The Rhizome Factor

Edited by Cathy Cupitt



What is The Rhizome Factor?

The Rhizome Factor is a limited edition magazine, consisting of just 6 issues. Its focus is on topics related to Speculative Fiction. The final issue of the magazine was published in April 2001. Some back issues are still available.

Queries should be emailed to Cathy, or posted to:

Cathy Cupitt, Editor
The Rhizome Factor
PO Box 915, Nedlands
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 6909.

Prizes

The Rhizome Factor has been blessed with responsive readers. It has won two Tin Ducks (see below), and it has been nominated an embarrasing number of times for the Tin Duck and the Ditmar (The Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award). Several of the articles within its pages have also won awards, which is not surprising given the huge amount of talent displayed by the contributors. Thank you all for making the magazine such a success!

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Contents of The Rhizome Factor

Issue Date Topics
1 (1) February/March 1998 Theme: Small Press Publishing and SF

Fiction
They Shoot Mobsters, Don't They - Stephen Dedman
Pink Grass - David Bennett
Free City Moscow - Matt Barron
Steps - Scot Snow
SPIROT (1) - Cathy Cupitt
Arrival - David Bennett

Non-Fiction
The Role of Fanzines - Cathy Cupitt
How to Set up a Small Press (1) - Russell B. Farr
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner and Cover - Jeremy Nelson

1 (2) April 1998 Theme: The Influence of Fandom on SF

Fiction
The Final Moment - Scot Snow
Two Stories - David Bennett
Christmas at the Chushingura Cafe - Stephen Dedman
SPIROT (2) - Cathy Cupitt
Peace - Teik Oh

Non-Fiction
Swancons Past and Present - Cathy Cupitt
Interview: Lois McMaster Bujold
Interview: Gina Goddard
The Golden Age of Australian SF? - Russell B. Farr
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner - Jeremy Nelson
Cover - Alicia Smith

1 (3) March 1999 Theme: SF Movies

Fiction
Where the Cabbages Lie - David Bennett
What We Want and What We Need - Scot Snow
On This Rainy Day - Lennard Mechlowski
The Dinner - Owen Godfrey
SPIROT (3) - Cathy Cupitt

Non-Fiction
Great (and not so great) SF Movies - Cathy Cupitt
Interview: Carmel Bird
How to Set up a Small Press (2) - Russell B. Farr
List in Space - Robin Pen
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner - Jeremy Nelson
Cover - Jade Todd
Cabbages - Alicia Smith
Dragon - Ida Csaky

1 (4) September 1999 Theme: First Times in SF

Fiction
The Living Water - Van Ikin
Optional Extras and Pitfalls - Stephen Dedman
The return of Idomeneus - Simon Brown
water flows - Russell B. Farr
Book of the Order - David Yeates
Blond Hair Red - Sarah Locksley
Scary Monsters - Scot Snow

Non-Fiction
The Realm of Books - Cathy Cupitt
Interview: Narelle Harris
Reading in Bed - Carmel Bird
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner and Cover - Jeremy Nelson
Ivory Towers - Jeremy Nelson
Dancer - Jeremy Nelson

1 (5) April 2000 Theme: Women and SF

Fiction
One Ride Too many - Jo Jackson King
When You Wake - Sarah Locksley
When in Rome - Cathy Cupitt

Non-Fiction
Women and Speculative Fiction - Cathy Cupitt
Interview: Rosaleen Love
Slash Fiction and Its Fans - Sandra Norman
A Dialogue: Monsters and Myth in Sf Film - Tess Williams
Like Sands Through the Hour Glass - Gina Goddard
Caught in the Middle - Robin Pen
The Glamorous and Sexy World of Publishing - Russell B. Farr
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner - Jeremy Nelson
Cover - Jade Todd
Dancer - Jeremy Nelson

1 (6) April 2001 Theme: Death and SF

Fiction
How Not to Write a Cover Letter - Darren Ryding
Turtles All the Way Down - Rosaleen Love
The Job You Deserve - Emma Hawkes
Well 51 - M. Nikilai Chrulew
Colonel Nevsky Breaks the Unbreakable - Elizabeth Bowyer

Non-Fiction
The Death of SF - Cathy Cupitt
Interview: Susan Ackermann
How to Set up a Small Press (3) - Russell B. Farr
Why Hollywood's Sci-Fi Movies Suck - Grant Watson
Life - Robin Pen
Ursula K. le Guin and therolinguistics - Rosaleen Love
Quatermass and the Mainstreaming Experiment - David Medlen
Buried Gems - Scot Snow

Art
Banner - Jeremy Nelson
Cover and internal art - Jade Todd

ISSN 1440-2335


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Last Updated 20-July-2001.
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