INFINITE FRONTIERS - ABOUT THE TEAM ญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญ Revision 3.02 ญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญ What is the group about? ------------------------ INFINITE FRONTIERS is a group dedicated to fan publishing, whether it will be in the form of disk magazines, paper fanzines or fan magazines on any other medium such as video or audio. The main publication of the group will be the Star Trek disk mag, "THE FINAL FRONTIER". We also hope to produce a number of reference disks for Star Trek fans including a comprehensive "Who's Who" and a full guide to all the Trek stories ever published including ALL the episodes from all 3 shows, novels, movies, comics and everything else! As well as TFF, there is also going to be a paper edition of THE FINAL FRONTIER, entitled "THE FINAL FRONTIER - PHASE II". This new zine will be breaking new ground in Trek fandom and will be unique - instead of publishing fiction zines, or article related zines, TFF - Phase II will alternate between styles in every issue. One issue may be a special devoted to a particular actor (maybe featuring re-prints of con talks from TFF), another may be a collection of re-printed or new articles or we may even publish single story fiction zines! It will also be unusual in that no-one, other than the production team, will ever know about the contents and type of each issue until it is released! Each issue will also be filled with a selection of photos plus art from our team of"traditional" artists - Vince Hirst and Mark Cotterill. We will also be releasing a general sci-fi disk magazine, "Voyager"), which we hope to be launching some time in '94, every 3-4 months on two disks, covering all aspects of sci-fi and fantasy in books, films, televison etc. There will be Star Trek coverage in this new magazine, but it will consist of "re-prints" of selected material from THE FINAL FRONTIER (but NOT material already re-printed in "THE FINAL FRONTIER - PHASE II"). All NEW Trek material will appear in TFF first, allowing us to create the best possible dedicated Trek zine we can. However, the Trek content of the new mag will only occupy a small percentage, so I don't think that re-printing a few articles will make much difference! As well as these titles, there are going to be many other exciting and innovative projects in the pipeline. We WILL NOT produce demos etc. as we don't aim to be a demo crew. The only demos that will come from the I.F. stable will be intros to our disk mags or advert demos publicising our future releases. Why should we try to release demos when we obviously won't be able to compete with crews such as Phenomena and Anarchy. With saying that, could THEY produce a specialised disk mag like "THE FINAL FRONTIER"? I think not! Each group should stick to their own specialities. You WILL see slideshows from us, but then again, don't forget that we do have some very good artists in IF, so I think we can compete fairly! However, no matter what we produce, we will guarantee that it will be of the highest quality possible. Who are we? ----------- INFINITE FRONTIERS was originally formed from the 3 main production staff from THE FINAL FRONTIER. Since then, we have expanded to our current list of 21 members, who are: Simon Plumbe ......... Editor, Producer, Writer, Photographer, Occasional Art Colin Gunn ......................................... Editor, Producer, Writer Sven Harvey ........................................ Producer, Writer, Artist Tobias Richter ............................................... Artist, Writer John Kitts ............................................. Writer, Photographer Alex Kerr .................................................... Artist, Writer Gary Moffat .................................................. Artist, Writer Vince Hirst ............................................ Artist, Photographer Tim Smith ............................................... News Editor, Writer Matthew Dean ......................................................... Writer Neil Safi .............................................. Writer, Photographer Mark Cotterill ....................................................... Artist Allister Brimble ................................................... Musician Neil Higgins ........................................... Writer, Photographer Pio de Cicco ................................................. Writer, Editor Phil Inness-Chaytor .............................................. Programmer Anthony Carpendale ................................... Artist, Writer, Editor Mark Platts .......................................................... Artist Luke Elliott ..................................................... Programmer Marcus Priddey ....................................................... Writer Errol/E.M.Computergraphic ........................ GFX Scanning, Photographer Also, some of our dealers who have helped promote TFF or have offered us support above and beyond the call of duty are now being offered the opportunity to become "affiliated" members of Infinite Frontiers. The following libraries have accepted our offer so far: Cynostic 17-Bit Note - the team are only credited above for what they have done/are doing for the group so far. Our productions will also have a large amount of "freelance" work from people such as Bj๘rn Lynne, Echo/LSD and from many of our "freelance" writers. Regular contributors will be offered the opportunity to join our permanent team. Our main team will only consist of talented writers, artists, musicians and coders and we will also feature a number of non-Amiga owning members in the team. Unlike most Amiga demo crews, almost all of the members of INFINITE FRONTIERS will only use their real names. There's no real need for any of us to hide behind an alias, and as we will be producing non-Amiga zines as well, why should we waste time and write under three or four names each? How to join INFINITE FRONTIERS ------------------------------ Over the next year or so, we expect I.F. to grow by quite rapid proportions. When the group was just 10 days old, we had already grown from nothing to 8 members! We are looking for other members, but please don't write to us asking to join. We will INVITE people to join the group ourselves. However, if you want to join, start sending us some material for the mag, and if you seem to be contributing on a regular basis and we think you're good enough, we'll ask you to join. It's as simple as that! We are especially looking for artists, musicians and programmers, so get writing! However, one person we are LOOKING for is someone who is willing to act as a liaison between TFF and all the Trek fan clubs in existance, arranging mutual advertising, helping to keep the Fan Club Guide up-to-date etc. As with all the others in the team, we can't pay you, but you will be re-imbursed for ALL of your expenses and you will receive free copies of all I.F. productions. Ideally, we are looking for someone with a printer (a LOT of writing may be involved) and if possible, someone who lives in the Birmingham area (this will mean that we can keep in touch more easily). If you are interested, call Simon Plumbe, any time before 10:00 pm on (021) 358 1213. Where did the name come from? ----------------------------- If any of you remember the article from Issue 2 on the history of the mag (you don't have a copy? Order one now!), INFINITE FRONTIERS was the second name of my old sci-fi fan club (after it's "re-birth") and I felt that the name was worth carrying on. Originally, when my club changed it's name, it also signified a change of image, direction and quality and that's what happened to THE FINAL FRONTIER. As time goes on, you will see that our articles will continue to get better, the presentation will improve and the release schedule will be accelerated. We are starting to settle down with the format of THE FINAL FRONTIER, so we feel comfortable writing for tighter deadlines. Also, as we will eventually have two titles available called "THE FINAL FRONTIER", I felt that INFINITE Frontiers was an appropriate name! Now, is there anyone out there interested in a version of TFF for the CD32??!! Well, that's all I can think of, but if there is anything specific you want to know about us, if you want to join our team or if you have any suggestions for other I.F. releases, get in touch with me at: Simon Plumbe INFINITE FRONTIERS P.O. Box 8966 Great Barr Birmingham B43 5ST ENGLAND