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Fantasy Commentator [v7 #3, #43, Spring 1992] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $5.00, 159-238pp, quarto) 160 · The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner [Part 1 of 3] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Nat Schachner] 180 · Three Sonnets · John Francis Haines · gp _180 · Moonshiners · John Francis Haines · pm _180 · After the Android Wars · John Francis Haines · pm _180 · Transfer of Power · John Francis Haines · pm 181 · “Our Eyes Have Seen Great Wonders”: The Lost Worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle · Andrew Darlington · ar [Arthur Conan Doyle] 188 · Unheard Plea · Steve Eng · pm 188 · Weapon · Steve Eng · pm 189 · Bernarr Macfadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction, Part Seven: Conclusion · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Bernarr Macfadden] 204 · The Compleat Crow, by Brian Lumley · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 205 · J. Allen St. John: An Illustrated Bibliography, by Darrell C. Richardson & J. Allen St. John · A. Langley Searles · br 206 · Empress of the Stars: A Reassessment of Lilith Lorraine, Pioneering Fantasy Poetess · Steve Sneyd · ar [Lilith Lorraine] 221 · The City Lost in Time · Lilith Lorraine · pm (r) 221 · The Titan’s Goblet · Lilith Lorraine · pm Super Science Stories Sep 1950 221 · Empress of the Stars · Lilith Lorraine · pm Challenge 221 · Boarder · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, Lilith Lorraine, Bookcraft 1952 221 · The Lady with the Ivory Hands · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, Lilith Lorraine, Bookcraft 1952 222 · We’ll Launch Our Space Ships Yet · Lilith Lorraine · pm Fantasy Book #3 1948 222 · Funeral of a Vampire · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, Lilith Lorraine, Bookcraft 1952 222 · Idiot Boy · Lilith Lorraine · pm Orb v2 #2 1951 222 · Treasure of Mars · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, Lilith Lorraine, Bookcraft 1952 222 · It May Be Like This · Lilith Lorraine · pm Wine of Wonder, Lilith Lorraine, Bookcraft 1952 222 · The Computer · Lilith Lorraine · pm Cyclotron Aut 1965 229 · H.P. Lovecraft, by Peter Cannon & H.P. Lovecraft · Steve Eng · br 230 · Ghosts, by Ed McBain · Lincoln Van Rose · br 231 · Planetfall · Mark Bones · pm 231 · Our Brave New Earths · Mark Bones · pm 231 · Les Voyages Extraordinaires · Andrew Darlington · pm 232 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 13 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Jules Verne] 237 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _237 · Sword and Sorceress VII, by Marion Zimmer Bradley · Anita Alverio · br _237 · Elysia, by Brian Lumley · H. R. Felgenhauer · br _238 · The Child of the Cavern, by Jules Verne · Winston P. Dawson · br _238 · Naked to the Sun, by Michael R. Collings · Steve Eng · br

Fantasy Commentator [v7 #4, #44, Fall 1992] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $5.00, 241-318pp, quarto) 242 · Isaac Asimov, 1920-1992 · John Clute · ob The Independent Apr 7 1992 244 · The Good Doctor at St. Vincent [Isaac Asimov] · Eric Leif Davin · iv 250 · Psychobiography of a City Man · Belle C. Cassidy, Ph.D. · ar [Isaac Asimov] 254 · I Remember Asimov: 53 Years of Memories · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Isaac Asimov] 267 · We Won Didn’t We · Steve Sneyd · pm 267 · Crucifixion, 2000 A.D. · Thomas A. Easton · pm 268 · “The Call of Cthulhu”: An Analysis · John McInnis · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 281 · The Hangman’s Song · Jeffrey Woodward · pm 281 · Slim Chance · Steve Eng · pm 282 · “A Wild Surmise” · Allen Mueller · ar [Henry Kuttner; C. L. Moore] 285 · More Shapes Than One, by Fred Chappell · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · br 287 · A Woman of the Iron People, by Eleanor Arnason · Anita Alverio · br 288 · Nemesis, by Isaac Asimov · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 288 · Foundation’s Friends, by Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 290 · After All These Years...Sam Moskowitz on His Science Fiction Career, by Sam Moskowitz & Fred Lerner · A. Langley Searles · br 291 · The Last Message in a Bottle from the Lost Valley of Fongo-Fongo · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 291 · Fine Art of Disaster / Memos from Mars · Andrew Darlington · pm 292 · The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner [Part 2 of 3] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Nat Schachner] 304 · Confessions of a Fantasy Versaholic · John Francis Haines · ar 306 · Mystery · Raymond McCarty · pm 306 · The Twilight Zone of Nod · Raymond McCarty · pm 307 · The Gothic Era Revisited 307 · The First Gothics, by Frederick S. Frank · Steve Eng · br 307 · The Gothic’s Gothic, by Benjamin Franklin Fisher, IV · Steve Eng · br 307 · The Contested Castle, by Kate Ferguson Ellis · Steve Eng · br 309 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _309 · Desirable Residences and Other Stories, by E.F. Benson · A. Langley Searles · br _310 · Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction, by Toni Reed · Steve Eng · br _310 · The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan, by John Buchan & Peter Haining · A. Langley Searles · br _311 · The Goblin Mirror, by C.J. Cherryh · Steven Stawicki · br _311 · Dark Transformations, by Michael R. Collings · Steve Eng · br _312 · Transients and Other Disquieting Stories, by Darrell Schweitzer · Lee Becker · br _312 · Alternate Kennedys, by Mike Resnick · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _313 · Thirteen Science-Fiction Stories, by Damon Knight · A. Langley Searles · br 314 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _314 · [letter] · Dennis Lien · lt _314 · “A Ghostly Experience” · H. Rider Haggard · ms The Times Jul 21 1904 _315 · [letter] · Mike Ashley · lt _315 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _316 · [letter] · David Drake · lt _316 · [letter] · Terry Jeeves · lt _316 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt 316 · The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by John Clute & Peter Nicholls · A. Langley Searles · br 318 · Indexes to Volume VII of Fantasy Commentator · Anon. · ix

Fantasy Commentator [v8 #1 & 2, #45/46, Winter 1993-1994] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $10.00, 146pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · John Giunta · cv (r) 4 · Pages and Pages of Pohl [Frederik Pohl] · H. R. Felgenhauer · iv 14 · Forgotten Fantasy Verse, I: Arthur Davison Ficke · A. Langley Searles · ar [Arthur Davison Ficke] 15 · A World of Beauty · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm The Forum Aug 1914 15 · Speculations of a Mandarin · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm Poetry Apr 1921, as “World Beyond World” 15 · Old Wives’ Tale · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm Poetry Apr 1921 15 · Strange Shadows · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm The Forum Aug 1914 15 · Perspective of Coordination · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm Poetry Apr 1921 15 · Secret Instructions for Reaching Xanadu · Arthur Davison Ficke · pm Selected Poems of Arthur Davison Ficke, Arthur Davison Ficke, George H. Doran 1926 17 · Eric Temple Bell and John Taine: Mathematics and Science-Fiction · Douglas Robillard · ar [Eric Temple Bell] 22 · A Collector’s Saga · Sam Moskowitz · ar 31 · The House of the Sun · John Howard · pp Aklo Spr 1988 32 · Alien or Kin? · K. V. Bailey · ar Star Wine 1985; revised. 39 · Three Poems · Andrew Darlington · gp _39 · Labyrinth of Strange Affinity · Andrew Darlington · pm Midnight Zoo v2 #2 1992 _39 · The Lichen Manuscript/Mars Is a District of Sheffield · Andrew Darlington · pm (r) _39 · Escalator to Andromeda/For a 1950’s S-F Writer · Andrew Darlington · pm [E. C. Tubb] 40 · The Children of Men, by P.D. James · A. Langley Searles · br 41 · Hocus Pocus, by Kurt Vonnegut · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 43 · Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality, by Emily W. Sustein & Mary Shelley · Steve Eng · br 43 · Mary Shelley, by Allene Stuart Phy · Steve Eng · br 44 · One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard: The Final Years, by Novalyne Price Ellis & Robert E. Howard · Allan Howard · br 46 · Arkham [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard & Lee Becker · pm; expanded by Lee Becker into sonnet form from a four-line poem in Weird Tales August 1932. 46 · An Open Window · Robert E. Howard & Lee Becker · pm; expanded by Lee Becker into sonnet form from a four-line poem in Weird Tales September 1932. 47 · Peter Rugg, the Bostonian · Louise Imogen Guiney · pm Scribner’s Magazine Dec 1891 52 · The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner [Part 3 of 3] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Nat Schachner] 74 · Three Poems · Steve Sneyd · gp _74 · Setting Out Her Stall · Steve Sneyd · pm _74 · Days of Glory · Steve Sneyd · pm _74 · Designer of Starships · Steve Sneyd · pm 74 · Myopia · Steve Eng · pm 75 · Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”: Eros or Agape? · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · ar 79 · Dream Protocols, by Lee Ballentine · K. V. Bailey · br 82 · I. Asimov, by Isaac Asimov · Sam Moskowitz · br 84 · Science-Fiction and Poetry: An Interview with Duncan Lunan · Steve Sneyd · iv 94 · Roald Dahl: A Biography, by Jeremy Treglown & Roald Dahl · Lincoln Van Rose · br 95 · Science-Fiction in the Depression · Mike Ashley · ar 102 · The Rockets That Reached Saturn · Vachel Lindsay · pm Going-to-the-Sun, Vachel Lindsay, Appleton 1923 106 · In Coils of Earthen Hold, by Steve Sneyd · Lee Becker · br 107 · The Immortal Storm II: A History of Science-Fiction Fandom: Part One · Sam Moskowitz · ar 121 · Pioneer Publisher: An Interview with Lloyd Eshbach [Lloyd Arthur Eshbach] · Eric Leif Davin · iv 134 · Sonnets of Space · Lloyd A. Eshbach · gp _134 · The Wanderer · Lloyd A. Eshbach · pm Wonder Stories Sep 1934 _134 · The Martian Cry · Lloyd A. Eshbach · pm Wonder Stories Nov 1934 _134 · Dream · Lloyd A. Eshbach · pm The Gorgon Sep 1947 135 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 14 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Edward Everett Hale; William Henry Rhodes] 145 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt 146 · [letter] · Lee Becker · lt 146 · [letter] · Andrew E. Rothovius · lt

Fantasy Commentator [v8 #3 & 4, #47/48, Fall 1995] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $10.00, 149-292pp, quarto, cover by François Schuiten) 150 · Remembering R.F. Starzl: A Conversation with Dr. Thomas E. Starzl · Eric Leif Davin · iv 161 · The Fantastic-Science Market · R. F. Starzl · ar The Author & Journalist Oct 1931 166 · The Rocket Man: Memories of Philip Cleator · Mike Ashley · ar [Philip Cleator] 172 · Frolic · Steve Eng · pm 173 · A Remedy in Book Jackets · Sam Moskowitz · ar 182 · Bradbury at Harper · H. R. Felgenhauer · ar [Ray Bradbury] 186 · Henry S. Whitehead: a Retrospective · A. Langley Searles · ar [Henry S. Whitehead] 197 · Dark Magic of the Caribbean Peoples · Henry S. Whitehead · ar Mystery Stories Oct 1928 200 · The Origin of the Term “Fanzine” · Sam Moskowitz · ar 203 · Double Exposure · John Francis Haines · pm 204 · Anthology Days: An Interview with E. F. Bleiler [E.F. Bleiler] · A. Langley Searles · iv 214 · Inspector Zadig: Voltaire and the Birth of the Scientific Detective Story · Eric Leif Davin · ar [Voltaire] 217 · An Index to “The Eyrie” and Other Readers’ Departments · T. G. Cockcroft · bi 230 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 15 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Jules Verne; Edward Page Mitchell; Robert Duncan Milne] 242 · C.S. Lewis in Context, by Doris T. Myers & C.S. Lewis · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · br 244 · Magazines I Remember, by Hugh B. Cave · Sam Moskowitz · br 247 · Sensuous Debris, by Bruce Boston · Andrew Darlington · br 249 · Old Robots Are the Worst · Bruce Boston · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Oct 1989 250 · Spacer’s Compass · Bruce Boston · pm Specula, Talisman 1993 251 · For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets · Bruce Boston · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Apr 1984 251 · The Legendary Fenton Ash · Darrell C. Richardson · ar [Fenton Ash] 253 · Space Opera: an Interview with A. C. Evans [A.C. Evans] · Steve Sneyd · iv 256 · Excerpts from “Space Opera” · A. C. Evans · pm The Serendipity Caper, A. C. Evans 1986 257 · Salut au Cosmos · K. V. Bailey · pm 258 · The Galactic Emancipator: Remembering Homer Eon Flint · Mike Ashley · ar [Homer Eon Flint] 267 · [letter] · John Martin Leahy · lt All-Story Weekly Jun 21 1919 [Homer Eon Flint] 267 · [letter] · Homer Eon Flint · lt All-Story Weekly Jun 21 1919 268 · The Silver Comet from Intersidereal Space/Slaves of the Future · Andrew Darlington · pm 269 · Verne’s “New” Novel · Jean-Luc Buard · ar; illustrated by Jules Verne 273 · The Supernatural Index, by Mike Ashley & William G. Contento · A. Langley Searles · br 274 · Sardonics: Sixteen Sketches, by Harris Merton Lyon · Dan Lee · br 275 · The Crystal Man, by Edward Page Mitchell · P. Schuyler Miller · br 277 · Breakfast in Bedlam · Andrew Darlington · pm 278 · The Immortal Storm II: A History of Science-Fiction Fandom: Part Two · Sam Moskowitz · ar 289 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _289 · [letter] · Jean-Luc Buard · lt _289 · [letter] · Sam Youd · lt _289 · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt _289 · [letter] · Kenneth V. Bailey · lt _290 · [letter] · Arthur C. Clarke · lt _290 · [letter] · Tom Cockcroft · lt 291 · Recent Publications · A. Langley Searles · ms 291 · Spendthrift · K. V. Bailey · pm 292 · Indexes to Volume VIII of Fantasy Commentator · Anon. · ix

Fantasy Commentator [v9 #1, #49, Fall 1996] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $5.00, 78pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · Leo Morey · cv (r) 4 · Far from Nebulous: A Personal History of Nebula, Scotland’s Only Professional Science-Fiction Magazine · Andrew Darlington · ar 11 · Drawing on Surprise · James Dewitt · pm 12 · Nightmares of Punch and Judy in Ruskin and M.R. James · Roger Craik · ar [John Ruskin; M. R. James] 14 · After Reading the Science-Fiction of C. L. Moore · Edward O’Brien, Jr. · pm [C. L. Moore] 15 · Hannibal Deathridge, His Journeys in Strange Subterranean Lands to the Pendant World, and Beyond/The Conqueror of Gravitation Reaches Enchanting Moons... · Andrew Darlington · pm The Zone #4 1996 15 · The Great Moroccan Weed War/An Etiquette of Catastrophe · Andrew Darlington · pm Eldritch Tales #16 1988 16 · Versatility Personified: An Interview with Steve Eng · S. F. Willems · iv 21 · A Sheaf of Lyrics · Steve Eng · gp _21 · William Blake · Steve Eng · pm Whispers Oct 1978, as by John Bredon _21 · The Death of August Derleth · Steve Eng · pm The Diversifier Jul 1977, as by John Bredon _21 · The Festival · Steve Eng · pm Fantasy Crossroads #6 1975, as by John Bredon _21 · Echo · Steve Eng · pm _22 · Yellow Rider · Steve Eng · pm Cross Plains #4 1974, as “Yellow Rider Coming” by John Bredon _22 · The Price of Love · Steve Eng · pm Undinal Songs #2 1982 _23 · Our Blessèd Lady · Steve Eng · pm _23 · Sea-Reverie · Steve Eng · pm Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson 1990 _23 · Grey Skater · Steve Eng · pm Space and Time Jul 1975, as by John Bredon _23 · Reverence · Steve Eng · pm _23 · Holocaust Foreseen · Steve Eng · pm Star*Line May/Jun 1992 24 · Poe’s Influence on Science-Fiction · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Edgar Allan Poe] 32 · Comments on “The Light-House” · George T. Wetzel · ar [Edgar Allan Poe; Robert Bloch] 34 · L. Ron Hubbard Revisited · H. R. Felgenhauer · ar [L. Ron Hubbard]; reviews of Final Blackout, Fear and Ole Doc Methuselah 38 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 16 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Edward Bellamy] 45 · Georges Gallet: an Obituary · Jean-Luc Buard · ar [Georges Gallet] 48 · An Alternative Cataclysm · K. V. Bailey · pm 49 · Songs of the Stars: The Poetry of Bruce Boston · Gary William Crawford · ar [Bruce Boston] 56 · After a Statue of Pan · Bruce Boston · pm Specula, Talisman 1993 56 · A Spacer’s Life Is Ice and Fire · Bruce Boston · pm Talebones Fll 1995 57 · Whitehead in Florida · Sean Donnelly · ar [Henry S. Whitehead] 63 · The Immortal Storm II: A History of Science-Fiction Fandom: Part Three · Sam Moskowitz · ar 71 · American Supernatural Fiction from Edith Wharton to the Weird Tales Writers, by Douglas Robillard · Lee Becker · br 73 · Haunted Mesa, by Louis L’Amour · Alvin H. Lybeck · br 74 · Lord of Serpent Land, by Alan Connell · Sam Moskowitz · br 76 · Recent Publications · A. Langley Searles · ms 76 · Darkness · Eric Leif Davin · pm