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[lesser_celery]

An author who had a story in the debut issue of Not One of Us sent me an email yesterday reminding me that the magazine will soon be turning 20. He asked me if we were planning to do anything special to commemorate the anniversary, and my articulate answer was, “Uh, hadn’t thought about that.”

The first issue was published in September 1986, so whatever we do to mark the anniversary won’t happen until the second half of 2006…which is good, because we need a plan.

Any ideas?

By the way, regardless of what we do later in 2006 to celebrate the magazine’s anniversary, we’ll keep to our regular schedule during the first part of the year. The next of our variously-titled, non-NOU publications, this year called Change, will come out in January 2006, followed by Not One of Us #35 in March.

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This one is easy . . .

[oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com]

The Best of Not One of Us

Re: This one is easy . . .

[time-shark.livejournal.com]

I'll second Sean's motion. If that for some reason prooves difficult, you can consider a double-issue, maybe with color. (We're pondering something similar for the 30th anniversary of SFPA.) Or, if you're really insane, both.

Re: This one is easy . . .

[sovay]

Hear, hear! If not one story from every issue of the magazine (as I don't know what size book that would produce), perhaps one story from every year with some poetry for variety? Some pieces from the better one-offs as well? And someone suitably outside to do an introduction.

Re: This one is easy . . .

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

Easy? That's good to hear. I'm all for a Best of NOU, if it doesn't result in my family living in a cardboard box.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Quasi-related, this weekend (in a hunt for old issues of magazines I enjoy) I managed to locate and order a copy of Not One Of Us #2.

The fellow actually had a complete run of #2-30 for sale...a pity I couldn't quite afford that. :)

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize anyone else had all those issues. NOU #2 is pretty hard to find these days. Thanks for ordering a copy of that ancient tome.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Well, if you know anyone who wants a complete run from #3 to #30 and can spring for the ~$90 he would charge for it (I qualify for the former but not the latter) , I could always pass along the bookseller's name . . .

[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

Twenty years? That is *awesome*. Congratulations, a bit in advance.

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[fetishpunk.livejournal.com]

Well whatever you do I'm pretty sure it can't be a party - there's just something bizarre about a magazine that is dedicated to fiction and writers obsessions with isolation and alienation to have a get together for said writers so they can all socialise... :)

It just ain't right!

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

Guess I'll just have to drink alone.

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, John! That's a very impressive number.

Oh, and in case you haven't heard, I recently posted mini-reviews of the poetry of Not One of Us #34 on MultiVerse.

[lesser-celery.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Eric. I appreciate your bringing MultiVerse to my attention. I enjoyed reading the reviews of speculative poems that appeared in Not One of Us and other recent publications.

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, John, and I'm glad you enjoyed reading the reviews.