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SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW NUMBER 31 $1.75 Interview Andrew J. Offutt NOISE LEVEL John Brunner ON THE EDGE OF FUTURIA Ray Nelson THE ROGER AWARDS Orson Scott Card MOVIE NEWS AND REVIEWS Bill Warren THE VIVISECTOR Darrell Schweitzer SHORT FICTION REVIEWS Orson Scott Card PUBLISHING AND WRITING NEWS Elton T. Elliott BOOK REVIEWS - COfTENTARY - LEBERS O BOOK LISTS SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW ;,"8377i Formerly THE ALIEN CRITIC P.O. BOX 11408 MAY, 1979 ---- VOL.8, NO.3 PORTLAND, OR 97211 WHOLE NUMBER 31 RICHARD E. GEIS, editor & publisher PHOhE: (503) 282-0381 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. COVER BY STEPHEN FABIAN REVIEW-------- "AN76 is Astray" NEVER SAY DIE......................................... 14 SINGLE COPY ---- $1.75 STRANGE EONS............................................20 ALIEN THOUGHTS by the editor......... A ALDERAAN #4................................... 20 starship/algol ..............................a. TITAN........................................................... 22 INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW J. OFFUTT. .10 TRANSMANIACON......................................... 23 CONDUCTED BY DAVID A. TRUESDALE THE REDWARD EDWARD PAPERS.............. 26 LEITERS----------------- THE WONDERFUL VISIT............................27 CHARLES R. SAUNDERS 4 ODE TO GLEN A. LARSON THE BOOK OF CONQUESTS....................... 27 LUKE MCGUFF................ BY DEAN R. LAMBE.....................................14 SCIENCE FICTION: AN ILLUSTRATED GLEN T. WILSON......... HISTORY.......................................................28 HARRY ANDRUSCHAK... SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY JACQUES PRESSEAULT. NOISE LEVEL REVIEW...................................................... 32 CHARLES SHEFFIELD.. A COLUM! BY JOHN BRUNNER................. 13 WHISPERS #11-12........................... 38 dYVIND MYHRE.............. dorman's doggie............................ 38 ROBERT BLOCH............. AS ASTRA #1 AND 2..........................38 THE ROGER AWARDS ROBERT ANTON WILSON BY ORSON SCOTT CARD............................ 24 THE WHOLE FANZINE CATALOG 6~7...38 RICH BARTUCCI........... JANUS #14...................... 39 DIANE E. DUANE......... FANTASY NEWSLETTER 10/11............. 39 RONALD R. LAMBERT.. THE VIVISECTOR FANTASY MONGERS #1....................... 39 FORREST J. ACKERMAN A COLUM! BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER...26 FOUNDATION #15.............................. 40 SAM MOSKOWITZ........... THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL ROBERT A.W. LOWNDES FINLAY.........................................................40 JOW SHIRLEY............. ON THE EDGE OF FUTURIA [See page 41 for complete list BY RAY NELSON........................................... 29 LUKE MCGUFF............... of short fiction reviews] BEV CLARK.................... CAPITOL: THE WORTHING CHRONICLE MICHAEL K. SMITH... YOU GOT NO FRIENDS IN THIS WORLD HOT SLEEP: THE WORTHING CHARLES PLATT........... A REVIEW OF SHORT FICTION CHRONICLE.................................................. 44 ORSON SCOTT CARD... BY ORSON SCOTT CARD..............................41 THE AVATAR................................................ 4b ANDREW PORTER........... INFINITE DREAMS.. .................................4/ DEAN R. LAMBE........... OTHER VOICES WYST: ALASTOR 1716....................... 48 LARRY NIVEN............... BOOK REVIEWS BY SANDRA MIESEL, THE HOUSE ON LILY STREET.............. 48 ELINOR BUSBY............. ORSON SCOTT CARD, JOHN SHIRLEY, THE VIEW FROM CHICKENWEED S THOMAS OWEN............... DON HERRON, MARK COFTA, STEVEN WINDOW......................................................... 48 WEINER J. SMITH.... E. MCDONALD, DAVID A. TRUESDALE, THE SOURCE OF MAGIC............................49 SANDRA MIESEL........... LEE WEINSTEIN, NEAL WILGUS, THE GREAT FETISH...................................49 DON HERRON.................. JAMES J.J. WILSON, PAUL MCGUIRE, night's master.............................. 49 GEORGE WARREN........... MICHAEL MAIDA, DEAN R. LAMBE, THE DREAM QUEST OF H.P. FREDERICK PATTEN.....................................46 LOVECRAFT..................................................50 WORLDS BEYOND THE WORLD...................50 THE VEILS OF AZLAROC..........................50 THE BEAST OF BEACHWOOD THE HOLMES-DRACULA FILE................... 51 Copyright (c) 1979 by Richard E. FILM NEWS AND REVIEWS STAR KING.................................................. 51 BY BILL WARREN.........................................54 Geis. One-time rights only have THE KILLING MACHINE............................51 been acquired from signed or cred THE LAST MAGICIAN.................................51 ited contributors, and all other THE HU-1AN HOTLINE PATTERNMASTER......................................... 52 rights are hereby assigned to the PUBLISHING AND WRITING NEWS CATCHWORLD................................................ 52 POWER PLAY................................................52 contributors. BY ELTON T. ELLIOTT..............................59 DROWNED AM1ET......................................... 55 THE NIGHTMARE FACTOR..........................53 THE ALIEN CRITIC MURDER BY DECREE...................................54 SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW IT LIVES AGAIN....................................... 55 Available in microform from: STARCRASH.................................................. 55 OXFORD MICROFORM PUBLICATIONS, LTD. BEYOND THE DOOR II.............................. 56 Wheatsheaf Yard, Blue Boar Street Oxford OXI 4EY, United Kingdom SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW is published IF THE FUTURE ISN'T WHAT IT USED at 1525 NE Ainsworth, Portland, OR TO BE, DOES THAT MEAN THE PAST IS 97211. SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN TIMES TO NO ADVERTISING WILL BE ACCEPTED COME? Second Class Postage Paid at Portland, OR 97208 ihlG-79 Elton Elliott just called # The Balrog Awards were given with the just-awarded Nebula winn at the 1979 Fool-Con, April 1, ers : and the winners are as follows: Best Novel: DREAMSNAKE By Vonda McIntyre Best Novel: BLIND VOICES by Tom Best Novella: THE PERSISTENCE OF Reamy. VISION By John Varley Best Short Fiction: "Death From Best Novelette: "A Glow of Candles, Exposure" by Patricia Cadigan. a Unicorn's Eye" Best Collection/Anthology: BORN By Charles Grant TO EXILE by Phyllis Eisenstein. Best Short Story: "Stone" Best Poet: Ray Bradbury. By Edward Bryant Best Artist: Tim Kirk. Best Amateur Publication: SHAYOL # On page 33 of this issue I men Edited by Patricia Cadigan and tion my plan to publish/write my Arnold Fenner. novel, MASTERS OF DEATH in my pers Best Professional Publication: onal journal, RICHARD E. GEIS, to AGE OF DREAMS by Alicia Austin begin with the current issue(to be (Donald Grant). published around April 20th). But Outstanding Amateur Achievement: Paul C. Allen for FANTASY NEWS SUBSCRIPTIONS a week ago a NY editor called and SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW invited me to send a partial of an LETTER and "Of Swords 5 Sorcery". Outstanding Professional Achieve P.O. BOX 11408 intensely erotic sword § sorcery PORTLAND, OR 97211 novel. [New line of books.] ment: Donald M. Grant I thought immediately of MASTERS J.R.R. Tolkein For One and Two Years OF DEATH with 4000 words already Judges' Choice: Andre Norton for At Fcur-Issues-Per-Year Schedule completed wi th a rough outline in Life Time Achievement place. Jonathan Bacon for FANTASY CROSS So—you guessed it—MASTERS ROADS. UNITED STATES: $6.00 One Year is being untimely ript from REG and 474 ballots were cast. $12.00 Two Years voyaged to NY. The Balrog Awards received their In its place I'm beginning an name from one of Middle Earth CANADA*: US$6.50 One Year already-outlined present-day erot creatures created by J.R.R. Tol US$13.00 Two Years ic novel, SPLITTING. kein in his LORD OF THE RINGS ^Canadians may pay with personal I wish you wouldn't ask why I trilogy. cheques if the chequing acct, don't start STAR WHORES in REG, in number on their cheques is print stead. The reason is I don't want ed in computer numerals. (Thus to be doing two sf novels at once. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS, NEW AND OLD, we become slaves to the needs of ARE HONORED AND FULFILLED ON AN the Machine.) ISSUES NUMBER BASIS. 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