The Alien Critic [Volume 2 No. 1, Number Four, January 1973] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $4.00 per year, 50pp, quarto, cover by Grant Canfield)
Subtitled “An Unconventional Science Fiction Journal” on the cover. The majority of the issue consists of diary entries from 20-Sep-1972 to 9-Jan-1973 discussing everything from the war in Vietnam to the latest porn movie Geis has watched. Although each entry has a title such as “The War” or “Sex, Sex, Sex…” there seems no point in listing these individually, so only more substantial pieces and reviews have been listed. Similarly, several entries contain isolated quotes from letters of comment, but only those quoted at length have been listed.
- 1 · Kaiser-Frazier Meet the S.F. Man or K.F.O.G. Is Not a Radio Station or My Ghod, I’ve Been to a Convention and Didn’t Even Know It! · Richard E. Geis · ar
- 6 · Recent Fan Magazines · Richard E. Geis · rc
- _6 · The Essence (final issue) · Richard E. Geis · lr
- _6 · Kyben #3 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- _6 · Energumen #13 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- 7 · SF Notes · Richard E. Geis · rc
- 9 · A Letter or Two · The Readers · lc
- _9 · [letter] · Dave Truesdale · lt
- _11 · [letter] · Earl Evers · lt
- _11 · [letter] · Bruce Robbins · lt
- _12 · [postcard] · Bob Bloch · lt
- 12 · “The Attractions of SF Are Many. For One Thing Its Theme Is Generally Hubris Clobbered by Nemesis…” · Brian W. Aldiss · ar
- 13 · Speaking of Science Fiction · Richard E. Geis · rc
- _13 · Starbrat · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. John Morressy]
- _13 · The Castle Keeps · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Andrew J. Offutt]
- _14 · The Pritcher Mass · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Gordon R. Dickson]
- _14 · Kuldesak · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Richard Cowper]
- 15 · What Is This Moldering Pile? *Gasp* Fanzines! · Richard E. Geis · rc
- _15 · Lurk #3 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- _15 · Gegenschein #6 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- _16 · Is #6 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- 16 · The Guns of Avalon · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Roger Zelazny]
- 18 · The Long Knives · The Readers · lc
- _18 · [letter] · Alpajpuri · lt
- _18 · [letter] · Flieg Hollander · lt
- _19 · [letter] · Glen Cook · lt
- _19 · [letter] · Bob Stahl · lt
- _19 · [letter] · J. Brent Maclean · lt
- _19 · [letter] · David B. Williams · lt
- _20 · [letter] · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt
- _20 · [letter] · Jeff Smith · lt
- 21 · Beyond Apollo · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Barry N. Malzberg]
- 22 · [letter] · Jim Martin · lt
- 23 · SF Notes · Richard E. Geis · rc
- _23 · The Animal Fair · Richard E. Geis · sr [Ref. Alfred Bester]
- _23 · The Wizard of Anharitte · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Colin Kapp]
- _23 · Hurdle · Richard E. Geis · sr [Ref. Piers Anthony]
- 23 · Project 40 · Richard E. Geis · sr [Ref. Frank Herbert]
- 23 · Don’t Bank on It! · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Martin J. Meyer & Dr. Joseph M. McDaniel, Jr.]
- 24 · Nova 2 · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Harry Harrison]
- 27 · [letter] · Gene Wolfe · lt
- 29 · Orbit 11 · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Damon Knight]
- 30 · Sleepwalker’s World · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Gordon R. Dickson]
- 31 · [letter] · Roy Tackett · lt
- 33 · [letter] · R. C. Marble · lt
- 34 · The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Harry Harrison]
- 36 · When Harlie Was One · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. David Gerrold]
- 36 · With a Finger in My I · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. David Gerrold]
- 36 · The Plunge · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Fritz Hamilton]
- 41 · Meanwhile, Back at the Fanzine Patch… · Richard E. Geis · rc
- 41 · Algol 19 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- 41 · Stanley #13 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- 41 · Gegenschein #7 · Richard E. Geis · lr
- 44 · Night of Delusions · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Keith Laumer]
- 45 · The God Makers · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Frank Herbert]
- 46 · The Crystal Gryphon · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Andre Norton]
- 47 · Demon’s Wife Lives! · Richard E. Geis · ar
- 47 · Ask Not for Whom the Kien Tolls, or, Hey, There’s a Dead Hobbit in the Street · Richard E. Geis, M. John Harrison & Janet Adam Smith · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]; discusses, and quotes extensively from, Harrison’s review of The Lord of the Rings in Anduril #3 & Smith’s in The New York Review of Books, 4-Dec-1972.
- 48 · Gray Matters · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. William Hjortsberg]
- 49 · The I.Q. Merchant · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. John Boyd]
- 49 · The Gods Themselves · Richard E. Geis · br [Ref. Isaac Asimov]
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