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Friends of the Teledu
Other fan organisations that Teledudes are part of and/or may be interested in.
ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
ZZ9 was formed back in 1980 so recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. We publish a quarterly 28 page A4 club magazine that is written by fans for fans. Check out the Mostly Harmless section of our website for details about what has been in the last few issues. As well as publishing the magazine the society also runs its own events which are listed in our ZZ9 Events diary.
You can join us and start receiving your copies of our magazine by filling in the membership form that is downloadable from the Membership section of our website. Although being UK based we have members in Europe, the United States and Australia.
ZZ9 is a non-profit making organisation run by fans for fans. We sell merchandise, but ONLY to members, in order to keep the membership fees as low as possible. This is mostly t-shirts, badges and the world famous Beeblebears (two headed, three armed teddy bears with an eye-patch).
For more information about ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, please visit the web page.
Sproutlore
Sproutlore is the now official Fan Club of the British humourous science fiction writer, Robert Rankin.
It was founded by Pádraig Ó Méalóid many years ago. He intended the club to have a membership of one (himself), however he then made the mistake of telling James Shields about it. They produced the first issue of The Brentford Mercury and Sproutlore was born.
Unfortunately nothing happened for a while after that. Not until James Bacon took over, that is. He was rather annoyed that he had paid to join and received nothing after issue one, but rather than sitting around complaining, he decided to take action. Within two weeks issue two came out which was followed by issue 3 a couple of months later. Since then the club has grown steadily and it now has almost 400 members.
As well as producing the newsletter, Sproutlore has organised a number of events for its members. These include appearances by Robert Rankin at science fiction conventions, and "Days out" for members. The first of these was in Brighton in July '97, followed by a coach tour of Brentford with Robert Rankin as the tour guide in '98 and a trip down the Thames in 1999. In 2000 we were involved in the running of the convention, Aliens Stole My Handbag, which featured Robert Rankin as guest of honour.
ConFounding Tales!
Ever felt like punching a zombie gangster while wearing a rocket pack?
How about being framed for your own murder by evil Martian cultists?
If so, then ConFounding Tales! is the con for you.
If not, you’re a lousy agent of the stinkin’ Space Baron! Eat De-atomiser Ray!
From the Chicago underworld to the moons of Mongo, via places Man Was Not Meant To Know, ConFounding Tales! is celebrating the glory of pulp.
Following the success of ConVivial's Victoriana, we've jumped forward a decade or two and into the age of hardboiled gumshoes, atomic rockets and hideous slithering somethings.
To help you dress and speak appropriately, we've split the days of the convention by type. Friday will be ConFounding Tales! of Criminal Thrills, Saturday ConFounding Tales! of Cosmic Tyrants and Sunday ConFounding Tales! of Creeping Terror.
So grab your violin case, rocket pack and cultist's robes, and join us for ConFounding Tales! – the convention so thrill-packed, it has to have a permanent exclamation mark.
