Checkpoint

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A SF/fan newszine edited mostly by Peter Roberts. It had over a hundred issues between 1968 and 1979. Issues 47 to 62 were edited by Darroll Pardoe and and issues 63 to 73 by Ian Maule. It replaced Skyrack and was in turn replaced by Ansible. The earlier First Series, 1968-1969, was devoted entirely to fanzine reviews rather than news. All issues are archived online -- see Website below -- and the archive was repackaged as the ebook The Complete Checkpoint (Ansible Editions, November 2018)

It ran the Checkpoint Fan Poll.

The Complete Checkpoint ebook

Issue Date Pages Notes
First Series
0 December 1968 8 Titled Lostwithiel Check-Point
1 April1 969 14 Title now Checkpoint
2 1969
3 1969
4 1969
5 1969
6-7 September 1969 8 double issue
8-9 October 1969 Final issue of first series
Begin Second Series
00 April 1971 2 Trial Issue
0 April 1971 4 Trial Issue
1 April 1971 6
2 May 1971 6
3 May 1971 4
4 June 1971 6
5 June 1971 6
6 July 1971 4
7 August 1971 6
8 September 1971 6
9 September 1971 2
10 October 1971 4
11 November 1971 4
12 November 1971 4
13 December 1971 6
14 January 1972 6
15 March 1972 4
16 March 1972 6
17 June 1972 6
18 June 1972 6
19 July 1972 6
20 July 1972 6
21 August 1972 14
22 September 1972 6
23 September 1972 6
24 October 1972 6
25 October 1972 6
26 November 1972 4
27 November 1972 6
28 December 1972 4
29 January 1973 6
30 January 1973 4
31 February 1973 6
32 February 1973 2
33 March 1973 4
34 March 1973 4
35 April 1973 6
36 April 1973 14
37 May 1973 6
38 May 1973 6
39 June 1973 4
40 June 1973 4
41 October 1973 8
42 October 1973 10
43 November 1973 8
44 December 1973 8
45 January 1974 4 Included Eric Bentcliffe's AmiZine Stories
46 March 1974 12
47 April 1974 4 Darroll Pardoe takes over as editor
48 May 1974 4
49 May 1974 4
50 June 1974 4
51 August 1974 4
52 September 1974 4
53 September 1974 4
54 October 1974 4
55 October 1974 4
56 November 1974 4
57 November 1974 4
58 January 1975 4
59 February 1975 4
60 March 1975 4
61 April 1975 4
62 April 1975 4
63 December 1975 6 Ian Maule takes over as editor
64 February 1976 4
65 March 1976 8
66 March 1976 2
67 1976 4
68 April 1976 4
69 May 1976 4
70 July 1976 4
71 August 1976 4
72-73 August 1976 8 double issue
74 September 1976 6 Peter Roberts returns as editor
75 October 1976 6
76 November 1976 6
77 December 1976 6
78 January 1977 4
79 February 1977 6
80 March 1977 6
81 April 1977 6
82 June 1977 6
83 July 1977 6
84 August 1977 4
85 Winter 1977 4
86 February 1978 6
87 March 1978 6
88 April 1978 6
89 May 1978 6
90 July 1978 6
91 September 1978 8
92 December 1978 6
93 February 1979 8
94 February 1979 6
95 April 1979 6
96 May 1979 6
97 June 1979 6
98 July 1979 6
99 August 1979 6
100 September 1979 6 Final issue


Publication Website 19681979
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