Science Fiction Review 32 Geis 1979-08
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NUMBER 32 $1.75 SCIENCE Interviews: ANDREW J. OFFUTT FICTION ORSON SCOTT CARD REVIEW YOU GOT NO FRIENDS IN THIS WORLD BY ORSON SCOTT CARD Poul Anderson Elton T. Elliott Alan Dean Foster Michael Moorcock Darrell Schweitzer WHson Tucker NEWS CONTROVERSY CARTOONS NEW BOOK LISTS SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (M Formerly THE ALIEN CRITIC P.O. BOX 11408 AUGUST 1979 — VOL.8 NO.4 VHOLE NUMBER 32 PORTLAND, OR 97211 PHOhE: (503) 282-0381 RICHARD E. GEIS, editor & publisher PAULETTE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT COVER BY STEPHEN FABIAN PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. ALIEN THOUGHTS by the editor............ 4 REVIEWS-------------------------------------------- SINGLE COPY — $1.75 SABERS, LASERS AND STARSHIPS BLACK HOLE.......................................... BY MIKE GILBERT........................................12 WARPWAR................................................. OGRE.■■■.■■■■.» » ■■....>...■■<■ INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW J. OFFUTT DRAGONARD................................................. STOFP ■. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■< > ■ > *.... *.. ■ ■ ■> < > ROBERT BLOCH—A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY CONDUCTED BY DAVID A. TRUESDALE...14 STICKS AND STONES........................... THE WHOLE FANZINE CATALOG 9......... MELEE..................................................... THE VIVISECTOR EXOTIC WEAPONS—AN ACCESS BOOK. THE BOOK OF THE DUN COW............. I JEM..................................................... A COLUMN BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER....26 THE PERILS OF PUTNEY.................... THE SWORD OF SKELOS........................... FIGURES OF EARTH............................. CONAN.......................................................... INTERVIEW WITH ORSON SCOTT CARD ORBIT 20............................................... CONDUCTED BY CLIFF MOSER.....................32 HEGIRA........................................................ DARE■■(■■■■ittiiitiitiiiiiiii* MASTER OF HAWKS.................................... THE ILLUSTRATED HARLAN ELLISON SUM VII...................................................... YOU GOT NO FRIENDS IN THIS WORLD [See page 36 for complete list THE JESUS INCIDENT.............................. of short fiction reviews] A REVIEW OF SHORT FICTION THE DREAMS OF DONALD RONALD BY ORSON SCOTT CARD................................ 56 THE STAND................................................. WILSON............................................................. 59 STRANGERS................................................. MAKE US HAPPY..............................................59 OTHER VOICES A WAR OF SHADOWS.................................. A USUAL LUNACY............................................59 BOOK REVIEWS BY DONN VICHA, MICHAEL THE EXILE WAITING............................... THE CHANGE WAR............................................59 MAIDA, DEAN R. LAMBE, DAVID A. THE SURVIVORS........................................ THE PIERCING................................................59 TRUESDALE, S. WALKER, TOM STAICAR, THE H.P. LOVECRAFT COTPANION.... ALIEN............................................................... 59 PAUL MCGUIRE III, MARK COFTA, A HANDFUL OF DARKNESS...................... THE LAST WAVE..............................................59 FREDERICK PATTEN, STEPHEN E. MC NIGHT SHIFT............. i............................ DONALD, ELTON ELLIOTT, STEVE LEWIS, BORN TO EXILE........................................ MARTIN M. WOOSTER,NEAL WILGUS, ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM...................... KEITH SOLTYS, JOW DIPRETE, AND ARTHUR REX............................................... JANES J.J. WILSON.................................... 46 BELOVED SON............................................. THE FANTASTIC IMAGINATION II: SMALL PRESS NOTES^by the editor. .56 AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIGH FANTASY.... THE INCREDIBLE UMBRELLA.................. AND THEN I READ.... (books) TITAN.......................................................... BY THE EDITOR............................................ 58 THE SANDCATS OF RHYL......................... THE WHITE DRAGON.................................. AND THEN I SAW.... (movies) ZANONI: A ROSICRUCIAN TALE........... by the editor........................................59 MIRACLE VISITORS............................... .. THE YEAR S BEST FANTASY STORIES 4 THE HUMAN HOTLINE TFE MARTIAN INCA.................................. PUBLISHING AND WRITING NEWS CITY OF THE BEAST °r WARRIORS OF BY ELTON T. ELLIOTT................................ 60 MARS,,,,,,,,,...........................;........... NIGHTWORLD............................................... THEY WALKED LIKE MEN......................... Copyright (c) 1979 by Richard E. STAR PROBE............................................... Geis. 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