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Thrust [#24, Spring/Summer 1986] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Mark Bondurant) Dated Summer 1986 on the cover. Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · A Synthetic Art: David Brin Interviewed · Pascal J. Thomas · iv 9 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: Part Two: Beyond the Comfort Principle · Marvin Kaye · ar 11 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 13 · The Alienated Critic: A Look at the John W. Campbell Award · Doug Fratz · cl 17 · Interview: Sterling E. Lanier · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 21 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _21 · Schismatrix, by Bruce Sterling · Pascal J. Thomas · br _21 · In Alien Flesh, by Gregory Benford · Doug Fratz · br _21 · The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Pascal J. Thomas · br _22 · Converts, by Ian Watson · Darrell Schweitzer · br _22 · Eclipse, by John Shirley · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · The Postman, by David Brin · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _23 · The Invaders Plan, by L. Ron Hubbard · Janrae Frank · br _24 · Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, by David Pringle · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Artifact, by Gregory Benford · Pascal J. Thomas · br _24 · Freedom Beach, by John Kessel & James Patrick Kelly · Andrew M. Andrews · br _25 · On the Reference Shelf · Doug Fratz · br _26 · The Initiate, by Louise Cooper · Debra L. McBride · br _26 · The Last Rainbow, by Parke Godwin · Debra L. McBride · br _26 · An Edge in My Voice, by Harlan Ellison · David F. Hamilton · br _26 · Masters of Glass, by M. Coleman Easton · Neal Wilgus · br 28 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _28 · [letter] · Philip Jose Farmer · lt _28 · [letter] · Donald Franson · lt _28 · [letter] · Daniel Farr · lt _28 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt _29 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _29 · [letter] · Andrew Weiner · lt _30 · [letter] · Daniel Say · lt

Thrust [#25, Fall/Winter 1986] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Mike Romesburg) Dated Winter 1986 on the cover. Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: A Jeremiad, Three Reviews, and a Postscript · Michael Bishop · cl _6 · Death Is a Lonely Business, by Ray Bradbury · Michael Bishop · br Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nov 29 1985 _7 · Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · Michael Bishop · br The Washington Post Book World Sep 22 1985 _7 · Contact, by Carl Sagan · Michael Bishop · br Atlanta Journal-Constitution Oct 22 1985 9 · Interview with Piers Anthony · Scott S. Smith · iv 15 · Make It Scream: Science Fiction Cowardice · John Shirley · cl 17 · News from the Ghetto: A Hard Look at Hardcovers · Charles Platt · cl 19 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 21 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: Part Three: The Dance Beyond Death · Marvin Kaye · ar 23 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _23 · Godbody, by Theodore Sturgeon · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Visible Light, by C.J. Cherryh · Eugene Lin · br _23 · Bloodsongs, by Robin Wayne Bailey · Janrae Frank · br _24 · Heroes in Hell, by Janet Morris · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Leigh Brackett: American Writer, by John L. Carr · Darrell Schweitzer · br _24 · The Coming of the Quantum Cats, by Frederik Pohl · Eugene Lin · br _25 · Time After Time, by Allen Appel · Darrell Schweitzer · br _25 · Trinity and Other Stories, by Nancy Kress · Neal Wilgus · br _25 · Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card · Ardath Mayhar · br _26 · Shadows 8, by Charles L. Grant · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · br _26 · Tailchaser’s Song, by Tad Williams · Dan Crawford · br _30 · Night of Power, by Spider Robinson · Andrew M. Andrews · br _30 · The Cybernetic Samurai, by Victor Milán · Neal Wilgus · br 27 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Janrae Frank · lt _27 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _27 · [letter] · David Pettus · lt _28 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _28 · [letter] · Jane C. Raymer · lt _28 · [letter] · Wendy G. Pearson · lt _28 · [letter] · Jeffrey Kasten · lt

Thrust [#26, Spring 1987] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 36pp, quarto, cover by Bob Eggleton) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Nebula Wars: The Importance of Being More Than Earnest · Michael Bishop · cl _7 · Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card · Michael Bishop · br _8 · Eclipse, by John Shirley · Michael Bishop · br 12 · From the Pictured Urn · Charles Sheffield · cl 15 · The Darkness of Power: A Conversation with Stephen R. Donaldson · Nancy Kress & Paul Ferguson · iv 19 · News from the Ghetto: The Insanity Offense · Charles Platt · cl 21 · Essaying: Stardate: The Magazine · David Bischoff · cl 23 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 26 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _26 · Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, by Bruce Sterling · Doug Fratz · br _26 · The Hercules Text, by Jack McDevitt · Eugene Lin · br _27 · Genesis Quest, by Donald Moffitt · Stephen P. Brown · br _27 · Second Genesis, by Donald Moffitt · Stephen P. Brown · br _27 · Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov · Doug Fratz · br _27 · The Songs of Distant Earth, by Arthur C. Clarke · Doug Fratz · br _28 · A Hidden Place, by Robert Charles Wilson · Eugene Lin · br _28 · Vacuum Flowers, by Michael Swanwick · Stephen P. Brown · br _28 · Fire Sanctuary, by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · Ardath Mayhar · br _29 · Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson & Lynn Varley · Mark J. McGarry · br _30 · Wild Cards, by George R.R. Martin · Stephen P. Brown · br _30 · Aces High, by George R.R. Martin · Stephen P. Brown · br _30 · Star of Gypsies, by Robert Silverberg · Eugene Lin · br _34 · The Outcast, by Louise Cooper · Debra L. McBride · br _34 · Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire, by Phil Foglio · Dan Crawford · br 31 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _31 · [letter] · Alan Dean Foster · lt _31 · [letter] · Robert Silverberg · lt _31 · [letter] · Parke Godwin · lt _31 · [letter] · Gregory Benford · lt __32 · [response to Gregory Benford] · John Shirley · ms _32 · [letter] · Paul Cook · lt _32 · [letter] · Kim Gibbs · lt _32 · [letter] · Randi Bird · lt _32 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _33 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt

Thrust [#27, Summer 1987] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Allen Koszowski) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Saluting Pamela Sargent [from The Best of Pamela Sargent] · Michael Bishop · fw Academy Chicago 1987 [Pamela Sargent] 8 · Greg Bear · Pascal J. Thomas · iv 11 · The Alien Critic · Richard E. Geis · cl 13 · Make It Scream · John Shirley · cl 15 · According to Hoyle · Gregory Benford · ar [Fred Hoyle] 17 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: Part Four: Untimeliness and Pity · Marvin Kaye · ar 18 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _18 · The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard · Doug Fratz · br _18 · Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, by Brian Aldiss · Eugene Lin · br _18 · The Journal of Nicholas the American, by Leigh Kennedy · Dean R. Lambe · br _19 · Talking Man, by Terry Bisson · Howard Coleman · br _19 · Glass and Amber, by C.J. Cherryh · Doug Fratz · br _20 · Marlborough Street, by Richard Bowker · Mark J. McGarry · br _20 · Sea of Glass, by Barry B. Longyear · Dean R. Lambe · br _21 · Universe 16, by Terry Carr · Doug Fratz · br _21 · The Unicorn Quest, by John Lee · David F. Hamilton · br _21 · Nonfiction SF Books of Note in 1986 · Doug Fratz · br _22 · In the Field of Fire, by Jack Dann & Jeanne Van Buren Dann · Andrew M. Andrews · br _22 · Ash Wednesday, by Chet Williamson · Mark J. McGarry · br _23 · Stalking the Unicorn, by Mike Resnick · Dean R. Lambe · br _23 · The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XIV, by Karl Edward Wagner · Andrew M. Andrews · br _23 · At Amberleaf Fair, by Phyllis Ann Karr · Ron Hambien · br _23 · Audio SF&F Reviews · David F. Hamilton · rv _26 · The Annals of the Heechee, by Frederik Pohl · Dean R. Lambe · br _26 · Death Is a Lonely Business, by Ray Bradbury · Andrew M. Andrews · br _26 · Cutting Edge, by Dennis Etchison · Andrew M. Andrews · br 28 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _28 · [letter] · Alexis A. Gilliland · lt _28 · [letter] · Janrae Frank · lt _28 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _29 · [letter] · Andrew Weiner · lt _29 · [letter] · Millea Kenin · lt _29 · [letter] · J. B. Neumann · lt _30 · [letter] · David Pettus · lt

Thrust [#28, Fall 1987] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Cyber Yes, Punk No · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ar 8 · Walter Tevis · David Pettus · iv 11 · Dead in Suburbia, or Whatever Happened to Feminism in SF? · Janrae Frank · ar 14 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 16 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: Part 5: Epistle to the Hesseans · Marvin Kaye · ar 17 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _17 · The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood · Doug Fratz · br _17 · Misery, by Stephen King · Mark J. McGarry · br _18 · Mathenauts, by Rudy Rucker · Stephen P. Brown · br _18 · The Uplift War, by David Brin · Eugene Lin · br _19 · Station Gehenna, by Andrew Weiner · Doug Fratz · br _19 · Replay, by Ken Grimwood · Stephen P. Brown · br _19 · Circuit Breaker, by Melinda M. Snodgrass · Dean R. Lambe · br _20 · The Net, by Loren J. MacGregor · Eugene Lin · br _20 · To Sail Beyond the Sunset, by Robert A. Heinlein · Fernando Q. Gouvêa · br _20 · Wyrms, by Orson Scott Card · Ardath Mayhar · br _21 · Universe 17, by Terry Carr · Fernando Q. Gouvêa · br _21 · Audio SF&F Reviews · David F. Hamilton · rv _22 · The Folk of the Air, by Peter S. Beagle · David L. Transue · br _22 · Lincoln’s Dreams, by Connie Willis · Fernando Q. Gouvêa · br _22 · The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian Aldiss · Neal Wilgus · br _22 · Countersolar!, by Richard A. Lupoff · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · Vergil in Averno, by Avram Davidson · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · The Planet on the Table, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · The Maker of Dune, by Frank Herbert & Timothy O’Reilly · July A. Jolly · br _24 · Dawn, by Octavia E. Butler · Pascal J. Thomas · br _24 · The Unconquered Country, by Geoff Ryman · Andrew Andrews · br _24 · The Grey Horse, by R.A. MacAvoy · Debra L. McBride · br 25 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _25 · [letter] · Michael Swanwick · lt _25 · [letter] · Alexis A. Gilliland · lt _26 · [letter] · Robert Bloch · lt _26 · [letter] · Pete Rogan · lt __27 · [response to Pete Rogan] · Dave Bischoff · ms _27 · [letter] · Joe Mayhew · lt _27 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _28 · [letter] · Bernadette Bosky · lt _28 · [letter] · Frederick Fowler · lt _28 · [letter] · Harry Lawton · lt __28 · [response to Harry Lawton] · John Shirley · ms _30 · [letter] · Ann Morris · lt

Thrust [#29, Winter 1988] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Lori Walls) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · News from the Ghetto: A Special Unnecessarily-Detailed Report on the 1987 Worldcon · Charles Platt · cl 9 · Interview: Hal Clement · Tim Fitzgibbons · iv 12 · Make It Scream: Winners of the Alternative Convention Programming Contest! · John Shirley · cl 16 · Where Has All the Nonsense Gone? · Ardath Mayhar · ar 18 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 21 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: VI: The Gospel According to GBS · Marvin Kaye · ar 22 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _22 · Little Heroes, by Norman Spinrad · Doug Fratz · br _22 · The Forge of God, by Greg Bear · Dean R. Lambe · br _22 · Land of Dreams, by James P. Blaylock · Neal Wilgus · br _23 · Life During Wartime, by Lucius Shepard · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Aegypt, by John Crowley · Eugene Lin · br _24 · Trekmaster, by James B. Johnson · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _24 · Isaac Asimov’s Robot City—Book 1: Odyssey, by Michael P. Kube-McDowell · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Isaac Asimov’s Robot City—Book 2: Suspicion, by Mike McQuay · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Mindplayers, by Pat Cadigan · Andrew M. Andrews · br _25 · Through Darkest America, by Neal Barrett, Jr. · Howard Coleman · br _25 · Audio SF Reviews: Old Masters...New Medium · David F. Hamilton · rv _26 · Godslayer, by Mickey Zucker Reichert · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _26 · Glory Lane, by Alan Dean Foster · Dean R. Lambe · br _26 · Sign of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny · Neal Wilgus · br _27 · Still River, by Hal Clement · Dean R. Lambe · br _27 · Faces, by Leigh Kennedy · Neal Wilgus · br 28 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _28 · [letter] · Gregory Benford · lt _28 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _28 · [letter] · Anita Alverio · lt _29 · [letter] · Janrae Frank · lt _29 · [letter] · Dean R. Lambe · lt _29 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _29 · [letter] · George Adis · lt _30 · [letter] · Taras Wolansky · lt

Thrust [#30, Summer 1988] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Gary Davis) 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · The South and Science Fiction · Gregory Benford · ar 8 · Interview: Nancy Springer · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 11 · Make It Scream · John Shirley · cl 14 · An Interview with Joel Rosenberg · Peter W. Telep & David F. Hamilton · iv 17 · Immortalism: “The Long-Range View”: VII: Meaning Beyond Meaning · Marvin Kaye · ar 18 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _18 · Starfire, by Paul Preuss · Mark J. McGarry · br _18 · The Gold Coast, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Pascal J. Thomas · br _18 · Metrophage, by Richard Kadrey · Eugene Lin · br _19 · Great Sky River, by Gregory Benford · Pascal J. Thomas · br _19 · A Splendid Chaos, by John Shirley · Andrew Andrews · br _19 · The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 13, by Arthur W. Saha · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _20 · The Motion of Light in Water, by Samuel R. Delany · Andrew Andrews · br _20 · John L. Byrne’s Fearbook, by John L. Byrne · Mark J. McGarry · br _20 · Firstflight, by Chris Claremont · Mark J. McGarry · br _21 · Audio SF Reviews: Artificial Persons & Electric Monks · David F. Hamilton · rv _22 · Matters of Form, by Scott Wheeler · Eugene Lin · br _22 · Limbo, by Bernard Wolfe · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _23 · Moon of Ice, by Brad Linaweaver · Neal Wilgus · br _23 · Non-Fiction SF Books of Note in 1987 · Doug Fratz · ar _24 · Shadow Dancers, by Lillian Stewart Carl · Ardath Mayhar · br _24 · Hunter/Victim, by Robert Sheckley · Jon M. Gilbertson · br _24 · The Curse of the Obelisk, by Ron Goulart · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _25 · Polyphemus, by Michael Shea · Dan Temianka · br _25 · Radio Free Albemuth, by Philip K. Dick · Andrew Andrews · br _25 · The Rod of Light, by Barrington J. Bayley · Neal Wilgus · br _26 · Barking Dogs, by Terence M. Green · Andrew Andrews · br _26 · The Architecture of Fear, by Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz · Neal Wilgus · br 27 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Gardner Dozois · lt _27 · [letter] · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · lt _27 · [letter] · Joel Rosenberg · lt __27 · [response to Joel Rosenberg] · John Shirley · ms _28 · [letter] · Mark J. McGarry · lt _28 · [letter] · Robert Marcuson · lt _28 · [letter] · Gary Farber · lt _28 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt _29 · [letter] · Donna Zelzer · lt _29 · [letter] · Steve Roby · lt _30 · [letter] · Rayson Lorrey · lt _31 · [letter] · Timons Esaias · lt