Imagine magazine keeps going, and we now come to the next to last issue of the magazine, and what is most fascinating is the fact that no one seems to be aware that the end is nigh. They march on blissfully towards oblivion with a new feature (Fancast) as well as a whole reader module competition with entries requested “no later than December” which seeing as the last issue is going to be the September one is a bit sad.

As in the last few issues, Imagine continues moving a bit away from (A)D&D, the cover and much of the content is, in fact, not even fantasy oriented with Northern Irish Science Fiction writer Bob Shaw taking centre stage in this issue. We get a long interview with Shaw and a Star Frontiers module based on his short story that also comes included in this issue. 

Imagine continues in its sad state of not knowing exactly what it wants to be, either a showcase for British new talent or a gaming magazine and sometimes feeling a bit scattered in trying to include both. It’s a laudable attempt but ultimately one which didn’t connect to audiences too much. Still there was always some good stuff in the magazine.