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SF Commentary [#51, March 1977] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 20pp, A4, cover by Stephen Campbell) 2 · The Silverberg Forum: Puzzled Praise & Cool Anger · Bruce Gillespie · in 3 · Robert Silverberg: The Phenomenon · George Turner · ar [Robert Silverberg] 8 · Recalled to Life, by Robert Silverberg · Bruce Gillespie · br 8 · A Time of Changes, by Robert Silverberg · Stanislaw Lem · br 9 · The World Inside, by Robert Silverberg · Paul Anderson · br 10 · To Live Again, by Robert Silverberg · Van Ikin · br; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 12 · The Dying Inside Debate; illustrated by Stephen Campbell _12 · Dying Inside, by Robert Silverberg · Don D’Ammassa · br _14 · Dying Inside, by Robert Silverberg · Bruce Gillespie · br 16 · The Stochastic Man, by Robert Silverberg · Bruce Gillespie · br; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 19 · The Cube Root of Uncertainty, by Robert Silverberg · Barry Gillam · br 20 · Sundance and Other Science Fiction Stories, by Robert Silverberg · Derrick Ashby · br

SF Commentary [#52, June 1977] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 24pp, A4, cover by Irene Pagram) 3 · The Novels of D.G. Compton · Andrew Whitmore · ar [D. G. Compton]; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 7 · A Murmuration of Starling or an Exaltation of Lark? · George Turner · ar; illustrated by Stephen Campbell & Chris Johnston 12 · Criticanto · [Various] · rc _12 · Delany’s Language Problems · Rob Gerrand · ar [Samuel R. Delany]; discusses Dhalgren. _13 · The Space Machine, by Christopher Priest · Philip Stephensen-Payne · br 15 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _19 · A Wreath of Stars, by Bob Shaw · Bruce Gillespie · br _19 · The Custodians and Other Stories, by Richard Cowper · Bruce Gillespie · br _19 · Science Fiction at Large, by Peter Nicholls · Bruce Gillespie · br 20 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _20 · [letter] · Brian Aldiss · lt _21 · [letter] · Ursula K. Le Guin · lt _21 · [letter] · Lee Harding · lt _22 · [letter] · Bob Tucker · lt _22 · [letter] · Patrick McGuire · lt _22 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _22 · [letter] · Dave Piper · lt _22 · [letter] · Syd Bounds · lt _22 · [letter] · Robert Bloch · lt _23 · [letter] · John Brosnan · lt _23 · [letter] · Terry Carr · lt _23 · [letter] · Camilla Decarnin · lt

SF Commentary [#53, April 1978] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 36pp, A4, cover by Stephen Campbell) Dated April 1978 but appeared sometime in or after September 1978. 3 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _22 · The Sand West of Mountain Mouth, by William Green · Bruce Gillespie · br _24 · [letter] · Damien Broderick · lt _25 · [letter] · Brian Stableford · lt _26 · The Better Way: Has Silverberg Found It? · John J. Alderson · ar [Robert Silverberg] _27 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _28 · [letter] · George Turner · lt _30 · [letter] · Nick Holmes · lt _32 · [letter] · Lee Harding · lt _32 · [letter] · Michael Shoemaker · lt _33 · [letter] · Rob Gerrand · lt 13 · Something Rotten in Malacia · John McPharlin · ar [Brian W. Aldiss]; discusses The Malacia Tapestry. 16 · Faith, Hope, Works—and Embarrassment · Sneja Gunew · ar [Peter Nicholls]; discusses Science Fiction at Large.

SF Commentary [#54, November 1978] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 28pp, A4, cover by Bruce Gillespie & Elaine Cochrane) Dated “November 1978”, although the Contents page states “Printed in June 1979 and posted - July, 1979”. 4 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _7 · [letter] · Frank Payne · lt _8 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _9 · [letter] · Philip Stephensen-Payne · lt 12 · Cheerfulness Keeps Breaking In [Brian W. Aldiss] · Bruce Gillespie, Lee Harding, Leigh Edmonds, John Foyster, Rob Gerrand, David Grigg & Kirpal Singh · iv; from discussion at Unicon IV, Melbourne, Easter 1978. 22 · A Burnt-Out Case? · Roger Zelazny · ar [Philip K. Dick]; special guest-of-honour speech at Unicon IV, Melbourne, Easter 1978.

SF Commentary [#55/56, January/October 1979] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $2.00, 68pp, A4) Dated “January/October 1979”, although the Contents page states “Final stencil typed 17 September 1979”. 4 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _59 · [letter] · John Berry · lt _61 · [letter] · Don Ashby · lt _62 · [letter] · Rick Stooker · lt _63 · [letter] · Alexander Doniphan Wallace · lt _64 · [letter] · Andrew Weiner · lt _67 · [letter] · George Turner · lt _68 · [letter] · Cy Anders · lt 5 · A Meaty Book for Intellectual Carnivores · Sneja Gunew · ar [George Turner]; discusses Beloved Son. 7 · Science Fiction in Australia · George Turner · ar Arena SF #9 1979; abridged. 9 · Rooms of Paradise, by Lee Harding · Bruce Gillespie · br 11 · Rooms of Paradise, by Lee Harding · Henry Gasko · br 16 · The Man Who Filled the Void · Bruce Gillespie · ar [Paul Collins]; discussion of Envisaged Worlds, Other Worlds & Alien Worlds. 22 · By Our Fruits... · Bruce Gillespie · ar [George Turner]; discusses View from the Edge: A Workshop of Science Fiction Stories. 25 · Too Much Power for the Impotent · Bruce Gillespie · ar [Keith Antill]; discusses Moon in the Ground. 30 · Why Did the Sky Weep? · Rob Gerrand, John Foyster, Lee Harding & Bruce Gillespie · ar; a debate about The Weeping Sky by Lee Harding. 36 · Light in the Greyworld · Rob Gerrand · ar [Lee Harding]; discusses Displaced Person. 38 · Gentle Escapism in Pretty Pastel Colours · Henry Gasko · ar [Cherry Wilder]; discusses The Luck of Brin’s Five. 42 · Australian Science Fiction...Is That All There Is? · Andrew Whitmore · gp _42 · Lakes, Swimming Pools and Empty Spaces · Andrew Whitmore · ar [David J. Lake]; discusses Walkers on the Sky. _44 · Mr. Harding’s Misconception · Andrew Whitmore · ar [Lee Harding]; discusses Future Sanctuary. 48 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends, Too · Elaine Cochrane · ar

SF Commentary [#57, November 1979] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 16pp, A4) 1 · How to Get Away with Murder: Advice to a Would-Be Critic · David J. Lake · ar 2 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _2 · [letter] · George Turner · lt _3 · [letter] · Andrew Whitmore · lt _3 · [letter] · Lee Harding · lt _3 · [letter] · Sydney J. Bounds · lt _4 · [letter] · Damien White · lt _4 · [letter] · Patrick McGuire · lt _4 · [letter] · Leanne Frahm · lt 5 · Criticanto · [Various] · rc _5 · Hot Line to the Absolute · Angus Taylor · ar [Barrington J. Bayley]; discusses The Fall of Chronopolis. _6 · Turning Points: Essays on Science Fiction, by Damon Knight · Sneja Gunew · br _7 · Nebula Award Stories 11, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Sneja Gunew · br _8 · The Exile Waiting, by Vonda McIntyre · Sneja Gunew · br _9 · Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny · Van Ikin · br _10 · The Best of Harry Harrison, by Harry Harrison · Neville Angove · br _10 · The Starcrossed, by Ben Bova · Neville Angove · br _11 · The Gamesman, by Barry Malzberg · Sneja Gunew · br _11 · Irrational Numbers, by George Alec Effinger · John DiPrete · br _12 · The Night Land, by William Hope Hodgson · Francis Payne · br _12 · Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov · Van Ikin · br _13 · Cosmic Kaleidoscope, by Bob Shaw · Van Ikin · br _14 · The Lifeship, by Harry Harrison · Paul Anderson · br _14 · Japan Sinks · Paul Anderson · br _15 · The Man with a Thousand Names, by A.E. van Vogt · Neville Angove · br

SF Commentary [#58, February 1980] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 16pp, A4, cover by Elaine Cochrane) 2 · A Woman of the Future, by David Ireland · George Turner · br Australian Science Fiction News 2 · A Woman of the Future, by David Ireland · Elaine Cochrane · br 3 · Get Off Your Bums, SF Readers! · Neville J. Angove · ar 5 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl; illustrated by Ken Dove _7 · The Song of the Derriere Garde · Arthur D. Hlavaty · pm _8 · [letter] · Irwin Hirsh · lt _8 · [letter] · Roman Orszanski · lt _9 · [letter] · Bernd Fischer · lt _9 · [letter] · Tony Thomas · lt _10 · [letter] · John Gregor · lt _10 · [letter] · Sam Moskowitz · lt _11 · [letter] · David J. Lake · lt 12 · Criticanto · [Various] · rc _12 · Altered States, by Paddy Chayefsky · Elaine Cochrane · br _12 · Blind Voices, by Tom Reamy · Bruce Gillespie · br _12 · What Happened to Emily Goode After the Great Exhibition, by Raylyn Moore · Elaine Cochrane · br _13 · I Am Jonathan Scrivener, by Claude Houghton · Elaine Cochrane · br _13 · Sturgeon Is Alive and Well..., by Theodore Sturgeon · Elaine Cochrane · br _13 · The Hearing Trumpet, by Leonora Carrington · Elaine Cochrane · br _13 · Profundis, by Richard Cowper · Elaine Cochrane · br _14 · Delany: Victim of Great Applause · George Turner · ar Yggdrasil Mar 1979 [Samuel R. Delany]; discusses Triton.

SF Commentary [#59, April 1980] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $1.00, 16pp, A4) 1 · Outside the Whale · Christopher Priest · ar 4 · Truth Deeper Than Logic · David Grigg · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin]; discusses The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. 5 · Promising Young Author? · David Grigg · ar 6 · Transmutations, by Rob Gerrand · George Turner · br; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 10 · Maddern, Payne—and a Long Tail · Gerald Murnane · ar [Rob Gerrand]; discusses Transmutations. 11 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _11 · [letter] · Phil Stephensen-Payne · lt 12 · Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, by Kate Wilhelm · Mark Mumper · br

SF Commentary [#60/61, October 1980] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $2.00, 32pp, A4) 2 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _2 · [letter] · Ursula K. Le Guin · lt _4 · [letter] · Stanislaw Lem · lt _4 · [letter] · Andrew Wiener · lt _5 · [letter] · Malcolm Edwards · lt _6 · [letter] · Robert Day · lt _6 · “Look! Up there in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” · John Packer · ct _7 · [letter] · Charles Taylor · lt _8 · [letter] · Pip Maddern · lt _9 · [letter] · Alexander D. Wallace · lt _9 · [letter] · Cy Chauvin · lt _10 · [letter] · Tom Disch · lt _10 · [letter] · Lee Harding · lt _11 · [letter] · Brian Aldiss · lt _11 · “Once in their life ...” · John Packer · ct _13 · [letter] · Cy Chauvin · lt _13 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _14 · [letter] · Jerry Kaufman · lt _14 · “He was a triffid to remember.” · John Packer · ct _15 · [letter] · Alexander D. Wallace · lt _15 · [letter] · Franz Rottensteiner · lt _16 · [letter] · Christopher Priest · lt 19 · Sins of My Old Age (2) · Elaine Cochrane · ar 20 · Criticanto · [Various] · rc _20 · Best Science Fiction of the Year 8, by Terry Carr · George Turner · br _21 · Floating Worlds, by Cecelia Holland · Sneja Gunew · br _22 · Motherlines, by Suzy McKee Charnas · Christine Ashby · br _23 · Rocannon’s World, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Colin Steele · br _23 · The Intruder · Alexander Nedelkovich · sr [Ted Thomas] _24 · Lovecraft: A Biography, by L. Sprague de Camp · Terence M. Green · br _24 · The Great Victorian Collection, by Brian Moore · Terence M. Green · br _24 · Kampus, by James E. Gunn · Terence M. Green · br _24 · Man Plus, by Frederik Pohl · Terence M. Green · br _25 · Time’s Last Gift, by Philip José Farmer · Terence M. Green · br _25 · New Dimensions, by Robert Silverberg · Colin Steele · br _25 · Seademons, by Laurence Yep · Elaine Cochrane · br _25 · Beauty, by Robin McKinley · Elaine Cochrane · br _26 · The Children of Dynmouth, by William Trevor · Elaine Cochrane · br _26 · Journey, by Marta Randall · Roger Weddall · br _26 · No Direction Home, by Norman Spinrad · Colin Steele · br _27 · The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov · Neville Angove · br _27 · Ab to Zogg: A Lexicon for Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers, by Eve Merriam · Elaine Cochrane · br _27 · The Opener of the Way, by Robert Bloch · Keith Curtis · br 28 · 8 Point Universe · Bruce Gillespie · rc _28 · Strangeness, by Thomas M. Disch & Charles Naylor · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · Roadside Picnic, by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · The Flute-Player, by D.M. Thomas · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · Birthstone, by D.M. Thomas · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · The Basic Kafka, by Franz Kafka · Bruce Gillespie · br _28 · The Year’s Finest Fantasy, Volume 2, by Terry Carr · Bruce Gillespie · br _29 · The Living End, by Stanley Elkin · Bruce Gillespie · br _29 · Ascendancies, by D.G. Compton · Bruce Gillespie · br _29 · Wyst: Alastor 1716, by Jack Vance · Bruce Gillespie · br _29 · The Late Breakfasters, by Robert Aickman · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Strangers, by Gardner Dozois · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Gateway, by Frederik Pohl · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Jem, by Frederik Pohl · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Gloriana, by Michael Moorcock · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · The Alteration, by Kingsley Amis · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · The Uncertainty Principle, by Dmitri Bilenkin · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Half a Life, by Kirill Bulychev · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · The Luck of Brin’s Five, by Cherry Wilder · Bruce Gillespie · br _30 · Prisoners of Power, by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky · Bruce Gillespie · br _31 · Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg · Bruce Gillespie · br

SF Commentary [#62/63/64/65/66, June 1981] ed. Bruce Gillespie (Bruce Gillespie, $5.00, 72pp, A4, cover by Elaine Cochrane) 2 · The Dreaming Dragons, by Damien Broderick · Anne Brewster · br 3 · The Dreaming Dragons, by Damien Broderick · Rowena Cory · br 4 · Australian SF Lurches Forward · Bruce Gillespie · ar [Wynne N. Whiteford; Jack Wodhams; David Lake]; discussion of Breathing Space Only by Wynne N. Whiteford, Looking for Blucher by Jack Wodhams & The Fourth Hemisphere by David Lake.; illustrated by Elaine Cochrane 7 · The Stellar Gauge: Essays on Science Fiction Writers, by Michael J. Tolley & Kirpal Singh · Bruce Gillespie · br; illustrated by Elaine Cochrane 11 · The Lately Great Alfred Bester · Damien Broderick · ar [Alfred Bester]; discussion of Golem100.; illustrated by Elaine Cochrane 14 · Bishop Can’t Transfigure It Out · Henry Gasko · ar [Michael Bishop]; discusses Transfigurations. 16 · God, Frank Herbert, and the Concept of Deity in Science Fiction · George Turner · ar [Frank Herbert; Bill Ransom]; discusses The Jesus Incident. 18 · The Really Real · Lesleigh Luttrell · ar [Philip K. Dick]; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 20 · Staying Alive in a Fifteen-Cent Universe · Claudia Krenz · ar [Philip K. Dick]; shortened version of her Ph.D. thesis.; illustrated by Stephen Campbell 23 · Sing a Song of Daniel · Bruce Gillespie · ar [Thomas M. Disch]; discusses On Wings of Song.; illustrated by Elaine Cochrane 27 · A Window on Creation: Some Thoughts on Brian W. Aldiss’ Report on Probability A · John McPharlin · ar [Brian W. Aldiss]; illustrated by Elaine Cochrane 29 · Up from His Midnight Bed · Damien Broderick · ar [Glen St John Barclay]; discusses Anatomy of Horror: The Masters of Occult Fiction. 30 · 8 Point Universe · Bruce Gillespie · rc _30 · Lanark: A Life in 4 Books, by Alasdair Gray · Bruce Gillespie · br _31 · Barefoot in the Head, by Brian W. Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _31 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories, by Gene Wolfe · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · Starship, by Brian Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · Out There Where the Big Ships Go, by Richard Cowper · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · The Web of the Magi and Other Stories, by Richard Cowper · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · Fundamental Disch, by Thomas M. Disch · Bruce Gillespie · br _32 · Return from the Stars, by Stanislaw Lem · Bruce Gillespie · br _33 · Ladies from Hell, by Keith Roberts · Bruce Gillespie · br _33 · Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions, by Kate Wilhelm · Bruce Gillespie · br _33 · Timescape, by Gregory Benford · Bruce Gillespie · br _33 · The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke · Bruce Gillespie · br _33 · An Infinite Summer, by Christopher Priest · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · The Beginning Place, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · Threshold, by Ursula K. Le Guin · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · VALIS, by Philip K. Dick · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · Hell’s Pavement, by Damon Knight · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · Ship of Shadows, by Fritz Leiber · Bruce Gillespie · br _34 · The Shadow of the Torturer, by Gene Wolfe · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · Life in the West, by Brian W. Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · The Dreaming Dragons, by Damien Broderick · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · Displaced Person, by Lee Harding · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · Fireflood and Other Stories, by Vonda N. McIntyre · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · A Robert Silverberg Omnibus, by Robert Silverberg · Bruce Gillespie · br _35 · The Great Science Fiction Series, by Joseph Olander, Martin Harry Greenberg & Frederik Pohl · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · The Gardens of Delight, by Ian Watson · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · Tales of Pirx the Pilot, by Stanislaw Lem · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · Neanderthal Planet, by Brian Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · Moreau’s Other Island, by Brian Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · The Road to Corlay, by Richard Cowper · Bruce Gillespie · br _36 · Miracle Visitors, by Ian Watson · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · Enemies of the System, by Brian Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · Earthworks, by Brian Aldiss · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · Mockingbird, by Walter Tevis · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · The Starchild Trilogy, by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander · Bruce Gillespie · br _37 · Dream Makers, by Charles Platt · Bruce Gillespie · br _38 · Survey of Science Fiction Literature, by Frank N. Magill · Bruce Gillespie · br _38 · The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by Peter Nicholls · Bruce Gillespie · br _38 · Singapore Science Fiction, by Kirpal Singh, Dudley de Souza & R.S. Bhathal · Bruce Gillespie · br _38 · Wonder and Awe, by Kirpal Singh · Bruce Gillespie · br 39 · I Must Be Talking to My Friends · Bruce Gillespie · cl _39 · Susan Never Rusted [Susan Wood] · Bruce Gillespie, Denny Lien, Joyce Scrivner & Eli Cohen · ob _48 · [letter] · John D. Berry · lt _49 · [letter] · Thomas M. Disch · lt _50 · [letter] · Connie Aldiss · lt _51 · [letter] · Andrew Weiner · lt _51 · [letter] · Ian Carmichael · lt _52 · [letter] · Peter Coomber · lt _52 · [letter] · Stephen Hitchings · lt _53 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _54 · [letter] · Christopher Priest · lt _55 · [letter] · George Turner · lt _56 · [letter] · Donald G. Keller · lt _58 · [letter] · Eric Lindsay · lt _59 · [letter] · Sneja Gunew · lt _59 · [letter] · Neville J. Angove · lt _60 · [letter] · Philip Stephensen-Payne · lt _62 · [letter] · John Foyster · lt 63 · Sins of My Old Age (3) · Elaine Cochrane · ar 64 · Criticanto · [Various] · rc _64 · Delany’s Details · John D. Berry · ar [Samuel R. Delany]; discusses Tales of Nevèrÿon and Heavenly Breakfast. _65 · Miracle Visitors, by Ian Watson · Cy Chauvin · br _66 · Well of Shiuan, by C.J. Cherryh · John D. Berry · br _66 · The Faded Sun: Kesrith, by C.J. Cherryh · John D. Berry · br _66 · Wolfhead, by Charles L. Harness · Tom Whalen · br _68 · Astra and Flondrix, by Seamus Cullen · Rowena Cory · br _68 · The White Hart, by Nancy Springer · Rowena Cory · br _68 · A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony · Rowena Cory · br _68 · Castaways in Time, by Robert Adams · Rowena Cory · br