Greetings, everyone!

In my collection for many years have been two issues of a "magazine of fantasy gaming" (more like a fanzine) called THE ORACLE.  I have issue #1 July 1982 and #2 September 1982.  It was published by Horizon International, Inc., based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I honestly don't remember where I picked it up (it says it was available "at finer gaming stores"), but wondered if anyone else has come across this 'zine before, and what (if anything) it might be worth?

Thanks in advance for your time,
John aka Wandering Monster

beasterbrook wrote:as far as I know 5 issues produced, bit hard to do prices on these things, depends on if you want to get rid of it or knot and who does have a copy and wants one;)

Brette:)

Hi Brette!

Thanks for the info on THE ORACLE -- it's more than I knew before!

Best,
John aka Wandering Monster

What do you want to know?  I think 5 issues is still right.  For a small press fanzine, issues #1 and 2 of this don't seem terribly hard to find.  I think there have been at least 2 copies of each in the last few months.  Generally sell for about $10.

Sorry to reanimate an old thread, but I wanted to let you all know that this fanzine is itself being brought back to a sort of life through a compilation reprint being put out by plagmada.org.  

I'll add a little bit of more info here:  There were five issues spanning 1982-83, with a sister magazine called Augury coming out for a single issue in 1983.  The fanzine was put out almost single-handedly by a high schooler named Christopher Bigelow.  Ken St. Andre contributed an article, I believe he's the biggest name to participate.

The Kickstarter is here:  The Complete "The Oracle"AD&D fanzine reprint, 1982-1983 by tim hutchings — Kickstarter
A free PDF of issue number one is here:  http://timothyhutchings.com/PLAGMADA/Th ... Issue1.pdf

Also, MichaelC please check your PM box!  I want to talk to you about that notebook!

Mars wrote in Fanzine Question: The Oracle:Out of curiosity, how did you overcome the copyright issue of getting permission from each individual article author or artist used in all of the issues to agree to an electronic format?

Maybe he's taking a chance nobody cares? Mostly written by him and friends, right?  I guess unless someone raises  a fuss, probably not a chance for a 30+ year old fanzine...perhaps its a gamble on his part.

Mike B

Mars wrote in Fanzine Question: The Oracle:

Badmike wrote in Fanzine Question: The Oracle:Maybe he's taking a chance nobody cares? Mostly written by him and friends, right?  I guess unless someone raises  a fuss, probably not a chance for a 30+ year old fanzine...perhaps its a gamble on his part.

That is what I expect but just wanted to verify.

I just read the free download of the first issue, I doubt too many of the contributors will be clamoring for their submission back     But I would be curious if he just decided not to worry about it, or if he's still in touch with a lot of those guys and got their premission.

MIke B.