Aporrheta

Aporrhēta (Old Greek for "Forbidden"; nicknamed Ape or Apē; on the cover the accent was arguably closer to acute é, on the typewriter it was emulated by overtyping the "e" with a slash) edited by Sandy Sanderson has been called one of the best British fanzines of the late 50s – the last issue notes it "was recently voted the best British fanzine in both the Fanac and Skyrack poll". His landlord and Inchmery Fandom fellow Vin¢ Clarke did some writing (one of his columns was "Apidiascope"), but also the excellent repro (mimeo) which characterized the fanzine; in Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary, Clarke characterised it as "the only link I had maintained with fan-publishing in the last two weary years, [i. e. since daughter's birth] and on which I had spent so many hours of spare (!) time". Covers were by ATom.

In June 1960 Vince's wife Joy Clarke left him for Sanderson, wishing to move to US, and Aporrheta imploded (even though Sanderson reportedly "was thinking of continuing" it).

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	July 1958	28
2	August 1958	32
3	September 1958	28	3&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 195	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

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Publication

1958—1960

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