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Fantasy Commentator [v4 #2, #30, Winter 1979-80] ed. A. Langley Searles ($3, 76pp, 8½" x 11") cover reproduces djs of books by Asimov, Wetzel, and Pohl. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 51 · “Plus Ultra”: An Unknown Science-Fiction Utopia [Part 1 of 5] · A. Langley Searles · ar [Edward Lucas White] 60 · Sonnets for the Space Age · Lee Becker · gp The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 _60 · Brain · Lee Becker · pm The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 _60 · Venus Probe · Lee Becker · pm The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 _61 · Lost Satellite · Lee Becker · pm The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 _61 · Leave Taking · Lee Becker · pm The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 _61 · Derelict Planet · Lee Becker · pm The Fonthill Dial Apr 1979 62 · Man’s Future · W. Olaf Stapledon · ar Prediction Apr 1949 65 · Book Review of The Way the Future Was, by Frederik Pohl · Edward Wood · br 68, 70 · Drawings for Tom o’Bedlam’s Song · Norman Lindsay · il (r) 69 · Tom o’Bedlam’s Song · Francis Thompson · pm (r) 71 · Book Review of Empress of the Earth and The Purple Cloud, by M.P. Shiel · Sam Moskowitz · br 72 · Peace and Olaf Stapledon · Sam Moskowitz · ar 1950; rev. a “brochure” from 1950. 81 · Tips on Tales: Short Reviews of Books Old and New · [Various] · rc _81 · The Living End, by Stanley Elkin · Lincoln Van Rose · br _81 · The Return of the Time Machine, by Egon Friedell · A. Langley Searles · br _82 · The Witch’s Bridle and Other Occult Tales, by Forbes Stuart · Lee Becker · br _82 · Irrational Numbers, by George A. Effinger · Lincoln Van Rose · br _83 · Prisoners of Power, by Arkady N. Strugatsky & Boris N. Strugatsky · A. Langley Searles · br _83 · The Earth Again Redeemed, by Martin Green · Lincoln Van Rose · br _83 · The Great Victorian Collection, by Brian Moore · A. Langley Searles · br _84 · The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales, by George T. Wetzel · Lee Becker · br 85 · Thoughts About C.L. Moore · Sam Moskowitz · ar [C. L. Moore]; defending himself against Moore’s accusation of unethical reprinting of “Werewoman”. 90 · Book Review of Of Memory Yet Green, by Isaac Asimov · Lincoln Van Rose · br 94 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 1 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg 114 · The Dance · Edward Lucas White · pm Ainslee’s Magazine Aug 1907 115-120, 124 · Open House: Letters from Readers · [The Readers] · lc _115 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt Horizons Feb 1979 _115 · [letter] · Kenneth Faig, Jr. · lt Tekeli-li! Feb 1979; mostly on Wetzel’s article on HPL’s literary executor claimants. _118 · [letter] · Larry Farsaci · lt _118 · [letter] · Edward Wood · lt _118 · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt _119 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt [Olaf Stapledon]; on Olaf Stapledon’s unpublished or uncollected works. _124 · [letter] · Thomas G. L. Cockcroft · lt; on Finlay’s cover art for The Oustider and Others. 122 · Matthew Henry Onderdonk, 1910-1979 · A. Langley Searles · ob; includes a photo.

Fantasy Commentator [v4 #3, #31, Winter 1981] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 127-192pp, quarto) 127 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 1 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar; given as “Voyagers Through Infinity” in the Table of Contents. 146 · Sonnets for the Space Age · Lee Becker · gp _146 · Viking I · Lee Becker · pm _146 · Mother of Us All · Lee Becker · pm _147 · Epitaphs · Lee Becker · pm _147 · Echoes · Lee Becker · pm _147 · Lost Boundary · Lee Becker · pm 148 · Far Future Calling, by Olaf Stapledon · A. Langley Searles · br 150 · Future Without Future, by Jacques Sternberg · A. Langley Searles · br 153 · A Few Thorns · Lincoln Van Rose · ar 157 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _157 · The Chain of Chance, by Stanislaw Lem · A. Langley Searles · br _157 · Return from the Stars, by Stanislaw Lem · Lincoln Van Rose · br _158 · The Haunted Woman, by David Lindsay · Lee Becker · br _159 · The Best of Roald Dahl, by Roald Dahl · A. Langley Searles · br _160 · The Essential Man, by Al Morgan · Lincoln Van Rose · br _160 · The Dead Zone, by Stephen King · A. Langley Searles · br _161 · The Venture: A Story of the Shadow World, by R. Norman Grisewood · A. Langley Searles · br 162 · “Plus Ultra”: An Unknown Science-Fiction Utopia [Part 2 of 5] · A. Langley Searles · ar 170 · Doom Beyond Jupiter · Bernard De Voto · ar Harper’s Magazine Sep 1939 173 · The Dead Tree · John B. Tabb · pm Cosmopolitan Feb 1890 [Lee Becker]; edited by Lee Becker. 174 · A Spectrum of Fantasy, by George Locke · Sam Moskowitz · br 175 · The Works of M.P. Shiel, 1979 Update, Volumes II and III, by A. Reynolds Morse & M.P. Shiel · Sam Moskowitz · br 178 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 2 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg 183 · Azrael · Edward Lucas White · pm Matrimony, Norman Publishing Co. 1932 183 · The Ghoula · Edward Lucas White · pm Narrative Lyrics 1908 185 · In Memorium: Alex Osheroff · Joseph Wrzos · ob 186 · Raven Night · Alex Osheroff · pm 187 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _187 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _187 · [letter] · Tom Cockcroft · lt _188 · [letter] · Edward Wood · lt _189 · [letter] · M. David Johnson · lt Starfire Feb 1980 _189 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt Horizons Science Fiction Feb 1980

Fantasy Commentator [v4 #4, #32, Winter 1982] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 193-266pp, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 195 · Needle in a Haystack: In Search of Robert Duncan Milne · Joseph Wrzos · ar [Robert Duncan Milne]; on his and Sam Moskowitz’s share in rediscovery of Milne’s sf. 200 · A Few Thorns · Lincoln Van Rose · ar; applying Robert Gunning’s “Fog Index” of reading difficulty levels to various sf works. 205 · It’s the Same Everywhere! · Lee Becker · pm; humorous take on a BEM’s attitude toward humans. 206-213, 259-265 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 2 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar; influence of Defoe, Swift, and de Bergerac; descriptions of Niels Klim; Peter Wilkins; and Micromegas among other works, many non-English. 214 · Ten Sonnets · Stanton A. Coblentz · gp _214 · From the Outer Universes · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Mar 27 1955 _214 · First Man on the Moon · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Jun 12 1958 _215 · Space Travel · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Feb 21 1958 _215 · As the Space Age Begins · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Apr 10 1959 _215 · The Big Dipper · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Jan 12 1960 _216 · Radio Telescope · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times May 18 1960 _216 · The Second Self · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Feb 27 1961 _216 · World Potentate · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times May 15 1961 _217 · After the Bomb · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Jul 4 1961 _217 · The Face of Man · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The New York Times Aug 5 1961 218 · Lucky Me · Stephen Fabian · ar; on the sf art world and his part in it, speech at March 1, 1981 ESFA meeting. 221 · My Uncle Oswald, by Roald Dahl · Joseph Wrzos · br; “highly entertaining”. 223 · H.P. Lovecraft: Four Decades of Criticism, by S.T. Joshi & H.P. Lovecraft · Lincoln Van Rose · br; mostly unfavorable re both editor and essays. 227 · The Lovecraft Collectors Library, by George T. Wetzel & H.P. Lovecraft · A. Langley Searles · br; recommending for historic and intrinsic interest. 228 · Standing in the Shadows · B. Leilah Wendell · pm Amazing Adventures Sep 1981 229 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 3 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg; his early work and his major short stories. 239 · Alien · Lee Becker · pm 240 · “Plus Ultra”: An Unknown Science-Fiction Utopia [Part 3 of 5] · A. Langley Searles · ar [Edward Lucas White] 242 · Science Fiction in Old San Francisco, Vol. I (and) Vol. II, by Sam Moskowitz & Robert Duncan Milne · A. Langley Searles · br; “amazing” and “irreplacable” work. 245 · The Science Fiction Encyclopedia, by Peter Nicholls · Edward Wood · br; “magnificent conception” but far too many inaccuracies. 246 · Nicholls: Comments and Errata · T. G. Cockcroft & Graham Stone · ms [Peter Nicholls]; several pages of corrections and quibbles. 250 · Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban · A. Langley Searles · br; “very very fine”. 252 · Driftwood · B. Leilah Wendell · pm 253 · Tips on Tales: Short Reviews of Books Old and New · [Various] · rc _253 · The Sendai, by William Woolfolk · Lincoln Van Rose · br _253 · Victorian Nightmare, by Hugh Lamb · A. Langley Searles · br _254 · The Best of Murray Leinster, by Murray Leinster · Lincoln Van Rose · br _254 · Unholy Relics and Other Uncanny Tales, by M.P. Dare · A. Langley Searles · br 255 · [letter] · Norman Metcalf · lt 256 · [letter] · Joseph Wrzos · lt 257 · [letter] · Louis Russell Chauvenet · lt 257 · [letter] · Lee Becker · lt 258 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt 258 · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt

Fantasy Commentator [v5 #1, #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, by Orson Scott Card · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “best work I’ve yet seen from the best new author I’ve yet seen”. _28 · Little, Big, by John Crowley · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “It is dull, dull, dull, dull, dull!” “incoherent babble” “a big disappointment”. _29 · World Enough, and Time, by James Kahn · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “has potential” but is “sloppy job”. _30 · Fireflood and Other Stories, by Vonda McIntyre · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “powerful stories with real impact”. _30 · Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “in the top ten of the last hundred books I’ve read”. _31 · The Snow Queen, by Joan Vinge · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “destined for classic status; put it on your must-read list”. _32 · War Games, by Karl Hansen · Kevin J. Anderson · br; “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. Eschbach · 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 [Edward Lucas White] 50 · Book Reviews · Steve Eng · br _50 · Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition, by Neil Barron · Steve Eng · br; 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, by Marshall B. Tymn & Roger C. Schlobin · Steve Eng · br; “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 [Mary Shelley]; proto-anthologies and Gothic fiction, especially Frankenstein. 64 · Book Reviews · A. Langley Searles · br _64 · The Princess of All Lands, by Russell Kirk · A. Langley Searles · br; mostly favorable, two stories “outright excellent”. _65 · H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography, by H.P. Lovecraft & S.T. Joshi · A. Langley Searles · br; “sound and solid work”. 67 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 4 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg 71 · Open House: Letters from Readers · [The Readers] · lc _71 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _73 · [letter] · Kenneth Faig, Jr. · lt (r); from Tekeli-Li #6. _73 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt

Fantasy Commentator [v5 #2, #34, Winter 1984] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 77-148pp, quarto) 77 · Algernon Blackwood and the Golden Dawn · Mike Ashley · ar [Algernon Blackwood] 91 · Poetry Collection · Steve Eng · pm 92 · The Genesis of Ideas · Algernon Blackwood · ar The Writer Feb 1937 95 · Gerald Biss: Creator of a Werewolf Classic · Richard Dalby · ar [Gerald Biss] 98 · Sonnets for the Space Age · Lee Becker · gp _98 · Statistic · Lee Becker · pm _98 · Spectroscopy · Lee Becker · pm _99 · Columbia I · Lee Becker · pm _99 · Thursday’s Children · Lee Becker · pm _99 · Aviary · Lee Becker · pm 100 · “Plus Ultra”: An Unknown Science-Fiction Utopia [Part 5 of 5] · A. Langley Searles · ar 105 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 4 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar 116 · Uses of the Occult in the ’Earthsea’ Trilogy · John Dean · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin] 121 · Tips on Tales · Kevin J. Anderson · rc _121 · The Road to Corlay, by Richard Cowper · Kevin J. Anderson · br _122 · Shikasta, by Doris Lessing · Kevin J. Anderson · br _122 · King David’s Spaceship, by Jerry Pournelle · Kevin J. Anderson · br _123 · The Phoenix Tree, by Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski · Kevin J. Anderson · br 124 · Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography [Part 5 of 5] · George T. Wetzel · bg 127 · The Fanzine Index, by Robert Pavlat & William H. Evans · Sam Moskowitz · br 130 · H.P. Lovecraft, by S.T. Joshi & H.P. Lovecraft · A. Langley Searles · br 132 · The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 3, by Donald H. Tuck · Sam Moskowitz · br 133 · Gustave Doré: Das Graphische Werk, by Gustave Doré · A. Langley Searles · br 134 · Olaf Stapledon: A Man Divided, by Leslie A. Fiedler & Olaf Stapledon · Harvey J. Satty · br 137 · Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural & Weird Tales, by Hal W. Hall · Lincoln Van Rose · br 138 · Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch and Other Stories, by Dorothy K. Haynes · Lee Becker · br 139 · The Dream · Joseph Wrzos · pm 140 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _140 · [letter] · S. T. Joshi · lt _141 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt _142 · [letter] · Everett F. Bleiler · lt _144 · [letter] · Steve Eng · lt _145 · [letter] · Edward Wood · lt _146 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt 147 · Cargoes · Parthenia Hughes · pm

Fantasy Commentator [v5 #3, #35, Fall 1985] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 151-222pp, quarto) 151 · Olaf Stapledon: His Son, His Daughter, His Political Perceptions · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Olaf Stapledon] 164 · Told After Midnight · Lee Becker · gp _164 · The Yew · Lee Becker · pm _164 · The Sacrifice · Lee Becker · pm _165 · St. Croix · Lee Becker · pm _165 · The Tenants · Lee Becker · pm _165 · Something Darker · Lee Becker · pm 166 · The Road to “The Empty House”: The Story of How Algernon Blackwood Became a Writer · Mike Ashley · ar [Algernon Blackwood] 176 · Fresh Inspections of the Marvellous: Recent Works in Science-Fiction and Fantasy Scholarship · John Dean · ar 183 · Solar Arch · Dean Allen Schreck · pm 184 · Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography, by Harvey J. Satty, Curtis C. Smith & Olaf Stapledon · Sam Moskowitz · br 187 · Olaf Stapledon, by John Kinnaird & Olaf Stapledon · Sam Moskowitz · br 189 · A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool: A Biography, by A. Merritt & Sam Moskowitz · A. Langley Searles · br 192 · An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography, by Charlotte Laughlin, Daniel J.H. Levack & L. Sprague de Camp · Sam Moskowitz · br 193 · Etchings & Odysseys #2 & #3, by Eric A. Carlson, John J. Koblas & R. Alain Everts · A. Langley Searles · br 194 · On “Supernatural Horror in Literature” · S. T. Joshi · ar [H. P. Lovecraft] 205 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _205 · Eternity, by Mack Reynolds & Dean Ing · James A. Lee · br _206 · Warlord of Ghandor, by Del Dowdell · Kevin J. Anderson · br _206 · The Third Grave, by David Case · A. Langley Searles · br _207 · Wave Without a Shore, by C.J. Cherryh · Eric Morrison · br _208 · The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF, by Donald A. Wollheim · James A. Lee · br _208 · An End to Bugling, by Edmund G. Love · Lincoln Van Rose · br _209 · The Dramaturges of Yan, by John Brunner · Kevin J. Anderson · br _209 · Tales by Moonlight, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson · Stuart Napier · br 210 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 5 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar 215 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _215 · [letter] · Everett F. Bleiler · lt _217 · [letter] · R. Alain Everts · lt _218 · [letter] · Graham Stone · lt _219 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _219 · [letter] · Steve Eng · lt _219 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _220 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt 222 · Mental Sunset · Steve Eng · pm