De Profundis

Clubzine of the LASFS which was first published by George W. Fields on March 30, 1957, with an issue that was essentially all about an LASFS Banquet held to honor Forrest Ackerman. That publication lasted for an unknown number of issues, then lapsed. It was re-started in the summer of 1965 by Bjo and John Trimble.

The title comes from the LASFS motto, De Profundis Ad Astra.

Issue	Date	Pages	Editor	Notes
1	March 30, 1957
1	Summer (early June), 1965	4	John Trimble & Bjo Trimble
2	July 11, 1965	2	"
8	May 4, 1966	3	Fred Hollander
9	July 9, 1966	4	"
10	August 6, 1966	2	"
11	October 1, 1966	3	"	P. 3 is an announcement of a surprise birthday party for Forry Ackerman, presumably not included with his copy.
17	August 10, 1967	3	Chuck Crayne
22	June 29, 1968	2	Chuck Crayne & Sally Crayne
23	September, 1968	3	"
24	October 22, 1968	4	"
25	November 29, 1968	5	"
26	January 1969	2	Bruce Pelz
28	April, 1969	3	Chuck Crayne & Sally Crayne
40	March 21, 1971	8	Bill Warren
41	April, 1971	8	"
42	May, 1971		"	1 p. addendum mailed later
43	June, 1971	6	"
44	July 25, 1971	6	Bill Warren & Craig Miller
51	March 12, 1972	6	Bill Warren
52	April 30, 1972		"
56	1972		Mike Glyer
57	December 3, 1972	6	"
58	December 18, 1972	2	"
59			"
60	March 7, 1973		"
61	April 27, 1973		"
66
66				Two different issues were numbered 66
67/68	January, 1974	3	Bill Warren	Double issue number to catch the numbers up. Two pages folded to make 4 octo pages, stapled to one full sheet
69	March, 1974	2	"
70	May, 1974	8	"
71	September, 1974	2	Bill Warren
72	October 29, 1974	4	"
73	December 8, 1974	4	"
74	January 19, 1975	2	"
75	February 24, 1975	2	"
76	April 15, 1975	4	Barry Gold
78	July 21, 1975	4	Bill Warren
82	January 26, 1976	2	"	This issue is incorrectly dated Jan. 26, 1975
83	March 15, 1976	2	"
103	January 1979	6	Leigh Strother-Vien
104	February 1979	6	"
105	March 1979	6	"
108	April 1979	6	"
125	March 1981	10	David M. Klaus
126	April 1981	10	"
127	May 1981	4	"
128	July 1981	3	"
129	August 1981	4	Sharon Bohner
130	September 1981	4	"
131	October 1981	4	"
133	January 1982	4	"
138	June 1982	4	"
139	July 1982	6	"
140	September 1982	8	Mark Sharpe
	September 1985	10	Tim Merrigan	Issue is numbered #134, but this is wrong.
175	June 1986	10	"
180	January 1987	8	Therri Moore
181	February 1987	7	"
192	January 1988	14	Galen Tripp / Jeni Burr
194	March 1988	11	Jeni Burr
195	April 1988	13	"
197	June 1988	21	"
198	July 1988	14	"
199	August 1988	12	"
200	September 1988	11	"
201	October 1988	15	"
202	November 1988	16	'
312	May 1998	18	Tim Merrigan
314	July 1998	10	"
315	August 1998	10	"
316	September 1998	14	"
317	October 1998	10	"
320	February 1999	8	"
321	February 1999	16	Scott Beckstead
322	March 1999	16	"
323	May 1999	16	"
324	June 1999	16	"
334	October 2000	10	Marty Cantor
328	April 2000	8	"
329	May 2000	8	"
330	June 2000	10	"
331	July 2000	10	"
334	October 2000	10	"
336	December 2000	8	"
337	January 2001	10	"
338	February 2001	10	"
339	March 2001	10	"
341	May 2001	10	"
346	October 2001	8	"
348	December 2001	8	"
349	January 2002	10	"
351	March 2002	10	"
353	May 2002	10	"
354	June 2002	20	"
356	August 2002	8	"
359	November 2002	10	"
360	December 2002	8	"
583	March 2023	12	Heath Row
586	June 2023	12	"
587	July 2023	12	"
588	August 2023	15	"
589	September 2023	14	"

(Note: Not all issues had dates listed, some dates above are from postal marks.)

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