Dr Faustenstein
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Dr Faustenstein was a fanzine published by David Redd in the UK. Its first issue advertised its availability:
Single copy price 50p, or available for juicy Loc, recent promag, your own grotty fanzine, or ½lb of Swiss chocolate. Airmail extra. Three-issue subscription £1.25 or 3 early 50's Mickey Mouse Weekly
The covers are are crudely hand-lettered and identical aside from the issue number and, where applicable, the previous issue number(s) are crossed out. The page numbering runs continuously so #1 is pages 1–22, #2 is 23–49, and #3 is 52–70[1]. A serial 'Redd's 100 Notes on Writing' runs through all three issues, sometimes ending mid-sentence and picking up where it left off at a later point. #3A includes a series of letters between Redd and Chris Priest about the short story, 'The Agent', that appeared under their joint by-line is the Aries 1 anthology in 1979.
Buck Coulson reviewed #2 in Yandro #247/248 (August 1979):
Anyone who can do a nostalgic article on the 'Old Growler' series'[2] can't be all bad. (But he can come close....). Quite a bit about Fifties science fiction; Redd is more critical of it than I am, presumably because he puts more belief in 'psychological subtleties' than I do. But he's a good writer and puts out an enjoyable personal-type fanzine.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 1979 | 26 | |
| 2 | April 1979 | 32 | |
| 3 | January 1980 | 26 | Numbered 3A. Final issue |
- Dr Faustenstein online at fanac.org.
| Publication | 1979—1980 |
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