Are there any fan clubs out there?

Several. The official Anderson fan club, Fanderson, is sanctioned by Gerry Anderson himself and has members worldwide. The group puts on regular conventions, has a strong merchandising arm, and publishes sanctioned fanzines. For more information, check out URL http://www.fanderson.org.uk or send a SASE or SAE and two IRCs to Fanderson, PO Box 12, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 0YE, England.

Liz Dubas' APA/CENTURY 21 is a long-running Amateur Press Association that has developed into a loose-knit club of sorts. Published quarterly, APA/CENTURY 21 brings together Anderson fans of varying likes and dislikes; SHADO-USECC President Helen Weber is a member, as are POWER STAR publisher Kimberly Murphy-Smith and SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MODELER correspondent Marc Frattasio. For more information, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or send a SASE or SAE and two IRCs to Liz Dubas/9 Euclid Avenue/#3/Ottawa, Ontario/K1S-2W2/CANADA.

Julie Collings' SPECTRUM APA is the British counterpart to APA/CENTURY 21, with an emphasis on CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS. For more information, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (please enclose snail-mail address) or send a SASE or SAE and two IRCs to Julie Collings/15 Fullers Court/Exeter, Devon/EX2-4DZ/UNITED KINGDOM.

Terry Bowers has run Martin Landau and Barbara Bain fan clubs since the days of SPACE:1999. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Terry Bowers/603 North Clark Street/River Falls, Wisconsin/54022/USA.

Fan writer and artist Yul Tolbert's Out Of This Earth is a U.S.-based SPACE:1999 club and is the only active 1999 club based in the U.S. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Yul Tolbert/P.O. Box 02222/Detroit, Michigan/48202-9998/USA.

Robert Wood and Warren Friedrich head up Alpha League, a fan-run Canadian-based SPACE:1999 club. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Alpha League/Box 1207/Cochrane, AB/T0L-0W0/CANADA.

Ken Freeman's Earthbase Alpha provides a fan-run SPACE:1999 club for British fans as an alternative to Fanderson. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Ken Freeman/77 Coventry Road/Bedford/MK40-4EJ/UNITED KINGDOM.

COSMOS:1999 is a SPACE:1999 club based in France; communication, etc., is done primarily in French. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Richard Plumel/2 Rue Du Jardin Des Plantes/21000 Dijon/FRANCE.

GERMAN MOONBASE ALPHA FAN CLUB is a SPACE:1999 club based in Germany; communication, etc., is done primarily in German. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Nicholas Hainzl/Regentenstrasse 37/51063 Cologne/GERMANY.

Also based in Germany is a fan club for Catherine Schell (Maya, SPACE:1999), The International Catherine Schell Club. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Jovan Evermann/Postfach 80 05 04/D-51005 Cologne/GERMANY.

Another 1999 star, Nick Tate (Alan Carter, SPACE:1999), has his own U.K.-based fan club, The International Nick Tate Club. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Eileen Skidmore 87 Bromyard Road, Birmingham, B11 3AY, UNITED KINGDOM.

Barry Morse (Professor Victor Bergman, SPACE:1999) has a fan club based in his native Canada, Morse Code. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Vivian Stanley/Box 7064/Edson, AB/T7E-1V4/CANADA.

Roy Dotrice (Commander Simmonds, SPACE:1999) has a sanctioned fan club in the U.K., The Official Roy Dotrice Fan Club For Great Britain. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs to Gwen Lord/6 Meadow Lane/Leasingham, Sleaford Lincs/NG34-8LL/UNITED KINGDOM.

Helen Weber's UFO fan club, SHADO-USECC, has been going strong since the late 1970s. A well-run club with several UFO cast and crew as honorary members, the club turns out newsletters quarterly, a fanzine yearly, and has a videotape lending library. For more information, send a SASE or SAE and two IRCs to Helen Weber/514 Delaware Avenue/Lansdale, Pennsylvania/19446/USA.

Those wishing to contact UFO's Ed Bishop directly may do so through his agent, Joan Grey/29 Sunberry Court Island/Sunberry-On-Thames, Middlesex/TW165PP/UNITED KINGDOM.

NOTE: Please let me know if any of the above is out of date!