Kalien is a personalzine that has been produced irregularly since August/September 1984. It comes from Melbourne, Australia and hopefully has an Australian accent.

It may be small, but it has much to be humble about. Jocko loves the thrill of holding a just finished copy in his hand, distributing copies is good but having a newly completed issue is what fanzines are all about.

Jocko, the editor, is a proud Life Member of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club. He has been Club Activator, Librarian, Newszine editor and Keeper of the kitchen (9 years, that's a lot of dishes washed up).

He is a mad Babylon 5, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams fan and especially adores The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which introduced him to fandom; nothing has ever been the same since.