Tightbeam, our third-oldest fanzine, was first published in 1960 as Hyperspace Tightbeam. By its third issue, the name was shortened to Tightbeam. More than 50 years after its first publication, in 2013, the Library of Congress assigned to Tightbeam the periodical classification ISSN 2329-4809. Tightbeam is our literary, commentary, and review zine, striving to cover all branches of the SF hobby from anime to television, zoology, and, of course gourmet cooking. Tightbeam is published monthly, usually at start of the month. We take articles from single paragraphs to a couple of thousand words. (Longer articles on books should be sent to The N3F Review of Books Incorporating Prose Bono) Send all articles to Editor George Phillies, phillies@4liberty.net.
Over our near-century of existence, records have been lost, so we no longer have a complete set of Tightbeam issues. The fanzines seen here include zines issued electronically and zines recovered from a variety of sources, notably FANAC.org from Joe Siclari and Edie Stern.
Editors:
George Phillies phillies@4liberty.net
Jon Swartz jon_swartz@hotmail.com
Past Editors/Issues
Tightbeam – letterzine
| Year | Editor(s) | Issues Available in PDF |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Walter Coslet, Art Hayes & Marion Zimmer Bradley | |
| 1961 | Art Hayes | 10.5 |
| 1962 | 12 | |
| 1962 | 13 | |
| 1963 | 15 | |
| 1962 | Don Anderson | 16 |
| Al Lewis | 5A | |
| 17 | ||
| 1963 | Dave Hulan, Lee Riddle, G.M. Carr & Gary Labowitz | 18 |
| 1963 | 19 | |
| 1963 | 20 | |
| 1963 | G.M. Carr | 21 |
| 1963 | Gary Labowitz | 22 |
| 1964 | Felice Rolfe | 23 |
| Janie Lamb (published after issue 25) | 24 (March) | |
| Art Hayes? | 25 | |
| Roy Tackett | 26 | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | ||
| 1965 | Norm Matcalf, Duncan MacFarland, Art Hayes, G.M. Carr & Cindy Heap | 32 |
| Cindy Heap Claims to be from 1964? | 34 | |
| 1966 | Bill Mallardi | 35 |
| Bill Bruce | 38 | |
| 39 | ||
| 1966 | Stan Woolston, Bil Bruce, Jim Schumacher, Greg Shaw & Bill Malardi | |
| 1967 | Fred Hypes & John Jusske | 43 |
| 44 | ||
| Don Miller | 46 | |
| 1968 | Wally Weber | 47 |
| Gary Labowitz | 47.5 | |
| 1968-70 | Gary Labowitz | 49 |
| Gary Labowitz | 50 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 53 | |
| 1969 | Gery Labowitz | 54 |
| Gary Labowitz | 55 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 56 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 57 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 58 | |
| 1970 | Gary Labowitz | 59 |
| Gary Labowitz | 60 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 61 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 62 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 63 | |
| Gary Labowitz | 64 | |
| 1971 | Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 65 |
| Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 66 | |
| Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 67 | |
| Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 68 | |
| Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 69 | |
| Frank Denton & Chuck Ruthford | 70 | |
| 1972 | 71 | |
| Verne O’Brien | 72 | |
| April | ||
| 73 | ||
| Joe Siclari | 74 | |
| Joe Siclari | 75 | |
| 1973 | Joe Siclari | 76 |
| October | 78 | |
| Need to assign | 84 | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | ||
| 87 | ||
| 88 | ||
| 89 | ||
| 90 | ||
| 91 | ||
| 92 | ||
| 1974 | Beth Slick | 1974.01 |
| 1974.015 | ||
| 1974.03 | ||
| 1974.05 | ||
| 1974.07 | ||
| 1974.09 | ||
| 1974 | Beth Slick | 1974.11 |
| 1975 | Beth Slick, Gary Labowitz | 1975.01 |
| 1975.03 | ||
| 1975.05 | ||
| 1975.07 | ||
| 1976 | Lynne Holdom & Joanne Burger | 1976.07 |
| 1976.09 | ||
| 1977 | John Robinson | |
| 1978-81 | Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom | 97 |
| 1978 | September | 99 |
| Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom | 107 | |
| 1979 | Dave Minch | 109 |
| Lynne Holdom | 18 | |
| 1979 | Dave Minch & Lynne Holdom | 110 (#20 on cover) |
| 1979 | Lynne Holdom | 21 |
| 1980 | Lynne Holdom | 22 |
| Lynne Holdom | 24 (May) | |
| Lynne Holdom | 25 | |
| 1981 | Lynne Holdom | 30 |
| 1982 | Owen K Laurion | 37 |
| Owen K Laurion June | June | |
| 1982 | 127 | |
| 1983-1985 | Owen K Laurion | Special |
| 1985 | 138 | |
| 1986 | Owen K Laurion & Sally Syrjala | 141 |
| Sally Syrjala | 1983 | |
| Owen K Laurion & Sally Syrjala | 143 | |
| Sally Syrjala | 145 | |
| 1987 | Sally Syrjala & Lynne Holdom | 150-151 |
| 1988 | Lynne Holdom | |
| 1989 | Lynne Holdom & Ingrid Maack | |
| 1990-91 | Catherine Mintz & Diane Miller | |
| 1992 | Catherine Mintz | |
| 1993 | Catherine Mintz & Diane Miller | |
| 1994-1996 | Diane Miller & Janine Stinson | 200 |
| 1997-2001 | Janine Stinson | 215 |
“The Fan” – TNFF/Tightbeam combined
| Year | Editor(s) | Issues in PDF |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-2002 | Janine Stinson | |
| 2003 | Janine Stinson & Ruth R Davidson | |
| 2004 | Bob Sabella & Ruth R Davidson | |
| 2005 | Bob Sabella, Jeffrey Redmond, Chris Garcia & Ruth R Davidson | |
| 2006 | Ruth R Davidson, Jeffrey Redmond, Chris Garcia & Janine Stinson | |
| 2007 | Janine Stinson, Jeffrey Redmond & Ruth R. Davidson | |
| 2008 | Ruth R. Davidson & Heath Row | |
| 2009-2011 | Heath Row |
Tightbeam – Genzine
| Year | Editor(s) | Issue |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-2015 | David Speakman | 261 |
| David Speakman | 262 | |
| David Speakman | 263 | |
| David Speakman | 264 | |
| David Speakman | 265 | |
| David Speakman | 266 | |
| David Speakman | 267 | |
| David Speakman | 268 | |
| David Speakman | 269 | |
| David Speakman | 270 | |
| David Speakman | 271 | |
| David Speakman | 272 | |
| 2016-2017 | Bob Jennings | 273 |
| Bob Jennings | 274 | |
| Bob Jennings | 275 | |
| Bob Jennings | 276 | |
| Bob Jennings | 277 | |
| Bob Jennings | 278 | |
| Bob Jennings | 279 | |
| Bob Jennings | 280 | |
| Bob Jennings | 281 | |
| Bob Jennings | 282 | |
| Bob Jennings | 283 | |
| Bob Jennings | 284 | |
| Bob Jennings | 285 | |
| Bob Jennings | 286 | |
| Bob Jennings | 287 | |
| Bob Jennings | 288 | |
| 2018 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 289 |
| 2018 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 290 |
| 2018 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 291 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 292 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 293 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 294 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 295 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 296 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 297 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 298 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 299 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 300 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 301 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 302 |
| 2019 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 303 |
| 2020 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 304 |
| 2020 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 305 |
| 2020 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 306 |
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| 2021 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 316 |
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| 2022 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 328 |
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| 2023 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 343 |
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| 2024 | George Phillies and Jon Swartz | 352 |
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