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The Alien Critic [v3 #1, #8, February 1974] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.00, 51+16pp, quarto, cover by Tim Kirk) Details taken from online listing. 2 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 5 · Tomorrow’s Libido: Sex and Science Fiction · Richard Delap · ar 12 · [letter] · Richard Delap · lt 13 · [letter] · Charles W. Runyon · lt 14 · [letter] · Harry Harrison · lt 14 · [letter] · Harlan Ellison · lt 14 · Protector, by Larry Niven · Richard E. Geis · br 15 · An Imperfect Ark Has Lost Its Bird: A Review of Starlost · Richard E. Geis · mr 15 · [letter] · John Boardman · lt 17 · The World of Fanzines, by Fredric Wertham · Richard E. Geis · br 18 · [letter] · Robert Bloch · lt 18 · Banquet Speech at the 1973 World Science Fiction Convention at Toronto · Robert Bloch · ar 20 · [letter] · Barry N. Malzberg · lt 21 · [letter] · Bob Hoskins · lt 21 · Noise Level: Flash: John Brunner vs. The Meddling Moron · John Brunner · cl 21 · Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke · Richard E. Geis · br 22 · [letter] · Mildred Downey Broxon · lt 23 · Phase IV, by Barry N. Malzberg · Richard E. Geis · br 24 · [letter] · Robert Moore Williams · lt 24 · The Trenchant Bludgeon · Ted White · cl 33 · [letter] · James Gunn · lt 33 · [letter] · Mike Glyer · lt 34 · The Coming Dark Age, by Roberto Vacca · Richard E. Geis · br 35 · [letter] · John Robinson · lt 35 · [letter] · Brett Cox · lt 35 · Catholics, by Brian Moore · Richard E. Geis · br 36 · [letter] · Joanna Russ · lt 38 · [letter] · Michael G. Coney · lt 38 · [letter] · John Jakes · lt 39 · [letter] · Ed Cagle · lt 39 · [letter] · Vivian Boarman · lt 39 · [letter] · Tony Smith · lt 39 · [letter] · Charles Platt · lt 41 · [letter] · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt 42 · The Alien’s Archives · Richard E. Geis · bi

The Alien Critic [v3 #2, #9, May 1974] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.25, 48pp, quarto, cover by Tim Kirk) 2 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 4 · Reading Heinlein Subjectively: An Analysis · Cory & Alexei Panshin · ar [Robert A. Heinlein] 17 · [postcard] · Alan Dean Foster · lt 17 · [letter/review] · David W. Miller · lt 18 · The Fine Art of Eating Words, or *munch munch* One Revised Opinion · Richard E. Geis · ar 18 · [letter] · Mrs. Judy Plinlimmon · lt 18 · A Series of Short, Irresponsible, Compromised Book Reviews of Questionable Quality · Richard E. Geis · rc _18 · Collision Course, by Barrington J. Bayley · Richard E. Geis · br _18 · Edgar Cayce on Atlantis, by Edgar Cayce · Richard E. Geis · br _19 · Commune 2000 A.D., by Mack Reynolds · Richard E. Geis · br _19 · Female Sexual Fantasies · Richard E. Geis · br _19 · Crash, by J.G. Ballard · Richard E. Geis · br _19 · Relatives, by George Alec Effinger · Richard E. Geis · br 20 · Written to a Pulp: A Reminiscence · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ar 22 · [letter] · Bob Bloch · lt 22 · [letter] · James Blish · lt 22 · More Off-the-Cuff Reviews...for People with Short Attention Spans · Richard E. Geis · rc _22 · Down Bound Train, by Bill Garnett · Richard E. Geis · br _23 · Chains of the Sea, by Robert Silverberg · Richard E. Geis · br _23 · Twilight of the Basilisks, by Jacob Transue · Richard E. Geis · br _23 · Clone, by Richard Cowper · Richard E. Geis · br 24 · Noise Level: “...but beautifully crooked!” · John Brunner · cl 25 · [letter] · Christopher Priest · lt 25 · [letter] · Charles Platt · lt 26 · Small Press Notes · Richard E. Geis · cl _26 · The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, Volume 1: Who’s Who, A-L, by Donald H. Tuck · Richard E. Geis · br 27 · Clarion West: A Look from the Inside · Bob Sabella · ar 30 · [letter] · Mike Gilbert · lt 31 · The Mad Reviewer Strikes Again! · Richard E. Geis · rc _31 · 334, by Thomas M. Disch · Richard E. Geis · br 31 · [letter] · Barry Malzberg · lt 32 · More Translations from the Editorial · Gene Wolfe · ar 33 · [letter] · Samuel R. Delany · lt 33 · Life in Hollywoof · Pearl · lt 34 · [letter] · Walt Liebscher · lt _34 · [response to Walt Liebscher] · Richard Delap · ms 34 · The Flying Sorcerers Revisited · Mike Bailey · br BCSFA Newsletter Jan 1974; review of The Flying Sorcerers, by Larry Niven & David Gerrold _35 · ...And the Greatest of These Is Justice · John Boardman · br; review of The Last Starship from Earth, by John Boyd 36 · More Rain on My Male Chauvinist Parade · Charles Platt · lt 36 · “Staggering Losses...Retreat Impossible...God Help Us, Here He Comes Again...” · Richard E. Geis · rc _36 · Joshua, Son of None, by Nancy Freedman · Richard E. Geis · br _36 · Universe 3, by Terry Carr · Richard E. Geis · br _36 · The Stone That Never Came Down, by John Brunner · Richard E. Geis · br _36 · The R-Master, by Gordon R. Dickson · Richard E. Geis · br 37 · [letter] · Mike Glicksohn · lt 38 · The Shaver Papers · Richard S. Shaver · ar 40 · The Geisorcist’s Woes · Richard E. Geis · rc _40 · Chains of the Sea, by Robert Silverberg · Richard E. Geis · br _40 · Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, by Philip K. Dick · Richard E. Geis · br _40 · A Touch of Infinity, by Howard Fast · Richard E. Geis · br _40 · Mutants, by Gordon R. Dickson · Richard E. Geis · br 41 · [letter] · Harlan Ellison · lt

The Alien Critic [v3 #3, #10, August 1974] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.25, 48pp, quarto, cover by Stephen Fabian) 2 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 4 · An Interview with Stanislaw Lem · Daniel Say · iv 15 · [letter] · Frederik Pohl · lt 15 · Letter from Discon II · Ron W. Bounds · lt 16 · Time for a Break Said the Editor as He Cracked a Few Books · Richard E. Geis · rc _16 · A Midsummer Tempest, by Poul Anderson · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Star Rider, by Doris Piserchia · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Future Glitter, by A.E. van Vogt · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Icerigger, by Alan Dean Foster · Richard E. Geis · br 17 · [letter] · Jack Wodhams · lt 18 · A Nest of Strange and Wonderful Birds · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ar 19 · Big Book Roast: $1 Per Plate. Proceeds to a Worthy Charity · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Fall of Colossus, by D.F. Jones 20 · [letter] · Albert Dytch · lt 21 · [postcard] · Bob Bloch · lt 21 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt 22 · [letter] · Dr. Fredric Wertham · lt 22 · Dear Lisa, Have Just Cleaned My Typewriter Which Was a Wild and Stupid Thing to Do... · Ted Tubb · ar Zimri #5 1973 27 · [letter] · Bill Rotsler · lt 27 · Torture Garden—Where Geis Stomps Through the Tulips · Richard E. Geis · lr 28 · [letter] · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt 28 · I Liked It? I Didn’t Like It? (Check One) · Richard E. Geis · rc _28 · Seetee Alert, by Gregory Kern · Richard E. Geis · br _29 · 1994: The Savage Report, by Howard Rheingold · Richard E. Geis · br _29 · War on Aleph, by Laurence James · Richard E. Geis · br 29 · [letter] · Jacqueline Lichtenberg · lt 30 · ...And the Winner Is... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of House of Zeor, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg 30 · Two More Winners...Well, Make It Three · Richard E. Geis · rc _30 · The Godwhale, by T.J. Bass · Richard E. Geis · br _31 · Total Eclipse, by John Brunner · Richard E. Geis · br _31 · The Unsleeping Eye, by D.G. Compton · Richard E. Geis · br 31 · Small Press Notes & Other Idle Comments · Richard E. Geis · lr _31 · Cities and Scenes from the Ancient World, by Roy G. Krenkel · Richard E. Geis · br _31 · From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Richard E. Geis · br _32 · John W. Campbell: An Australian Tribute, by Ronald E. Graham & John Bangsund · Richard E. Geis · br _32 · Reader’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos, by Robert E. Weinberg · Richard E. Geis · br 33 · The Traditions of Science Fiction and Conventions · Robert Bloch · ar; the Guest of Honor Speech at the 31st World Science Fiction Convention, August 31, 1973. 37 · [letter] · Robert Moore Williams · lt 38 · Life in Hollywood · Pearl · lt 38 · Excuse Me, but My Chest Just Got in the Way of Your Arrow · Craig Strete · lt 39 · [letter] · Kazuya Sekita · lt 39 · Gee, I’m Sorry Your Book Stepped in Front of My Speeding Review · Richard E. Geis · rc _39 · The Hero of Downways, by Michael G. Coney · Richard E. Geis · br _39 · Traitor to the Living, by Philip José Farmer · Richard E. Geis · br 40 · Letter from S.F.W.A. · Andrew J. Offutt · lt 40 · Another View of the Tower · Tony Cvetko · lt 40 · The Ichthysaurus · Victor von Scheffel; translated by John Boardman · pm 41 · Reading Heinlein Subjectively...The Reaction _41 · [letter] · James Blish · lt _41 · [letter] · Poul Anderson · lt _42 · [letter] · Greg Pfister · lt _44 · [letter] · Gary Farber · lt __45 · [response to Gary Farber] · Alexei Panshin · ms 45 · [letter] · Buz Busby · lt 46 · [letter] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · lt

The Alien Critic [v3 #4, #11, November 1974] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.25, 74pp, octavo, cover by Tim Kirk) 4 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 7 · An Interview with Avram Davidson—1973 · Anon. · iv 15 · Dux Soup · John Boardman · br Graustark Oct 1973; review of Peregrine: Primus, by Avram Davidson 17 · [postcard] · Alan Dean Foster · lt 17 · [letter] · David Gerrold · lt 18 · Our Family Trees Have Wings? · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Colony: Earth, by Richard E. Mooney 19 · What Kind of Man Reads S-F? · Anon. · br; review of Search the Sky, by Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth 20 · [letter] · Paul Novitski · lt 23 · The Foundation on Sands · John J. Anderson · ar [Isaac Asimov] 28 · [letter] · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt 29 · [letter] · John Bangsund · lt 30 · A Chimp in Time... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Poison Oracle, by Peter Dickinson 30 · Malzberg at the Charge · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Destruction of the Temple, by Barry N. Malzberg 31 · No Nose Is Good Nose · John Brosnan · ar Big Scab #2 1974 32 · [letter] · Pearl · lt 33 · It Takes a Heap of Dying to Make a Casket a Home · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The English Assassin, by Michael Moorcock 34 · [letter] · Charles W. Runyon · lt 35 · Ursula Major · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin 37 · [letter] · Avram Davidson · lt 41 · An Extremely Raw Deal · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Wild Card, by Raymond Hawkey & Roger Bingham 42 · A Tide of Cliches · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Tide—A Novel of Catastrophe, by Zach Hughes 42 · [letter] · Michael G. Coney · lt 43 · [letter] · Ted Tubb · lt 44 · [postcard] · Robert Bloch · lt 45 · “Gasp!” Sir, There’s a Woman Reviewer Aboard! · Lynne Holdom · rc _45 · Rings of Ice, by Piers Anthony · Lynne Holdom · br _46 · The Weathermonger, by Peter Dickinson · Lynne Holdom · br _46 · The Inferno, by Fred Hoyle & Geoffrey Hoyle · Lynne Holdom · br 47 · Footnotes to Fan History · Larry Shaw · ar Esdacyos Feb 1974 50 · Some Old and Rare... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Temple of the Ten, by H. Bedford-Jones & W.C. Robertson 51 · [letter] · George Warren · lt 53 · [letter] · Robert Hoskins · lt 54 · [letter] · George Hay · lt 55 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt 56 · We’re Rotten to the Core · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The “Lomokome” Papers, by Herman Wouk 57 · Vanity, Vanity, All Is Ego · Richard E. Geis · br; review of God Forbid, by R.G. Davis 57 · Soul Mate in 25 Removes · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Soulmate, by Charles W. Runyon 58 · Mark It Up for a Quick Sale · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Galactic Rejects, by Andrew J. Offutt 59 · The Alien’s Archives · Richard E. Geis · bi 70 · Alien Conclusions · Richard E. Geis · cl

Science Fiction Review Title changed from The Alien Critic.

Science Fiction Review [v4 #1, #12, February 1975] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.25, 52pp, quarto, cover by Tim Kirk) Given as Science Fiction Review (The Alien Critic) on the cover. 2 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 5 · I Hate Fantastic Fantasy! · Richard E. Geis · ar; review of Into the Unknown, by Terry Carr 5 · Malzberged Again! · Richard E. Geis · br; review of On a Planet Alien and The Day of the Burning, by Barry N. Malzberg 6 · Smoke and Glass [Harlan Ellison] · Richard Delap · iv 13 · In Memoriam: David Mason [1924-1974] · John Boardman · ob 14 · Through Darkest Africa with Phil & Farmer · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, by Philip José Farmer 14 · [letter] · William Fulwiler · lt 15 · Superman, and the Living Is Queasy · Richard E. Geis · br; review of I, Weapon, by Charles W. Runyon 15 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt 16 · God’s Teeth! Eclaimed the Reviewer · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 17 · The Rain, a Strain, Falls Mainly in the Brain · Richard E. Geis · br; review of An Apology for Rain, by Jean Mark Gawron 17 · [letter] · George Warren · lt 18 · Fifteen Faces of Science Fiction · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium, by Reginald Bretnor 19 · [letter] · Fredric Wertham, M.D. · lt 20 · “You Can’t Say That!” The Wandering Review · Dick Lupoff · ar; review of The Second Experiment, by J.O. Jeppson 22 · [letter] · Bob Shaw · lt 22 · [letter] · Stan Burns · lt 23 · [letter] · Pearl · lt 23 · “Master! That Woman Is Loose in the Magazine Again” “So? What Harm Can She Do?” · Lynne Holdom · rc _23 · Give Warning to the World, by John Brunner · Lynne Holdom · br _24 · The Mountains of the Sun, by Christian Leourier · Lynne Holdom · br _24 · Starmaster’s Gambit, by Gerard Klein · Lynne Holdom · br 25 · [letter] · Bob Bloch · lt 25 · [letter] · Barry N. Malzberg · lt 25 · [letter] · Mike Glicksohn · lt 25 · [letter] · Kim Gibbs · lt 25 · [letter] · Avram Davidson · lt 26 · Confessions of a Wage Slave · David M. Harris · ar 29 · Best Subscription Letter, Ever · Wesley D. Ives · ar 29 · [letter] · Douglas Barbour · lt 29 · [letter] · Ursula K. Le Guin · lt 30 · It Is Books Like This, Sir, Which Give Heaven a Bad Reputation · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Slaves of Heaven, by Edmund Cooper 30 · Now Here’s My Plan... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of City in the Sky, by Curt Siodmak 31 · [letter] · Gene Wolfe · lt 31 · Torture Garden or Stomping Through the Tulips · Richard E. Geis · lr 34 · [letter] · John Morressy · lt 35 · Tuckered Out or Kicking a Cripple · Barry N. Malzberg · br; review of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, Volume 1: Who’s Who, A-L, by Donald H. Tuck 37 · [letter] · Larry Shaw · lt 37 · How to Get a Buzz On... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Cage a Man, by F.M. Busby 37 · [letter] · Laurine White · lt 38 · Uffish Thots · Ted White · cl 42 · [letter] · Peter Mandler · lt 43 · Them Sacktime Blues... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Dream Millennium, by James White 44 · The Alien’s Archives · Richard E. Geis · bi 51 · Alien Conclusions · Richard E. Geis · cl 52 · [back cover] · Grant Canfield · cv

Science Fiction Review [v4 #2, #13, May 1975] ed. Richard E. Geis (Richard E. Geis, $1.25, 80pp, octavo, cover by Grant Canfield) 4 · Alien Thoughts · Richard E. Geis · ed 7 · The Elwood Controversy _7 · [letter] · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt [Roger Elwood] _8 · [letter] · Roger Elwood · lt _10 · Bruce D. Arthurs Replies · Bruce D. Arthurs · lt _13 · Roger Elwood: A Personal Reaction · Bruce D. Arthurs · ar [Roger Elwood] _26 · REG Comment · Richard E. Geis · ms 27 · Visit to a Pulpy Planet · Milton F. Stevens · ar The Passing Parade Dec 1973 32 · In the Good Old Days When Men Were Men and Women Were Something Else! · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Hadon of Ancient Opar, by Philip José Farmer 33 · [letter] · Denys Howard · lt 36 · Grinny Doesn’t Live Here Any More · Richard E. Geis · br; review of Grinny, by Nicholas Fisk 36 · A Friend of the Cripple Strikes Back! · Dennis Lien · lt 38 · Letter from the Publishers—Price & Wood · George W. Price & Edward Wood · lt 40 · That Dread Disease of the Ego... · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Wilk Are Among Us, by Isidore Haiblum 40 · [letter] · Robert Bloch · lt 40 · [letter] · Ben Bova · lt 41 · [letter] · Poul Anderson · lt 43 · Some Afterthoughts on Delap’s Nonfiction Fantasy by the Subject · Harlan Ellison · ar [Richard Delap] 44 · A Stitch in Time · Richard E. Geis · rv; review of Threads of Time, by Robert Silverberg 45 · [letter] · Philip José Farmer · lt 46 · [letter] · Andy Porter · lt 47 · [letter] · John Boardman · lt 48 · The Gimlet Eye: Commentary on Science Fiction and Fantasy Art · Jon Gustafson · cl 52 · [letter] · Walter Breen & Marion Zimmer Bradley · lt 54 · Out of Phase for a Dark Star · Richard E. Geis · mr; review of films Phase IV and Dark Star. 54 · [letter] · Pearl · lt 56 · Announcement from Harlan Ellison · Harlan Ellison · lt 56 · Announcement from John Brunner · John Brunner · lt 57 · A Pot of Stale Goulart · Greg T. Farnum · br; review of Spacehawk, Inc., by Ron Goulart 57 · [letter] · Theodore R. Cogswell · lt 58 · [letter] · Gene Wolfe · lt 58 · [letter] · Charles W. Runyon · lt 62 · [letter] · Jim Martin · lt 62 · [letter] · Alpajpuri · lt 63 · [letter] · Jon Gustafson · lt 64 · Pardon Me, but Your Vagina Just Bit My Penis · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Female Man, by Joanna Russ 65 · And the Mind That Snaps · Richard E. Geis · br; review of The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch, by Michael G. Coney 66 · The Alien’s Archives · Richard E. Geis · bi 76 · Small Press Notes & Comments · Richard E. Geis · lr 77 · Alien Conclusions · Richard E. Geis · cl