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SCIENCE FICTION SPRING T)T7"\ / | IjlTIT NUMBER 54 1985 XXEj V J. JL VV $2.50 interview L. NEIL SMITH ALEXIS GILLILAND DAMON KNIGHT HANNAH SHAPERO DARRELL SCHWEITZER GENEDEWEESE ELTON ELLIOTT RICHARD FOSTE: GEIS BRAD SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (ISSN: 0036-8377) P.O. BOX 11408 PORTLAND, OR 97211 FEBRUARY, 1985 - VOL. 14, NO. 1 PHONE (503) 282-0381 WHOLE NUMBER 54 RICHARD E. GEIS—editor & publisher ALIEN THOUGHTS.A PAULETTE MINARE', ASSOCIATE EDITOR BY RICHARD E. GE1S ALIEN THOUGHTS.4 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY RICHARD E, GEIS FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. interview: L. NEIL SMITH.8 SINGLE COPY - $2.50 CONDUCTED BY NEAL WILGUS THE VIVISECT0R.50 BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER NOISE LEVEL.16 A COLUMN BY JOUV BRUNNER NOT NECESSARILY REVIEWS.54 SUBSCRIPTIONS BY RICHARD E. GEIS SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW ONCE OVER LIGHTLY.18 P.O. BOX 11408 BOOK REVIEWS BY GENE DEWEESE LETTERS I NEVER ANSWERED.57 PORTLAND, OR 97211 BY DAMON KNIGHT LETTERS.20 FOR ONE YEAR AND FOR MAXIMUM 7-ISSUE FORREST J. 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LAMBE Portland, OR 97211 REVIEWS- ETERNITY.54 FIRE PATTERN.55 TOM PAINE MARU.15 THE TIDES OF TIPE.55 CALL PE SNAKE.18 FREE LIVE FREE....55 POHLSTARS.18 RICHARD AMAZING—MARCH, 1985.56 RED LIMIT FREEWAY.18 INTERZONE #9.56 SUN'S END.18 OWL TIPE.56 EMERGENCE. DRAGONROUGE...57 E. OMWl'S SCREEN FLIGHTS/SCREEN TFE KING OF SATAN S EYES.57 FANTASIES. tiger! tiger!.58 HELLSTAR. THE MAN WHO MADE MODELS AND ICEHENGE. OTHER STORIES.58 GEIS TFE PARADOX PEN. CONCORDANCE TO CORDWAINER THREADS. SMITH. 58 A PERSONAL JOURNAL cugel's saga. BATTLEFIELD EARTH 1985 THE YEAR'S BEST SF. SF CALENDAR.58 CLOUD WARRIOR. THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK CITY OF SORCERY.56 BROS; IDIOTS ABROAD, P.1....58 I'm going to tiy to do some¬ DESTINATION MOON.36 NIVEN S LAWS.......59 thing I've wanted to do for a ALIENS FROM ANALOG.37 FANTASY REVIEW #74.59 long time—write a totally hon¬ EPERGENCE.37 THE CALENDAR OF THE TREES....59 est journal to myself, which I THE DUNGEON MASTER.37 THE WHITEHORN WOOD.59 will share with you. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN THE A HISTORY OF THE HUGO, PROCRUSTEAN BED.38 This means I'll have to grit NEBULA AND INTERNATIONAL my teeth a lot as I'm writing APERICAN FLAGG!.38 FANTASY AWARDS.59 THE ADVENTURES OF SAMURAI CAt39 this new REG, and it means you'll TFE HOUSE OF CTHULHU AND be somewhat aghast as you read THE TITHONION FACTOR.39 OTHER TALES OF THE PRIMAL what I'll be writing. ENCHANTMENT...39 LAND.59 STILL LIVING?.40 GUERRILLA CAPITALISM.59 Necessarily, there are a few CONSCIENCE PLACE.40 SURVIVAL.62 personal areas which will be off- STREET LETHAL.41 PAST TIMES....62 limits. But daimed few. SF AND FANTASY FILM HANDBOOK.41 ISAAC ASIMOV S WONDERFUL FUZZIES AND OTHER PEOPLE.41 Understand, I'm going to be WORLDS OF SF: #3 SUPERMEN..62 writing REG for the record, for THE TALISMAN.41 LIMITS.62 CHAOS IN LAGRANGIA.42 myself ten to fifteen years from TROJAN ORBIT.62 now, with personal notes of infor¬ THE RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY.42 TFE WORMS.62 THE DARWATH TRILOGY: mation, reminders, confessions, TIPESCOOP.62 guilts, joys, shames. THE TIPE OF THE DARK TRUE NAPES.63 TFE WALLS OF AIR THE ENGINES OF TFE NIGHT.63 There will be constant predic¬ THE ARMIES OF DAYLIGHT.42 tions, as a constant test of my A ROSE FOR ARMAGEDDON.43 version of reality, and hopefully THE SEVEN TOWERS.44 some learning from these tests. THE LAND OF LAUGHS.44 GOLDEN WITCHBREED.44 INTERIOR ART- There will be prejudice, nak¬ WORLDS BEYOND: THE ART OF ed rage, lust... Worries, fears, TIM KIRK—2,4,58 CHESLEY BONESTELL.45 hopes. ON A PALE HORSE.45 I know very honest personal BEARING AN HOURGLASS.45 journals have been written before, THE NIGHT OF THE RIPPER.46 BILL ROTSLER- but none in this public way that MOON-FLASH.46 ;Lr^~6,8/"b,8-14, BRAD FOSTER- d,41,54,63 I know of. THE REENCHANTPENT OF THE 10,15, ^ BUZZ DIXON-- WORLD.46 If you'd like to read a few DINOSAUR TALES.47 -;20„„ issues, they will cost you $1.00 DEMONS OF THE DANCING GODS...47 mv^TRANSUE^--^l. 30?36,37,38,39,40, per issue. DESCENT FROM XANADU.48 42,43,46,48,49,55,56 See page S9 for further PALIMPSESTS.48 GEORGE KOCHELL-24 details. ARIEL.,.48 BOB BARGER-33 ANALOG: WRITER S CHOICE III. .49 ALLEN KOSZOWSKI-34 UNIVERSE 14.49 MIKE ARDEN-47 THE CLARION AWARDS.49 OLE PETTERSON-53 BELOVED EXILE.50 TFE JOIEJ W. CAMPBELL AWARDS, VOL. FIVE.51 TFE CON GLOME ROID COCKTAIL PARTY.51 STARS IN MY POCKETS LIKE GRAINS OF SAND.52 wonder's child.53 THE DARK BARBARIAN, THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.53 THE CREATURE FEATURES MOVIE GUIDE.53 STARS IN MY POCKET LIKE GRAINS OF SAND.54 TRAVELER #1: TO KILL A SHADOW.54 civil unrest or crisis. They were afraid of socialist revolution at that time, believe it or not. Last week a small group of acti¬ vists sat dovm in a road to prevent ouew a logging ccmpnay from cutting down sane special trees or from wreaking havoc in a primeval forest...some¬ thing like that. The Sheriff on the scene ordered two news media THOUGHTS photographers and another man who was present to help drag the pro¬ testors out of the way. The three men refused [one because of back trouble, the other two because they were newspeople on assignment. All did not believe the Sheriff had the I RICHARD E. GEISI authority to inpress than into his force. Now they have been indicted for refusal to obey the law, a law even the comity distict attorney hadn't TIE FUTIRE IS AS FUTURE DOES... Eight more issues (coixiting this one).... known existed. 11-1-84 Plans change. Expectations I see light at the end of the It will be appealed by the ACLU change..-but as of now these are the vagina_er..tunnel. [I'll be a and probably declared unconstitution¬ plans I have for SFR over the next bom-again anateur publisher!] al. It had never been used or test¬ two years. ed in court before. As of now, SFR #61 (November, Aren't legislatures wonderfull? 1986) will be the final issue of the magazine in its present incarnation. # And the Portland City Council, At that point I'll decide *beth- I DCN'T SB® CARDS... invincible in its "response" to a er to change its format, schedule, But I enjoy receiving few neighborhood crybabies who ob¬ size...or whether to change to a per- than. They are tokens of love and ject to prostitutes standing cm maj¬ sonalzine, or a half-and-half zine... respect and achni ration, I hope, or arterial streetcomers and men So renewals of subscriptions will and this year Paulette and I receiv¬ stopping to talk/pick-them-up (but be limited to [this issue] 7 issues. ed whole lot more than ever before say nary a word about drinks shout¬ And next issue, the maxi nun re¬ from friends in fandom and prodom, ing and fighting around the neigh¬ newal will be six issues...and so on from subscribers... And we say borhood taverns, and driving away uitil at issue #60, only a next-issue thank you for all these Christmas drink) has passed a clearly un¬ subscription will be available. cards and the good wishes in letters constitutional series of ordinances [There are, now, a few over-61 and cm subscription renewals. aimed at preventing "pickup" activ¬ subscriptions on the books, but that Each year I intend to wish ities.