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Your Sinclair publisher dies

sj_howlettsj_howlett
edited June 2014 in Chit chat
The boss of Dennis Publishing, publishers of Your Sinclair, died today.

In my view the wittiest Speccy magazine there ever was. Looked forward to it every month.
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  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited June 2014
    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/23/felix-dennis-dies-aged-67-magazine-publisher-oz?CMP=twt_gu

    R.I.P.
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • chevchev
    edited June 2014
    Sod Your Sinclair. This is the guy behind Oz and Kung-Fu Monthly. KFM was the launch title of Sportscene Specialist Press (which became Dennis Publishing), also the publishers of Your Spectrum. As expected the Guardian obit is a clippings job and fails to mention his work in planting a new forest (http://www.felixdennis.com/featured/the-heart-of-england-forest/), or make much of his wine and poetry evenings. An amazing individual and a sad loss to publishing. His wit will be missed.
    Felix Dennis wrote:
    If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it. It?s cheaper in the long run.
    zx.itch.io
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2014
    aowen wrote: »
    Sod Your Sinclair.

    RIP:sad:
    You dissing my favourite speccy mag?:smile:
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited June 2014
    RIP. Was nice to see little old Your Spectrum mentioned in the BBC obit :)
    aowen wrote: »
    Sod Your Sinclair. This is the guy behind Oz and Kung-Fu Monthly. KFM was the launch title of Sportscene Specialist Press (which became Dennis Publishing), also the publishers of Your Spectrum. As expected the Guardian obit is a clippings job and fails to mention his work in planting a new forest (http://www.felixdennis.com/featured/the-heart-of-england-forest/), or make much of his wine and poetry evenings. An amazing individual and a sad loss to publishing. His wit will be missed.

    I'm a bit too young to remember Oz but I had heard of the obscenity trial. Had no idea about his other interests though...
    The comp.sys.sinclair crap games competition 2015
    WhenIWasCruel wrote: »
    "Let's not be childish. Let's play Spectrum games."
  • chevchev
    edited June 2014
    zx1 wrote: »
    You dissing my favourite speccy mag?:smile:

    I prefer the original incarnation. After the rebrand it became just another games mag.
    zx.itch.io
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2014
    I read that he died on the BBC website, at least they mentioned he published Your Spectrum...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27972771
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • chevchev
    edited June 2014
    karingal wrote: »
    I read that he died on the BBC website, at least they mentioned he published Your Spectrum...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27972771

    Your Spectrum would mean nothing to most people so the writer obviously remembers it fondly. Annoyingly the BBC doesn't do bylines.
    zx.itch.io
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2014
    aowen wrote: »
    I prefer the original incarnation. After the rebrand it became just another games mag.
    It never quite became another games mag but I do agree, Your Spectrum was a far better magazine than Your Sinclair.
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited June 2014
    karingal wrote: »
    I read that he died on the BBC website,
    Dying on the BBC website is no way for a man to go :(
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2014
    ccowley wrote: »
    Dying on the BBC website is no way for a man to go :(
    I can think of worse ways...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • zx1zx1
    edited June 2014
    aowen wrote: »
    I prefer the original incarnation. After the rebrand it became just another games mag.

    I can't comment as i've never seen Your Spectrum but Your Sinclair was my favourite mag, certainly better than the other two.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • mermanmerman
    edited June 2014
    Very sad, sounded like an amazing life well lived.
  • Maroc's Other ProjectionMaroc's Other Projection
    edited June 2014
    leespoons wrote: »
    I'm a bit too young to remember Oz but I had heard of the obscenity trial. Had no idea about his other interests though...
    I was reading out that in the John Peel biography recently. Crazy stuff.

    RIP publisher bloke.

    YS was my fave, even though looking back some of it was a bit silly (ooh, get you with your la-di-da ways! - Ed)
    Cheeky Funster (53)
  • chevchev
    edited June 2014
    zx1 wrote: »
    I can't comment as i've never seen Your Spectrum but Your Sinclair was my favourite mag, certainly better than the other two.

    I believe there's a complete set of scans in the archive. But I agree that the later version of YS was still better than its rivals.
    zx.itch.io
  • joefishjoefish
    edited June 2014
    Also published ZERO, which was great, until it lost its spine - literally.
    btw, anyone know if there are scans of ZERO anywhere?
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • xyzzyxyzzy
    edited June 2014
    joefish wrote: »
    btw, anyone know if there are scans of ZERO anywhere?

    The Internet Archive has loads of old computer mags.
    We have cave!
    WWW
  • HerculesHercules
    edited June 2014
    It's the end! oo-er, t-zer, fnnnarrr, yibble yibble.

    DOH !!!
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