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Science Fiction Review 51 SCIENCE FICTION SUMMER T) UVf 7T X 7 NUMBER 51 1984 rv T-j v I Pj VV $2-50 John Brunner Charles Platt Bob Shaw Damon Knight Barry Malzberg F. Pau! Wlson INTERVIEW: DONALD KINGSBURY SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW ,SSN “ P.O. BOX 11408 PORTLAND, OR 97211 MAY, 1984------VOL.13, NO.2 PHONE: (503) 282-0381 WHOLE NUMBER 51 RICHARD E. GEIS—editor & publisher PAULETTE MINARE', ASSOCIATE EDITOR ALIEN THOUGHTS......................................4 THE GLASS BUSHEL................. BY RICHARD E. GEIS A COLUMN BY BOB SHAW PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AND THEN I SAW......................................6 SMALL PRESS NOTES............... FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. BY RICHARD E. GEIS BY RICHARD E. GEIS SINGLE COPY ------ $2.50 LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO RAISING HACKLES..................................39 MY SONG, MA............................................ 7 BY ELTON T. ELLIOTT BY F, PAUL WILSON LETTERS.................................................. 42 COVER BY ALEXIS GILLILAND interview: DONALD KINGSBURY.......... 9 PIERS ANTHONY CONDUCTED BY ROBERT J. SAWYER IAN COVELL DOUG FRATZ TONY ALSO-BROOK RENNER OTHER VOICES........................................15 RICH BROWN BOOK REVIEWS BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER DEAN R. LAMBE DAVID LASS INTERIOR ART----------------------------------- JANRAE FRANK ROBERT BLOCH TIM KIRK—2,4,6,38,56 NEAL WILGUS DAVID GERROLD alexis Gilliland —3,5,7,10,11,12. MICHAEL A. MORRISON STEVE PERRY BILL WINANS K.J. COHEN PAUL MCGUIRE JOHN BRUNNER 60,63 KARL EDD DAVID TRANSUE---- 7,8,34. LAURA CAMPBELL MIKE ARDEN---- 8,51 ROBERT SABELLA POUL ANDERSON RUSSELL ENGEBTRETSON MICHAEL GILBERT—9,48 DONALD FRANSON OLE PETTERSON---- 16 NORMAN KAGAN S.L.T.---- 19 THE DECLINE OF FICTION.................. 20 brad w. foster—25,33,36,37,41,46,56 BY CHARLES PLATT TEN YEARS AGO IN SF - SPRING, 1974 ALLEN KOSZOWSKI---- 28,34 RAYMOND H. ALLARD---42 BY ROBERT SABELLA.............................. 55 GRANT CANFIELD---- 44,55 ONCE OVER LIGHTLY..............................22 BOOK REVIEWS BY GENE DEWEESE THE ARCHIVES........................................ 56 BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS RECEIVED WITH DESCRIPTION, COMMENTARY, FLASHPOINT: MIDDLE........................... 24 OR OTHER INFORMATION. NO ADVERTISING WILL BE ACCEPTED BY BARRY N. MALZBERG Second Class Postage Paid A REPLY TO GREGORY BENFORD.......... 26 at Portland, OR 97208 BY DAMON KNIGHT Copyright (c) 1984 by Richard E. Geis. One-time rights only have NOISE LEVEL......................................... 27 been acquired from signed or cred­ A COLUMN BY JOHN BRUNNER ited contributors, and all other rights are hereby assigned to the contributors. TO BARRY: DOWN IN THE DREAM QUARTER......... 28 A POEM BY BLAKE SOUTH FORK SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW is published at 1525 N.E. Ainsworth, Portland, NOTES ON THE MAN IN THE TREE... .29 OR 97211 BY DAMON KNIGHT POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW THE VIVISECTOR....................................32 POB 11408 A COLUMN BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER Portland, OR 97211 REVIEWS--------------------------------------------- Call" by Avram Davidson. Next is­ sue for sure, Avram) SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA.................. 6 And two pages of "Alien Thoughts" LICENSE TO KILL.................................. which would have been political and THE HUNGER.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■>■■ likely more economic commentary. VALLEY GIRL........................................... The CIA operations against Nicaragua MIKE HAMMER................................ .. ... are especially intriguing. BUFFALO BILL......................................... Also bumped again was the second ALONE IN THE DARK.............................. part of the Darrell Schweitzer inter­ CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER. view. Part of the problem was my CONFESSIONS OF A POP PERFORMER. accepting Bob Shaw's offer to write THE MASTER............................................. 8 his legendary column, "The Glass LOVESICK................................................. 8 Bushel" for SFR. And the letter clay 's ARK............................................. column went to 14 pages; could not LIGHTRUNNER........................................... be cut! SUBSCRIPTIONS IRON TONGUE........................................... Paulette has done heroic work SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW EROS ASCENDING............... .. .16 with The Archives, condensing book P.O. BOX 11408 THE YEAR S BEST HORROR STOR IES descriptions to the bone, and we PORTLAND, OR 97211 SERIES XI.............................. saved a few pages there. And "Oth­ SHADOWINGS............................. er Voices" was shorter, too, this THE SF COLLECTOR'S CATALOG FOR ONE AND TWO YEARS time, due mainly to fewer reviews H.G. WELLS IN THE CINEMA 18 AT FOUR-ISSUES-PER-YEAR received. But even there I had to SCHEDULE EARTHCHILD............................ cut a page of Alma Jo Williams' THE WIZARDS OF ARMAGEDDON shorty reviews to make the 64-page THE ALIEN UPSTAIRS 19 limit. UNITED STATES: $9.00 One Year SUNWAIFS........... The life of an editor is hard! BRONWYN S BANE $18.00 Two Years THE BEAST......... # CRAIG MILLER called last week to TABLE FOR FIVE CANADA: US$9.50 One Year tell me of the Hugo nominations: US$19.00 Two Years LEGMEN... SFR for Best Semi-Prozine, and LOOKIN TO GET OUT Personal cheques accepted if me for Best Fan Writer. The nomin­ written on US$ accounts. CREEPSHOW............. ee must officially accept the nom­ JUST BEFORE DAWN ination before it goes on the final UNITED KINGDOM: Send pound THE MAN IN THE TREE. ballot. I'm always surprised and THE BRANCH.................... equivalent of US$9.50 One Year delighted at being on the final bal­ US$19.00 Two Years THE STEPS OF THE SUN lot for one or more Hugos; it's an THE GHOST LIGHT......... to agent WM. DAWSON 8 SONS egoboo ball to find that a lot of Cannon House WHAT DREAMS MAY COME people think I write and edit so GREEN EYES................... Folkestone, Kent, well. CT19 SEE SOUL RIDER: SPIRITS OF FLUX ---- RICHARD E. GEIS ANCHOR.................... or write them for quote. ONE WINTER IN EDEN THE SHORES OF ANOTHER SEA. AUSTRALIA: Send A$ equivalent of THE SENTINAL... Next Issue..... US$9.50 One Year childhood 's END US$19.00 Two Years ANNALS OF KLEPSIS. to agent SPACE AGE BOOKS THROUGH ELEGANT EYES 305-307 Swanston St. Melbourne, 3000 Vic. GOLDEN GATE & OTHER STORIES INTERVIEW: DARRELL SCHWEITZER or write them for quote. DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE PART TWO AND DEATH OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.33 ALL OTHER FOREIGN: US$9.50 One Yr. THE FRINGE OF THE UNKNOWN..............34 "clarion call " US$19.00 TWo Yrs. MR. MOM.....................................................37 BY AVRAM DAVIDSON losin ' it.............................................. 37 All foreign subscriptions must be paid in US$ cheques or money STROKER ACE........................................... 37 "in the wave's wake" orders except to agents. LOVE SONG................................................ 38 BY GREGORY BENFORD INDEX TO THE SF MAGAZINES-1983. .38 CIMERA?.....................................................38 INTERVIEW: JULIAN MAY MAKE ALL CHECKS, CHEQUES, AND THE LLEWELLYN NEW TIMES.................. 38 MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO SCIENCE STARSHIP, Winter-Spring 1984..,.38 FICTION REVIEW. STEVE LYON: THE DOCTOR.................... 38 NEXUS.........................................................4. SAVE A HASSLE AND EXTRA EXPENSE THE FIRST KINGDOM............................... 4. IF YOU MOVE WE NEED YOUR FORMER ELFQUEST #3............................................4. ZIPCODE AND YOUR NEW COMPLETE PRIVATE WORLDS..................................... 4. ADDRESS. FILE 770 ................................................ 4, THE EXPERIMENT......................................55 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS, NEW AND OLD, ARE HONORED AND FULFILLED ON AN MY LAST WORDS ISSUES NUMBER BASIS. ...are being written April 9, the THOUGHT FOR THE ISSUE: day before these layout pages go to Deal with people on their the printer. terms—steal from a thief, lie to a liar, manipulate a # THINGS THAT GET BUMPED IN THE manipulator.... NIGHT...were, this issue, "Clarion 3 ouero THOUGHTS So tell me, what is Fritz Mon­ dale's secret plan? He'll never tell. RICHARD E. GEIS | And if Gary Hart performs a miracle and cops the Demo nomina­ tion, what will be his secret set of Things To Do? We are in the hands of liars, mandmen, thieves and cowards. I see 11 WRITE IT AGAIN, DICK willing to make cuts and slashes in it at every level of government, is what is entitlements and other government from Portland's city council to the happening as you read this. I, and spending which a Republican president absurdly spineless legislature of Elton Elliott have signed contracts couldn't get away with. The new man the state, to Washington, DC. with Fawcett for the sequel to our will impose "poverty with compassion." novel, THE SWORD OF ALLAH. This one is titled THE BURNT LANDS and sends U I think it's marvelous how the hero John Norris to the horribly burn­ people of this country are rally­ ed and wasted lands of Europe after the ing to spend all kinds of money to solar flare which killed 99.99% of feed the starving deer and elk in A M3CKERY OF FREEDOM the people and after killer winds and the northern western states this firestorms had swept those countries. winter...so they can be shot later Every few years I contemplate Why the trip? A surviving band of in the year during hunting season. the structure of society, and am terrorists are holding for ransom the amazed at how virtually impossible president of the United States. II I really love President Reagan's it is to live in this country
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