>3      The   Quatermass   Experiment   (Public   Domain)   (issue   #3
      reviewed/out now)
>2
      The  third  issue  of this cracking fiction-devoted magazine comes on
      just  one  packed disk and yet contains more QUALITY written material
      than  any  other  mag I've seen lately.  The Quatermass Experiment is
      the number one outlet for electronic would-be authors, and this issue
      contains  some  truly  excellent  material  from the likes of editors
      Doctor  Roney  (Neale Grant) and Professor Quatermass (Graeme Virtue)
      with  Kevin  Murphy  (author  of  the Legions of Dawn novella!), Ivan
      Millett,  Stewart  Wochen,  Iain Benson & many others, including some
      new  horror  from myself.  My fave read this time was Dr Roney's "The
      Locked  Door"  -  a  sort of trash-horror movie tale with some really
      brilliant  characters and dialogue.  There's also a massive amount of
      science-  fiction  related  articles,  reviews, plugs, etc so there's
      really  no excuse not to buy this great production.  The presentation
      is  very  reasonable:  a "Solar System" control panel adds that touch
      of  originality,  and  there's  loads of features - from a simple and
      friendly  help function to a swirling starfield screen blanker.  Miss
      this diskmag at your peril - and it's coded in AMOS too!

      Overall:   92%  - The best short fiction available in the PD crammed
                       onto one disk with a dosage of articles and reviews
                       thrown in for good measure.  Superb stuff.


       The  Word  (Public  Domain)  (Issue #7 - out now) (x2 disks) If
      you've  never  seen  this  diskmag  before you're in for a treat - it
      really  does  look very professional, and it's been coded entirely in
      AMOS!   The  amount  of articles in this issue is phenomenal; the two
      disks have been absolutely mega-packed with Crunchmania and God knows
      what  else, and the end result is a contents menu that seems to go on
      for  ever!  Very impressive,though a lot of the stuff seems short and
      pointless  to  be  quite  honest  -  this is yet another example of a
      potentially  excellent  diskmag  sliding  towards  the  usual  trashy
      mixture  of  unfocused  Scene  sh*te.  In order to access the "adult"
      section  you  have to enter a password, but the jokes section remains
      open to all eyes, which renders this idea a complete waste of time in
      my  opinion!  (especially considering the nature of most of the jests
      here  - ie:  sex, racism, sexism, etc.  Not that they aren't funny of
      course  ;-)  Reviews  and reports on new commercial games (especially
      Gloom) may be of interest to the average Amiga user, and there's such
      a  mixed  bag here (even more so than ShareWorld) there's bound to be
      something  likeable.   I  found the "Religion" article in the "Bits &
      Bats"  section quite appealing.  There's IFF & text adverts galore at
      the  end  and a nice, smooth, Sceney-style interface, but not much in
      the  way  of  AMOS  information compared to earlier issues which is a
      shame.

      Overall:  86% - So big there's gotta be something in it you'll like!
                    Definitely one for the collection, though I'm a little
                    wary about what's going to happen to it in future
                    issues.