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	"
8	May 4, 1966	3	Fred Hollander
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	"
28	April, 1969	3	"
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
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	"
78	July 21, 1975	4	"
82	January 26, 1976	2	"	This issue is incorrectly dated Jan. 26, 1975
83	March 15, 1976	2	"
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	"
312	May 1998	18	Tim Merrigan
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	"
334	October 2000	10	Marty Cantor
354	June 2002	20	"

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

• De Profundis online at fanac.org

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