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By Tom Shippey; Bob Shaw - the Family Photographs; and MORE
More journeys into the Number 20: history of science fiction Autumn 2012 fandom in Britain. RELAPSE “Another totally absorbing issue full of fascinating information. I love it!” - Don Allen, e-mail comment. INSIDE: ‘A Truly Generous Chap’ by Ian Watson; ‘New Worlds for Old’ by Charles Platt; ‘Out of this World’ by Mike Ashley; ‘Goodbye, Harry!’ by Tom Shippey; Bob Shaw - the family photographs; AND MORE........ RELAPSE Oh dear, eighteen months since the last issue. That’s much too long, and just when 1 was generating a nice bit of momentum in my quest for stories about the people & places who have shaped British science fiction and its attendant fandom. Must do better! But please keep telling those tales to me, Peter Weston, at 53 Wyvern Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2PS; or by e-mail to pr.westonfa,blinternet.com. This is the printed edition for the favoured few who contribute, express interest or can’t switch on a computer, but I’ll send the pdf on request and it goes onto the eFanzines website a month after publication. “...the mixture as before, in the best possible way; history mixed with anecdote to result in a cracking read.” - Sandra Bond, LoC You may be reeling in shock because for the first time since issue #3 there’s no Giles cartoon on the cover. No, not a policy change but just my taking merciless advantage of something Ian Watson wrote in a brief LoC on the last issue: “Not much of a send-off for ‘poor old Brunner’ what with your deciding that he didn’t achieve all that much really, and some geezer calling him a pratt (evidently worse than your usual prat). -
Hell's Cartographers : Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers
Some Personal Histor , of Science Fiction Writers Robert Silverberg/Alfred Bester Harry Harrison/Damon Knight Frederick Pohl/Brian Aldiss BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/hellscartographeOObest hell’s cartographers hell’s cartographers Some Personal Histories of Science Fiction Writers with contributions by Alfred Bester Damon Knight Frederik Pohl Robert Silverberg Harry Harrison Brian W. Aldiss Edited by Brian W. Aldiss Harry Harrison HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London Note: The editors wish to state that the individual contributors to this volume are responsible only for their own opinions and statements. hell’s cartographers. Copyright ©1975 by SF Horizons Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. FIRST U.S. EDITION Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Hell’s cartographers. Bibliography: p. 1. Authors, American — Biography. 2. Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925- — Biography. 3. Science fiction, American — History and criticism — Addresses, essays, lectures. 4. Science fiction— Authorship. I. Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925- II. Harrison, Harry. PS129.H4 1975 813 / .0876 [B] 75-25074 ISBN 0-06-010052-4 76 77 78 79 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction 1 Robert Silverberg: Sounding Brass, Tinkling Cymbal 7 Alfred Bester: My Affair With Science Fiction 46 Harry Harrison: The Beginning of the Affair 76 Damon Knight: Knight Piece 96 Frederik Pohl: Ragged Claws 144 Brian Aldiss: Magic and Bare Boards 173 Appendices: How We Work 211 Selected Bibliographies 239 A section of illustrations follows page 122 Introduction A few years ago, there was a man living down in Galveston or one of those ports on the Gulf of Mexico who helped make history. -
Learning from Science Fiction
HARD READING Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 53 Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Editor David Seed, University of Liverpool Editorial Board Mark Bould, University of the West of England Veronica Hollinger, Trent University Rob Latham, University of California Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, University of London Patrick Parrinder, University of Reading Andy Sawyer, University of Liverpool Recent titles in the series 30. Mike Ashley Transformations: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazine from 1950–1970 31. Joanna Russ The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews 32. Robert Philmus Visions and Revisions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction 33. Gene Wolfe (edited and introduced by Peter Wright) Shadows of the New Sun: Wolfe on Writing/Writers on Wolfe 34. Mike Ashley Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazine from 1970–1980 35. Patricia Kerslake Science Fiction and Empire 36. Keith Williams H. G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies 37. Wendy Gay Pearson, Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon (eds.) Queer Universes: Sexualities and Science Fiction 38. John Wyndham (eds. David Ketterer and Andy Sawyer) Plan for Chaos 39. Sherryl Vint Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal 40. Paul Williams Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War: Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds 41. Sara Wasson and Emily Alder, Gothic Science Fiction 1980–2010 42. David Seed (ed.), Future Wars: The Anticipations and the Fears 43. Andrew M. Butler, Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s 44. Andrew Milner, Locating Science Fiction 45. Joshua Raulerson, Singularities 46. Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (edited, translated and with an introduction by Peter Swirski) 47. -
Notable SF&F Books
Notable SF&F Books Version 2.0.13 Publication information listed is generally the first trade publication, excluding earlier limited releases. Series information is usually via ISFDB. Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes Gollancz, 2013 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #4. Aaronovitch, Ben Foxglove Summer Gollancz, 2014 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #5. Aaronovitch, Ben The Hanging Tree Gollancz, 2016 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #6. Aaronovitch, Ben Moon Over Soho Del Rey, 2011 PB $7.99 \Rivers of London" #2. Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Gollancz, 2011 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #1. Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers Under Ground Gollancz, 2012 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #3. Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Heinemann, 1987 HC $9.95 \Dirk Gently" #1. Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Pan Books, 1979 PB $0.80 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #1. Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe, and Everything Pan Books, 1982 PB $1.50 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #3. Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Heinemann, 1992 HC $12.99 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #5. Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Heinemann, 1988 HC $10.95 \Dirk Gently" #2. Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Pan Books, 1980 PB $0.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #2. Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Pan Books, 1984 HC $6.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #4. Adams, Richard Watership Down Rex Collins, 1972 HC $3.95 Carnegie Medal. -
Guide to the Harry Harrison Collection, 1964-2004 Descriptive Summary
Guide to the Harry Harrison collection, 1964-2004 Descriptive Summary Title : Harry Harrison collection Creator: Harrison, Harry (1925-) Dates : 1964-2004 ID Number : H20 Size: 15 boxes Language(s): English Esperanto Repository: Special Collections University of South Florida Libraries 4202 East Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, Florida 33620 Phone: 813-974-2731 - Fax: 813-396-9006 Contact Special Collections Administrative Summary Provenance: Harrison, Harry, 1925- Acquisition Donation. Information: Use Conditions: None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information. Processing Complete History: Preferred Citation: Harry Harrison Collection, Special Collections Department, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Biographical Note Harry Harrison (1925 - ) was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey to Henry Leo and Ria (Kirjassoff) Harrison. During the Depression, the elder Harrison worked intermittently as a newspaper compositor and proof-reader. He first introduced Harry to science fiction as a seven-year-old, giving him a copy of the large-format pulp magazine Amazing Stories. At the age of thirteen, Harry became a founding member of the Queens Chapter of the Science Fiction League; at the age of fifteen, he wrote his first fan letter, published in the Fall 1940 issue of Captain Future. Upon graduating from Forest Hills High School (NY), Harrison was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1944, while stationed in Laredo, Texas, he began studying the international language Esperanto, a lifelong pursuit and an influence on his later writings. Discharged in 1946, Harrison eventually began studying art, attending the Manhattan Cartoonists and Illustrators School. -
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Library Catalogue
Sci-fi and Fantasy Library Catalogue Welcome to the Sci-fi and Fantasy Society Library! With over 1,300 books, including more than 150 from various TV and film universes, and some 1,600 2000AD comics, there is almost certainly something for everyone. For all comic lovers, our Prog collection is fairly complete from issue 422 onwards, but we also have some earlier Progs, Judge Dredd Magazines, Monthly Specials and various other 2000AD publications. There’s currently no open space to browse the physical books but we’re working on it and by Christmas, will also have extended the library to audiobooks and radio dramas! In the meantime, here is a list of our books. For everything else, I’m happy to talk you through what we have. For borrowing, recommendations (either for yourself or us), donations (always welcome) or a chat about sci-fi and fantasy, feel free to email me [email protected]. If you notice any glaringly obvious mistakes (I’ve tried being careful but there are a lot of books), please let me know so I can fix them. Enjoy! General Fiction Abbott, Edwin A Flatland Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Dirk Gently: 1/3 Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Dirk Gently: 2/3 Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for all the Fish Hitchiker's Guide: 2/6 Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Hitchiker's Guide: 5/6 Akers, Alan Burt Transit to Scorpio Dray Prescot: 01/52 Akers, Alan Burt The Suns of Scorpio Dray Prescot: 02/52 Akers, Alan Burt Warrior of Scorpio Dray Prescot: 03/52 Akers, Alan Burt Swordships of -
SUMMER 1980 Vol
m $3.00 )( .... SUMMER :a 1980 Vol. 21, No. 2 ,,J:li Close encounters of the best kind 0 -with the most outstanding names r in science fiction today ....J:li -0 2 EXTRAPOLATION BRIAN Ai.DISS Greybeard The perilous journey of a man and his wife out of the Dark Ages-circa 2029 A.D.-through a landscape weirdly familiar and yet eerily changed . Signet E9035 / $1.75 ARTHUR C. CLARKE The City and the Stars One man's odyssey to prove what all deny-that life exists outside the fabulous metropolis and that man can survive in the mysterious outer world . Signet E9232/$1.75 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Green Hills of Earth "What makes his work so rich is that he combines his lively, creative sense with an approach that is at once literate, informed, and exciting."- The New York Times Signet E9264/ $1.75 DONALD A. WOLLHEIM, Editor The 1980 Annual World's Best SF George R.R. Martin, Tanith Lee, Larry Niven and John Varley are among those featured in this provocative collection that emphasizes the implications of science and the cosmic on humanity's hopes and dreams. "Of annual 'best' collections, Wollheim's ranks first."-Cincinnati Post DAW UE 1535 / $2.25 ~~~~merican lstlill 1633 Broadway, New York 10019 EXTRAPOLATION SUMMER 1980 Vol. 21, No. 2 98 Contributors 99 The Launching Pad DAVID L. LAVERY 101 "The Genius of the Sea": Wallace Stevens' "The Idea of Order at Key West," Stanislaw Lem's Safaris, and the Earth as a Muse CARL B. YOKE 106 Personality Metamorphosis in Roger Zelazny's "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" C. -
Birmingham Science Fiction Group Newsletter
BRUM GROUP NEWS March 1995 Issue 282 The monthly newsletter of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group <Honorary Presidents: Brian W A ldiss, Harry Harrison & Bob Shaw) G r o u p C h a i r m a n - C a r o l M o r t o n , S e c r e t a r y - A n n e W o o d f o r d , N e w s l e t t e r Ed it o r - M a r t in T u d o r , T r e a s u r e r - S t e v e J o n e s , P u b l ic it y O f f ic e r - S a r a h F r e a k l e y , O r d in a r y M e m b e r - A l a n W o o d f o r d , N o v a c o n 2 5 C h a i r m a n - t o n y M o r t o n , N o v a c o n 2 6 C h a i r m a n - C a r o l M o r t o n . This month's guest is: PETER F. HAMILTON who will address the Group on Friday 17th March 1995, 7.45 for 8.00pm Admittance: Members £2.50 Visitors £3.75 (half-price for 14-18 year olds on production of proof of age). -
1115 Science Fiction Books in This List Novels Dirk Gently's Holistic
1115 Science Fiction Books in this List Novels Dirk Gently's Holistic Douglas Adams Detective Agency Transit to Scorpio Alan Akers Frankenstein Unbound Brian Aldiss Greybeard Brian Aldiss Helliconia Winter Brian Aldiss Starswarm Brian Aldiss The Dark Light-Years Brian Aldiss Who can replace a man? Brian Aldiss The Emancipator - Book I, Ray Aldridge The Pharaoh Contract The Emancipator - Book II, Ray Aldridge The Emperor of Everything Encounter with Tiber Buzz Aldrin John Barnes Farside Cannon Roger Allen A Knight of Ghosts and Pohl Anderson Shadows Agent of the Terran Empire Pohl Anderson Beyond the Beyond Pohl Anderson Earthman's Burden Pohl Anderson Gordon Dickson Ensign Flandry Pohl Anderson Flandry of Terra Pohl Anderson Guardians of Time Pohl Anderson Hrolf Kraki's Saga Pohl Anderson Inconstant Star Pohl Anderson Mirkheim Pohl Anderson Orbit Unlimited Pohl Anderson Satan's World Pohl Anderson Shield Pohl Anderson Tau Zero Pohl Anderson The Book of Pohl Anderson Pohl Anderson The Broken Sword Pohl Anderson The Byworlder Pohl Anderson The Day of their Return Pohl Anderson The Enemy Stars Pohl Anderson The Horn of Time Pohl Anderson The Man Who Counts Pohl Anderson The Night Face Pohl Anderson The Rebel Worlds Pohl Anderson The Shield of Time Pohl Anderson The Star Fox Pohl Anderson The Trouble Twisters Pohl Anderson There Will be Time Pohl Anderson Three Worlds to Conquer Pohl Anderson Time and Stars Pohl Anderson Vault of the Ages Pohl Anderson We Claim These Stars Pohl Anderson Bearing an Hourglass Piers Anthony Bio of a Space Tyrant -
Fall 2014 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2014
Fall 2014 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2014 The Seventh Sigil Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes Margaret Weis, the bestselling author of many epic adventure fantasies, delivers a new tale in the Dragon Brigades series featuring a battle to save the magical world Margaret Weis, the bestselling author of many epic adventure fantasies, is at her best in The Seventh Sigil. Five hundred years ago, a clan of rebels was banished to the bottom of the world; ever since, these Bottom Dwellers have sought revenge, and now they are waging allout war on the rest of humanity, those who live Above. Their deadly “contramagic” beams destroy buildings and attack naval airships, and their magical drumming brings terrible storms and disrupts the magic of the people and dragons Above. The attack of their full contramagic power will FICTION / FANTASY / EPIC create a magical armageddon. Tor Books | 9/23/2014 9780765333506 | $27.99 / $31.99 Can. Hardback | 528 pages | Carton Qty: 16 In an effort to prevent further death, the reunited Dragon Brigade will take the 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt fight to the Bottom. But strength of arms alone will not be enough to conquer their Other Available Formats: foe. Ebook ISBN: 9781466801820 As the Bottom Dwellers’ blood magic eats away at the world, those Above MARKETING realize their only possible defense lies in the heretical secrets of contramagic. Plans: Loyal priests must decide whether to protect the Church, or risk its destruction in • National advertising in science fiction/fantasy media pursuit of the truth.