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MATRIX 108 the News Magazine of the British Science Fiction Association MATRIX 108 The news magazine of the British Science Fiction Association Borders of SF and F Hugo Awards and CD-ROM US Fanzines £1.25 October - November 1993 October - November 1993 1 ....re ......reofSFCOlIIbKtin '71. But ..........n: Membership Determinants lity, brote, IDOnl illI.el'ClCodintaikiac ortiNinaor MUD, exotie food......ua'1 ullli1 1915 that Steve This COI~ £15 per yC&f (UK and BC). Pleue It'._muchluatba!l ...... tboolanddayalo ...elllto.coovelJlioll.He Uldcqtbroupthe enquire for oven.eu rata. Intc.-tion. the Oa....,ow SF Woricicoa in 1995 aDd llr'ecUofLeedlI.Dd VItiDaUDkltdiQaboob thep.ceofpl'OJ"'lIlmIlpJ.anni.aiu.boaiaI:UP·nu• CllIWdc. botc:l.lotriauod. be folIowedthio ....rrior ...... fowld.ama.lldclll:inaidetbebocel ...ilb&ieDclly New members: Alison Cook, 27 A1bcm&rle ia1ef,diq lodeadliftuelui'Wlalike.SeyllaaDd Carybdi•. 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