FT320
Fortean Times #320 (November 2014)
- Release date: 16 October 2014
- Cover price: £4.25
- Cover: Gerard Goffaux
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Contents
- 28 Attack of the Poisonous Mushroom Growth - How horror comics caused a moral panic in 1950s America
- 36 Terror and Wonder - Exploring the Gothic imagination
- 18 Shroud of the Ripper - Controversial new theory names killer
- 44 Interview with the Vampire Queen - The return of Anne Rice
- 16 Stonehenge Gets Bigger - New technology remaps ancient site
Features
28 Attack of the Poisonous Mushroom Growth (Cover Story)
Robert Guffey looks back at the moral panic sparked by American horror comics in the 1940s and 1950s and asks whether what was really at work was political propaganda and the simple art of distraction...
33 Dr Wertham and The Code
David Sutton considers how a well-meaning psychiatrist went to war with comics and helped restore conformity to 1950s America.
36 Terror and Wonder
As a major new exhibition exploring our fascination with the mysterious and macabre opens at the British Library, Gail-Nina Anderson examines the roots of the Gothic imagination in art, architecture and literature.
44 Interview with the Vampire Queen
After a decade away from her Vampire Chronicles, during which time she's been writing books about Christ, Anne Rice, the queen of modern vampire fiction is back to reclaim her bloody throne from the young pretenders. She spoke to Angeline B Adams and Remco Van Straten about her long career and her latest book.
Reports
48 First Forteans - No 9. The Pubs at the End of the Universe by Bob Rickard
76 Stories from the Illustrated Police News - No 33. The Poullet Claimant by Jan Bondeson
Forum
52 An American institution in low spirits by Guy Lyon Playfair
54 Beware Bolivar's bones by SD Tucker
Strange Days
Icelandic lake monster gets official thumbs up, student trapped in giant vagina, teen with too many teeth, London's most haunted hotel, search for the EmDrive, geckos' space sex odyssey, wasp invasion, holy pierogi - and much more.
- 12 Science: In Search of the EmDrive by David Hambling
- 14 Ghostwatch: Hotel Hauntings by Alan Murdie
- 16 Archaeology by Paul Devereux
- Stonehenge City
- Lasting Impressions
- 17 Classical Corner - 181: Savile Row by Barry Baldwin
- 18 Special Report: The Shroud of the Ripper by Tom Westcott
- 20 Medical Bag
- Dental Abundance
- Born Bloodless
- Missing Cerebellum
- No Nose
- Hearing Things
- 21 Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker
- Hair Today, Yeti Tomorrow?
- A Man-Beast Murdered in Borneo
- 23 Mythconceptions - 181. Bee Stings by Mat Coward
- 24 Fortean Follow-ups
- 25 Fairies and Folklore: The Fairy Touch by Simon Young
- 26 The UFO Files
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
- An American Craze?
- A British Craze?
- Round and Round?
- And the Footage Continues
- UFO Casebook: Alien ESP by Jenny Randles
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and Dr David Clarke
- 80 Strange Deaths
Regulars
Editorial
- 02 The horror! The horror!
- Enfield on Screen
- Cartoon by Martin Ross
Reviews
- 57 Books
- The Devil: A New Biography by Philip C Almond - ISBN 9781780764030 - Noel Rooney
- Pygmy Elephants: On the Track of the World's Largest Dwarfs by Matt Salusbury - ISBN 9781909488151 - Karl Shuker
- Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566 by Robert E Bartholomew with Bob Rickard - ISBN 9780786478880 - Christopher Laursen
- The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite - ISBN 9780199324538 - David V Barrett
- Britain's X-traordinary Files by David Clarke - ISBN 9781472904935 - Andrew May
- Counter-Tourism: The Handbook assembled by Crab Man - ISBN 9781908009876 - Steve Toase
- Sci-fi and fantasy round-up by David V Barrett
- City of Engless Night by Milo M Hastings - ISBN 9781843915058
- The Mirror by Richard Skinner - ISBN 9780571305070
- Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb - ISBN 9780007444175
- Sci-Fi Chronicles: A Visual History of the Galaxy's Greatest Science Fiction edited by Guy Haley - ISBN 9781781313596
- Apocalypse Next Tuesday by David Safier - ISBN 9781843915072
- Joss Whedon: Geek King of the Universe by Amy Pascale - ISBN 9781845137199
- FILM & DVD
- Penny Dreadful: Season One - Created by John Logan, US 2014 - David V Barrett
- Hannibal: Season Two - Created by Bryan Fuller, US 2014 - Nick Cirkovic
- Luna - Director Dave McKean, UK 2014 - Fohnjang Ghebdinga
- Wolf Creek 2 - Director Geg McLean, Australia 2014 - David Sutton
- The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
- British Horror releases from Network
- Shorts
- The Complete Dr Phibes - Arrow Video - Rev PL
- The Burbs - Arrow Video - Rev PL
- Mindscape - Studiocanal - NC
- Afflicted - Momentum Pictures - DS
Letters
- 69 Peter Olausson, Nils Erik Grande, Chris Browning, Dennis Lien, Jon Dewart, Barbara Ashton, Pamela Thornton, Albert Ravey, Greg May, Erik Davis, Paul Pearson, Gail-Nina Anderson, Terry Little, Stephan Micklewright, Mark Utting, Martin Jenkins
- Simulacra Corner: Doug Strachan
- Cartoon by Paulus
It Happened to Me
Comix
- 79 Phenomenomix: Torrentius by Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson
Reader Info
- 74 Special Correspondents
- Australia - Graham Cordon (SA), Tony Healy (ACT), John Palazzi (NSW), Len Watson (Qld)
- Canada - Brian Chapman (BC), Graham Conway (BC)
- Cyberspace - Richard Alexander, John F Callahan, Hugh Henry, Steve Scanlon
- England - Gail-Nina Anderson, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Claire Blamey, Peter Christie, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, Paul Farthing, George Featherston, Paul Gallagher, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Anne Hardwick, Richard Lowke, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Tom Ruffles, Meryl Santis, Paul Screeton, Gary Stocker, Roman Suchyj, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nick Warren, Owen Whiteoak, Bobby Zodiac
- France - Michel Meurger
- Germany - Ulrich Magin
- Holland - Robin Pascoe
- Ireland - Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Andrew Munro
- Israel - Zvi Ron
- New Zealand - Peter Hassall
- Romania - Iosif Boczor
- Scotland - Roger Musson
- Sweden - Sven Rosen
- Thailand - Chris Williams
- USA - Loren Coleman (ME), Jim Conlan (CT), Myron Hoyt (ME), Greg May (FL), Dolores Phelps (TX), Jim Riecken (NY), Joseph Trainor (MA), Jeffrey Vallance (CA), Gary Yates (UT)
- Wales - Janet Bord, Colin Bord
- Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
- Clipping Credits
- Michael Ahmed, Richard Alexander, Gail-Nina Anderson, Gerard Apps, David V Barrett, Louise Bath, James Beckett, John F Callahan, Peter Christie, Andy Cobley, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Graham Cordon, Charlotte Davies, Emily Davies, John H Evans, Paul Farthing, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Benjamin Gleisser, Hugh Henry, Nigel Herwin, Kevin Hubbard, Colin Ings, Paul Jackson, Rosalind Johnson, Bill Kelly, Louise Kelly, Andy Lapham, Richard Lowke, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Bert Gray-Malkin, Betty Gray-Malkin, Nick Maloret, Tom Mason, Greg May, Paul Music, John Palazzi, Jim Price, Keith Ruffles, Tom Ruffles, Paul Screeton, Patrick Sheehy, Gary Stocker, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Joe Trainor, Rob Turville, Carole Tyrrell, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, Paul Whyte, Janet Wilson, Bobby Zodiac, Zebbie Zubbeh
Masthead
- Editor - David Sutton
- Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
- Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
- Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
- Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
- Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson