GSR Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Relative to this forum it gave John Lister his first real platform to write about Wrestling. I am sure John could reply himself if he sees this, but did Lister start writing when it was still SOW or not until it became PS? I haven't purchased an issue for years and as someone else said always felt that Lister's and Rob Butcher's (where is that guy now?) articles were the best thing in the magazine. A friend of mine still gets it and I would flick through it if I was round at his, but it just seems incredibly lazy and as if it's been going through the motions for years. It certainly played a part in probably every UK fan's life at some point and you can't deny that Fin did do a great job keeping it round in it's two incarnations for over twenty years.
Sidebottom Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Awful news, I loved the magazine. I don't think I've had a holiday in the last 15 or so years where I haven't packed the latest copy for a beach. Fin Martin wrote on his website that he is moving on to other things, and a book which he is excited about. If you're reading this, thanks for all of your hard work Fin!
BigBadMick Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Posted June 1, 2015 Bump this to point out his ebook on the Power Slam years is set for Sept 4th release. That has been knocked back several times already, however.
BigBadMick Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Posted June 1, 2015 Ummm...rereading this, I see I wasn't kind to FSM on first sight. My opinion has changed drastically in past 12 months, really enjoy it now. Sorry Bix!
RocketCrypt Posted June 1, 2015 Report Posted June 1, 2015 Bump this to point out his ebook on the Power Slam years is set for Sept 4th release. That has been knocked back several times already, however. Is the ebook new material or a selection of articles from PS over the years? Or both? Also, just seen that last issue cover for the first time. Incredibly ironic that it's Cena on the front.
BigBadMick Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Posted June 1, 2015 New material... http://www.powerslamonline.co.uk/updates/152/Power-Slam-Years-eBook-release-date-September-4-2015.htm
BigBadMick Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Posted September 4, 2015 The ebook is out http://www.powerslamonline.co.uk/updates/164/power-Slam-Years-eBook-now-available.htm Curious to see how I feel reading this. PWO has opened my eyes to very different ways of looking at wrestling than Fin's....
ButchReedMark Posted September 4, 2015 Report Posted September 4, 2015 Fin's got a fucking cheek charging £6.50 for an ebook.
kjh Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 To be fair, that's about the going rate for e-books of that length.
BigBadMick Posted September 5, 2015 Author Report Posted September 5, 2015 Read the first few chapters. Some interesting stuff about him growing up and starting his career. Nothing to do with wrestling, but it's funny when I think that I've been reading him since 1992 and hadn't known any of that.
Happ Hazzard Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 I've just started reading the ebook. Biggest surprise to me was that "Ian Robinson" that wrote for PS in the early days was Fin under a pseudonym.
Sidebottom Posted September 5, 2015 Report Posted September 5, 2015 Fin's got a fucking cheek charging £6.50 for an ebook. That's not exactly breaking the bank...
Ship Canal Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Ok, got my first issue of FSM. Haven't read it all yet, but on first impressions it's a bit lightweight. Not much analysis in the PPV reviews or tv roundup at all. This may sound extreme, but in film mag terms it's Empire to Power Slam's Sight & Sound. I hope my opinion of it improves - I've taken a 12 month subscription based on recommendations on this thread.... It was always completely the other way round for me. By the end Power Slam always seemed badly formatted from a design point of view, incredibly repetitive in terms of content and outdated in terms of its writers, rarely containing much by anyone whose opinion on wrestling I particularly valued. FSM contains exactly the amount of PPV and TV roundups I want from a pro wrestling magazine: that is, a small percentage. I'd much rather be reading well written and thoroughly researched pieces on either new developments in or the history of pro wrestling than read three pages telling me how awful the last RAW was when I know because I watched it already (thanks Fin Martin). I want my pro wrestling magazines to take a similar approach as quality music or film magazines and give me features I can get my teeth into. Power Slam was too often rambling and in the main came off as the ramblings of one overworked person, which I'm guessing it often was. Its night and day for me.
BigBadMick Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Posted January 4, 2016 I've come to agree with a great deal of that. Actually, reading Fin's book last year, you get the impression he was stressed out and overworked for years. That's going to give you a negative slant on everything.
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