Vector

(Did you mean the Harlan Ellison fanzine?)

Vector is the critical journal of the BSFA, started in 1958. It placed in the Checkpoint Fan Poll for 1971/72, and 1973/74. In its best times, especially between late 1970s and early 2000s, it was roughly bimonthly. It incorporated Paperback Inferno (founded as Paperback Parlour in 1977 as its smaller and slightly nimbler, bimonthly sibling for paperbacks) after its #97 in 1992.

The editorial history is very complex and not quite fully captured below yet, but it seems more useful to use ISFDB for such purposes.

Dates	Issues	Editor
1958	1	Ted Tubb
1958	2	BSFA group (? ISFDB gives Jeeves)
1958–9	3–4	Terry Jeeves
1959	5	Bobbie Wild, Sandra Hall, Michael Moorcock, George Locke
1960	6	Bobbie Wild, Sandra Hall, Michael Moorcock, John Phillifent
1960	7	Michael Moorcock, Bobbie Wild
1961–2	8-15	Jim Groves
1962	16-17	Ella Parker
1962	18	Jim Groves
1963	19-25	Archie Mercer
1964–6	26–39	Rog Peyton, as Roger G. Peyton
1966	40	Steve Oakey
1966	41-42	Doreen Parker, Ken F. Slater
1967	43	Doreen Parker
1967	44	Darroll Pardoe
1967	45-46	Phil Muldowney
1967	47	Tony Sudbery
1968	48	Tony Sudbery, Vic Hallett
1968	49	Tony Sudbery
1969–70	52–55	Michael Kenward
1970	56	Bob Parkinson
1971	59-68	Malcolm Edwards
1975	69-83	Chris Fowler
1977	84-94	David Wingrove
1979	95-97	Mike Dickinson, Joseph Nicholas, Alan Dorey
1980	98	Alan Dorey, Eve Harvey, Joseph Nicholas, Kevin Smith
1980	99-101	Kevin Smith, Joseph Nicholas
1981	102-106	Kevin Smith, Joseph Nicholas, Paul Kincaid
1982	107	Alan Dorey, Joseph Nicholas, Paul Kincaid
1982	108-114	Geoff Rippington, Joseph Nicholas, Paul Kincaid
1983	115	Geoff Rippington, Paul Kincaid
1983–4	116–123	Geoff Rippington
1985	124	Paul Kincaid
1985	126	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Alan Dorey
1985	127	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Hussain R. Mohamed
1985	128-131	David V. Barrett
1986	132	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Hussain R. Mohamed
1986	133	David V. Barrett
1986	134-135	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Hussain R. Mohamed
1987	136	David V. Barrett
1987	137-143	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Simon Nicholson
1988	144-150	David V. Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Harriet Monkhouse
1989	151-158	Kev McVeigh, Boyd Parkinson, Paul Kincaid
1991	159-160	Boyd Parkinson, Kev McVeigh, Chris Amies
1991	161-168	Kev McVeigh, Catie Cary, Chris Amies
1992	169-171	Kev McVeigh, Catie Cary, Chris Amies, Stephen Payne
1993	172-173	Kev McVeigh, Catie Cary, Maureen Speller, Stephen Payne
1993–4	174-181	Catie Cary, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Stephen Payne
1995	182	Catie Cary, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Paul Kincaid, Stephen Payne
1995	183	Paul Kincaid
1995	184	Catie Cary, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Paul Kincaid, Stephen Payne
1995	185	Maureen Speller, Andrew M. Butler, Gary S. Dalkin, Paul Kincaid, Stephen Payne, Tony Cullen
1995	186-187	Maureen Kincaid Speller, Andrew M. Butler, Gary S. Dalkin, Paul Kincaid, Tanya Brown, Tony Cullen
1996	188-193	Andrew M. Butler, Gary S. Dalkin, Paul Kincaid, Tanya Brown, Tony Cullen
1997–8	194-204	Andrew M. Butler, Gary S. Dalkin, Paul Kincaid, Tony Cullen
1999–2000	205-213	Andrew M. Butler, Gary S. Dalkin, Steve Jeffery, Tony Cullen
2000–3	214-228	Andrew M. Butler, Steve Jeffery, Tony Cullen
2003–5	229–244	Andrew M. Butler, Steve Jeffery, Paul Billinger
2006	245-251	Tony Cullen, Geneva Melzack, Niall Harrison, Paul Billinger
2007	252-255	Liz Batty, Niall Harrison, Paul Billinger
2008	256	Liz Batty, Niall Harrison, Kari Sperring
2008	257-260	Niall Harrison, Kari Sperring, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan, Tony Cullen
2009–10	261-262	Niall Harrison, Kari Sperring, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan
2010–11	263-268	Niall Harrison, Martin Lewis, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan
… etc, see ISFDB
2024	…	Phoenix Alexander (Editor-in-Chief), Polina Levontin (Managing Editor), Jo Lindsay Walton (Editor-at-Large)

• https://vector-bsfa.com – website, contains articles and opens issues after about 2 years
• Vector online at fanac.org
• https://vector-bsfa.com/category/vector-complete-issues/ – some historical issues, largely subset of the above
• Vector series listing at ISFDB, with cover scans (up to 2021)
• Semi-official bibliography (to 2011)

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