European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse A f fanzine9 phenomenon each 30-Page Issue contains a wealth of information about Macdonald and Mcgee. Well written and attractively packaged. Macdonald himself comments thai it helps me keep in touch with reality. When it comes out i read it with l sense of disassociation it is All about somebody i do not know. He is apparently a writer. A strange Chap Remote and somewhat cold. Were i forced to go about the world being him. I would end up on losing touch with myself. So the publication serves me in a Way i would never have anticipated it encourages schizophrenia and keeps me irom Gong about imitating a one year Tubi Cristion costs $5, and is available from or. De Hirschberg department of English. of South Florida Tampa fla., 33620. More words have been written about Sherlock Holmes than any other fictional character except Hamlet and there Are dozens of fanzines and newsletters aimed at the world s Sherlock ans. The most important oldest and Best of these is the Baker Street journal now in its 39th year of publication. Each 64-Page Issue is packed with articles on the finer Points of sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Holmes and Watson plus reports on the activities of Sherlock an societies reviews of related books and periodicals poems cartoons advertisements and Miscellanea. A Sample copy can be ordered for $4.50, or a one year tour Issue subscription Lor $12.50. The address the Baker Street journal., Fordham University press University Box l. Bronx n.y., 10458. Although its name suggests a different sort of Magazine altogether bondage is the Semi annual publication of the James Bond 007 fan club which boasts some 2,500 members worldwide. It s Well put together with a full color cover and John d. Macdonald hotel Down. Normali came to Colorado in 1973. Sold a Small brokerage company and became a co owner in a Purchase of the Stanley. He had dreams of returning it to its former status As the finest resort hotel in Northern Colorado and in 1977 he got it listed on the National Register of historic places. Normali made some improvements and then sold it in 1979 to vacation time share super Salesman James Quincy. Quincy promptly sold $5 million in vacation time at the Stanley left town with the Money and filed for Federal bankruptcy court Protection from creditors. Normali was let with a faded hotel and no Money to improve it. The hot a we Mina cd by a court trustee in 1980 and Normali retook Possession the next year. Since then he and his Wile Judith have breathed new life into it using his tax shelter expertise and her artistic touch. Their daughter Debbie says to kingly that her father is in King s Book As the fat. Pompous Normali now the general partner in a group of Rich investors that owns the hotel predicts a $2.4 million Stow this year and better times ahead. The hotel still is not paying its Bills however Graham says. Like the handful of other historic hotels in Colorado that Butki survive the Stanley has a Charm based on its history both fact and fiction. It is said by an employee that in the Stephen King room a woman like the Corpse in the Book did commit suicide in the claw toot tub. Plenty of photos and drawings to illustrate its mix of articles and interviews. We Don t print criticism. " says club president Richard Shinkman. Our feeling is that if the bondage Reader has gone to see Moonraker 12 times he does t need anyone telling him it s Good or bad. He knows better than anyone How he Levels about it. It s our responsibility to give him new information not just a Sample Issue costs $3. Or $ 12 will buy a year s membership in the club which includes two issues of bondage two issues of bondage quarterly a newsletter and irame Able photographs of Ian Fleming Sean Connery and Roger Moore. The address is the James Bond 007 fan club. . Box 414, Bronxville n.y., 10708. Although Stephen King is not usually thought of As n crime writer his fiction often revolves around crime mystery and suspense. Castle Rock subtitled the Stephen King newsletter is compiled by his longtime Secretary Stephanie Leonard. The pc Gest of the specially fanzines in has appeared monthly since january of this year. Each six to 10 Page mimeographed Issue includes considerable news of King s activities films and upcoming books though the bulk of the space so far has been devoted to a serialization of a Brand new King Short Story Dolan s Cadillac. There Are also Brief articles. King related cartoons and a regular trivia quiz that offers Castle Rock to shirts As prizes. According to editor Leonard things Are going great an average of 15 new subscribers a Day. Well be going to a larger newspaper format and King himself adds i think it s interesting to know that people Are that interested in my work. And a Little scary a copy of the first Issue will be mailed without charge to anyone sending a stamped self addressed envelope to Stephanie Leonard. . Box 8183, Bangor. Maine 04401. A one year subscription costs $ 12. The general fanzines the Granddaddy of the general fanzines is the the armchair detective which has been appearing since 1968. It is a thick quarterly generally running More than 100 pages per Issue and is perhaps better suited to the serious collector than the casual fan. With it s mix o nit Clos. Reviews regular columns and interview Hov Jyh. Tad is bound to contain material of Micro to every mystery Reader. A Sample copy runs 16, and a subscription costs or o for one year or $36 Lor two years. Send your order to. The armchair detective. 129 West 56lh St. New York n.y., 10019. The Drood review of mystery As its name implies. Focuses on reviews of new books although a h monthly Issue also contains at least one Brief Aiti clo on a mystery related topic. Send $1 Lor a Sample Issue or s9 Lor a one year subscription to. The Drood of mystery Box 8872. Boston mass., 02114 Walden books has just launched a monthly Newsheller. Crime times which is sent free to the More than 35.000 members of the Walden books mystery club. About Hall of each eight Page Issue is used to advertise mysteries currently available at the Chain s stores while the remaining space features interviews with and articles about popular crime writers plus a Short quiz or mystery crossword. The 10-20 recent discount Walden books offers mystery club members on selected titles won t be of much use to those living overseas but since membership is free it s Worth joining anyway if Only to be put on the crime times mailing list. Address your member ship request to Walden books mystery club 201 High Ridge Road Stamford. Conn. 06904. Bob Napier s mystery & detective monthly is a unique Fanzine written by its own readers. Each Issue includes several pages of capsule Book reviews and want ads but most of the 20-30 monthly pages Are filled with letters. Not letters to the editor but letters to the Mem readership the letters actually Are the Fanzine making Mem a perfect place for budding critics to sound off about their likes and dislikes to Praise a writer they be just discovered or blast a popular Book they be read and detested. A Sample Issue costs $2. And subscriptions run $2 per Issue for any desired length of time. You Don t have to write letters to subscribe but those who do receive one Iree Issue tacked onto the end of their subscription Lor each letter they have published in Mem. Orders and letters should be addressed to. Bob Napier 124411-c South St. Tacoma wash., 9844. Josh Pachter is a freelance writer living in Germany. Jack Nicholson in on of the Iceni from the shining 16. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15
