Astroneer
Astroneer was a fanzine published first by Paul Sowerby and then, for the second issue, by Harry Turner in the UK.
The 1952 fanzine checklist produced by the N3F announced Astroneer and said that it would be printed with Frank Richards as editor. The was seemingly some delay as Dave Cohen reported in The National Fantasy Fan (February 1952) that it was 'still held back through lack of facilities suitable for all members (of Nor-West S.F.Club), It is now hoped that in the very near future arrangements will be made to assure publication of the Astroneer.'
A 'preliminary edition' appeared in the summer. It was hectoed and Vin¢ Clarke described it in Science Fantasy News #2 (June 1952) as 'an effort that lends itself to constructive criticism'. By winter 1952 it was being described as 'dormant' by Clarke in Post War.
Space Times #8 (February 1953) carried an announcement for Astroneer, saying it would be published 'very soon'.
A second duplicated issue appeared one year after the first. It was billed as 'A Nor'west Science Fantasy Club Publication', and announced itself as a quarterly, price 9d for Club members and 1 shilling for others. Turner later described his role as 'doing a rescue on the club mag' and said that it 'gave me a yen to publish my own 'zine again. Under the urging of Derek Pickles, a Bradford fan, I revived Zenith'[1].
A letter from Sandy Sanderson in Scottishe #3 (June 1955) said, 'the third Astroneer has been so long in coming I can only assume it has also folded.'
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer 1952 | 14 | 'Preliminary edition' |
| 2 | Summer 1953 | 20 | Final issue |
| Publication | 1952—1953 |
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