Plokta
Plokta was a fanzine edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Dr. Plokta, with the help of others of the UK-based Plokta Cabal: Steven Cain, Marianne Cain, Jonathan Cain, Giulia De Cesare, Flick, Sue Mason and the late George the Cat.
Plokta is a neepish initialism for “Press Lots Of Keys To Abort” — what you do when a recalcitrant computer fails to respond to other methods.
This group also ran the Plokta News Network or PNN, a fan news website, from late 2001 through early 2007, and organized plokta.con, as well as publishing the convention newsletter for Dublin 2019, the 77th Worldcon.
The Plokta News Newt, a printed version of the Plokta News Network, was created so that Alison Scott and other Plokta Cabal members had “something to hand out at the Dead Nurse (the London SF fan meeting) on the first Thursday of the month. It's not identical to the content on the website. Some items are shortened, and others are expanded. Particularly time-dependent items are normally removed, along with overly webby stuff that wouldn't work on paper.” Five issues were distributed in 2001 and 2002.
Plokta Awards and Honors
- 2000 — Nova Award for Best Fanzine
- 2002 — Nova Award for Best Fanzine
- 2005 — 2005 Best Fanzine Hugo
- 2006 — 2006 Best Fanzine Hugo
- Nominated for the Best Fanzine Hugo every year from 1999 through 2008.
Website. Davies is webmaster.
Plokta
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 V1.1 | May 1996 | 10 | |
| 2 V1.2 | July 1996 | 14 | |
| 3 V1.3 | August 1996 | 14 | |
| 4 V1.4 | November 1996 | 14 | |
| 5 V2.1 | January 1997 | 14 | |
| 6 V2.2 | February 1997 | 14 | |
| 6 1/2 V2.25 | Easter 1997 | 4 | Attitude report |
| 7 V2.3 | May 1977 | 14 | |
| 8 V2.4 | August 1997 | 16 | |
| 9 V2.5 | November 1997 | 14 | |
| 10 V3.1 | January 1998 | 14 | |
| 11 V3.2 | March 1998 | 14 | |
| 12 V3.3 | September 1998 | 14 | |
| 12 1/2 V3.5.5 | Novacon 1998 | 8 | Novacon Special |
| 13 V4.1 | March 1999 | 14 | |
| 14 V4.2 | June 1999 | 14 | |
| 15 V4.3 | August 1999 | 14 | |
| 16 V4.4 | November 1999 | 14 | |
| 17 V5.1 | January 2000 | 14 | |
| 18 V5.2 | April 2000 | 14 | |
| 19 V5.3 | May 2000 | 14 | |
| 20 V5.4 | August 2000 | 12 | |
| 21 V5.5 | November 2000 | 14 | |
| 22 V6.1 | January 2001 | 16 | |
| 23 V6.2 | May 2001 | 16 | |
| 24 V6.3 | August 2001 | 16 | |
| 25 V7.1 | January 2002 | 12 | |
| 25.5 V7.12 | Easter 2002 | 2 | |
| 26 V7.2 | June 2002 | 16 | |
| 27 V7.3 | September 2002 | 16 | |
| 28 V7.4 | November 2002 | 14 | |
| 29 V8.1 | April 2003 | 14 | |
| 30 V8.2 | November 2003 | 12 | |
| 31 V9.1 | March 2004 | 12 | |
| 32 V9.2 | November 12004 | 16 | |
| 33 V10.1 | March 2005 | 12 | |
| 34 V10.2 | August 1005 | 14 | |
| 35 V11.1 | May 2006 | 12 | |
| 36 V11.2 | November 2006 | 16 | |
| 37 | April 2007 | ||
| 41 | April 2011 |
- Plokta online
- Plokta online at eFanzines.
The Plokta News Newt
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 2001 | 2 | For Novacon 31 |
| 2 | December 2001 | 2 | |
| 3 | February 2002 | 2 | |
| 4 | March 2002 | 2 | |
| 5 | April 2002 | 2 |
| Publication | 1996—2011 |
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