Treasure No. 1
June 2013
Be prepared for a journey if you read Treasure #1, the inaugural issue of a new fanzine coordinated by
Bruce Gillespie. Treasure replaces
the zine Scratch Pad, which makes me want to immediately seek out all available
back issues.
This edition starts out with Mr. Gillespie discussing the
evolution of Treasure, and music concerts (or not attending concerts and the
regret that creates). Dora Levakis contributes a substantial account of her
trip to Tuva and experiences with throat singing and Tuvan culture. This is
followed up by Jennifer Bryce’s travelogue about spending a month in India . Both of
these pieces are so crisply written that the reader is transported to another
place and time.
The centerpiece of this issue is a lengthy autobiography
titled “The Sound of Different Drums: My Life and Science Fiction” by John
Litchen of which this is the fifth installment. Writing a memoir that is
absorbing and not sleep inducing takes real skill – and Mr. Litchen weaves his
magic through conga drumming and night club performances to literature to
diving & snorkeling to platonic love affairs … all the while weaving a
hypnotic narrative like a smoky jazz poem.
There is much more diverse content in Treasure. A “must
read”. The electronic version is available from efanzines.com
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