ELEVENTH SECTOR

Mini Review By Sarah Thompson

I've had #2 of this zine for a while. Last year I saw one used copy of #1 at MediaWest, passed it up because it was overpriced, and then worried all year over whether I would ever see another one! This year, when I saw a copy at $8, I snapped it up-- only to find another in equally good condition for $3, and several more at $5. In other words, last year's scarce zine was all over the place this year. So it goes! You just never know what you'll find when you shop for used zines.

#1, as it turns out, is not particularly memorable. Any story by Sheila Paulson is well worth reading, but this is not, IMO, one of her best. "The Woman Behind the Man," about Travis's wife, and "Pressure," told from Soolin's POV, are mildly interesting. #2 is much better, with at least two stories that have been reprinted elsewhere. The editorial in #2 indicated that the editors were planning a third issue, but as far as I know it was never published.

Both zines are very nicely produced, with clear, attractive layouts.

Contents of ELEVENTH SECTOR #1

Editors: Diana Dougherty and Jamie Nickel
Publisher: Permanent Press, in association with Star One-- The Bay Area Blake's 7/British Media Club (Los Gatos, CA)
Date: 1988
Format: letter size, [2] + 58 pp., blue card cover printed in dark blue, center staples

Fiction:
Sherri Nix, "The Woman Behind the Man" (S0; Tr/ocf, B/ocf)
Joni Gillespie, "Deja Vu" (S0-S3; A-V)
Sheila Paulson, "Only the Dead Can Be Forgiven" (S1; A-B)
Margaret Walsh, "Box of Tricks" (S3)
Debbie Jones, "The Resignation" (S3; The Prisoner crossover)
Lisa Powell, "Pressure" (S4; So)
Sherri Nix, "End Game" (S5)
Linda Harriman, "Promises to Keep" (S4, Rescue; A-C death)

Nonfiction:
Diana Dougherty and Jamie Nickel, "The Editor's Sector"
Zine ads

Art:
Shann cover V
Scott Vice p. [2] Se, B
p. 7 B
p. 28 A
Sheila Paulson p. 12 A
Kathy Canciamilla p. 16 A
p. 25 V
p. 33 So

Contents of ELEVENTH SECTOR #2

Editors: Diana Dougherty and Jamie Nickel
Publisher: Permanent Press, in association with Star One-- The Bay Area Blake's 7/British Media Club (Los Gatos, CA)
Date: [1989?]
Format: letter size, [2] + 95 text pp. + [5] pp. zine ads,
beige card covers printed in dark red, dark red comb binding

Fiction:
Sherri L. Nix, :...And Then He Saw the Stars" (S0, TR)
Laura Wynne, "Fleeting Remembrances" (S0; Kie-eyre [the mutoid in Duel])
Julie Shook, "Meetings" (S0; A-V)
Joseph Medina, "Hunt" (S0; J)
Margaret Walsh, "Shape-shifter, or, A Melodrama in Space" (S3; A-Ta)
Diana Dougherty, "Perceptions" (S3)
Jean B. Hubb, "Alarms and Excursions" (S3); later reprinted in REBEL DESTINIES #1 (US, 1994.1)
Laura Wynne, "Adversity" (S3)
Julie Shook, "The Cavern" (S3, Rumours; A-V)
Catharine Dunham, "That Touch of Minx (with apologies to Cary Grant" (S4; uc So/V)
Sandra J. Lyons, "Rebel, Rebel" (S4; V)
Irene Stubbs, "Fugue" (S5)
Adrian Morgan & Brendan O'Cullane, "Legend" (S5, vampires); later reprinted in DOUBLE VISION (mixed gen, adult, and slash; US, 1993)

Nonfiction:
Jamie Nickel and Diana Dougherty, editorial
"They Knew Not of Whom They Spoke" (quotations)
PD interview question and answer
"Before Blake... there was Who." (DW quotations)
Star One club ad

Art:
Shann front c. Tr1
p. 35 Se
back c. Tr2
Alta Dougherty p. 2 portraits of Jamie & Diana
p. 22 J
p. 59 V
p. 61 So
Kathy Canciamilla p. 13 B
p. 14 Se
p. 26 C?
Samantha Hayman p. 17 A
p. 65 V
Jordan Moller p. b Zeeona
p. 24 landscape
p. 43 D
p. 51 Ta
p. 62 "Find Star One" maze;
O/toaster cartoon
p. 70 A
Adrian Morgan p. 76 Se; illo for "Legend"
p. 82 illo for "Legend"
p. 88 Ta-V-ocf; illo for "Legend"
p. 93 A-Se; illo for "Legend"

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