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Modern World [v1, #52, Mar 15, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 · Express Highway · Anon. · ar Motor 1940 4 · America’s Wonder Rifle · Anon. · ar 5 · Sea Forts Call Halt to Nazi Troops · B. Tunbridge · ar 6 · The Theory of Small Arms Fire · Anon. · ia 8 · Eyes of the Fleet · Bernard Hogben · ar 9 · Miracles of Modern Surgery · Anon. · ar 10 · Trial by Error · Kerslake U. Bourne · ss 12 · Lifting Giant Ships at Sea · Anon. · ia; illustrated by A. O. Pulford

Modern World [v2, #53, Mar 22, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 · Bucking Broncos of the Air · Ralph Michaelis · ar 4 · Keeping the Lines Clear Through the Blitz · Bernard Hogben · ar 5 · Giant Camera Speeds Plane Production · Anon. · ar 6 · Our Allied Fleets · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Kenneth M. Sibley 8 · Cities Lit by Mobile Generators · B. Tunbridge · ar 9 · Arm Fitness Guards Your Health · Anon. · ar 10 · Expert Touch · Kerslake U. Bourne · ss 12 · Movement by Night · Anon. · ia

Modern World [v2, #54, Mar 29, 1941] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 2 · Plan Post-War Education Now! · Constance Richardson · ar 4 · Japan Trains Her Youth · Anon. · ar 5 · Finding Your Way in the Air · Ralph Michaelis · ar 6 · Hornets’ Nest of the Mediterranean · Anon. · ia 8 · Soldiers from the Skies · Karl Nohle · ar; condensed from Merchants Illustrated, New York, 1941. 10 · Rayon Yarn by New Process · Anon. · ar 11 · The War Hits “Modern World” · Anon. · ar 12 · Living and Repairing Deep Sea Cables · Anon. · ia; illustrated by A. O. Pulford

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Monad: Essays on Science Fiction

Monad: Essays on Science Fiction [#1, September 1990] ed. Damon Knight (Pulphouse, $5.00, 91pp, tp) Anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays plus a long poem by Thomas M. Disch. A 100 copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen. Editorial · Damon Knight · ed Children, Women, Men, and Dragons · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar I Dream Therefore I Become [from Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life] · Brian W. Aldiss · ex Hodder & Stoughton 1990 An All-Day Poem · Thomas M. Disch · pm Precessing the Simulacra for Fun and Profit · Bruce Sterling · ar Beauty, Stupidity, Injustice, and Science Fiction · Damon Knight · ar Letters · [The Readers] · lc _ · [letter] · Tom Whitmore · lt

Monad: Essays on Science Fiction [#2, March 1992] ed. Damon Knight (Writer’s Notebook Press, $5.00, 100pp, tp) Anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with seven essays. A 100-copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen. Editorial · Damon Knight · ed Lacks “Oriental” Flavour · William F. Wu · ar Fantasy: U.S. Versus U.K. · Brian W. Aldiss · ar Sequel and Ye Shall Find Well: Book Two in the Chronicles of Westfahl the Critic · Gary Westfahl · ar On Deconstruction: A Partial Reply to Bruce Sterling · John Barnes · ar [Bruce Sterling] Who Broke the Chronovitameter? · Thomas Perry · ar [Robert A. Heinlein] Answers to Questions I Was Not Asked on the Radio · John T. Sladek · iv Academic Criticism of Science Fiction: What It Is, What It Should Be · Gary Westfahl · ar

Monad: Essays on Science Fiction [#3, March 1994] ed. Damon Knight (Writer’s Notebook Press, $5.00, 134pp, tp) Anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays, including one on Clarke and one on Heinlein. Issue not found. Need Contents

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan    (about)

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan [v01, 2011] ed. Ted Goossen & Motoyuki Shibata (A Public Space Literary Projects, Inc.; 323 Dean St., Brooklyn NY 11217, ISSN: 2159-7138) Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. 6 · Monsters · Hideo Furukawa; translated by Michael Emmerich · ss 18 · People from My Neighborhood, a collection of vignettes · Hiromi Kawakami; translated by Ted Goossen · ss 32 · The Sleep Division · Mina Ishikawa; translated by Ted Goossen · pm 33 · Sandy’s Lament · Atsushi Nakajima; translated by M. Cody Poulton · ss 45 · Song, the Old Way, and Bougainvillea · Barry Yourgrau · ss 51 · The Tale of the House of Physics · Yoko Ogawa · ss 64 · Pursuing “Growth:” An Interview with Haruki Murakami · Hideo Furukawa; translated by Ted Goossen · iv 116 · Interviews with the Heroes, or Is Baseball Just for Fun? · Inuo Taguchi; translated by Ted Goossen · pm 118 · A Country Doctor, a Manga Based on the Story by Franz Kafka · Brother and Sister Nishioka · il 138 · Closet LLB · Koji Uno; translated by Jay Rubin · ss 147 · When Monkeys Sing · Masayo Koike; translated by Ted Goossen · pm 148 · Monkey Tanka · Shion Mizuhara; translated by Ted Goossen · pm 149 · Monkey Haiku · Minoru Ozawa; translated by Ted Goossen · pm 150 · The Forbidden Diary: An Excerpt from a Fictional Diary · Sachiko Kishimoto; translated by Ted Goossen · ss

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan [#4, 2014] ed. Ted Goosen & Motoyuki Shibata (ISSN 1558-965X, ISBN 978-0-615-96275-7, $15.00, cover by Takora Kimiyoshi Futori) Notes: Takano’s manga begins on p. 215 and concludes on p. 210. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. Art and design · Lissi Erwin · il 1 · The Monkey Speaks · Editor · ed 4 · Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey · Craft Ebbing & Co.; translated by David Boyd · ss 26 · The Man Who Turned Into a Buoy · Masatsugu Ono; translated by Michael Emmerich · ss 36 · Unforgettable People · Doppo Kunikida; translated by Jay Rubin · ss 44 · Naked · Stuart Dybek · ss 48 · A Record of My Grandmother · Toh EnJoe; translated by Terry Gallagher · ss 62 · The Punish · Brian Evenson · ss 69 · A Message to My Japanese Readers · Brian Evenson · nf 69 · A Message to My Japanese Readers · Laird Hunt · nf 70 · On My Childhood in Tokyo · Denis Johnaon · nf 71 · On Writing the People of Paper · Salvador Plascencia · nf 72 · The Bears of Mount Nametoko: A Remix of a Tale by Kenji Miyazawa · Hideo Furukawa; translated by Michael Emmerich · ss [Kenji Miyazawa] 76 · Eri’s Physics · Yoko Hayasuke; translated by Ryan Shaidjian Morrison · ss 86 · The Lighthouse on the Desk · Mina Ishikawa; translated by Motoyuki Shibata & Ted Goosen · pm 90 · The Girl Behind the Register Blows Bubbles · Keita Jim; translated by Paul Warham · pm 100 · People from My Neighborhood: Banana. Part 3 · Hiromi Kawakami; translated by Ted Goosen · ss 102 · The Little Girl Blows up Her Pee Anxiety, My Heart Races · Meiko Kawakami; translated by Hitomi Yoshio · ss 105 · The Forbidden Diary. Part 4 · Sachiko Kishimoto; translated by Ted Goosen · ss 124 · The Restaurant of Many Orders · Kenji Miyazawa; translated by Roger Pulvers · ss 132 · White Socks · Taki Monma; translated by Ted Goosen · ss 142 · After Ryunosuke, Before Ryunosuke— · David Peace · ss 155 · Tailors’ Dummies, manga based on the story by Bruno Schulz · Brother and Sister Nishioka; translated by Celina Wieniewska · cs [Bruno Schulz] 185 · The Global Distributed Self-Mirroring Subterranean Neurological Soul-Sharing Picture Show: On Haruki Murakami’s Fiction · Richard Powers · ar [Haruki Murakami] 196 · Three Very Short Stories · Matthew Sharpe · ss 200 · Demon Beasts · Gen’ichiro Takahashi; translated by Ryan Shaidjian Morrison · ss 205 · The Little Match-Girl, a manga by Fumiko Takano · Hans Christian Andersen; translated by H. B. Paull · cs; illustrated by Fumiko Takano 216 · The Sarasate Disk · Hyakken Uchida; translated by David Boyd · ss

Monsieur    (about)

Monsieur [v1 #2, June 1957] (Monsieur Publications, 50¢, 68pp, quarto) (Full Text) 4 · Sun, Sand and Sex · Anon. · pi 9 · Titillating Television · Jack Connors · ss 11 · Going Places Fashionwise · Anon. · ar 15 · Sunspots: U.S.A. · Anon. · pi 18 · Men, Mahogany and Moonshine · Anon. · ar 20 · The Bedroom Window · Herbert Kurz · ss 24 · Along the Nighthawk Trail · Anon. · hu 26 · Cherie of the Month · Anon. · pi 29 · The Rejuvenation of Mr. Piperade? · Lawrence P. Spingarn · ss 31 · M. Goes Nightspotting · Anon. · ar 32 · M’s Dancing Mam’selle · Anon. · pi 35 · M. Goes A-Quaffing · Clare Granville · ar 38 · Venus—Old and New · Anon. · pi 40 · The Promise · ?? · ss 50 · Mmmmmmmadam! · Anon. · pt 51 · Beached Blondes · Anon. · pi 55 · Wildlife in the Raw · Anon. · pi

Monsieur [v1 #3, July 1957] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The House That Was Haunted · E. Jerome Poinc · ss; the year’s most unsual story. Confidential Memo · Anthony Allen · ar; an inside report on Broadway & Hollywood. The Twain · Clarence L. Cooper, Jr. · ss; life & love in the rough. Annabel · Hal Hennesey · ss; can you mix adventure and sex? An improbable story. Two Minute’s Late · Fred Erik · ss; prize-winning short-story.

Monsieur [v1 #8, November 1958] (50¢, quarto) listing fiction only. Details supplied by Darren Heil from Table of Contents. 9 · The Taming of Tetua · Louis-Charles Royer · ss 31 · The Dark, Dark Place · Hal Hennesey · ss

Monsieur [v2 #1, February 1959] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Lewd, the Viewed and the Prude · Louis-Charles Royer · ss The Record · Philip Day · ss The Sultan and the Eunuch · Jay Mason · ss Snow White and the Unholy Seven · Hal Hennesey · ss In the Clutches of the Lille · R. B. Apoian · ss The Girl on the Couch · Alphonse · ss Petticoats in the White House · Frank Morely · ss How to Ring a Wild Belle in the Blue Yonder · Force Kennett · ar Women Love to Be Unfaithful · Milton Beker · ar

Monsieur [v2 #2, May 1959] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Better Half of Valerie Jane · E. Jerome Poinc · ss Late Visitor · Jennifer Simms · ss Boatful of Passion · Georges Heret · ss Ye Prettie Wife and ye Jealous Husband · Roger Chambord · ss Love Affair · Petronius II · pm

Monsieur [v3 #2, March 1960] (cover by Frames) Details supplied by Steve Scott. Those Russian Girls · Louis-Charles Paley · ss Two of a Kind · R. G. Vincent · ss

Monsieur [v4 #4, June 1961] (82pp) Details taken from eBay listing. The Notary and the Serving Maid · Roger Chambord · ss The Louvre Is for Lovers · Stanley Paley · ss Girl from the south · Les Barry · ss Mademoiselle from Marseilles · Steve April · ss The Making of Cynthia · Les Barry · ss

Monsieur [v5 #5, December 1962] partial contents. Details supplied by Denny Lien. Vanishing Trick · Jimmy Walker · ss

Monsieur [v6 #1, February 1963] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The American Society of Girl Watchers · Allen Lebrow · ar Capri · Paul Brock · ar Party Games for Non Poopers · El Edwards · ar I Will Never Forget What’s Her Name · Leo August · ss The Sex Coloring Book · Maxwell & Williams · ar Christmas Is for Hoboes · A. M. Smith · ss The Night of the Trap · Mann Rubin · ss The Plump Stripper · Steve April · ss

Monsieur [v10 #1, October 1967] ed. Will Martin (Kenden Publications, Inc., 60¢, 68pp, quarto) Dated “October” in the Table of Contents and Oct/Nov on the cover. Details supplied by Mike Roetto. 4 · Ipso Fact · Anon. · ms 7 · Monsieur on the Boulevard · Anon. · ms 8 · Chastity Fun Belts · Hoyt McAfee · ar 10 · Yes, We Have No Bananas · Bill Majeski · ar 15 · Ads for Sex, German Style · Paul Brock · ar 17 · New Girl on the Hustle · Ed Modzelewski · ss 18 · Didi · Anon. · pi 20 · The Swinger · Bill Maury & Vic Martin · cs 25 · Audrey · Anon. · pi 30 · Get Your Ass Out West · H. Riese · ar 32 · The (Not Very) Compleat Woman · Adobe James · ar 34 · Monsieur’s Mademoiselle of the Month: Patti · Anon. · pi 36 · The Life and Loves of Morton Reystacher · E. Stone · ss 39 · Craps! · Sam Ewing · ar 41 · Pip · Anon. · pi 47 · Torrid Tales of Lust and Passion · John Keefauver · hu 51 · Monsieur Reviews the Scene · Anon. · rc 56 · From the Private Files of Monsieur · Joe Miller · hu 66 · Letters to Monsieur · [The Readers] · lc

Monster Fantasy    (about)

Monster Fantasy [v1 #1, April 1975] (Mayfair Publications, $1.25, 98pp) from a copy on Internet Archive. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 6 · Monster Fantasy News · Anon. · cl 10 · Monster Fantasy Movies · Anon. · cl 17 · The Vampire Book _18 · The Real Count Dracula and Other Real Vampires · Florence V. Brown · ar _22 · The Vampire Book · Gary Gerani · ar 42 · My Father, Peter Lorre [Kathy Lorre] · S. M. · iv; Kathy Lorre interview. 50 · “Young Frankenstein” · Anon. · pi 54 · “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” · Anon. · ar 60 · See a Man Turn Into a Werewolf! · Anon. · ar; on makeup in Dark Shadows. 68 · Monsters of the Deep · Anon. · ar; on sea legends. 74 · Monsters of the Air · T. G. B. · ar; on 1896 American UFO reports. 80 · Report from Bloody Olde England! · Anon. · ar

Monster Fantasy [v1 #2, June 1975] (Mayfair Publications, $1.25, 98pp) from a copy on Internet Archive. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4 · Monster Fantasy Movies · Anon. · cl 8 · Monster Fantasy News · Anon. · cl 11 · The Book of the Mummy _12 · The Mummy’s Curse · Florence V. Brown · ar _17 · The Book of the Mummy · Gary Gerani · ar 28 · “The Mummy” · Anon. · pi 37 · At Last! A Real Catastrophe! · Anon. · ar; on movie The Hindenberg. 40 · Rondo Hatton: Hollywood’s Monster Without Makeup · B. G. Jackson · ar [Rondo Hatton] 46 · “Freaks” · Anon. · ar 52 · The Strange Death of Lon Chaney · D. S. · ar [Lon Chaney] 58 · Elsa Lanchester: First Lady of Horror · Anon. · ar [Elsa Lanchester] 64 · The Witchcraft Movies · Deborah Sherwood · ar 70 · The Witchcraft Series They Forced Off TV · G. G. (by Gary Gerani) · ar; on proposed series Bedeviled. 76 · Encore for a Monstermaker · Anon. · ar; on makeup in Dark Shadows. 82 · The Thing That Was Killing the Girls · Coe Schmidt · ss 86 · Monster Pin-Up of the Month: Bela Lugosi · Anon. · pi