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Focus [#19, February 1990] ed. Liz Holliday (BSFA, 75p, 12pp, A4) [] Details taken from online listing. 1 · The More Things Change… · Liz Holliday · ed 1 · Advance Notice · Cecil Nurse · ar 2 · You Can Get There from Here or, Finding a Place in the American Market · Paul J. McAuley · ar 4 · Notes from Clarion · Karen Joy Fowler & Gene Wolfe · ar 5 · At a Distance · S. V. O’Jay · vi 5 · Comments on “At a Distance” · Liz Holliday & Cecil Nurse · ms 6 · Reply to Comments on “Amphis Baena” · Barry Walter · ms 6 · Review of Writers News No. 2, November 1989 · Liz Holliday · ar 7 · Forum: Symbols · Terry Broome, Theo Ross & Barry Walter · sy 8 · More Vocation Than Vacation · Linda Markley · ar 9 · On Competitions · Angus McAllister · ar

Focus [#20, April 1990] ed. Cecil Nurse (BSFA, 75p, 12pp, A4, cover by Cecil Nurse) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Editorial · Cecil Nurse · ed 3 · A Room with a Desk · David Wingrove · cl 6 · untitled (“It is astonishingly difficult…”) · Judith M. Johnstone · vi 6 · untitled (“Only one of them had a trunk…”) · E. Miriam Kamp · vi 6 · untitled (“Dexter and Julia look stunning in their…”) · S. O. McDonald · vi 6 · untitled (“I followed them because I’m a scavenger that way…”) · John Welsh · vi 7 · Why I Write · Sue Thomason · cl 7 · The Next Exercomp · Cecil Nurse · ar 7 · The Fate of the Workshop · Cecil Nurse · ar 8 · Ask a Writer… · Michael Scott Rohan · ar 10 · Nuts + Bolts: Revision · Cecil Nurse · ar 11 · Notes from a Blue Pencil · Dave W. Hughes · cl

Focus [#21, August 1990] ed. Cecil Nurse (BSFA, 75p, 16pp, A4, cover by Cecil Nurse) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Stuff · Cecil Nurse · ar 3 · A Room with a Desk · Colin Greenland · cl 6 · Ms Prep · David S. Garnett · ar 8 · Full Face: Brooke · Keith Brooke · cl 9 · The Man Who Knew a Thing or Two About Aliens · Cecil Nurse · vi 9 · The Page · Margaret Atwood · ar Murder in the Dark by Margaret Atwood, Coach House, 1983 10 · Why I Write · Pete Darby, Alison Mitchell & Peter Tennant · cl 11 · Investigations · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Alexander Popov] 12 · untitled (“The globe hung above the desk…”) · Leigh Barlow · vi 12 · untitled (“The Doctor walked in on his patient…”) · Daniel Buck · vi 12 · untitled (“Meer held the dagger tightly…”) · Iain Layden · vi 12 · untitled (“There was no doubt in my mind…”) · Peter Lancaster · vi 13 · The Robots of Environment · Dave Langford · vi 13 · The Word Is: Mood · Alan Garside · ar 14 · Nuts + Bolts: Characterisation · Cecil Nurse · ar 16 · Notes from a Blue Pencil · Trevor Jones · cl

Focus [#22, December 1990] ed. Cecil Nurse (BSFA, 75p, 16pp, A4, cover by Dreyfus) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Editorial · Cecil Nurse · ed 3 · A Room with a Desk: Without a Suit · Christopher Priest · cl 6 · The Milford Report: A Large Wildebeest · Stratford Kirby · ar 11 · Write What You Like! · John Light · ar 12 · Full Face · Jenny Jones · cl 13 · The Philosopher from Outer Space · Cecil Nurse · vi 14 · True Stories: “What I’m Trying to Say Is This…” · Val Whitmarsh · cl 15 · Hashby’s First Case · Steve Palmer · vi 16 · A Bloody Business · Judith M. Johnstone · vi 16 · Deserts of Vast Eternity · Peter Lancaster · vi 16 · They Send Terminal Cases to Disneyland · Daniel Buck · vi 16 · Cloud of Memory · Andrew Green · vi 16 · untitled (“Singing eerily this hell-blade whirled into action!”) · Liz Robinson · vi 16 · Book 1 of the Reddish-Coloured Amphibian on a Pogo Stick by D*v*d *dd*ngs · Zoe Page · vi 16 · Cyberdeath Bondage Squad—On Vacation · Gary Mackie · vi 16 · Into the Ontop of · John Dean · vi

Focus [#23, July 1991] ed. Cecil Nurse (BSFA, 12pp, A4, cover by Dreyfus) [] Dated October 1991 on the cover. Details taken from online listing. 2 · Some Years, You Just Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything · Cecil Nurse · ed 3 · Notes from a Blue Pencil · Pam Creais · cl 4 · Full Face · Eric Brown · cl 6 · Investigations · [uncredited] · cl [Ref. Sylvie Denis] 8 · Poetics · Steve Sneyd · ar 10 · True Stories: Whose Idea Was It, Anyway? · Andrew Butler, Carol Ann Green & Julie Grosvenor · cl 10 · untitled (“We are making our way through the Chunnel Funnel…”) · Gordon Abbott · vi 11 · Orbiter Report · A. A. Eastwood · ar 11 · Orbiter Report · Cathie Gill · ar 11 · untitled (“My Newshoud flashed at the edge of the screen…”) · Clive Jeffery · vi 11 · untitled (“…and as the train carrying the King disappears…”) · Peter Lancaster · vi 12 · untitled (“From an STV news bulletin, 8th Nov 2048…”) · P. T. Ross · vi 12 · untitled (“Voiceover (in French). Film shows…”) · Dave Gillon · vi

Focus [#24, June/July 1993] ed. Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner (BSFA, 16pp, A4, cover by Mark Brandon) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Through a Telephoto Lens, Lightly… · Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner · cl 3 · Tell Me the Old, Old Story · Stephen Gallagher · ar 3 · Second Coming · Barbara Davies · vi 3 · The Way to Write Science Fiction · Andrew Butler · br [Ref. Brian Stableford] 4 · Senses · Syd Foster · vi 6 · Epistle to an Editor · Terra Firma · vi 7 · Forum: Characters… · Geoff Ryman · cl 7 · Forum: untitled (“I’ve never sat down to ”create a character.“”) · Lisa Tuttle · cl 8 · Forum: untitled (“Characters in fiction? Wow, why don’t we…”) · Stephen Gallagher · cl 8 · Forum: Characters? · Carolyn Horn · cl 8 · Forum: Writing Characters · Graham Joyce · cl 9 · Forum: Characters and How They Grow · Gwyneth Jones · cl 9 · Forum: untitled (“So, which comes first, characters or the story?”) · Andrew Butler · cl 10 · Forum: Writing About Characters · Gillian Rooke · cl 10 · Forum: Characters · Justina Robson · cl 10 · Dr. Greenland’s Prescription · Colin Greenland · cl 11 · Writing a First Novel · Sally-Ann Melia · ar 12 · Writing Science Fiction · Brian Stableford · ar 13 · The Cost of Skills · Cherith Baldry · vi 15 · The Art of Reading a Review · Paul Kincaid · ar 15 · News from the Inner Solar System · David Piper · vi 16 · The Cassandra Experience · Stuart Falconer · ar

Focus [#25, December 1993/January 1994] ed. Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner (BSFA, 16pp, A4, cover by Rev. Theola Devin) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Through a Telephoto Lens, Lightly… · Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner · cl 2 · A Drabble · John Madracki · vi 3 · Dr. Greenland’s Prescription · Colin Greenland · cl 3 · Hero and the Booby · Stephen Markley · vi 6 · Forum: Maps and Dragons · Cherith Baldry · cl 6 · Forum: The Rose Backwards · Ian McDonald · cl 6 · Forum: Building New Worlds · Stephen Baxter · cl 7 · Forum: Building a World That Doesn’t Fall Apart in Three Days · Storm Constantine · cl 8 · Forum: Worldbuilding · Sally-Ann Melia · cl 8 · Quartos · Andrew Butler · lr 9 · The Plotting Parlour · The Readers · lc _9 · [letter] · John Bagness · lt _9 · [letter] · Pam Baddeley · lt _9 · [letter] · Peter Tennant · lt _9 · [letter] · Justina Robson · lt 9 · The Last and Greatest Work of the Blind Poet · Cherith Baldry · vi 10 · Writing Fantasy and Horror [Part 1 of 2] · Brian Stableford · ar 12 · Should Writers Teach Writing? · Sue Thomas · ar 12 · Writing Your First Novel · John Madracki · ar 13 · The Future: Disguising the Real · Simon Ings · ar 14 · Aiming for the Moon · Diana Wynne Jones · ar

Focus [#26, June/July 1994] ed. Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner (BSFA, 16pp, A4, cover by John Light) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Through a Telephoto Lens, Lightly… · Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner · cl 3 · Writing Fantasy and Horror [Part 2 of 2] · Brian Stableford · ar 5 · Forum: Fly Like a Butterfly, Soar Like a Brick—or When Can I Stop Hitting Myself with the Hammer, Doctor? · Mary Gentle · cl 5 · Forum: How Do I…? · Neal L. Asher · cl 6 · Forum: Prostituting the Muse? or, Rewriting on Request · Tanya Brown · cl 6 · Forum: Revision · Keith Brooke · cl 7 · Forum: Forget the Text: What About the Sub-Text? · Ian Watson · cl 7 · Forum: Focus on Revision · Pam Baddeley · cl 8 · Forum: Focus Revising/Drafting (Check) · Andrew M. Butler · cl 8 · Forum: Revision: Some Pitfalls for Beginners · Sandy Fleming · cl 8 · Forum: False Notes: Revision and Rewriting—A Few Thoughts · Edward St. Boniface · cl 9 · Forum: Be Your Own Editor · Peter Irving · cl 9 · Forum: Revision · Jenny Jones · cl 10 · Inspiration? · Terra Firma · vi 10 · How Not to Plan a Series · Cherith Baldry · ar 11 · The Scales from His Eyes · John Light · vi; illustrated by John Light 13 · Dr. Greenland’s Prescription · Colin Greenland · cl 14 · More Than They Bargained For · Sandy Fleming · vi 14 · Head in the Clouds · Sandy Fleming · vi 14 · untitled (“Two Jehovahs”) · John Madracki · vi 14 · The Plotting Parlour · The Readers · lc _14 · [letter] · Peter Tennant · lt _14 · [letter] · Peter Irving · lt _14 · [letter] · John Madracki · lt _14 · [letter] · Keith Brooke · lt 15 · Editing the Stars: An Interview with Jane Johnson · Sebastian Cook · iv [Ref. Jane Johnson]

Focus [#27, December 1994/January 1995] ed. Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner (BSFA, 16pp, A4, cover by Steve Jeffery) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Through a Telephoto Lens, Lightly… · Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner · cl 3 · Expatriation · Nicola Griffith · ar 3 · Dragon in the Flower [Polity] · Neal Asher · ss 7 · Forum: The Effect of Political & etc Influences on SF Writers · Gwyneth Jones · cl 7 · Forum: You Know, You Might as Well Give Up Now · Andrew M. Butler · cl 7 · Forum: Politics, Culture, Autobiography—What Responsibilities Have We? · Justina Robson · cl 8 · Forum: Thinking Out of the Box · Stephen Baxter · cl 8 · Forum: Do SF Writers Have Any Responsibility at All? · David Piper · cl 9 · Forum: Show and Tell · Nicholas Royle · cl 9 · Matching Slang · John Madracki · ar 10 · Maze · Tanya Brown · vi 11 · Stepping Stones · Sandy Fleming · pm 11 · The Plotting Parlour · The Readers · lc _11 · [letter] · Justina Robson · lt _11 · [letter] · Sandy Fleming · lt _11 · [letter] · Andrew J. Fielding · lt _12 · [letter] · Andrew Butler · lt _12 · [letter] · John Madracki · lt 12 · Writing from a Sample Space of One · Sandy Fleming · ar 13 · Dr. Greenland’s Prescription · Colin Greenland · cl 13 · Research · Helen Claire Gould · ar 14 · More Than Just a Non-Stick Frying Pan: A Dialogue · John Madracki · vi 16 · Moondust Memories · Laurence Day · vi 16 · Bad Deal · Alan Kitch · vi 16 · Mantis · David Piper · vi 16 · A Few Good Reasons · Andrew J. Fielding · vi 16 · The Final Course · Brian Maycock · vi

Focus [#28, August/September 1995] ed. Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner (BSFA, 16pp, A4, cover by Howard Watts) [] Details taken from online listing. 2 · Through a Telephoto Lens, Lightly… · Carol Ann Green & Julie Venner · cl 3 · Forum: Research · Steve Jeffery · cl 3 · Forum: Research: Some Suggestions · Cherith Baldry · cl 4 · Forum: On Research · Leigh Kennedy · cl 4 · Forum: A Little About a Lot · Keith Brooke · cl 5 · Forum: Research and the SF Writer · Carol Severance · cl 5 · Forum: The Tough Work of Research · Stephen Baxter · cl 6 · Forum: Getting It Right · K. V. Bailey · cl 6 · At Least You Know When You’re Deranged, Demented, Certifiable, Neurotic, Crazy, Mad, Crackers, Bonkers, Batty, Nutty… · Roy Gray · ar 7 · Needs Want As Needs Must · David Murphy · vi 9 · The Plotting Parlour · The Readers · lc _9 · [letter] · John Brunner · lt _9 · [letter] · Justina Robson · lt _9 · [letter] · John Madracki · lt _10 · [letter] · Howard Watts · lt _10 · [letter] · Michael Jelley · lt _10 · [letter] · Andrew J. Fielding · lt _10 · [letter] · Andy Mills · lt _10 · [letter] · Cherith Baldry · lt 11 · Think with the Wise, But Talk with the Vulgar · Howard Watts · vi 13 · Dr. Greenland’s Prescription · Colin Greenland · cl 14 · Poetry Drabbles _14 · Machinehead and the Vehicle Haven · Vincent M. De Souza · pm _14 · Brief Encounter · Brian Maycock · pm _14 · A Paedophile Loose on the Communication Highway · Vincent M. De Souza · pm _14 · The Experiment Debate · Vincent M. De Souza · pm _15 · The Creature in the Swamp · Rik Gammack · pm _15 · Evolution · David Piper · pm _15 · Deja Vu · Andrew J. Fielding · pm _15 · Crusade · Peter Irving · pm _15 · The Sword of Rama · David Piper · pm