De Profundis

Clubzine of the LASFS which was first published by George W. Fields on March 30, 1957, with an issue that was essentially all about an LASFS Banquet held to honor Forrest Ackerman. That publication lasted for an unknown number of issues, then lapsed. It was re-started in the summer of 1965 by Bjo and John Trimble.

The title comes from the LASFS motto, De Profundis Ad Astra.

Issue	Date	Pages	Editor	Notes
1	March 30, 1957
1	Summer (early June), 1965	4	John Trimble & Bjo Trimble
2	July 11, 1965	2	"
7	April 1966	1	Fred Hollander
8	May 4, 1966	3	"
9	July 9, 1966	4	"
10	August 6, 1966	2	"
11	October 1, 1966	3	"	P. 3 is an announcement of a surprise birthday party for Forry Ackerman, presumably not included with his copy.
17	August 10, 1967	3	Chuck Crayne
22	June 29, 1968	2	Chuck Crayne & Sally Crayne
23	September, 1968	3	"
24	October 22, 1968	4	"
25	November 29, 1968	5	"
26	January 1969	2	Bruce Pelz
28	April, 1969	3	Chuck Crayne & Sally Crayne
31	July 1968 2	"
40	March 21, 1971	8	Bill Warren
41	April, 1971	8	"
42	May, 1971		"	1 p. addendum mailed later
43	June, 1971	6	"
44	July 25, 1971	6	Bill Warren & Craig Miller
51	March 12, 1972	6	Bill Warren
52	April 30, 1972		"
56	1972		Mike Glyer
57	December 3, 1972	6	"
58	December 18, 1972	2	"
59			"
60	March 7, 1973		"
61	April 27, 1973		"
66	October 1973	4	Craig Miller & Bill Warren
66				Two different issues were numbered 66
67/68	January, 1974	3	Bill Warren	Double issue number to catch the numbers up. Two pages folded to make 4 octo pages, stapled to one full sheet
69	March, 1974	2	"
70	May, 1974	8	"
71	September, 1974	2	Bill Warren
72	October 29, 1974	4	"
73	December 8, 1974	4	"
74	January 19, 1975	2	"
75	February 24, 1975	2	"
76	April 15, 1975	4	Barry Gold
78	July 21, 1975	4	Bill Warren
80	November 1975	2	Tom Locke
82	January 26, 1976	2	"	This issue is incorrectly dated Jan. 26, 1975
83	March 15, 1976	2	"
95	November 1977	4	Beverly Warren
103	January 1979	6	Leigh Strother-Vien
104	February 1979	6	"
105	March 1979	6	"
108	April 1979	6	"
125	March 1981	10	David M. Klaus
126	April 1981	10	"
127	May 1981	4	"
128	July 1981	3	"
129	August 1981	4	Sharon Bohner
130	September 1981	4	"
131	October 1981	4	"
133	January 1982	4	"
138	June 1982	4	"
139	July 1982	6	"
140	September 1982	8	Mark Sharpe
	August 1983	4	Dean Anton Sherwood	titled De Profundi August 1983
147	April 1984	2	Gavin Claypool
151	August 1984	6	"
	September 1985	10	Tim Merrigan	Issue is numbered #134, but this is wrong.
175	June 1986	10	"
180	January 1987	8	Therri Moore
181	February 1987	7	"
192	January 1988	14	Galen Tripp / Jeni Burr
194	March 1988	11	Jeni Burr
195	April 1988	13	"
197	June 1988	21	"
198	July 1988	14	"
199	August 1988	12	"
200	September 1988	11	"
201	October 1988	15	"
202	November 1988	16	"
233	July 1991	18
237	December 1991	19	"
241	April 1992	15	"
242	June 1992	13	"
244	July 1992	11	"
244B	August 1992	14	"
248	December 1992	10	"
249	January 1993	6	"
251	March 1993	10	Tim Merrigan
252	April 1993	10	"
254	June 1993	10	"
255	July 1993	10	"
256	August 1993	10	"
260	December 1993	13	"
261	January 1994	12	"
283	November 1995	10	"
312	May 1998	18	"
314	July 1998	10	"
315	August 1998	10	"
316	September 1998	14	"
317	October 1998	10	"
320	February 1999	8	"
321	February 1999	16	Scott Beckstead
322	March 1999	16	"
323	May 1999	16	"
324	June 1999	16	"
334	October 2000	10	Marty Cantor
328	April 2000	8	"
329	May 2000	8	"
330	June 2000	10	"
331	July 2000	10	"
334	October 2000	10	"
336	December 2000	8	"
337	January 2001	10	"
338	February 2001	10	"
339	March 2001	10	"
341	May 2001	10	"
346	October 2001	8	"
348	December 2001	8	"
349	January 2002	10	"
351	March 2002	10	"
353	May 2002	10	"
354	June 2002	20	"
356	August 2002	8	"
359	November 2002	10	"
360	December 2002	8	"
396	January 2006	8	"
397	February 2006	10	Milt Stevens
402	July 2006	10	"
403	August 2006	10	"
413	June 2007	10	"
415	August 2007	10	"
434	April 2009	10	Marty Cantor
436	June 2009	10	"
437	July 2009	10	"
438	August 2009	10	"
440	October 2009	10	"
448	June 2010	10	"
457	March 2011	10	"
458	April 2011	10	"
459	May 2011	10	"
464	October 2011	10	"
465	November 2011	10	"
469	March 2012	10	"
481	March 2013	10	"
483	May 2013	10	"
487	September 2013	10	"
583	March 2023	12	Heath Row
586	June 2023	12	"
587	July 2023	12	"
588	August 2023	15	"
589	September 2023	14	"
590	October 2023	16	"
591	November 2023	12	"
592	December 2023	14	"
593	January 2024	15	"
594	February 2024	16	"
595	March 2024	16	"
596	April 2024	17	"
597	May 2024	14	"
598	June 2024	17	"
599	July 2024	17	"
600	August 2024	13	"
601	September 2024	11	"
602	October 2024	1	"

(Note: Not all issues had dates listed, some dates above are from postal marks.)

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