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Fantasy Commentator [v5 #4, #36, Fall 1986] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 225-296pp, quarto) 225 · Robert Aickman: Notes for a Biography · Gary W. Crawford · ar [Robert Aickman] 228 · Après le Delúge—Nous: The Survivalist Vogue in Science-Fiction · John J. Pierce · ar 241 · The White Witch · James Weldon Johnson · pm The Crisis 1915; revised by Lee Becker. 241 · The Case of James Harrington, Utopian Writer · Allan Howard · ar [James Harrington] 244 · The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood · Lincoln Van Rose · br 246 · Tom o’Bedlam, by Robert Silverberg · Darrell Schweitzer · br 247 · Watchers at the Strait Gate, by Russell Kirk · A. Langley Searles · br 248 · Friday, by Robert A. Heinlein · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 250 · Supernatural Fiction Writers, by Everett F. Bleiler · Sam Moskowitz · br 256 · The Uncertainty Principle, by Dmitri Bilenkin · A. Langley Searles · br 258 · Homages 258 · The Great God Pan · Robert Clark Schaller · pm The Throne of Merlin, Robert Clark Schaller, Argus Books 1936 [Arthur Machen]; slightly different version 258 · The House of Roses · Donald Sidney-Fryer · pm Songs and Sonnets Atlantean, Arkham House 1971 [George Sterling]; slightly different version 259 · John Collier · Lee Becker · pm [John Collier] 259 · To A. Merritt · Lee Becker · pm A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool: A Biography, Sam Moskowitz, Oswald Train 1985 [A. Merritt] 259 · For H.P.L. · Lee Becker · pm [H. P. Lovecraft] 260 · Poe Legend · Elias Lieberman · pm The New York Times May 29 1961 [Edgar Allan Poe] 260 · To Clark Ashton Smith · H. P. Lovecraft · pm Weird Tales Apr 1938 [Clark Ashton Smith] 260 · Olaf Stapledon · Lee Becker · pm [Olaf Stapledon] 261 · Bernarr Macfadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction, Part One: The Early Struggles · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Bernarr Macfadden] 280 · M. P. Shiel and Arnold Bennett: Passing in Review · Ibid M. Andor · ar 282 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 6 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Edgar Allan Poe; Nathaniel Hawthorne] 291 · Tips on Tales · Kevin J. Anderson · rc _291 · Stalking the Nightmare, by Harlan Ellison · Kevin J. Anderson · br _291 · The Lazarus Effect, by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom · Kevin J. Anderson · br _292 · The Adversary, by Julian May · Kevin J. Anderson · br 294 · Indexes to Volume V of Fantasy Commentator · Anon. · ix 295 · Index to Book Reviews in Vols. I-V of Fantasy Commentator · Anon. · ix

Fantasy Commentator [v6 #1, #37, Fall 1987] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 74pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · Frank R. Paul · cv (r) 4 · The Age of Wonder, I: Gernsback, Wonder Stories, and David Lasser, 1929-1933 · Eric Leif Davin · ar [Hugo Gernsback; David Lasser] 11 · The Age of Wonder, II: An Interview with David Lasser · Eric Leif Davin · iv 19 · The Age of Wonder, III: An Interview with Charles D. Hornig · Eric Leif Davin · iv 26 · Regression to the Dawn · Allan Howard · ar 28 · Days of the Dryad · Steve Sneyd · pm 29 · Modern Science Fiction and the American Literary Community, by Frederick Andrew Lerner · Sam Moskowitz · br 31 · Dayworld, by Philip José Farmer · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 32 · Urania’s Daughters: A Checklist of Women Science Fiction Writers, 1692-1982, by Roger C. Schlobin · Eric Leif Davin · br 34 · Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, by Marshall B. Tymn & Mike Ashley · Sam Moskowitz · br 47 · Pulp Dream · Joseph Wrzos · pm 49 · Bernarr Macfadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction, Part Two: Macfadden Seeks His Avalon · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Bernarr Macfadden] 59 · Song of the Eternal Sailors · Bruce Boston · pm 60 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc 60 · It, by Stephen King · Kevin J. Anderson · br _61 · Festival Moon, by C.J. Cheeryh · James A. Lee · br _62 · The Time Wars Trilogy, by Simon Hawke · Stuart Napier · br _62 · The Visions of Esmaree, by Elna Stone · A. Langley Searles · br 63 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _63 · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt _63 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _64 · [letter] · E. F. Bleiler · lt _66 · [letter] · Walter Wentz · lt _66 · [letter] · Mike Ashley · lt _67 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt 68 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 7 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Edgar Allan Poe; Fitz-James O’Brien]

Fantasy Commentator [v6 #2, #38, Fall 1988] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $4.00, 78-148pp, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Frank R. Paul · cv Satellite Science Fiction Jun 1958 78- 97 · Pioneer in the Age of Wonder: An Interview with Raymond Z. Gallun · Leif Davin · nf 98-106 · Bernarr MacFadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction; Part Three: Science Fiction in True Story Magazine · Sam Moskowitz · nf 107 · Book Reviews 107-109 · Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy..., by Gary K. Wolf · Sam Moskowitz · br 109-110 · Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography, by Mike Ashley · A. Langley Searles · br 110 · Robots and Empire, by Isaac Asimov · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 111 · The Desert Ghost · Bruce Boston · pm 112-123 · A History of the ’Checklist’ · E. F. Bleiler · nf 123 · Dispossessed · Lee Becker · pm 124-125 · After the Conflict · Steve Sneyd · pm 126-128 · Imprisoned in a Tesseract..., by David Ketterer · Sam Moskowitz · br 128-131 · E.F. Benson As He Was, by Geoffrey Palmer & Noel Lloyd · A. Langley Searles · br 131 · Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 132-134 · Tips on Tales: Short Reviews of Books Old and New · A. Langley Searles · rc __ · The Landslide (1944) [Stephen Gilbert] · A. Langley Searles · br __ · The Last Revolution (1951) [Lord Dunsany] · A. Langley Searles · br __ · Father Malachy’s Miracle (1931) [Bruce Marshall] · A. Langley Searles · br __ · The Thought-Reading Machine (1938) [Andre Maurois] · A. Langley Searles · br __ · The Arm of Mrs. Egan and Other Stories (1951) [William Fryer Harvey] · A. Langley Searles · br 134-136 · Cosmic Thrillers · Algernon Blackwood · br Time and Tide Dec 20 1930; a review of Stapledon’s Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon 137-140 · Open House: Letters from Readers · [The Readers] · lc __ · [letter] · E. F. Bleiler · lt __ · [letter] · Eric Davin · lt __ · [letter] · Frederik Pohl · lt __ · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt __ · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt 141-148, 106 · Voyagers Through Eternity... Part VIII · Sam Moskowitz · nf; mostly on Fitz-James O’Brien, with a bit on Nathaniel Beverly Tucker (son of St. George Tucker, previously mentioned) and Sidney Whiting, last paragraph of installment is continued back to page 106.

Fantasy Commentator [v6 #3, #39, Summer 1989] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $3.00, 151-226pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · Elliott Dold, Jr. · cv (r) 152 · Between “The Willows” and the Wild Blue Yonder: The Forgotten Tales of Algernon Blackwood · Mike Ashley · ar [Algernon Blackwood] 161 · Time’s Palmistry · Steve Eng · pm 162 · Bernarr Macfadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction, Part Four: Enter Fulton Oursler · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Bernarr Macfadden; Fulton Oursler] 176 · Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, by Hal W. Hall · Sam Moskowitz · br 178 · The Flint Knife, by E.F. Benson · A. Langley Searles · br 181 · Galapágos, by Kurt Vonnegut · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 183 · Embeleso Revisited · Steve Sneyd · pm Stars for Head and Feet, The Old Hollowed Toad Press 1983 184 · The Silberkleit Years: An Interview with Charles D. Hornig · Eric Leif Davin · iv 192 · My Interplanetary Teens · Frank K. Kelly · ar The Atlantic Monthly Jul 1947 195 · The Optimistic Pessimist: An Interview with Frank K. Kelly · Eric Leif Davin · iv 207 · Equal Opportunities · John Francis Haines · pm 208 · Outer Space and C.S. Lewis · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · ar Christian Herald Sep 1969 [C. S. Lewis] 211 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _211 · Colin, by E.F. Benson · Allan Howard · br _211 · Colin II, by E.F. Benson · Allan Howard · br _213 · The Scallion Stone, by Basil A. Smith · Lincoln Van Rose · br _213 · Fever Season, by C.J. Cherryh · James A. Lee · br 215 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 9 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Jules Verne] 218 · From Pythagorus to Teller · Thomas A. Easton · pm 219 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _219 · [letter] · Robert A. W. (“Doc”) Lowndes · lt _221 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _222 · [letter] · Erle Melvin Korshak · lt _223 · [letter] · David Drake · lt _223 · [letter] · T. G. Cockcroft · lt _224 · [letter] · Eric Davin · lt _226 · [letter] · H. R. Felgenhauer · lt

Fantasy Commentator [v6 #4, #40, Winter 1989-90] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $4.00, 229-304pp, quarto) fc. · [front cover] · Frank R. Paul · cv (r) 230 · T.S. Stribling, Subliminal Science-Fictionist · Sam Moskowitz · ar [T. S. Stribling] 244 · Sonnets for the Space Age · Lee Becker · gp _244 · Thoughts Beside a Missile Silo · Lee Becker · pm _244 · Greenhouse Effects · Lee Becker · pm _245 · The Martian Drug · Lee Becker · pm The Humanist 1985 _245 · Arrival and Departure · Lee Becker · pm 246 · Hugo Gernsback’s Ideas of Science and Fiction, 1915-26 · Deborah Elkin · ar [Hugo Gernsback] 258 · A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, by Robert Weinberg · Mike Ashley · br 259 · Unicorn Mountain, by Michael Bishop · George Greiff · br 261 · 2061: Odyssey Three, by Arthur C. Clarke · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 262 · Crise Galactica · Thomas A. Easton · pm 263 · Mr. H. and Mr. H.G. · Mike Ashley · ar [Hugo Gernsback; H. G. Wells] 274 · The Mythmaker in the Catacombs · Bruce Boston · pm 275 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _275 · The Thirty-First of June, by J.B. Priestley · Winston P. Dawson · br _275 · Resurrection, Inc., by Kevin J. Anderson · A. Langley Searles · br _276 · Light Years and Dark, by Michael Bishop · Stuart Napier · br; previously published in an abbreviated version in The Bloomsbury Review _276 · Not Since Genesis, by J. Storer Clouston · Winston P. Dawson · br _277 · The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes, by Leslie Halliwell · A. Langley Searles · br 295 · The Men Who Make the Argosy · T. S. Stribling · cl Argosy Jan 4 1930 296 · Wish You Were Here · John Francis Haines · pm 297 · Open House · [The Readers] · lc _297 · [letter] · Gavin Smith · lt _297 · [letter] · Lincoln Van Rose · lt _297 · [letter] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · lt _298 · [letter] · Richard A. Lupoff · lt _298 · [letter] · B. Terry Jeeves · lt _299 · Return to the Grand Canal, Mars · Steve Sneyd · pm _299 · [letter] · Frank K. Kelly · lt 300 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 10 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Jules Verne] 304 · Indexes to Volume VI of Fantasy Commentator · Anon. · ix

Fantasy Commentator [v7 #1, #41, Fall 1990] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $5.00, 76pp, quarto, cover photo) “Lovecraft Centennial Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. 4- 9 · Death of a Gentleman: Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s Last Days · R. Alain Everts · nf 9 · Deception · Steve Eng · pm 10-11 · A Sheaf of Sonnets by Contemporaries of Howard Lovecraft 10 · Mad Dreams (for H.P. Lovecraft) · Richard Ely Morse · pm The Californian Fll 1936 10 · The Tavern · Robert E. Howard · pm Singers in the Shadows, Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant 1970 11 · Atavism · Elinor Wylie · pm Nets to Catch the Wind, Harcourt, Brace and Company 1921 11 · White Death · Clark Ashton Smith · pm The Star-Treader and Other Poems, A.M. Robertson 1912 11 · Galaxies · Stanton A. Coblentz · pm The Mountain of the Sleeping Maiden 1946 12-30 · Bernarr MacFadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction: Part Five— “Ghost Stories” Magazine · Sam Moskowitz · nf 30 · The Skater of Ghost Lake · William Rose Benét · pm The Forum Nov 1925; “edited for republication by Lee Becker.” 31-34 · Lovecraft’s Two Views of Arkham · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · nf 34-41 · Book Reviews 34-36 · The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien · Sam Moskowitz · br 36-37 · Rama II, by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee · James A. Lee · br 37-38 · Lord of the Hollow Dark, by Russell Kirk · Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. · br 38-39 · Sixty Selected Poems, by Joseph Payne Brennan · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 39-41 · The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, by Kenneth W. Faig Jr. · A. Langley Searles · br 41-48 · Father Images in Lovecraft’s ’Hypnos’ · John McInnis · nf 48 · “Lovely, Dark, and Deep” · Lee Becker · pm 49-55, 48 · Sons of Super-Science · Mike Ashley · nf; noted as “slightly abbreviated chapter” from his forthcoming book on Gernsback; article continues from p.55 to p.48. 56-65 · The Lovecraft Centennial Celebration · Sam Moskowitz · nf 65-67 · Lovecraft Psychoanalyzed · Wilfred B. Talman · nf; ms. of this supplied by R.A. Everts. 68-72, 67 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science Fiction from the Beginnings to H.G. Wells; Part VI · Sam Moskowitz · nf; mostly on Verne’s Moon stories; concludes on p.67. 72-74 · Open House: Letters from Readers · [The Readers] · lc 72-73 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt; long letter on life and recent death of Don Wandrei. 74 · [letter] · David A. Drake · lt 74 · [letter] · John Francis Haines · lt 74 · [letter] · Tom Cockcroft · lt 74 · Beyond the Role Reversal Sector · Steve Sneyd · pm 74 · Under the Fluorescent Moon · R. L. Boas · pm 74 · Illumination · John Francis Haines · pm

Fantasy Commentator [v7 #2, #42, Fall 1991] ed. A. Langley Searles (A. Langley Searles, $5.00, 77-156pp, quarto) Subtitled “Weinbaum Memorial Issue”. fc. · [front cover] · Elliott Dold, Jr. · cv (r) 78 · Remembering Stanley Weinbaum: An Interview with Margaret Kay Weinbaum [Stanley G. Weinbaum] · Eric Leif Davin · iv 104 · The Marketing of Stanley G. Weinbaum · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Stanley G. Weinbaum] 125 · The Medium · Horace Gregory · pm Chelsea Rooming House, Horace Gregory, Covici-Friede 1930 125 · Last Citizen of Earth · Stanley G. Weinbaum · pm Janus Win 1978/’79 125 · Balbathon · Steve Eng · pm 126 · Weinbaum’s College Years · R. Alain Everts · ar [Stanley G. Weinbaum] 130 · Evolution · Andrew Darlington · pm 130 · Stone Demon · John Francis Haines · pm 131 · Science-Fiction: The Early Years, by Everett F. Bleiler · A. Langley Searles · br 133 · Astounding Days, by Arthur C. Clarke · H. R. Felgenhauer · br 135 · POLY: New Speculative Writing, by Lee Ballentine · Henry C. Dyens · br 137 · Through the Pale Door: A Guide to and Through the American Gothic, by Frederick S. Frank · Steve Eng · br 139 · The Weird Tale, by S.T. Joshi · A. Langley Searles · br 140 · Colonyship Capers · Steve Sneyd · pm 141 · Bernarr Macfadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction, Part Six: The Last Science-Fiction in Physical Culture · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Bernarr Macfadden] 145 · Southwest Haunts · Octavio Ramos, Jr. · ar The Gate Oct 1990 148 · Tips on Tales · [Various] · rc _148 · The Last Defender of Camelot, by Roger Zelazny · James A. Lee · br _149 · The Women Who Walk Through Fire, by Susanna J. Sturgis · Anita Alverio · br _149 · The Sixth Speed, by E.J. Rath · Winston P. Dawson · br _150 · The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels, by Mike Ashley · A. Langley Searles · br _150 · The King of Kôr, by Sidney J. Marshall · Winston P. Dawson · br 151 · A Sheaf of Sonnets _151 · The Robe · Anna Hempstead Branch · pm Sonnets from a Lock Box, Anna Hempstead Branch, Houghton Mifflin 1929 _151 · The Deserted Chapel · Lee Becker · pm _152 · Old Tenants [from “Labour-in-Vain”] · Wilfrid Wilson Gibson · pm (r) _152 · Appointment · Clarice Butterly · pm Poetry World Jul 1931 _152 · Nightmare · R. H. Grenville · pm The New York Times Nov 4 1959 153 · Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells [Part 12 of 16] · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Jules Verne]