LOST SIGNAL
The Monthly Fanzine of the Lost Signal Science Fiction Society
Omaha, Nebraska · Est. 1984 · Published on paper, indexed here
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EDITOR'S NOTE. Lost Signal comes out once a month, usually 12 to 16 pages,
typed in Word on my computer at home, laid out with a lot of cutting and taping, and photocopied
at a print shop near my office by a counterman who has stopped asking what it is. Members get it
at the first-Friday meeting or in the mail. It is not online. This page is the index, so you know
what you missed and can ask for a back copy ($1, or free if you come to a meeting).
I took over as editor with issue #150, January 1997. Everything before that is in the
founder's banker's boxes, and he has promised to index it "someday." The full contents of this
year's issues are below, and the high points of 1997 and 1998.
Submissions always welcome: reviews, con reports, original fiction, art, letters, filk,
crosswords, rants. Handwritten is fine. Floppy is better.
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1999
| #182 · SEPTEMBER 1999 |
Cover: "Signal Over Melbourne" ........ Shaf
Down Under: A Worldcon Trip Report .... Uncle Rudy
Bookmarks: Foundation, and the Deepness Debate ... Lynn Tullos
SignalCon 7: The Hotel Is Booked ...... Francine Yerger
Cryptonomicon Survival Guide (pp. 1-300) ... Haz
Tincher's Tallies (treasury) .......... Carolyn Tincher
Static (letters) ...................... you
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| #181 · AUGUST 1999 |
Cover: "Crusade, Interrupted" ......... Shaf
From the Captain's Chair: A Eulogy for Crusade ... Alvin Mullen
Bookmarks: Distraction ............ Lynn Tullos
Reel Signal: The Iron Giant (Go. Now. Before It Leaves.) ... Douglas Cabezas
Filk Corner: "The Wormhole Waltz" ..... Ro
Hugo Predictions, Sealed Until Labor Day ... Lynn Tullos
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| #180 · JULY 1999 |
Cover: "Tranquility, Thirty Years On" .. Shaf
Where Were You on July 20, 1969? (eight members remember the Moon landing) ... various
Bookmarks: The Left Hand of Darkness ... Lynn Tullos
Fiction: "The Lighthouse Keeper of Ceres," Part 3 of 3 ... Dex
Static (letters) ...................... you
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| #179 · JUNE 1999 |
Cover: "Last Call at Quark's" ......... Shaf
Seven Seasons on the Station: Deep Space Nine Signs Off ... Carolyn Tincher
Fiction: "The Lighthouse Keeper of Ceres," Part 2 ... Dex
Pulp Fact: What I Found in a Box at an Estate Sale ... Uncle Rudy
Chicon 2000: Car Pool Sign-Up Sheet .... Francine Yerger
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| #178 · MAY 1999 · EPISODE I SPECIAL ISSUE |
Cover: Darth Maul, in ballpoint ....... Shaf
In Line: A Diary of Opening Night ..... Haz
Seven Members, Seven Reviews ........... various (two of them are not speaking)
Bookmarks: Starship Troopers, the Book vs. the Movie ... Lynn Tullos
Pulp Fact: Collecting Old SF Magazines on a Budget ... Uncle Rudy
Static: Letters, Mostly About Jar Jar
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| #177 · APRIL 1999 |
Cover: "Red Pill, Blue Pill" .......... Shaf
Reel Signal: The Matrix ........... Douglas Cabezas
Bookmarks: Darwinia ............... Lynn Tullos
Farscape: First Impressions ....... Haz
Fiction: "The Lighthouse Keeper of Ceres," Part 1 ... Dex
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| #176 · MARCH 1999 |
Cover: "The Con Suite at 2 A.M." ...... Dex
SignalCon 6: The Wrap-Up .............. Francine Yerger
Bookmarks: Children of God ........ Lynn Tullos
Signals from the Past: The Year We Met in a Laundromat ... the Old Man
Tincher's Tallies: SignalCon 6 Broke Even (Barely) ... Carolyn Tincher
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| #175 · FEBRUARY 1999 |
Cover: "A Valentine from Outer Space" .. Shaf
Bookmarks: Hyperion ............... Lynn Tullos
Reel Signal: The Phantom Menace, 98 Days and Counting ... Douglas Cabezas
Filk Corner: "Ballad of the Bottomless Coffee" ... Ro
Static (letters) ...................... you
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| #174 · JANUARY 1999 |
Cover: "The Robots Are Coming (Running Late)" ... Shaf
From the Captain's Chair: Resolutions for the Last Year Before 2000 ... Alvin Mullen
The 1998 Club Reading List, Ranked .... Lynn Tullos
Signals from the Past: 1983, The First Five ... the Old Man
Tincher's Tallies: The Year in Dues .... Carolyn Tincher
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1998 (issues #162-#173, high points)
| #162 Jan | "Is Titanic Science Fiction? An Investigation" (it isn't; Haz disagrees) ... Haz vs. Lynn |
| #164 Mar | SignalCon 5 report ... Francine Yerger |
| #165 Apr | Reel Signal: Lost in Space, a Review in Five Words ... Douglas Cabezas |
| #168 Jul | Two Rocks, One Summer: Deep Impact vs. Armageddon ... Douglas Cabezas and Uncle Rudy |
| #169 Aug | Reel Signal: The X-Files Movie ... Rhonda Buchanan |
| #170 Sep | Fifteen Years of LoSiFS: The Anniversary Picnic, and the Great Water Balloon Accident ... the Old Man |
| #171 Oct | Halloween issue: The Scariest SF We've Ever Read ... various |
| #173 Dec | Goodbye, Babylon 5: Five Years, One Story ... Alvin Mullen; Insurrection, Pro and Con ... Carolyn Tincher and Tommy Shafer |
1997 (issues #150-#161, high points)
| #150 Jan | New Editor, Same Typos ... Jeremiah Frink; Thirteen Years at the Typewriter ... the Old Man |
| #152 Mar | The Star Wars Special Editions: Who Shot First? ... the whole club, loudly |
| #156 Jul | Pathfinder on Mars: We Watched the Pictures Come In ... Uncle Rudy |
| #157 Aug | Reel Signal: Contact and Men in Black, Same Summer ... Douglas Cabezas |
| #161 Dec | Starship Troopers: The Movie Read the Book Upside Down ... Lynn Tullos |
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THE CREW
Bylines in Lost Signal are by name or by fan name, depending on who's being modest.
For the record:
| Shaf | Tommy Shafer. Does nearly every cover, in ballpoint and marker. Draws during meetings. Nobody minds. |
| Uncle Rudy | Rudy Solari. Nineteen Worldcons, four thousand paperbacks, one very patient wife. |
| Dex | Deborah Adams. Our fiction writer. "The Lighthouse Keeper of Ceres" got more letters than anything we've printed. |
| Haz | Anthony Hastings. College student, youngest member, defends Episode I with his life. |
| Ro | Rhonda Buchanan. Filker (that's science fiction folk songs) and author of our crossword, which is impossible. |
| the Old Man | Robert Hershey. Founder. Edited this thing for thirteen years. Writes the history column and corrects mine. |
| the Captain | Alvin Mullen, our president. Writes "From the Captain's Chair." He didn't pick the name. He didn't object, either. |
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