From: Michael Pederson <mike at nthzine.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Interaction news
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:12:13 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Well before blowing my own horn, let's answer the question regarding
SFRevu. Ernest has put together a fantastic review site that has become
my default whenever I want to know what new publications are out. I'm
so bogged down reading small press releases that I fall behind on
what's out in the mainstream and SFRevu has been a great resource for
me to keep up with what's been recently released.

As to Nth Degree... I've been told many many times now that our
convention reviews have been very helpful to people that can only
attend one or two cons a year and would like to know more about what
each con offers. Also we've been very fortunate to be able to run
fiction from new authors like Michail Velichansky and Robert Waters who
(in my humble opinion) are in the very early stages of establishing
themselves in the field. We're also helping to give exposure to some
majorly talented artists as well. We had a cover from Frank Wu (prior
to his Hugo win) and have recently been running several pieces from SC
Watson, who - although you've likely never heard of - I think has what
it takes to make a big splash in the field. Another feature that people
have frequently complimented us on is our interview column that
features prominent members of fandom like the Lynches, Craig Enslin
(artist), Erwin Strauss (also pre-award), and Alexis Gilliland. As we
enter our fourth year of publication we feel like we're already
becoming a staple of the convention experience. And frankly, Locus
(despite having a circulation under 10,000) is an industry publication.
They are the SF equivalent of Wizard magazine or Comic Buyers Guide,
and have won their fair share already. Of course I don;t want to take
anything away from Interzone, New York Review, or any of the other
great semiprozines out there.

Thanks for asking!

Michael D. Pederson
Publisher/Editor
Nth Degree

On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Elspeth Kovar wrote:

> I'm surprised.  I'd think that it would be no different from telling
> people
> why you think they might want to read Nth Degree.  (Which, come to
> think of
> it, I'd like to hear; I rarely add to the periodicals that I read so
> would
> be interested in the pitch.)
>
> Elspeth
>
> At 12:11 PM 1/10/2005, Michael Pederson wrote:
>> Not without sounding like I'm bragging.
>>
>> Michael D. Pederson
>> Publisher/Editor
>> Nth Degree
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Ted White wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michael Pederson" <mike at nthzine.com>
>>> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:59 AM
>>> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Interaction news
>>>
>>>> Let's not forget:
>>>>
>>>> Best Fanzine: SFRevu
>>>> Best Semiprozine: Nth Degree
>>>
>>> Can you tell us why, aside from local chauvinism, these publications
>>> are
>>> *deserving* of Hugo nominations?
>>>
>>> --Ted White
>>>
>