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Fantast Medway was a British SF mail-order bookselling business run by [[Ken Slater]] along with [[Tony Thorne]].  It grew out of his earlier [[Operation Fantast]].
 
Fantast Medway was a British SF mail-order bookselling business run by [[Ken Slater]] along with [[Tony Thorne]].  It grew out of his earlier [[Operation Fantast]].
  
It was named "Fantast (Medway)" in spite of not being near the Medway (a rive in SE England) because Thorne had already had a shop in the Medway area, and they needed to distinguish the business from an existing "Fantast".
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It was named "Fantast (Medway)" in spite of not being near the Medway (a river
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in Kent) because Thorne had already had a shop in the Medway area, and they needed to distinguish the business from an existing "Fantast".
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:09, 25 April 2021

Fantast Medway was a British SF mail-order bookselling business run by Ken Slater along with Tony Thorne. It grew out of his earlier Operation Fantast.

It was named "Fantast (Medway)" in spite of not being near the Medway (a river in Kent) because Thorne had already had a shop in the Medway area, and they needed to distinguish the business from an existing "Fantast".


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