Point of View
Point of View (from its third issue renamed Beyond) was a fanzine edited by Charles Platt and billed as "...an attempt to bring adult SF by amateurs to as wide an audience as possible". There were eight issues from November 1963 to April 1965 featuring amateur fiction and poetry, book reviews, and lists of new books.
Unsurprisingly given the editor, it was labelled as "New Wave" by Jim Linwood in the fanzine review column in Les Spinge. Later issues contrasted views of fandom between newcomers and established fans. The fourth issue had a BSFA Survey, where Platt and readers listed gripes about BSFA and the sixth issue carried a piece by Archie Mercer explaining the point of view of established fans and an opposing one by with the complaints of the newcomers. Henley and Mercer later married.
It was one of the top five fanzines in the Skyrack reader's poll of Best BritishFanzine of 1964.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1963 | 28 | named Point of View |
| 2 | December 1963 | 36 | |
| 3 | January 1964 | 36 | first issue named Beyond |
| 4 | March 1964 | 30 | |
| 5 | April 1964 | 46 | |
| 6 | July 1964 | 50 | |
| 7 | October 1964 | 76 | published in two sections |
| 8 | April 1965 | 58 | final issue |
Point of View online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1963—1965 |
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