Les Spinge

British fanzine published starting September 1959 and edited by Ken Cheslin and Peter Davies of the Stourbridge Science Fiction Circle (SADO). In the 60s Peter Davies was replaced by Dave Hale. Along with Hyphen it was a good example of an old-style of British fanzine.

It had a 100 page 13th issue (May 1964) issued in two volumes, with contributors including Walt Willis, John Berry, and Michael Moorcock. The 106-page 14th issue (January 1965) was assembled using a power drill and metal binding straps. The editors could only collate and mail a few issues each week. Contributors to this issue included Michael Moorcock, John Berry, Charles Platt, and George O. Smith.

Eventually, relatively low reader response received caused editors to quit. Darroll Pardoe edited some slimmed-down subsequent issues, but it was never quite the same after that. It lasted through the 70s, with its final issue (#36) in December 1979.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	Autumn 1959	24	editors: Ken Cheslin and Peter Davies
2	April 1960	26
3	July 1960	46
4	Winter 1960	42
5	March 1961	34
6	August 1961	52
7	September 1961	22	editors: Ken Cheslin and Dave Hale
8	March 1962	24
9	July 1962	42
10	January 1963	34
11	June 1963	42
12	January 1964	56
13	May 1964	100	Stapled in two parts
14	January 1965	106
15	August 1966	20	editor: Darroll Pardoe
16	October 1966	20
17	March 1967	34
18	June 1967	28
19	September 1967	32
21	March 1969	24
22	July 1970	18	OMPA 58
23	January 1971	24	OMPA
24	October 1972	4
25	November 1972	22
26	December 1972	12
27	May 1973	20
28	June 1973	12
29	October 1973	14
30	November 1973	12
31	January 1974	12
32	September 1974	12
33	May 1979	8	Includes index to the first 33 issues
34	June 1979	12
35	September 1979	16
36	December 1979	18

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1959—1979

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