From: Julia Jones julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk
Of course, "parody" means "satirical imitation" - the parody does not need to be overtly humorous, which can lead to all *sorts* of interesting possibilities when writing one.
Some parodies can be too subtle for their own good. There was a B/A slash one I peeked at once, with Avon as an androgynous alien who got pregnant by Blake. When I got to ranting about it to Judith P she pointed out that it was, in fact, a piss-take.
The thing I notice about both lists is the preponderance of UK authors. Hmmm...
Is that because you mostly read UK zines, though?
Perhaps, though I've got four Gambits, which are probably equal to half a dozen Horizons each. And a couple of other meaty US anthologies. A lot of authors cross the pond, both ways, so where a zine comes from might not be that important.
Mind you, having been recently going through a stack of early zines with a view to writing reviews, I am struck by how awful a lot of them were. And being early zines, they were British. I've just read a classic Mary Sue, 55 pages of this wonderful woman with red hair, violet eyes, and legs down to *there*, single-handedly saving the crew and knowing more about operating the Liberator than they do. Pass the sick bag...
That wouldn't have been in Horizon #2, by any chance?
Neil