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Foundation [#20, October 1980] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 110pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 9 · Up Against the Universe · Brian Aldiss · ar; slightly shortened version of Guest of Honour Speech at Seacon ’79. 15 · Moving Towards Chaos: Aldiss’s Hothouse · Brian Griffin · ar [Brian W. Aldiss] 28 · The Profession of Science Fiction: 20: Mortal Dreads · Harlan Ellison · ar 32 · Exiles and Envoys: The SF of Ursula K. Le Guin · Kathleen L. Spencer · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin] 43 · The Profession of Science Fiction: 21: True Believers · R. A. Lafferty · ar 47 · The Future Between the Wars: The Speculative Fiction of John Gloag · Brian Stableford · ar [John Gloag] 65 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _65 · [letter] · David Murray · lt [H. P. Lovecraft] _67 · [letter] · Norman Spinrad · lt _68 · [letter] · Algis Budrys · lt _68 · [letter] · Harlan Ellison · lt _70 · [letter] · George Turner · lt 74 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _74 · Windows, by D.G. Compton; Putnam, 1979, $10.95, 255pp · Tom Hosty · br _75 · Ascendancies, by D.G. Compton; Gollancz, 1980, £5.95, 208pp · Colin Greenland · br _77 · Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add?, by R.A. Lafferty; Dobson, 1979, £5.25, 273pp · Dave Langford · br _79 · Timescape, by Gregory Benford; Simon & Schuster, 1980, $13.95 · David N. Samuelson · br _81 · Cosmic Encounter, by A.E. van Vogt; Doubleday, 1980, $8.95, 209pp · Brian Stableford · br _82 · The Berkley Showcase, Vol. 1, by Victoria Schochet & John Silbersack; Berkley, 1980, $1.95, 280pp · Roz Kaveney · br _85 · Eyes of Amber, by Joan D. Vinge; Signet, 1979, $1.95, 248pp · Ann Collier · br _86 · Magic Time, by Kit Reed; Putnam, 1980, $10.95, 268pp · Colin Greenland · br _88 · Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; Jonathan Cape, 1979, £5.50, 246pp · Brian Stableford · br _89 · The House Between the Worlds, by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Doubleday, 1980, $10.00, 244pp · Roz Kaveney · br _90 · Ladies from Hell, by Keith Roberts; Gollancz, 1979, £5.95, 198pp · Dave Langford · br _92 · Hestia, by C.J. Cherryh; DAW, 1979, $1.95, 160pp · Ann Collier · br _94 · The Seed of Evil, by Barrington J. Bayley; Allison & Busby, 1979, £5.95, 175pp · Brian Stableford · br _95 · Mayflies, by Kevin O’Donnell, Jr.; Berkley, 1979, $1.95, 295pp · Dave Langford · br _96 · Far Future Calling, by Olaf Stapledon; Oswald Train, 1980, $12.00, 275pp · Brian Stableford · br _97 · The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, by Doris Lessing; Jonathan Cape, 1980, £5.95, 245pp · Colin Greenland · br _99 · Capella’s Golden Eyes, by Christopher Evans; Faber and Faber, 1980, £5.95, 220pp · Ian Watson · br _101 · Mockingbird, by Walter Tevis; Hodder & Stoughton, 1980, £5.95, 247pp · Colin Greenland · br _102 · The Way the Future Was: A Memoir, by Frederik Pohl; Gollancz, 1979, £6.95, 256pp · John Sladek · br _103 · Earth Is the Alien Planet, by David Pringle; Borgo Press, 1979, $2.95, 63pp · John Brady · br _105 · The Mighty Micro, by Christopher Evans; Gollancz, 1979, £5.50, 255pp · John Sladek · br 107 · Reviews in Brief · [Various] · rc _107 · Lagrange Five, by Mack Reynolds; Bantam, 1979, $1.95, 227pp · Dave Langford · br _108 · Roadmarks, by Roger Zelazny; Del Rey, 1979, $8.95, 185pp · Tom Hosty · br _109 · Naming the Animals: A Haunting, by Ned Crawford; Faber and Faber, 1980, £5.50, 191pp · Brian Stableford · br _109 · Clifford D. Simak: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography, by Muriel R. Becker & Clifford D. Simak; G.K. Hall, 1980, $18.00, 149pp · David Pringle · br 110 · Editorial Postscript · David Pringle · aw

Foundation [#21, February 1981] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 110pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 5 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 22: A String of Days · Gregory Benford · bg 17 · The Right Sort of People · D. West · ar [Cyril M. Kornbluth] 27 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 23: Wonderful Deathless Ditties · Naomi Mitchison · ar 34 · Spaceships, Little Nell and the Sinister Cardboard Man: A Study of Dickens as Fantasist and as a Precursor of Science Fiction · K. V. Bailey · ar [Charles Dickens] 48 · From Beowulf to Kafka: Mervyn Peake’s “Titus Alone” · Colin Greenland · ar [Mervyn Peake] 53 · Foundation Forum: “It” Came from Outer Space · Christopher Priest · ar; article based around a review of The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976, by Lester del Rey 63 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _63 · [letter] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · lt [James Blish] _64 · [letter] · K. V. Bailey · lt [Clifford D. Simak] _68 · [letter] · K. V. Bailey · lt _68 · [letter] · Colin Greenland · lt _71 · [letter] · Alex Eisenstein · lt _72 · [letter] · John Clute · lt _74 · [letter] · Roz Kaveney · lt 75 · R.A. Lafferty · Gene Wolfe · pm [R. A. Lafferty] 75 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _75 · Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg; Harper & Row, 1980, $12.50, 444pp · Ian Watson · br _77 · The Beginning Place, by Ursula K. Le Guin; Harper & Row, 1980, $8.85, 183pp · Colin Greenland · br _79 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories, by Gene Wolfe; Pocket, 1980, $2.95, 410pp · Roz Kaveney · br _83 · Their Immortal Hearts: Three Visions of Time, by Bruce McAllister; West Coast Poetry Review, 1980, $5.00, 168pp · Brian M. Stableford · br _84 · "The Number of the Beast—", by Robert A. Heinlein; NEL, 1980, £6.95, 556pp · John Clute · br _85 · Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler; Doubleday, 1980, $10.00, 248pp · Michael Bishop · br _87 · Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, by Frederik Pohl; Gollancz, 1980, £5.95, 327pp · Colin Greenland · br _89 · Ringworld Engineers, by Larry Niven; Gollancz, 1980, £6.50, 354pp · Brian Stableford · br _90 · Wizard, by John Varley; Putnam, 1980, $12.95, 355pp · John Clute · br _90 · The Barbie Murders, by John Varley; Berkley, 1980, $2.25, 260pp · John Clute · br _91 · The Travails of Jane Saint, by Josephine Saxton; Virgin, 1980, £1.95, 128pp · Brian Stableford · br _92 · Tales of Pirx the Pilot, by Stanislaw Lem; Secker & Warburg, 1980, £5.95, 206pp · Ian Watson · br _93 · The Humanoid Touch, by Jack Williamson; Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980, $10.95 · David N. Samuelson · br _94 · A Shadow of All Night Falling, by Glen Cook; Berkley, 1979, $1.95, 240pp · Roz Kaveney · br _94 · October’s Baby, by Glen Cook; Berkley, 1979, $1.95, 248pp · Roz Kaveney · br _94 · All Darkness Met, by Glen Cook; Berkley, 1980, $1.95, 323pp · Roz Kaveney · br _96 · White Light, by Rudy Rucker; Virgin, 1980, £1.95, 128pp · Colin Greenland · br _98 · Golem 100, by Alfred Bester; Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980, £6.95, 383pp · Brian Stableford · br _99 · A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair, by Nicholas Fisk; Kestrel, 1980, £3.95, 126pp · John Clute · br _99 · Starstormers, by Nicholas Fisk; Knight, 1980, 85p, 110pp · John Clute · br _99 · Sunburst, by Nicholas Fisk; Knight, 1980, 85p, 126pp · John Clute · br _101 · The Old Gods Waken, by Manly Wade Wellman; Doubleday, 1979, $7.95, 186pp · Brian Stableford · br _101 · A Storm of Wings, by M. John Harrison; Sphere, 1980, £1.35, 185pp · Colin Greenland · br _103 · The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun, by Christopher Anvil; Ace, 1980, $2.25, 282pp · Brian Stableford · br _104 · The Language of the Night, by Ursula K. Le Guin; Putnam, 1979, $9.95, 270pp · Colin Greenland · br _105 · The Lunar Effect, by Arnold L. Lieber; Dell, 1980, $2.25, 219pp · Colin Greenland · br 107 · Reviews in Brief · [Various] · rc _107 · Dark Is the Sun, by Philip José Farmer; Del Rey, 1979, $9.95, 405pp · David Pringle · br _108 · The Known and the Unknown: The Iconography of Science Fiction, by Gary K. Wolfe; Kent State University Press, 1979, $12.50, 250pp · David Pringle · br _108 · Stellar 5: Science Fiction Stories, by Judy-Lynn del Rey; Del Rey, 1980, $1.95, 244pp · Colin Greenland · br _109 · Torn Air, by David Hutchinson; Abelard Schuman UK, 1980, £4.25, 160pp · Nick Pratt · br _109 · The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams; Pan, 1980, 95p, 187pp · John Sherriff · br _110 · Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe, by George Takei & Robert Asprin; Playboy, 1979, $1.95, 223pp · Nick Pratt · br

Foundation [#22, June 1981] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 108pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 2 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 5 · Science Fiction in the 1970s: Some Dominant Themes and Personalities · Roz Kaveney · ar 35 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 24: The Making of a Pulp Writer · Raymond Z. Gallun & Jeffrey M. Elliot · ar 49 · Siblings in Space: The Science Fiction of J.B.S. Haldane and Naomi Mitchison · Patrick Parrinder · ar [J. B. S. Haldane; Naomi Mitchison] 56 · Man-Made Catastrophes in SF · Brian Stableford · ar 85 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _85 · [letter] · Algis Budrys · lt _88 · [letter] · Cy Chauvin · lt _89 · [letter] · Ursula Le Guin · lt _90 · [letter] · David I. Masson · lt _90 · [letter] · Rudy Rucker · lt 92 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _92 · Valis, by Philip K. Dick; Bantam, 1981, $2.25, 227pp · Michael Bishop · br _94 · Topology of a Phantom City, by Alain Robbe-Grillet; Calder, 1980, £3.95, 142pp · Colin Greenland · br _97 · Under Heaven’s Bridge, by Ian Watson & Michael Bishop; Gollancz, 1981, £6.95, 159pp · Brian Stableford · br _98 · Interfaces, by Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd; Ace, 1980, $2.50, 310pp · Nick Pratt · br _100 · Optiman, by Brian M. Stableford; DAW, 1980, $1.95, 190pp · Colin Greenland · br _101 · The World and Thorinn, by Damon Knight; Putnam, 1981, $12.95, 214pp · Brian Stableford · br _102 · Science Fiction: Its Criticism and Teaching, by Patrick Parrinder; Methuen, 1980, £5.95, xx+166pp · Colin Greenland · br _104 · Port of Saints, by William S. Burroughs; Blue Wind Press, 1980, $5.95 · M. John Harrison · br _105 · Neglected Visions, by Barry N. Malzberg, M.H. Greenberg & J.D. Olander; Doubleday, 1979, $8.95, 212pp · John Clute · br _105 · The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton, by Barry N. Malzberg, M.H. Greenberg & Mark Clifton; Southern Illinois University Press, 1980, $15.00, 296pp · John Clute · br _105 · Federation, by H. Beam Piper; Ace, 1981, $5.95, 284pp · John Clute · br

Foundation [#23, October 1981] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 110pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 5 · The Last Rebel: An Interview with M. John Harrison · Christopher Fowler · iv 31 · A Womb with a View: Domesticating the Fantastic in Pohl and Kornbluth’s Gladiator-at-Law · Richard D. Erlich · ar [Frederik Pohl; Cyril M. Kornbluth] 40 · Science Fiction in Hungary · Péter Kuczka · ar 44 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 25: Perfecting Visions, Slaying Cynics · George Zebrowski & Jeffrey M. Elliot · iv 64 · The Science Fiction City · John Dean · ar 72 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _72 · [letter] · John Brosnan · lt _74 · [letter] · Michael Moorcock · lt _75 · [letter] · J. G. Ballard · lt _75 · [letter] · Andrew Tidmarsh · lt _76 · [letter] · George Hay · lt 78 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _78 · Hello America, by J.G. Ballard; Jonathan Cape, 1981, £6.50, 224pp · Michael Moorcock · br _80 · Under the City of Angels, by Jerry Earl Brown; Bantam, 1981, $1.95, 291pp · Colin Greenland · br _80 · Daystar and Shadow, by James B. Johnson; DAW, 1981, $2.25, 206pp · Colin Greenland · br _82 · The Affirmation, by Christopher Priest; Faber and Faber, 1981, £6.25, 213pp · Ian Watson · br _84 · God Emperor of Dune, by Frank Herbert; Gollancz, 1981, £6.95, 349pp · Peter Brigg · br _84 · Direct Descent, by Frank Herbert; Ace, 1980, $6.95, 188pp · Peter Brigg · br _87 · The Spirit of Dorsai, by Gordon Dickson; Ace, 1979, $5.95, 281pp · Dave Langford · br _88 · The Dreaming Dragons: A Time Opera, by Damien Broderick; Norstrilia Press, 1980, $12.95, 245pp · George Turner · br _90 · The Cool War, by Frederik Pohl; Gollancz, 1981, £5.95, 282pp · Brian Stableford · br _91 · A Planet Called Treason, by Orson Scott Card; Dell, 1980, $2.50, 299pp · Mike Dickinson · br _94 · Nightflyers & True Names, by George R.R. Martin & Vernor Vinge; Dell, 1980, $2.50 · Roz Kaveney · br _96 · The Ceres Solution, by Bob Shaw; Gollancz, 1981, £5.95, 191pp · John Clute · br _98 · New Dimensions 12, by Marta Randall & Robert Silverberg; Timescape, 1981, $2.50, 223pp · Michael Bishop · br _100 · Nebula Winners Fifteen, by Frank Herbert; Harper & Row, 1981, $12.95, 223pp · Ian Watson · br _102 · Orbit 21, by Damon Knight; Harper & Row, 1980, $12.95, 240pp · Brian Stableford · br _104 · A Spadeful of Spacetime, by Fred Saberhagen; Ace, 1981, $2.25, 214pp · Ann Collier · br _106 · Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion, by Rosemary Jackson; Methuen, 1981, £2.95, x+211pp · David Ketterer · br _108 · Expanded Universe, by Robert A. Heinlein; Ace, 1980, $8.95, 582pp · Dave Langford · br

Foundation [#24, February 1982] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 108pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 5 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 26: From Shanghai to Shepperton · J. G. Ballard & David Pringle · ar 23 · The Realistic Romances of Edgar Fawcett · Brian M. Stableford · ar [Edgar Fawcett] 49 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 27: Not Taking It All Too Seriously · George Turner · ar 59 · Cages of Conscience from Seedling Stories: The Development of Blish’s Novels · Gregory Feeley · ar [James Blish] 68 · Foundation Forum: Sleep No More · George Hay · ar 78 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _78 · [letter] · Gregory Benford · lt _78 · [letter] · John Brunner · lt _79 · [letter] · Marshall B. Tymn · lt _79 · [letter] · Christopher Priest · lt 82 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _82 · The Shadow of the Torturer, by Gene Wolfe; Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981, £7.95, 303pp · Colin Greenland · br _82 · The Claw of the Conciliator, by Gene Wolfe; Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981, £7.95, 303pp · Colin Greenland · br _85 · Distant Stars, by Samuel R. Delany; Bantam, 1981, $8.95, 352pp · Nick Pratt · br _85 · On Strike Against God, by Joanna Russ; Out & Out Books, 1981, $4.00, 107pp · Nick Pratt · br _87 · Shatterday, by Harlan Ellison; Houghton Mifflin, 1980, $12.95, 332pp · Ian Watson · br _90 · Where Time Winds Blow, by Robert Holdstock; Faber and Faber, 1981, £6.95, 286pp · Michael Bishop · br _92 · Pilgrimage, by Drew Mendelson; DAW, 1981, $2.25, 220pp · K. G. Mathieson · br _94 · The Dreamers, by James Gunn; Gollancz, 1981, £6.95, 166pp · Ann Collier · br _96 · Frankenstein’s Creation: The Book, the Monster, and Human Reality, by David Ketterer; University of Victoria, 1979, 124pp · Gilbert Adair · br _99 · The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin, by Brian Attebery; Indiana University Press, 1980, $17.50, 212pp · John Dean · br _99 · Other Worlds: Fantasy and Science Fiction Since 1939, by John J. Teunissen; University of Manitoba Press, 1980, $6.95, 225pp · John Dean · br _101 · Frank R. Stockton, by Henry L. Golemba & Frank R. Stockton; Twayne, 1981, 192pp · John Eggeling · br _103 · The Life and Works of David Lindsay, by Bernard Sellin & David Lindsay; Cambridge University Press US, 1981, $39.50, xxiii+257pp · Gary K. Wolfe · br _105 · Three Tomorrows: American, British and Soviet Science Fiction, by John Griffiths; Macmillan, 1980, 217pp · K. G. Mathieson · br _106 · A Fine Anger, by Neil Philip & Alan Garner; Collins, 1981, £5.95, 191pp · Colin Greenland · br

Foundation [#25, June 1982] ed. David Pringle (The Science Fiction Foundation, 100pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · David Pringle · ed 5 · Folktales and Science Fiction · W. M. S. Russell · ar 31 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 28: Science Fiction and Me · Phyllis Eisenstein · ar; delivered as the Guest of Honor speech at Icon, 10-81. 36 · Dann’s Disjunctions · Gregory Feeley · ar [Jack M. Dann] 43 · Spock, Avon and the Decline of Optimism · Sue Jenkins · ar 45 · Science Fiction and ‘Mind-Sprung’ · John Schellenberger · ar [Michael Lindsay] 49 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 29: Kids! Read Books in Your Spare Time! · John Sladek · ar 53 · Foundation Forum: Science Fiction as a Church · Thomas M. Disch · ar; transcript of talk at Yorcon II, April 1981. 59 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _59 · [letter] · Hank Stine · lt _59 · [letter] · Andrew Tidmarsh · lt _60 · [letter] · Michael Moorcock · lt _60 · [letter] · Alan Myers · lt _61 · [letter] · Cy Chauvin · lt 64 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _64 · Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, by Curtis C. Smith; Macmillan UK, 1981, £35.00, xviii+642pp · John Clute · br _70 · Twentieth-Century American Science Fiction Writers, by David Cowart & Thomas L. Wymer; Gale Research, 1981, $124.00, xxvi+652pp · Colin Greenland · br _71 · Alien Encounters: Anatomy of Science Fiction, by Mark Rose; Harvard University Press, 1981, $12.95, 216pp · Gary K. Wolfe · br _73 · Oath of Fealty, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; Timescape, 1981, $13.95, 238pp · Douglas Barbour · br _75 · Radix, by A.A. Attanasio; Morrow, 1981, $15.95, 467pp · Roz Kaveney · br _77 · Aventine, by Lee Killough; Del Rey, 1982, $1.95, 171pp · Colin Greenland & David Pringle · br 77 · The Thousand Dreams of Karen Lee · Colin Greenland & David Pringle · vi _79 · Mission, by Patrick Tilley; Michael Joseph, 1981, £4.95, 398pp · Neil Ferguson · br _81 · The Insider, by Christopher Evans; Faber and Faber, 1981, £6.95, 215pp · Ian Watson · br 83 · The Entropy Tango: A Comic Romance · John Sladek · vi [Michael Moorcock] _85 · A Better Mantrap, by Bob Shaw; Gollancz, 1982, £6.95, 192pp · Dave Langford · br _87 · Exotic Pleasures, by Peter Carey; Picador, 1981, £1.95, 192pp · Colin Greenland · br _89 · The Many-Coloured Land, by Julian May; Houghton Mifflin, 1981, $12.95, 411pp · Nick Pratt · br _91 · Syzygy, by Frederik Pohl; Bantam, 1982, $3.50, 248pp · Ian Watson · br _92 · A Gift of Mirrorvax, by Malcolm MacCloud; Atheneum, 1981, $9.95, 192pp · Brian Stableford · br _92 · Soul-Singer of Tyrnos, by Ardath Mayhar; Atheneum, 1981, $9.95, 195pp · Brian Stableford · br _93 · Inherit the Earth, by Irma Walker; Atheneum, 1981, $12.95, 262pp · Brian Stableford · br _94 · Spacebread, by Steve Senn; Atheneum, 1981, $9.95, 216pp · Nick Pratt · br _94 · A Circle in the Sea, by Steve Senn; Atheneum, 1981, $11.95, 256pp · Nick Pratt · br _95 · The Voyage Begun, by Nancy Bond; Atheneum, 1981, $12.95, 319pp · Nick Pratt · br _96 · Future Females: A Critical Anthology, by Marleen S. Barr; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1981, $16.95, 191pp · Stefan Lewicki · br _96 · Woman Space: Future and Fantasy—Stories and Art by Women; New Victoria Publishers, 1981, $3.95, 92pp · Stefan Lewicki · br