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Foundation [#38, Winter 1986/87] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest, cover by Chris Foss) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Three Worlds of Wonder · Robert Silverberg · ar; extracts from the forthcoming Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder (Warner Books, October 1987). _5 · “Common Time” · Robert Silverberg · ar [James Blish] _12 · “Hothouse” · Robert Silverberg · ar [Brian Aldiss] _16 · “Light of Other Days” · Robert Silverberg · ar [Bob Shaw] 21 · Comment on Two of Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder · Brian Aldiss & Bob Shaw · ar [Robert Silverberg] 23 · Thrilling Structures? Science Fiction from the Early ‘Amazing’ and Detective Fiction · Elizabeth Kwasniewski · ar 30 · Verne’s Amazing Journeys · M. Hammerton · ar [Jules Verne] 39 · The Making of Meldilorn: A Poetics of Imaginary Names · David Lake · ar 49 · Effing the Ineffable: An Essay · Gregory Benford · ar 58 · Profession of Science Fiction, 34: Me in a Mirror · Kim Stanley Robinson · ar _63 · Slaves of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existentialist Science Fiction, by Colin Wilson · Brian Stableford · br 68 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _68 · [letter] · Gregory Benford · lt [William Gibson] _68 · [letter] · Professor Stephen R. L. Clark · lt [C. S. Lewis] 69 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _69 · Trillion Year Spree, by Brian W. Aldiss & David Wingrove; Gollancz, 1986, £19.95, 511pp · Roz Kaveney · br _77 · Dreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee, by Tanith Lee; Arkham House, $21.95, 508pp · Sarah LeFanu · br _78 · Reader in a Strange Land, by Peter Ruppert; University of Georgia Press, 1986 · Frank Dietz · br _79 · The Folk of the Air, by Peter S. Beagle; Del Rey, 1987, 330pp · M. John Harrison · br _81 · The Ragged Astronauts, by Bob Shaw; Gollancz, 1986, £9.95, 310pp · Paul Kincaid · br _83 · Goodman 2020, by Fred Pfeil; Indiana University Press, 1986, $15.00, 230pp · John Clute · br _85 · Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography, by Harvey J. Satty, Curtis C. Smith & Olaf Stapledon; Greenwood Press UK, 1984, £33.95, 168pp · Brian Stableford · br _85 · The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson; Macdonald, 1986, £9.95, 351pp · Paul Kincaid · br _87 · The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller; Titan, £8.95, 188pp · Neil Gaiman · br _92 · Machines That Think, by Isaac Asimov, Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg; Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983, $22.95, 627pp · Ellen M. Pedersen · br _96 · Second Nature, by Cherry Wilder; Unwin, 1986, £3.50, 254pp · Colin Greenland · br _98 · Shades of Darkness, by Richard Cowper; Kerosina, 1986, £10.95, 143pp · Mike Christie · br _99 · Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, by Marshall B. Tymn & Michael Ashley; Greenwood Press UK, 1985, £95.00, 970pp · Edward James · br _100 · Magician, by Raymond E. Feist; Granada, 1983, £9.95, 545pp · Hannu Hiilos · br

Foundation [#39, Spring 1987] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest, cover by Fred Marcellino) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 4 · Note [Terry Carr] · Ian Watson · ob 5 · Archetypal Eagles, Operatic Sparrows · K. V. Bailey · ar 21 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 35: A Shaman’s View · David Brin · ar 27 · Original Light: The Rhysling Awards and Genre Poetry · Robert Frazier · ar 31 · “Man Everywhere in Chains”: Dick, Rousseau, and “The Penultimate Truth” · Merritt Abrash · ar [Philip K. Dick] 41 · Reader, He Rescued Her: Women in the Tarzan Stories · John Newsinger · ar [Edgar Rice Burroughs] 50 · “Deserts of Vast Eternity”: J.G. Ballard and Robert Smithson · Haim Finkelstein · ar [J. G. Ballard] 62 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _62 · [letter] · David J. Lake · lt _63 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _64 · [letter] · Professor M. Hammerton · lt 65 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _65 · Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Second Edition, by Curtis C. Smith; St. James Press UK, 1986, £39.00, 933pp · John Clute · br _71 · Eon, by Greg Bear; Gollancz, 1986, £10.95, 503pp · Rachel Pollack · br _74 · Humpty Dumpty in Oakland, by Philip K. Dick; Gollancz, 1986, £9.95, 199pp · Ian Watson · br _75 · Demand the Impossible, by Tom Moylan; Methuen, 1986, £7.95, 242pp · Sarah LeFanu · br _78 · Hitler Victorious, by Greg Benford & Martin H. Greenberg; Garland, 1986, $19.95, 299pp · Stefan Lewicki · br _79 · Alternative Histories, by Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg; Garland, 1986, $19.95, 363pp · Stef Lewicki · br _80 · Artificial Things, by Karen Joy Fowler; Bantam, 1986, $2.95, 218pp · Sherry Francis · br _82 · Victim Prime, by Robert Sheckley; Methuen, 1987, £9.95, 203pp · Mike Christie · br _83 · Rumors of Spring, by Richard Grant; Bantam, 1987, $18.95, 439pp · Colin Greenland · br _85 · The Finnbranch, by Paul Hazel; Sphere, 1986, £4.95, 594pp · Gwyneth Jones · br _88 · Ægypt, by John Crowley; Bantam, 1987, $17.95, 390pp · Gregory Feeley · br _92 · Star of Gypsies, by Robert Silverberg; Gollancz, 1987, £11.95, 397pp · Ian Watson · br _93 · Science Fiction: Ten Explorations, by C.N. Manlove; Macmillan UK, 1986, £25.00, 249pp · Roz Kaveney · br 97 · Is There No Balm in Gilead?: The Woeful Prophecies of “The Handmaid’s Tale” · Brian Stableford · ar [Margaret Atwood]

Foundation [#40, Summer 1987] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. fc. · Other Edens · Jim Burns · cv 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 36: The Writer as Nomad · Pamela Sargent · ar 11 · The Author as Torturer · Ian Watson · ar; transcript of a speech given at Sercon in California. 26 · Counter-landscapes of Fantasy: Earthsea/Narnia · K. V. Bailey · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin; C. S. Lewis] 36 · Joseph the Golem—The Limits of Synthetic Humanity [Part 1 of 2] · Ellen M. Pedersen · ar 45 · Victor Anestin, the First Romanian Science Fiction Writer · Cornel Robu · ar 1986 [Victor Anestin] 49 · SF in Flanders · Robert Smets & Guido Eekhaut · ar 54 · Notes for an Essay on Cecelia Holland · Kim Stanley Robinson · ar [Cecelia Holland] 62 · Bibliography of Czech Science Fiction in English Translation · Cyril Simsa · bi 72 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _72 · [letter] · David Wingrove · lt _76 · [letter] · Malcolm Edwards · lt _77 · [letter] · Roz Kaveney · lt _81 · [letter] · Colin Greenland · lt _82 · [letter] · David Langford · lt 83 · Other Edens, by Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock; Unwin, 1987, £2.95, 237pp · John Clute · br 85 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _85 · The Shore of Women, by Pamela Sargent; Chatto & Windus, 1987, £10.95, 469pp · Lisa Tuttle · br _88 · Evil Water and Other Stories, by Ian Watson; Gollancz, 1987, £10.95, 200pp · Gregory Feeley · br _88 · The Book of Ian Watson, by Ian Watson · Gregory Feeley · br _88 · Slow Birds and Other Stories, by Ian Watson; Gollancz, 1985, £8.95, 180pp · Gregory Feeley · br _90 · O-Zone, by Paul Theroux; Hamish Hamilton, 1986, £9.95, 469pp · M. John Harrison · br _92 · Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks · Colin Greenland · br _96 · The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard; Arkham House, 1987, $21.95, 402pp · Roz Kaveney · br _96 · The Planet on the Table, by Kim Stanley Robinson; Tor, 1986, $14.95, 245pp · Roz Kaveney · br _99 · Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett; Gollancz, 1987, £9.95, 200pp · David Langford · br _101 · The Net, by Loren J. MacGregor; Ace, 1987, 225pp · Scott Bradfield · br

Foundation [#41, Winter 1987] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest, cover by Fred Clarke) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Star Peace · Arthur C. Clarke · ar; address delivered in Paris on May 20th, 1987 for the 10th Charles A. Lindbergh Award. 9 · Arthur C. Clarke: The Early Days · Fred Clarke · bg 15 · The Clarke: Opera Semi-Seria · K. V. Bailey · pl [Arthur C. Clarke] 21 · Wandering in Mazes Lost, or The Unhappy Life of Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End in Academia · Stephen H. Goldman · ar [Arthur C. Clarke] 30 · The Alchemical Art of Arthur C. Clarke · Richard A. J. Hellen & Philip M. Tucker · ar [Arthur C. Clarke] 42 · The Future Viewed from Mid-Century Britain: Clarke, Hampson and the Festival of Britain · Edward James · ar [Arthur C. Clarke] 52 · Joseph the Golem—The Limits of Synthetic Humanity [Part 2 of 2] · Ellen M. Pedersen · ar 65 · Foundation Forum: Science, Scientism, and...? · George Hay · ar 72 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _72 · [letter] · Gwyneth Jones · lt _73 · [letter] · Yvonne Rousseau · lt [David Lake] _74 · [letter] · Michael Ashley · lt 75 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _75 · Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16, by Terry Carr; Tor, 1987, $17.95, 402pp · Richard Cowper · br _78 · Cracken at Critical, by Brian W. Aldiss · Gwyneth Jones · br _78 · Ruins, by Brian Aldiss · Gwyneth Jones · br _80 · Keep Watching the Skies! Vol. II, by Bill Warren · John Dean · br _82 · Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy, by Michael Moorcock · Colin Greenland · br _84 · The Puppet Master, by Liz Greene; Arkana, 1987, £5.95, 305pp · David V. Barrett · br _84 · The Anointed, by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi; Arkana, 1987, £5.95, 239pp · David V. Barrett · br _86 · Ancient Light, by Mary Gentle · Sarah LeFanu · br _88 · You Bright and Risen Angels, by William T. Vollmann; Atheneum, 1987, $22.95, 635pp · Scott Bradfield · br _89 · Einstein’s Monsters, by Martin Amis · Judith Hanna · br _92 · The Urth of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe · Peter Nicholls · br _97 · Fiasco, by Stanislaw Lem · Rachel Pollack · br

Foundation [#42, Spring 1988] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Who’s Afraid of Science Fiction? · George Slusser · ar 18 · A Scientist’s Notebook: Pascal’s Terror · Gregory Benford · cl 21 · A Key to Science Fiction: The Sublime · Cornel Robu · ar 37 · The “Metamorphoses” of Darko Suvin: Final Synthesis or Dogged Antithesis? · Peter Lowentrout · ar 45 · “God Is Showing Through”: Footnotes on Religion and SF · Norman Beswick · ar 49 · Deep Waters: The Significance of the Deluge in Science Fiction · Nicholas Ruddick · ar 59 · Asimov, Popper and the Fate of the Galaxy · Angus Taylor · ar [Isaac Asimov] 65 · “The Cadwal Chronicles” and the Criticism of Vance · Edward James · ar [Jack Vance] 70 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _70 · [letter] · Brian Stableford · lt _73 · [letter] · Gregory Feeley · lt 75 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _75 · Bare-Faced Messiah, by Russell Miller · Scott Bradfield · br _14 · Conspiracy Theories, by Chris Evans; private, £1.00, 50pp · Scott Bradfield · br _80 · L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, by Bent Corydon & L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.; Lyle Stuart, 1987, $20.00, 402pp · Dave Langford · br _82 · J.R.R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism, by Judith A. Johnson; Greenwood Press UK, 1986, £33.95, 266pp · Hannu Hiilos · br _86 · The Monster in the Mirror, by Mary K. Patterson Thornburg; UMI Research Press, 1987, 154pp · Brian Stableford · br _86 · Specter or Delusion?, by Margaret L. Carter; UMI Research Press, 1987, 131pp · Brian Stableford · br _89 · The Forge of God, by Greg Bear · John Sladek · br _91 · Charles Williams, by Kathleen Spencer; Starmont, 1986, $16.95, 88pp · Rachel Pollack · br _93 · The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, by Storm Constantine · Gwyneth Jones · br _95 · Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences, by Ursula K. Le Guin; Capra Press, 1987, $15.95, 196pp · Mike Christie · br _97 · Freedom Beach, by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel; St. Martin’s Press, 1985, $15.95, 259pp · Colin Greenland · br _98 · Interzone: The 2nd Anthology, by Simon Ounsley, David Pringle & John Clute; Simon & Schuster UK, 1987, £10.95, 208pp · Stef Lewicki · br _99 · The Gollancz/Sunday Times SF Competition Stories, by Malcolm Edwards · Stef Lewicki · br

Foundation [#43, Summer 1988] (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. fc. · In the Chinks of the World Machine · Anny White · cv 3 · Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) · John Clute · ob 4 · Editorial Note · Edward James · ms 5 · Time in Folklore and Science Fiction · W. M. S. Russell · ar 25 · From Pan in the Home Counties—to Pain on a Far Planet: E.M. Forster, David Lindsay, and How the Voyage to Arcturus Should End · Ian Watson · ar [E. M. Forster; David Lindsay] 36 · The Works of William Gibson · Danny Rirdan · ar [William Gibson] 47 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 37: The Author as Hero · Jane Yolen · ar 50 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 38: Riddles in the Dark · Gwyneth Jones · ar 59 · In the Chinks of the World Machine, by Sarah LeFanu · Gwyneth Jones · br 63 · Foundation Forum: Feminism and SF _63 · A Few More Crocodile Tears? · Brian Stableford · ar _72 · Engaging the Reader · Sarah LeFanu · ar _74 · There’s More to Life Than Crocodile Tears · Jenny Wolmark · ar _75 · The Walrus Is Brian · Gwyneth Jones · ar _76 · An Interest in Carpentry · Colin Greenland · ar 77 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _77 · [letter] · Ellen M. Pedersen · lt _79 · [letter] · Jeremy Crampton · lt [Gene Wolfe] _80 · [letter] · David Lake · lt _81 · [letter] · K. V. Bailey · lt _84 · [letter] · George Hay · lt _85 · [letter] · Ursula Le Guin · lt 85 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _85 · The Tale That Wags the God, by James Blish · Gregory Feeley · br _90 · Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish, by David Ketterer & James Blish · Brian Stableford · br _92 · An Alien Light, by Nancy Kress · Maxim Jakubowski · br _93 · Moon of Ice, by Brad Linaweaver · Maxim Jakubowski · br _94 · Napoleon Disentimed, by Hayford Peirce · Maxim Jakubowski · br _95 · Busy About the Tree of Life and Other Stories, by Pamela Zoline · Gwyneth Jones · br _98 · Suzy McKee Charnas, Octavia Butler, Joan D. Vinge, by Marleen S. Barr, Ruth Selvaggio, Richard Law, Suzy McKee Charnas, Octavia E. Butler & Joan D. Vinge; Starmont, $9.95 · Sarah LeFanu · br _99 · Wetware, by Rudy Rucker · Gregory Feeley · br

Foundation [#44, Winter 1988/89] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £2.95, 104pp, digest, cover by Stella Hender) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Love Was the Plan, the Plan Was...: A True Story About James Tiptree,Jr. · Mark Siegel · ar [James Tiptree, Jr.] 14 · To Boldly See...: Iconicity in Science Fiction and Fantasy · K. V. Bailey · ar 26 · Rogue Knight: Harlan Ellison in the Men’s Magazines · Gary K. Wolfe · ar [Harlan Ellison] 33 · SF and Theatre: An Interview with Darko Suvin · Kazuko Yamada · iv 42 · Frankenstein and the Technological Future · Laura Kranzler · ar 50 · Bibliography of Czech Science Fiction in English Translation: A Supplement · Jaroslav Olša, Jr. · bi 55 · Foundation Forum: On Science Fiction, Alienation, Infinity and the Sublime: So What’s All the Fuss About? · Juha K. Tapio · ar 60 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _60 · [letter] · David Wingrove · lt _61 · [letter] · George Slusser · lt _62 · [letter] · Simon Ings · lt [George Slusser] __64 · [response to Simon Ings] · George Slusser · ms [Simon Ings] 65 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _65 · Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Third Edition, by Neil Barron · John Clute · br _67 · Origins of Futuristic Fiction, by Paul K. Alkon · Colin Greenland · br _68 · Dawn, by Octavia Butler · Rachel Pollack · br _71 · Prelude to Foundation, by Isaac Asimov · Angus Taylor · br _72 · Bones of the Moon, by Jonathan Carroll · Gregory Feeley · br _72 · Voice of Our Shadow, by Jonathan Carroll · Gregory Feeley · br _75 · The Hour of the Thin Ox, by Colin Greenland · David V. Barrett · br _77 · Best SF Stories, by Brian W. Aldiss · Paul Kincaid · br _78 · On Stranger Tides, by Tim Powers · Ian Watson · br _80 · Matilda at the Speed of Light, by Damien Broderick · John Baxter · br _82 · Philip K. Dick, by Douglas A. Mackey · Stef Lewicki · br _83 · Putting Out, by Neil Ferguson · Mike Christie · br _84 · Unicorn Mountain, by Michael Bishop · Gwyneth Jones · br _87 · Days Between Stations, by Steve Erickson · Paul Kincaid · br _88 · Unquenchable Fire, by Rachel Pollack · John Clute · br _89 · Scudder’s Game, by D.G. Compton · Rachel Pollack · br _91 · The Fire Worm, by Ian Watson · Edward James · br _93 · Whores of Babylon, by Ian Watson · Edward James · br _94 · Tales from the Forbidden Planet, by Roz Kaveney · David V. Barrett · br _95 · The Dragonhiker’s Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two, by David Langford · J*hn Cl*t* · br _96 · The Digging Leviathan, by James P. Blaylock · Paul Kincaid · br _96 · Land of Dreams, by James P. Blaylock · Paul Kincaid · br 97 · More Letters · [The Readers] · lc _97 · [letter] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · lt [James Blish] _98 · [letter] · David Ketterer · lt _98 · [letter] · Alan Scott · lt [George Slusser] 99 · Report from the SFF, 1988 · Edward James · ar