Aporrheta
Aporrhēta (Ancient Greek for "Forbidden Matters"; nicknamed Ape or Apē[1]) edited by Sandy Sanderson has been called one of the best British fanzines of the late 1950s – the last issue notes it "was recently voted the best British fanzine in both the Fanac and Skyrack poll."
Covers were by ATom. Sanderson's regular column, “Inchmery Fan Diary”, mostly recorded his activities, fanzines received etc. by date.
Sanderson’s landlord and Inchmery Fandom fellow Vin¢ Clarke did some writing (one of his columns was "Apidiascope"), but also the excellent mimeography which characterized the fanzine. In his cri de coeur Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary, Clarke called it "the only link I had maintained with fan- publishing in the last two weary years, and on which I had spent so many hours of spare (!) time."
In June 1960, Vin¢’s partner Joy Clarke[2] left him for Sanderson (soon fulfilling her long-held desire of moving to the U.S.) and Aporrheta imploded (Vin¢’s wrote Sandy "was thinking of continuing" it in the immediate aftermath).
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 1958 | 28 | |
| 2 | August 1958 | 32 | |
| 3 | September 1958 | 28 | 3 and 4 were bound together |
| 4 | September 1958 | 24 | |
| 5 | November 1958 | 40 | |
| 6 | December 1958 | 44 | |
| 7 | January 1959 | 44 | |
| 8 | February 1959 | 38 | |
| 9 | March 1959 | 40 | |
| 10 | April 1959 | 36 | |
| 11 | May-June 1959 | 52 | |
| 12 | July-August 1959 | 52 | |
| 13 | September-November 1959 | 52 | |
| 14 | December 1959 | 52 | |
| 15 | February 1960 | 52 | |
| 16 | March-April 1960 | 52 | |
| 17 | May–June 1960 | 52 | Final issue |
| Aporrheta online at fanac.org. | |||
- ↑ On the typewriter, it was emulated by placing a hyphen above the E; in later issues, this was changed to overstriking it with a slash/virgule, presumably since that would require merely returning the carriage but not also moving the cylinder half a line up and down. Besides, on late issues' hand-drawn covers, the accent was closer to acute "Aporrhéta", form also widespread in English though technically less exact; however the early lettering-guide stenciled masthead had a horizontal macron.
Text from the first ish, explaining Aporrhēta's purpose. - ↑ She took his surname, though they never wed, as it took long to get a divorce from her earlier marriage.
| Publication | 1958—1960 |
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