(Hardback)

A selection of essays from Pat and Dick Lupoff's legendary science fiction fanzine, "Xero". Highlights include Donald Westlake's humorous denouncement of the science fiction field and the reasons he quit science fiction to write mystery novels and Lin Carter's parody of Sax Rohmar's "Fu Manchu" novels.

(Paperback)

Contains essays from the legendary science fiction fanzine "Xero", which provide historical snapshots of the science fiction world in the early 1960s as it was lived by a mix of writers. Highlights include Donald Westlake's humorous denouncement of the science fiction genre and the reasons he quit writing science fiction to write mystery novels.