Fission

Fission was a UK fanzine published by Colin Parsons and Geoff Wingrove for the Surrey Circle. Walt Willis reviewed the first issue in Nebula #7 (February 1954):

Lithographed. What are things coming to? It's always been a fine old tradition of amateur publishing that first issues are illegible, unreadable, and consist almost entirely of a long apologetic editorial. This one, however, is well produced and interesting, and the editorial consists of six succinct sentences. In fact, there's a blank space below it which must be one of the largest blank spaces to appear on purpose in a British fanmag since before the war. What's more there are hardly any misprints, though you might expect a few clerical errors from anyone named Parsons. The contents include an article by Ken Slater about the influence of Lee Hoffman and myself on British fandom, modestly overlooking his own far greater services; reviews of S.F. magazines published or reprinted in Britain; a fascinating article by Bryan Berry on the life (if you can call that living) of a free lance writer and several stories of varying merit by F. G. Rayer, H. J. Campbell, and the editor. I'm told that Asst. Editor Wingrove is soon leaving to publish his own magazine. Apparently the name Fission was well chosen.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	January 1954	32
2	March 1954	34
3	March 1955	26	Final issue

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Publication

1954—1955

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