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Originally Posted by tompe
For me SFC just stop coming and I think I had some issues left on my subscription. Now I read reviews only in Vector (BSFA:s review magazine) and Foundation and on the net sometimes but not regularly since Emerald City stopped being published. I met SFC:s publisher Andrew Porter a couple of times when I payed my subscription at some Worldcon. I thought he had stopped going to Worldcons since I have not seen him recently at Worldcons but I realize now from the photograph on Wikipedia that I would not have recognized him if I had seen him.
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DNA Publications (the last publishers of SFC, as well as Absolute Magnitude, Fantastic Stories, and a few other things) suddenly imploded. They had undertaken to produce a magazine for fans of the rock group Kiss, which would be authorized by the group. That expansion seems to have been ill-fated. I've heard various rumors as to what happened, and it apparently wasn't pretty. You don't want to PO Kiss. They have attack lawyers, and know how to use them. I haven't seen the chap behind DNA Publications in a while, and don't expect to. I think he's crawled into a hole and pulled it in after him.
Andy still goes to cons a bit, but since he's no longer associated with SFC, he has less reason to do so. Also, he has health concerns. He has adult onset diabetes, and the last time I saw him, back in September, was just finished with a successful round of treatment for another serious ailment, and was planning a trip to the UK to visit and to celebrate still being alive. I don't know offhand whether he is going to this year's Worldcon in Denver or not.
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Dennis