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SCIENCE FICTION WINTER 1^ ~py^TJNUMBER 45 KEITH LAUMER - ALGIS BUDRYS ■ TERRY CARR SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (ISSN: 0036-8377) Formerly THE ALIEN CRITIC P.O. BOX 11408 NOVENBER 3982 -VOL. 11, NO. 4 PORTLAND, OR 97211 WHOLE NUMBER 45 RICHARD E. GEIS—editor & publisher FUOtE: (503) 282-0381 PAULETTE MINARE', ASSOCIATE EDITOR TIE VIVISECTOR PUBLISHED QUARTERLY ALIEN THOUGHTS FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. BY THE EDITOR.4 BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER.33 SINGLE COPY - $2.00 KEITH LALTER FRIDAY A PROFILE BY CHARLES PLATT.8 A PERSONAL REACTION BY RICH BROWN.38 THE EYES HAVE IT MOVIE REVIEWS INTERVIEW: TERRY CARR COVER BY BRAD W. POSTER BY ELTON T. ELLIOTT.12 CONDUCTED BY BRUCE D. ARTHURS... 40 ONCE OVER LIGHTLY LETTERS.43 INTERIOR AFT— BOOK REVIEWS BY GENE DEWEESE....14 ROBERT BLOCH BOB BARGER TIM kirk—2,4,58 SANDY PARIS-BARGER PULP! ALLEN KOSZOWSKI BY ALGIS BUDRYS.16 ARTHUR D. HLAVATY 49,50,51,61 DARRELL SCWEITZER BRUCE CONKLIN-5,35,37 ED ROM WILLIAM ROTSLER—11,20,29,44,55 OTHER VOICES.21 IAN MCDOWELL ALLEN KOSZOWSKI-12 BOOK REVIEWS BY SUSAN M. SCHWARTZ MIKE GILBERT-13,18,21,32,48 CHARLES R. SAUNDERS IjlAYNE T. RECTOR KURT ERICHSEN—15 PATRICIA SHAW JAfBS VAN HISE GEORGE KOCHELL-17,40,53,56,62 JOHN DIPRE7E DEAN R. LANBE BILL MANWELL-24,25 PAUL MCGUIRE STEVE PERRAM JAMES SHULL-28 NEAL WILGUS GREGORY BENFORD PAUL CHADWICK-34,47 ALMA JO WILLIAMS BILL DENHOLM JAMES MCQUADE-36,44,58 RITCHIE BENEDICT GEORGE H. SMITH RAYMOND H. ALLARD—43 STEVE ENG P6UL ANDERSON E.T. CALDWELL—45,46 DEAN R. LAMBE CHARLES PLATT V. KOSTPIK^-47 ANDREW TIDMARSH RICK NORWOOD SUE BECKMAN RONALD R. LAM3ERT KENDRA USACK TOM STAICAR RUSSELL ENGEBRETSON ALLEN VARNEY MARK WILLARD ALEXANDER NEDELKOVICH NO ADVERTISING WILL BE ACCEPTED STEVE LEWIS Second Class Postage Paid at Portland, OR 97208 THRE LIf'ERICKS BY NEAL WILGUS.. .45, 48, 57 Copyright (c) 1982 by Richard E. Geis. One-time rights only have been acquired from signed or cred¬ OTTER VOICES ANfO. .57 ited contributors, and all other ALMA JO WILLIAMS rights are hereby assigned to the contributors. THE ALIEN CRITIC SMALL PESS NOTES SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW BY THE EDITOR. .58 Available in microform from: OXFORD MICROFORM PUBLICATIONS, LTD Wheatsheaf Yard, Blue Boar Street RAISING HACKLES Oxford OX1 4EY, United Kingdom FANTASY AS CANCER, PART 11 BY ELTON T. ELLIOTT. .60 SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW is published at 1525 NE Ainsworth, Portland, OR 97211. ALIEN CONCLUSIONS BY THE EDITOR. .62 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW. POB 11408, Portland, OR 97211 REVIEWS- PIONEER.58 FEVER PITCH B.59 file 770. ... INTERNATIONAL. OOWSPiRAC/ , / RIGEL £. 59 of electric "Power com panics.' o BORIS VALLEJO FANTASY CALENDAR. SF BOOK REVIEW INDEX-1981.59 SEEKING u/oftL-fc COM$>UEST,.- STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, YEARS OF LIGHT.59 THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. THE DARKLING.59 BLADE RUNNER. 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Today he sent a copy of THE IN¬ TERNATIONAL COMM LINE, Sept. 1982, in which...well, I'm not sure what I GO, YOU GO, WE ALL GO FOR A HUGO he has in this issue—a photo of The results of the Hugo ballot¬ himself with Gray Levett who wrote ing, counting, arri awarding are as a review (favorable, of course) of follows: L. Ron Hubbard's new, monstrously large novel, BATTLEFIELD EARTH: A Best Novel: DOWNBELOW STATION SAGA OF THE YEAR 3000. By C.J. Cherryh COM4 LINE is blatantly a Sci¬ Best Novella: THE SATURN GAME entology organ, with a reprint By Poul Anderson this issue of an L. Ron Hubbard Best Novelette: "Unicom Variations" story from 1940, "Just Imagine." By Roger Zelazny Ah, I see—there's a short Foreward Best Short Story: "The Pusher" by Forry to the story. By John Varley Of some interest and value is a Best Nonfiction Book: DANSE MACABRE glossary of Scientology terms which By Stephen King yields the new word "upstat"—one Best Dramatic Presentation: who has high statistics. New to me, anyway. Best Professional Editor: { « | I see in the classified ads ~ Edward Ferman that used E-Meters are in plentiful Best Professional Artist: supply, from a Mark V model for $75 Michael Whelan fashion, into the cold, cruel world to a Mark VI (never used) for $1,000. Best Fanzine: LOCUS, Charles Brown, of a LOCUS-dominated category. Also available are autographed cop¬ Editor. *Sob* Now I know how Mike Gly¬ ies of BATTLEFIELD EARTH at $850 a Best Fan Writer: Richard E. Geis er feels. pop. But at least these changes won't Best Fan Artist: Victoria Poyser likely come into effect until the Forry also sent a flyer an¬ nominating and voting in 1984. nouncing a new book he has edited: See, I keep scheming... If THE GERNSBACK AWARDS, Vol.l---select¬ John W. Campbell Award: there's some way I can get SFR's ed fiction from 1926 to 1954. A Alexis Gilliland circulation under 1000 copies.... projected 28-volume effort to be Special Gonmittee Award: Mike Glyer Maybe the depression will wither published by Triton Books, POB 27934, ("For keeping the Fan in Fanzine away enough subscribers.... By Los Angeles, CA 90027. Publishing.") Ghod, I'll stay a fan and keep on The volumes will cost $14.95 First Fandom Award: Bill Crawford publishing a fanzine till the plus $1.50 postage. Or $55 ppd for Pat Terry Award: Randall Garrett Worldcons freeze over! the first four volumes. I suppose Forry will be editing Conrnentary: The good ol' pros took But all this travail and manipu¬ all 28 volumes. He's certainly lation of the fanzine category is almost all the awards. By this time qualified to do it. of great moment to only about ten I think C. J. Cherryh can be added I have a copy of BATTLEFIELD to the old pro group. people. EARTH sent for review by St. Martin's LOCUS won again, the first time Press, and I started reading it. any fanzine has won the award three But the mother is too fucking looong! times in a row. FILE 770, £55 is the effort of Mike Glyer, 5828 Woodman Av.,#2, It is written in prime pulp style, It's good to see Victoria Poys¬ perhaps a bit leisurely, as Hubbard er win as Best Fan Artist. Van Nuys, CA 91401. Published "about every six knew he could get anything he wrote I'm very happy to have won a weeks", available at 5 issues for published, no matter how long. It's Best Fan Writer Hugo, and I fervent¬ $3. or $1. per for airmail. too formula-ish and shallow and pre¬ ly thank all those who nominated me Mike has just published a Chi- dictable for my taste.
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