for OMPA.
         1      Sep/54   m     Q         6  (ed VC)(Vol 1) 
         2      Dec/54   m     Q         6  (ed VC) 
         3      Mar/55   m     Q         6  (ed VC) 
         4      Jun/55   m     Q         6  (ed VC) 
         5      Sep/55   m     Q         6  (ed JC)(Vol 2) 
         6      Dec/55   m     Q         6  (ed JC) 
         7      Mar/56   m     Q         8  (ed JC)
         8      Jun/56   m     Q         8  (ed JC) 
         9      Sep/56   m     Q         8  (ed AM)(Vol 3) 
        10      Dec/56   m     Q        10  (ed AM) 
        11      Mar/57   m     Q         8  (ed AM) 
        12      Jun/57   m     Q        10  (ed AM) 
        13      Sep/57   m     Q        12  (ed JR)(Vol 4) 
        14      Dec/57   m     Q        10  (ed JR) 
        15      Mar/58   m     Q        10  (ed JR) 
        16      Jun/58   m     Q         8  (ed JR) 
        17      Sep/58   m     Q         8  (ed RG)(Vol 5) 
        18      Dec/58   m     Q         8  (ed RG) 
        19      Mar/59   m     Q         6  (ed RG) 
        20      Jun/59   m     Q         8  (ed RG) 
        21      Sep/59   m     Q        12  (ed RB)(Vol 6) 
        22      Dec/59   m     Q        12  (ed RB) 
        23      Mar/60   m     Q        12  (ed RB) 
        24      Jun/60   m     Q        14  (ed RB)
        (-)     Jun/60   m     Q         2  d/w OMPA 24 
        25      Sep/60   m     Q        16  (ed DB)(Vol 7) 
        26      Dec/60   m     Q        14  (ed DB)
continues after 1960.
NB: each issue d/w OMPA, as per issue number.

Off T'rails: Archie Mercer.
        (-)     Sep/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 5

Omnibus: 'Joan Carr' (H.P.Sanderson).
         1      Dec/54   m     Q        12  d/w OMPA 2 
         2      - - - - c/w No 1. 
         3      Mar/55   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 3 
         4      Jun/55   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 3 
         5      Jan/56   m     Q        20 
         6      Feb/55   m     Q        16  d/w OMPA 8

OMPA Flyer & Constitution:
        (-)     Nov/57   m     Q         4  d/w FAPA 81

Once In A Blue Moon - see Blue Moon.

Operation Armageddon: Vincent Clarke
         1        ?/54   m     F         2
         2        ?/54   m     F         2

Operation Fantast: Ken Slater.
(first published 1947)
         8      Mar/51   p    ½Q        20
         9      Sum/51   p    ½Q        20
        10      Aut/51   p    ½Q        20
        11      Win/51   p     -        20  (4.75"x7.75" page size)
        12      Sum/52   p    ½Q        22
       (13)     Win/52   p    ½Q        48  (Vol 2 No 1)
       (14)     ---- c/w no.13
       (15)     Sum/53   p    ½Q        32  (Vol 2 No 3)
       (16)     Sum/54   p    ½Q        24  (Vol 2 No 4)
       (17)     Mar/55   p    ½Q        24  (Vol 2 No 5)
       (18)     May/55   p    ½Q        24  (Vol 2 No 6)
       (19)     completed, but lost at printers

Operation Fantast Handbook: Ken Slater.
        (1)     May/51   p    ½Q        22  ("1951")
        (2)     Feb/52   p    ½Q        40  ("1952")
       *(3)     Apr/53   p    ½Q        68  ("1953")
*d/w FAPA 64.

Operation Fantast Newsletter: Ken Slater.
       *(1)     Feb/51   p     -         4
       *(2)     Mar/51   p     -         4
       *(3)     May/51   p     -         4
        *4      Jun/51   p     -         4
        *5      Sep/51   p     -         8
        *6      Oct/51   p     -         6
        *7      Oct/51   p     -         8
       **8      May/52   p     -        12
     ***(-)     Feb/54   m     F         6
    ****(-)     Sep/54   m     F         8
see also A Sort Of Newsletter.
   *page size = 3½"x6".
  **page size = 3"x5".
 ***called "no 001" & "subtitled "You can't be a real fan if 
    you actually BUY Books" ".
****called O.P.N.& Tradinq Supplement.

Operation Splash: Dave Newman & Vincent Clarke
        (-)     Apr/54   m     Q         2

Orbit: George Gibson for the Leeds SF Association.
         1      Oct/53   m     Q        14
         2      Dec/53   m     Q        18
         3      Feb/54   m     Q        24
       *(-)     Mar/54   m     Q         4
         4      Jun/54   m     Q        30
         5      Sep/54   m     Q        30
         6      Dec/54   m     Q        32  (Vol 2 No 2)
       **7      Jan/56   m     Q        22
*b/w Supermancon S.P.& C. (qv).
**Ron Bennett, editor.

Orion: Paul Enever, Ella Parker.
        *1      Dec/53   m    ½F        18 
        *2      Mar/54   m    ½F        32 
         3      Apr/54   m    ½F        24 
         4      Jun/54   m    ½F        30 
         5      Aug/54   m    ½F        36
         6      Oct/54   m    ½F        28
         7      Dec/54   m    ½F        32  (Vol 2)
         8      Feb/55   m    ½F        34
         9      Apr/55   m    ½F        26
        10      Jun/55   m    ½F        32
        11      Aug/55   m    ½F        36
        12      Oct/55   m    ½F        44
        13      Dec/55   m     Q        32  (Vol 3)
        14      Feb/56   m     Q        36
        15      Apr/56   m     Q        36
      **16      Jun/56   m     Q        22
        (-)     Aug/56   m     Q         2
        17      Nov/56   m     Q        32
        18      Feb/57   m     Q        40
      **19      Jun/57   m     Q        28
        20           ?   m     Q        24
        21      Feb/59   m     Q        46
        22      Jul/59   m     Q        40
     ***(-)     Jul/59   m     Q        12 
        23      Oct/59   m     Q        46 
        24      Jan/60   m     Q        44 
        25      Jun/60   m     Q        58 
        26      Nov/60   m     Q        56
      **(-)     Nov/60   m     Q        28
continues after 1960.
NB: PE ed.(l-20), EP ed.(21 onwards).
  *called L.S.F.ORION
 **no 16 called "Vol 2"; volume numbers cease with No 19.
***Letter supplement: You Said It.

'Our 'Zine: Vincent Clarke, Jim Rattigan, Fred Robinson, 
                               Bob Shaw, & Mike Wilson.
        (-)       ?/52   m     F         2
P
Pamphrey: Walt Willis.
        *O      Nov/51   m     -         2  d/w FAPA 57
         1      Nov/53   m     Q         8  d/w FAPA 65 
         2      May/54   m     Q         2  d/w FAPA 67 
         3      Nov/56   m     Q        16  d/w FAPA 77 
        (4)     -----
        (5)     Aug/57   m     Q        12  d/w FAPA 80 
         6      Feb/58   m     Q        10  d/w FAPA 82 
         7      Nov/58   m     Q         2  d/w FAPA 85
*7" x 8.75" page size

Panac: George Locke
       (99)    Apr/60    m    AQ         4

Peri: Tony Cooper (?), Ken Potter, Dave Wood 
                           (1 & 2 for the Junior Fanatics).
         1      Jan/53   m     Q         ?    
         2      Sum/53   m     Q        24 
         3      Apr/54   m     Q        34

Perihelion: Bryan Welham & Barry Hall.
         1      Oct/57   m     Q        42 
         2      Spr/58   m     Q        46 
         3      Aug/58   m     Q        38 
         4      Oct/58   m     Q         ?

Perindeus: Mike Moorcock.
        *1      Nov/58   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 19
       **2      Sum/59   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 20
 *called Flail
**called The Cacaphone 

Periscope: Ken Potter, Dave Wood for the Junior Fanatics.
         1      May/52   ?     ?         2
         2      Oct/52   c     Q         2
        (?)     Jan/53   m     Q         2

Phantasmagoria: Derek Pickles.
(first published 1950) 
         2      Feb/51   m    ½F        24 
         3      Sum/51   m    ½F        24 
         4      Spr/52   m    ½F        22
         5      Aut/52   m     Q        18  (Vol 2 No 2)            
         6      Jun/53   m     Q         6  (Vol 2 No 3)
        (7)     Jun/54   m     F         8  (Vol 1 No 1) (New Series)
        (8)     Nov/54   m    ½F        24  (Vol 1 No 2)
       *(9)     Jun/55   m    ½F        28  (Vol 1 No 3)
      *(10)     Nov/55   m    ½F        32  (Vol 2 No 1)
       (11)       ?/56   m     Q         2  (Vol 2 No 1.5)
*Stan Thomas, co-editor.

Platform: Eric Bentcliffe.
         1      Sep/54   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 1 
         2      Dec/54   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 2 
         3      Mar/55   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 3

Playtime: Norman Wansborough.
         1      Jun/55   m     Q        12  d/w OMPA 4  single-sided
         2      Jun/55   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 4

Plonge: Vincent Clarke, Stuart MacKenzie, Ted Tubb.
        (-)     Apr/54   m     Q        12

Ploy: Ron Bennett.
         1      - -
         2      Aut/54   m     Q        32
         3      Aug/55   m     Q        36
         4      Sep/55   m     Q        32
         5      Mar/56   m     Q        34
         6      Jun/56   m     Q        34
         7      Nov/56   m     Q        38
         8      Mar/57   m     Q        36
         9      Jul/57   m     Q        34
        10      Sep/57   m     Q        36
        11      Mar/58   m     Q        36
        12      Apr/58   m     Q        32
        13      Jul/58   m     Q        22
        14      Jun/59   m     Q        44
*There was no issue one.

Pogrom: John Brunner.
         1      Mar/55   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 3 
         2      Jun/55   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 4 
         3      Sep/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 5 
        *4      Nov/55   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 6
*c/w Noise Level 5 (qv).

Postal Preview: Ted Carnell.
(first published 1939)
        (-)     Mar/51   m     F         4
        (-)     Dec/54   ?     ?         ?
        (-)     Jun/56   m     Q         4  c/w TRIODE 7
issues unnumbered; no information on further issues.

Postwar - see Science Fantasy News.

Pot Pourri: John Berry.
         1      Jun/58   m     Q        10 
         2      Jul/58   m     Q        10 
         3      Aug/58   m     Q        10 
         4      Dec/58   m     Q        16
         5      Mar/59   m     Q        10
         6      Apr/59   m     Q        10
         7           ?   ?     ?         ?
         8      Aut/59   m     Q         8
         9      Oct/59   m     Q         6
continues after 1960; all issues d/w SAPS.

Prodigal: Dave Newman.
         1      Sum/58   m     Q        10  d/w OMPA 16

Progress: George Whiting for the West Country Sf Group.
         1      Sep/52   h     ?         2 
         2      Oct/52   ?     ?         ? 
         3      Nov/52   ?     ?         ? 
         4      Dec/52   m     Q         8 
         5      Jan/53   ?     ?         ? 
         6      Feb/53   ?     ?         ?
Q
Questionnaire: Man In Space: John Roles.
        (-)     Mar/58   m     Q         2  d/w OMPA 15

Quibble: Peter Ridley
         1      Oct/51   m     ?         8+

Qurp: Ron Bennett.
         1      May/57   m     Q        10  d/w FAPA 79
continues after 1960
R
Random: Daphne Buckmaster.
         1      Sep/60   m     Q         8  d/w OMPA 25
continues after 1960

Reason: Norman Wansborough.
        (-)     Aug/58   m     Q         2  d/w FAPA 88

Retribution: John Berry & Arthur Thomson.
         1      Jan/56   m     Q        26 
         2      Apr/56   m     Q        44 
         3      Jul/56   m     Q        34
         4      Oct/56   m     Q        34
         5      Dec/56   m     Q        14
         6      Mar/57   m     Q        50
         7        ?/57   m     Q        32
         8        ?/57   m     Q        34
         9      Dec/57   m     Q        22
        10      Apr/58   m     Q        52
    *(10.5)     Jul/58   m     Q        12
        11      Aut/58   m     Q        24
        12      Feb/59   m     Q        32
        13      May/59   m     Q        30
        14      Nov/59   m     Q        28
        15      Mar/60   m     Q        24
        16      Dec/60   m     Q        30
continues after 1960.
*called GDA and Retribution Index

Revue: Norman Wansborough.
         1      Dec/55   ?    ½Q        12  d/w OMPA 6

The Ron Bennett Appreciation Issue: John Berry.
        (-)     Feb/58   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 15
aka Shure To Ploys

Rot: Mal Ashworth.
         1      Sep/55   m     Q        20  d/w OMPA 5
        *2      May/57   m     Q        22  d/w OMPA 12
        *3      Jun/59   m     Q        20  d/w OMPA 20 
         4      Mar/60   m     Q        30
*also d/w FAPA 79 & 88 respectively. continues after 1960.

Rune: Norman Wansborough.
        *?      Dec/54   m     Q         2  d/w OMPA 2 
         ?      Feb/56   m     Q         6  d/w OMPA 6 
         ?      Mar/56   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 7 
         ?      Jun/56   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 8 
        (1)     Feb/57   m     F         8  d/w FAPA 78 
         ?      Mar/57   m     F         8  d/w FAPA 79 
         ?      Jun/57   m     F        12  d/w OMPA 12
         ?      Jun/57   m     F         4  d/w OMPA 12
         ?      Jun/57   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 13 
         ?      Sep/57   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 13 
         ?      Nov/57   m    AQ         4  d/w FAPA 81 
         ?      Dec/57   m     Q         4  d/w OMPA 15 
         ?      Feb/58   m    AQ         2  d/w FAPA 82 
         ?      Aug/58   m     Q         2  d/w FAPA 84
         ?      Aug/59   m    AQ         8  d/w FAPA 8?
NB: issues are unnumbered
*called Supplement to Rune 1.
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