Tightbeam, #288

Overview:

  • Title: Tightbeam, #288
  • Author: Bob Jennings
  • Year: 2018
  • Publisher: The National Fantasy Fan Federation
  • Price: $0.00
  • Pages: 31
  • Binding: ebook
  • Type: FANZINE
  • Title Reference: The Literary Corkscrew
  • Notes: PDF format. This issue (#288) bears the same cover date (September, 2018) as the following one (#289). The issue number is used in lieu of the date to distinguish between these two issues. The cover art is a photograph of the SpaceX rocket launch for its Telstar 19 Vantage mission, on 22 July, 2018. The image can be viewed on the Official SpaceX Photos page on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/29700007298/in/photostream/). David H. Keller, M.D.'s story, "The Literary Corkscrew", is reprinted from Wonder Stories, March 1934. In addition to the listed books, the reviews column also reviews the eight-episode Doctor Who audio series (of the Eighth Doctor) and the four-episode audio series of Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter, both of which are published by Big Finish Audio Productions in CD and MP3 formats. The following films are also reviewed: Hotel Artemis, Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Supervolcano, and X...the Unknown. Season 1 of the Netflix series, Black Lightning, and the fanzines Archive, #1: Down by the Old Slipstream, DAGON, #700, and Ditkomania, #96, are also reviewed.