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, Arthur "ATom" Thomson, David A. Hardy, Iain Byers, Dave Mooring, Jim Porter, Sue Mason, Michael Marrak, Harry Turner and Kevin Cullen. Once ''Critical Wave'' became fully typeset, Kevin Clarke joined as resident designer. Despite the immense enthusiasm displayed by many of its readers, ''Critical Wave'' only continued to appear with extensive financial input from its editors and key supporters. It eventually buckled under the pressure of increasing print costs, postage and

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s, and announced its closure in late 1996. News report by John Gosling on suspension of publication: "After nine years, 46 issues and an estimated 4 million words in print, ''Critical Wave'', one of the most respected sources of science fiction and fantasy information in the United Kingdom, will cease publication." In September 2008, Green and Tudor announced their intention to relaunch ''Critical Wave'' online, via

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. The new version would return to their very earliest concept, a regular news-oriented " fanzine of record" covering British science fiction conventions, awards and publications. The first edition of the new series appeared on 14 November 2008. A major computer problem delayed the appearance of the second online issue, which was largely completed by late December 2008; as of October 2012, it remained unpublished.

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Entry in the online ''Science Fiction Encyclopedia''.

''Critical Wave'' community on

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