Fantasy Commentator [v5 #1, Whole No. 33, Winter 1983] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 76pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.
- 3-25, 40-43 · Realizing the Impossible Dream · Sam Moskowitz · ar; on the “first academic sf course” taught by SaM at CCNY Extension School in 1953.
- 26 · Told After Midnight · Lee Becker · gp
- _26 · Shadows · Lee Becker · pm
- _26 · Nat White · Lee Becker · pm
- _27 · Lonely Field · Lee Becker · pm
- _27 · Avenging Snow · Lee Becker · pm
- _27 · Inheritance · Lee Becker · pm
- 28 · Tips on Tales: Short Reviews of Books Old and New · Kevin J. Anderson · rc
- _28 · Songmaster · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. Orson Scott Card]; “best work I’ve yet seen from the best new author I’ve yet seen”.
- _28 · Little, Big · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. John Crowley]; “It is dull, dull, dull, dull, dull!” “incoherent babble” “a big disappointment”.
- _29 · World Enough, and Time · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. James Kahn]; “has potential” but is “sloppy job”.
- _30 · Fireflood and Other Stories · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. Vonda McIntyre]; “powerful stories with real impact”.
- _30 · Lord Valentine’s Castle · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. Robert Silverberg]; “in the top ten of the last hundred books I’ve read”.
- _31 · The Snow Queen · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. Joan Vinge]; “destined for classic status; put it on your must-read list”.
- _32 · War Games · Kevin J. Anderson · br [Ref. Karl Hansen]; “repetitious” sex scenes but “has freshness and zeal”.
- 33 · A Planet Like a High Place in Church · Steve Sneyd · pm
- 34 · Shasta Publishers · Lloyd A. Eshbach · ar
abridged chapter from then-forthcoming Over My Shoulder.
- 44 · “Plus Ultra”: An Unknown Science-Fiction Utopia [Part 4 of 5] · A. Langley Searles · ar [Ref. Edward Lucas White]
- 50 · Book Reviews · Steve Eng · rc
- _50 · Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition · Steve Eng · br [Ref. Neil Barron]; very favorable but notes much was deleted from 1st ed so keep that one too.
- _53 · The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1972-1973 · Steve Eng · br [Ref. Marshall B. Tymn & Roger C. Schlobin]; “a must for libraries, serious researchers…”.
- 55 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 3 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Ref. Mary Shelley]; proto-anthologies and Gothic fiction, especially Frankenstein.
- 64 · Book Reviews · A. Langley Searles · rc
- _64 · The Princess of All Lands · A. Langley Searles · br [Ref. Russell Kirk]; mostly favorable, two stories “outright excellent”.
- _65 · H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography · A. Langley Searles · br [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft & S. T. Joshi]; “sound and solid work”.
- 67 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 4 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg [Ref. Edward Lucas White]
- 71 · Open House: Letters from Readers · The Readers · lc
- _71 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt
- _73 · [letter] · Kenneth Faig, Jr. · lt Tekeli-li #6, 197?
- _73 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt
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