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Dear Infinity,

I would like to know when your magazine is going to do a feature story on the science fiction show V, which had two mini-series in the 1980s. Your magazine has never covered this in your five years of publication. I’d also like to see something on Kenneth Johnson and V - the Movie. The American sci-fi magazine Starlog used to do about 5 stories a year on V, so you need to catch up.

Peter from Australia

Well Peter, we have actually been going for six and a half years now, and we covered both Kenneth Johnson and V extensively in issue 12, long ago sold out, sadly. You can, however, download a digital copy from our website. It’s a great series but it sounds to me like Starlog might have gone a bit over the top with their coverage. Surely there was no need to cover it five times in one year just because it was called V!

Dear Infinity,

Like Forrest J. Ackerman said to Starlog in 1979, I will say the same thing: Where were you when I was young? But it was not in 1926 because I was too young then! Anyway, I have five requests:

1- What about something on Star Maidens? I think I am the only one in Quebec who saw this series in the 70s. It was not that bad. Beautiful girls, great music and many actors and props from Space: 1999.

2- It would be fun to see something on fanzines. Fanderson, The Morning After (ITC series), Space Monsters (Son of Dark Side and Infinity) and some others.

3- Also, it would great to have the story behind one-shot magazines like Playback and Bizarre. And why not magazines that were cancelled after a couple of issues? I’m not sure but there was a mag called Infinity in the 90’s.