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Thrust [#31, Fall 1988] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by C. Lee Healy) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: First Novel, Seventh Novel: A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire · Michael Bishop · cl 9 · Caviary · George Alec Effinger · cl 11 · News from the Ghetto: Two Kinds of Censorship · Charles Platt · cl Interzone Sep/Oct 1988 13 · An Afterword to Philip K. Dick’s Valis · Kim Stanley Robinson · ar [Philip K. Dick] 16 · The Trillion-Year Sneer · David Langford · ar Xyster #13 1987; originally presented as a talk at Conspiracy, the 1987 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton. 19 · Interview: William Forstchen [William R. Forstchen] · Jean Ann Pollard · iv 22 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _22 · The Toynbee Convector, by Ray Bradbury · Michael Bishop · br _23 · Islands in the Net, by Bruce Sterling · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Journey to Membliar, by Sharon Baker · Eugene Lin · br _23 · Burning Tears of Sassurum, by Sharon Baker · Eugene Lin · br _24 · The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by James E. Gunn · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Terry’s Universe, by Beth Meacham · Andrew Andrews · br _24 · The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter, by Lucius Shepard · Doug Fratz · br _25 · Red Prophet, by Orson Scott Card · Pascal J. Thomas · br _25 · The Gate to Women’s Country, by Sheri S. Tepper · Eugene Lin · br _25 · The Armageddon Blues, by Daniel Keys Moran · Andrew Andrews · br _25 · Final Circuit, by Melinda M. Snodgrass · Dean R. Lambe · br _26 · Chernobyl, by Frederik Pohl · Andrew Andrews · br _26 · The Singing: A Fable About What Makes Us Human, by Theron Raines · Dean R. Lambe · br _26 · The Final Planet, by Andrew M. Greeley · David Pettus · br _27 · The Broken Bubble, by Philip K. Dick · Andrew Andrews · br _28 · Shadow Money, by George Alec Effinger · Pascal J. Thomas · br _28 · The Hormone Jungle, by Robert Reed · Andrew Andrews · br _28 · In Silence Sealed, by Kathryn Ptacek · Sharon E. Martin · br 29 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _29 · [letter] · Neal Wilgus · lt _29 · [letter] · Lawrence Watt-Evans · lt _29 · [letter] · J. C. Davis · lt _29 · [letter] · Martin Morse Wooster · lt _29 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt 30 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Thrust [#32, Winter 1989] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Gary Davis) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Essaying: Novelizations · David Bischoff · cl 9 · Make It Scream: “A Writer Meets Himself” · John Shirley · cl 13 · It Came from the Queen City: A Conversation with Mike Resnick · A. J. Austin · iv 17 · The Alien Critic: “Heinlein Is Dead...and Now It Can Be Said...” · Richard E. Geis · cl 19 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 21 · 2001 Plus 20 · Gregory Benford · ar [Stanley Kubrick] 22 · Reviews · [Various] · rc 22 · The Day of Creation, by J.G. Ballard · Michael Bishop · br Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 8 1988 _22 · A Meeting with Medusa / Green Mars, by Arthur C. Clarke & Kim Stanley Robinson · Doug Fratz · br _22 · Hardfought / Cascade Point, by Greg Bear & Timothy Zahn · Doug Fratz · br _22 · Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree, by Robert Silverberg & Brian W. Aldiss · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Outpassage, by Janet Morris & Chris Morris · Eugene Lin · br _23 · Adulthood Rites, by Octavia E. Butler · Dean R. Lambe · br _24 · Time Pressure, by Spider Robinson · Anthony Trull · br _24 · Fire on the Mountain, by Terry Bisson · Howard Coleman · br _25 · Ivory, by Mike Resnick · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _25 · On the Reference Shelf · Doug Fratz · br _26 · The Drive-In, by Joe R. Lansdale · Howard Coleman · br _26 · Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks · Pascal J. Thomas · br _26 · Crown of Stars, by James Tiptree, Jr. · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _27 · Audio SF&F Reviews · David F. Hamilton · rv _28 · Becoming Alien, by Rebecca Ore · Sharon E. Martin · br _28 · The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection, by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · Andrew Andrews · br 29 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _29 · [letter] · David Brin · lt _29 · [letter] · David Langford · lt _29 · [letter] · Gregory Benford · lt _30 · [letter] · T. Jackson King · lt _30 · [letter] · Richard Gilliam · lt _30 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _31 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt

Thrust [#33, Spring 1989] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $2.50, 32pp, quarto, cover by Brad W. Foster) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · News from the Ghetto: “Taking Liberties” · Charles Platt · cl Interzone Mar/Apr 1989 7 · One Hundred and Fifty Minutes Into Forever: A Meeting with Robert A. Heinlein · Michael J. Patritch · iv 13 · Make It Scream · John Shirley · cl 15 · The Alien Critic · Richard E. Geis · cl _15 · Children of the Thunder, by John Brunner · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Homecoming, by Frederik Pohl · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · The Last Deathship Off Antares, by William John Watkins · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Those Who Hunt the Night, by Barbara Hambly · Richard E. Geis · br 17 · The Analog “We” · Ardath Mayhar · ar 19 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _19 · Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson · Doug Fratz · br _19 · The Healer’s War, by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · Ardath Mayhar · br _20 · The Gate of Ivory, by Doris Egan · Doug Fratz · br _20 · Fires of Nuala, by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · Ardath Mayhar · br _20 · Strokes: Essays and Reviews 1966-1986, by John Clute · Anthony Trull · br _21 · Oath of Gold, by Elizabeth Moon · Ardath Mayhar · br _21 · There Are Doors, by Gene Wolfe · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _22 · Prisoners of Paradise, by Ronald Anthony Cross · Neal Wilgus · br _22 · The Dark Haired Girl, by Philip K. Dick · Andrew Andrews · br _23 · The Lurker at the Threshold, by H.P. Lovecraft · Sharon E. Martin · br _23 · Blood Is Not Enough, by Ellen Datlow · Andrew M. Andrews · br _24 · Krono, by Charles L. Harness · Neal Wilgus · br _24 · Heat Seeker, by John Shirley · Nancy A. Collins · br _24 · Deep Quarry, by John E. Stith · Pascal J. Thomas · br _25 · Emerald Eyes, by Daniel Keys Moran · Andrew M. Andrews · br _25 · The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, by Edward L. Ferman & Anne Jordan · Andrew M. Andrews · br _25 · Unicorn Mountain, by Michael Bishop · Andrew M. Andrews · br _26 · Nighteyes, by Garfield Reeves-Stevens · David Pettus · br _26 · Waiting for the Galactic Bus, by Parke Godwin · Sharon E. Martin · br _26 · The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, by Gardner Dozois · Pascal J. Thomas · br _30 · Dead in the West, by Joe R. Lansdale · Lee Smith · br 27 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Martin Morse Wooster · lt _27 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt _28 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt _28 · [letter] · Dwight R. Decker · lt _29 · [letter] · J. R. Madden · lt _29 · [letter] · Jeffrey Kasten · lt _29 · [letter] · Gene Wolfe · lt _29 · [letter] · Phillip C. Jennings · lt

Thrust [#34, Summer 1989] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 32pp, quarto, cover by Alan Giana) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · News from the Ghetto: The “Missing Middle” of Science Fiction · Charles Platt · cl 7 · Thomas N. Scortia: Prophetic Fiction · Jeffrey M. Elliot · iv 12 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 15 · The Sins of Our Tastes; The Sins of Our Trade · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ar 18 · Contrivances · David Langford · ar Contrivance Programme Book, Contrivance 1989 19 · Interview: Forrest J. Ackerman · A. J. Austin · iv 21 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _21 · Brothers in Arms, by Lois McMaster Bujold · Doug Fratz · br _21 · Other Americas, by Norman Spinrad · Andrew Andrews · br _22 · Bad Voltage, by Jonathan Littell · Eugene Lin · br _22 · The Sarsen Witch, by Eileen Kernaghan · Michael G. Coney · br _22 · The Day the Martians Came, by Frederik Pohl · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _23 · A Dozen Tough Jobs, by Howard Waldrop · Anthony Trull · br _23 · Audio SF&F Reviews · Doug Fratz · rv _24 · Wings of Power, by Lillian Stewart Carl · Ardath Mayhar · br _24 · Prince of Mercenaries, by Jerry Pournelle · Steven Sawicki · br _24 · New Destinies VII, Spring 1989, by Jim Baen · Anthony Trull · br _25 · To the Vanishing Point, by Alan Dean Foster · Sharon E. Martin · br _26 · Phases of Gravity, by Dan Simmons · Andrew M. Andrews · br _26 · Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Two: Winter 1988, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch · Andrew Andrews · br _26 · Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words, by Gregg Rickman · Andrew Andrews · br; review accidentally truncated partway through. _26 · Angry Candy, by Harlan Ellison · Andrew M. Andrews · br _26 · The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XVI, by Karl Edward Wagner · Andrew Andrews · br 27 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Orson Scott Card · lt _28 · [letter] · John Shirley · lt _29 · [letter] · Charles Platt · lt _29 · [letter] · Mark J. McGarry · lt _30 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt _30 · [letter] · Alan Dean Foster · lt _30 · [letter] · Richard Singer · lt

Thrust [#35, Winter 1990] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 32pp, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Themes and Variations: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1988 · Ian Watson · ar 11 · An Interview with Martin Caidin · Thomas N. Hackney · iv 16 · Beer Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 17 · How Did a Nice Guy Like You Finish Up in a Place Like This? One Step from Pornography: A Personal Odyssey · Charles Sheffield · ar 20 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 22 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _22 · The Deluge and the Ark: A Journey Into Primate Worlds, by Dale Peterson · Michael Bishop · br The Washington Post Book World Sep 22 1989, as “The Fate of the Primate” _22 · Orbital Decay, by Allen Steele · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Endangered Species, by Gene Wolfe · Anthony Trull · br _23 · Alternate Empires, by Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · Redshift Rendezvous, by John E. Stith · Dean R. Lambe · br _24 · Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words, by Gregg Rickman · Andrew Andrews · br; full version of review published in part in issue 34. _24 · The Abyss, by Orson Scott Card · Anthony Trull · br _24 · Synergy, Vol. 4, by George Zebrowski · Andrew Andrews · br _25 · Monkey Station, by Ardath Mayhar & Ron Fortier · Sharon E. Martin · br _25 · The City, Not Long After, by Pat Murphy · Pascal J. Thomas · br _25 · Nightside City, by Lawrence Watt-Evans · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _25 · Prentice Alvin, by Orson Scott Card · Pascal J. Thomas · br _26 · Hot Blood, by Jeff Gelb & Lonn Friend · E. R. Stewart · br _26 · Prince of the Blood, by Raymond E. Feist · Sharon E. Martin · br _26 · The Invisible Company, by Scott Russell Sanders · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br 27 · Counter-Thrusts · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · lt _27 · [letter] · Avedon Carol · lt _27 · [letter] · John Shirley · lt _28 · [letter] · Michael A. Gunderloy · lt _28 · [letter] · David Bratman · lt _28 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _29 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt _29 · [letter] · Rima Saret · lt _30 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt _31 · [letter] · Lawrence Watt-Evans · lt 31 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Quantum Title changed from Thrust.

Quantum [#36, Spring 1990] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 32pp, quarto, cover by Gary Davis) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: More Than a Masterpiece? [from More Than Human] · Michael Bishop · in Easton Press 1989 [Theodore Sturgeon] 7 · An Interview with James Morrow · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 10 · An Introduction to R. A. Lafferty and East of Laughter · Gene Wolfe · ar East of Laughter (Limited Edition), R. A. Lafferty, Morrigan 1988, as “Scribbling Giant” 14 · Beer-Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 15 · The Year of Reading Franticly · Nancy Etchemendy · ar 18 · Spaced Out? · Ronald Anthony Cross · ar 19 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _19 · Nebula Awards 24, by Michael Bishop · Doug Fratz · br _19 · Pulphouse—The Hardback Magazine: Issue 4, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch · Richard Weilgosh · br _19 · Buying Time, by Joe Haldeman · Sharon E. Martin · br _20 · Laying the Music to Rest, by Dean Wesley Smith · Anthony Trull · br _20 · Tourists, by Lisa Goldstein · Pascal J. Thomas · br _21 · Nonfiction Books of 1989 · Doug Fratz · br _22 · Petrogypsies, by Rory Harper · Chuck Von Nordheim · br _22 · Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons · Andrew M. Andrews · br _22 · Grumbles from the Grave, by Robert A. Heinlein · Andrew M. Andrews · br _23 · Briefly Noted · Doug Fratz · br 23 · The Last Coin, by James P. Blaylock · Steven Sawicki · br 24 · The Long Run, by Daniel Keys Moran · Everitt Mickey · br 24 · Rimrunners, by C.J. Cherryh · Sharon E. Martin · br 25 · Children of the Thunder, by John Brunner · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br 25 · Nemesis, by Isaac Asimov · Anthony Trull · br 25 · A Dirge for Sabis, by C.J. Cherryh & Leslie Fish · Steven Sawicki · br 27 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _27 · [letter] · Patricia Mathews · lt _27 · [letter] · Phyllis Eisenstein · lt _27 · [letter] · Richard Gilliam · lt _28 · [letter] · David Petit · lt _28 · [letter] · Dan Knight · lt _28 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt 29 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Quantum [#37, Summer 1990] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Tim Thornberry) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Fun with Senseless Violence · Dave Langford · ar Diolch Yn Fawr 1989; adapted from a guest of honour speech delivered at Orycon 11 in Portland, Oregon in 1989. 9 · Beer-Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 11 · An Interview with Michael G. Coney · Eileen Kernaghan · iv 13 · Twenty-Five Years of Drowning: Mapping J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World Onto The Day of Creation · Paul Di Filippo · ar [J. G. Ballard] 16 · The Alien Critic · Richard E. Geis · cl _16 · A Thunder on Neptune, by Gordon Eklund · Richard E. Geis · br _16 · Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson · Richard E. Geis · br _17 · Castleview, by Gene Wolfe · Richard E. Geis · br _17 · The Great and Secret Show, by Clive Barker · Richard E. Geis · br _17 · Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick, by Lawrence Sutin · Richard E. Geis · br _17 · Angry Candy, by Harlan Ellison · Richard E. Geis · br _17 · Mazeway, by Jack Williamson · Richard E. Geis · br _18 · Brain Rose, by Nancy Kress · Richard E. Geis · br _18 · Cortez on Jupiter, by Ernest Hogan · Richard E. Geis · br 19 · Tom Godwin: A Personal Memory · Diane Godwin Sullivan · ar [Tom Godwin] 21 · From Metaphysics to Mars · Ardath Mayhar · ar 23 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _23 · Hyperion, by Dan Simmons · Doug Fratz · br _23 · The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons · Doug Fratz · br _23 · Second Contact, by Mike Resnick · Mark J. McGarry · br _24 · Only Begotten Daughter, by James Morrow · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Facets, by Walter Jon Williams · Mark J. McGarry · br _24 · Good News from Outer Space, by John Kessel · Pascal J. Thomas · br _25 · Summertide, by Charles Sheffield · Steven Sawicki · br _25 · Brain Rose, by Nancy Kress · Dean R. Lambe · br _26 · The Stress of Her Regard, by Tim Powers · Pascal J. Thomas · br _26 · Deathsong, by Douglas Borton · Danny Reid · br _27 · Audio SF&F Reviews of 1989 · Doug Fratz · rv _28 · The Cuckoo’s Egg, by Clifford Stoll · Anthony Trull · br _28 · Being Alien, by Rebecca Ore · Pascal J. Thomas · br _28 · H. P. Lovecraft, by Peter Cannon · Neil Barron · br _29 · What Might Have Been? Vol. 1: Alternate Empires, by Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg · Chuck Von Nordheim · br _29 · Stories Under My Skin · Anthony Trull · sr _30 · Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reference, by Keith L. Justice · Dan Crawford · br _30 · The Heirs of Hammerfell, by Marion Zimmer Bradley · Steven Sawicki · br _30 · Counterprobe, by Carole Nelson Douglas · Sharon E. Martin · br 31 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _31 · [letter] · Jack Williamson · lt _31 · [letter] · Patricia Shaw Mathews · lt _31 · [letter] · Chuq Von Rospach · lt _31 · [letter] · Mark W. Tiedemann · lt _32 · [letter] · Rory Harper · lt _32 · [letter] · Jeffrey Kasten · lt _32 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _33 · [letter] · Taras Wolansky · lt _33 · [letter] · Brian Earl Brown · lt 34 · Staff News · Anon. · cl