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Quantum [#38, Fall 1990/Winter 1991] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Timothy Winkler) Dated “Winter 1991” on the top of the Table of Contents only. Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · A Shepard Walkabout · Kim Stanley Robinson · ar 1989 [Lucius Shepard]; from the program book for Disclave. 7 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Emphatically Not SF, Almost · Michael Bishop · cl 10 · An Interview with Connie Willis · Steven Paul Olson · iv 13 · Realism · Andrew Weiner · ar 15 · Words & Pictures: “Not the Usual Summer Roundup” · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 18 · Michael P. Kube-McDowell: Renaissance Man · Wanda J. Hall · ar [Michael P. Kube-McDowell] 20 · The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence, by Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br 23 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _23 · A Short, Sharp Shock, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Anon. · br _23 · Castleview, by Gene Wolfe · Pascal J. Thomas · br _24 · Polar City Blues, by Katharine Kerr · Sharon E. Martin · br _24 · Look Into the Sun, by James Patrick Kelly · Pascal J. Thomas · br _24 · Spell Bound, by Ru Emerson · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · br _25 · Surrender None: The Legacy of Gird, by Elizabeth Moon · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · br _25 · Briefly Noted · Doug Fratz · br _26 · Wolf and Iron, by Gordon R. Dickson · Greg Costikyan · br _26 · The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, by Storm Constantine · Pascal J. Thomas · br _26 · Black Snow Days, by Claudia O’Keefe · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _27 · Othersyde, by J. Michael Straczynski · Andrew Andrews · br _27 · Stories Under My Skin · Anthony Trull · sr _28 · The Quiet Pools, by Michael P. Kube-McDowell · Lane A. Geyer · br _28 · The Brains of Rats, by Michael Blumlein · Andrew Andrews · br _28 · The 1990 Annual World’s Best SF, by Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha · Jeremiah Patrick Reilly · br _29 · Light Raid, by Connie Willis & Cynthia Felice · Nancy Hayes · br _29 · Abduction: The UFO Conspiracy, by David Bischoff · Sharon E. Martin · br _30 · Callahan’s Lady, by Spider Robinson · Anthony Trull · br _30 · A Thunder on Neptune, by Gordon Eklund · Gini Mittel · br _22 · The Stars Must Wait, by Keith Laumer · Steven Sawicki · br 31 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _31 · [letter] · Ronald Anthony Cross · lt _31 · [letter] · Frederick Fowler · lt _32 · [letter] · Nancy A. Collins · lt _32 · [letter] · Robert Marcuson · lt _32 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _33 · [letter] · M. B. Simon · lt _33 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt 34 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Quantum [#39, Summer 1991] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Science Fiction and the Transformation Crisis · Norman Spinrad · ar 8 · One Thousand Stories · Michael Swanwick · ar 11 · 1990: The Year in Speculative Fiction · Anthony Trull & Doug Fratz · ar 15 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: A Concert on Sunday, October 28, 1990 · Michael Bishop · cl 17 · Beer-Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 19 · The Romance of Places: An Interview with Ray Bradbury · Robert Couteau · iv 21 · On Science: Human Destiny and the End of Time · Jonathan V. Post · ar 23 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _23 · The Difference Engine, by Bruce Sterling & William Gibson · Doug Fratz · br _23 · The Child Garden, by Geoff Ryman · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _24 · Pacific Edge, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Doug Fratz · br _24 · Hidden Fires, by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · Ardath Mayhar · br _25 · Grumbles from the Grave, by Robert A. Heinlein · Steven Sawicki · br _25 · Human to Human, by Rebecca Ore · Pascal J. Thomas · br _25 · Kaleidoscope, by Harry Turtledove · Pascal J. Thomas · br _26 · Stories Under My Skin · Anthony Trull · sr _27 · Beyond the Fall of Night, by Gregory Benford & Arthur C. Clarke · Pascal J. Thomas · br _27 · Spell of Intrigue, by Mayer Alan Brenner · Steven Sawicki · br _27 · The Zork Chronicles, by George Alec Effinger · Chuck Von Nordheim · br _28 · Fire on the Border, by Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · Sharon E. Martin · br _28 · Borderlands, by Thomas F. Monteleone · Andrew Andrews · br _28 · Ghost Dance, by Kathryn Ptacek · Sharon E. Martin · br _28 · The Rowan, by Anne McCaffrey · Gini Mittel · br _29 · Rinn’s Star, by Paula E. Downing · Gini Mittel · br _29 · Software Review: SimEarth: The Living Planet by Will Wright and Fred Haslam · Greg Costikyan · rv _33 · The Stone Giant, by James P. Blaylock · Pascal J. Thomas · br _33 · Time and Chance, by Alan Brennert · Pascal J. Thomas · br 30 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _30 · [letter] · Nancy Etchemendy · lt _30 · [letter] · Michael Swanwick · lt _30 · [letter] · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · lt _30 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _31 · [letter] · Mark Goldberg · lt _31 · [letter] · David Bratman · lt _32 · [letter] · Tom Hackney · lt _32 · [letter] · Bill Trojan · lt _32 · [letter] · Harry Warner, Jr. · lt 33 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Quantum [#40, Fall 1991] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Tom Simonton) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · How to Get a Job Like Mine · Joe Haldeman · ar; delivered as the Guest of Honor speech at the 48th World Science Fiction Convention, ConFiction, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 1990. 8 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Inconvenient Invitations · Michael Bishop · cl _9 · Mister Touch, by Malcolm Bosse · Michael Bishop · br _10 · Brazzaville Beach, by William Boyd · Michael Bishop · br 11 · So Maybe I Should Do a Little Self-Promotion · Nancy Springer · ar 14 · Across the Borders: An Interview with Lisa Goldstein · Pascal J. Thomas · iv; translated from the French (“Lisa Goldstein entre les frontières: entretien”, 1987). 17 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 21 · Beer Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 22 · Action · Ardath Mayhar · ar 22 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _22 · Full Spectrum 3, by Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell · Doug Fratz · br _22 · Maps in a Mirror, by Orson Scott Card · Pascal J. Thomas · br _23 · The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, by David Pringle · John DiPrete · br _23 · Future on Fire, by Orson Scott Card · Anthony Trull · br _23 · The Initiate Brother, by Sean Russell · Jeremiah P. Reilly · br _24 · Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror, by Stanley Wiater · Martin Morse Wooster · br _24 · Her Pilgrim Soul, by Alan Brennert · Teresa Witmer · br _25 · Redemption of Light, by Kathleen M. O’Neal · Jeremiah P. Reilly · br _25 · Parallel Worlds, by Fred Alan Wolf · John DiPrete · br _25 · Small Press Books of Note · Doug Fratz · br _26 · A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Andrew Andrews · br _26 · Shadowkill, by Jo Clayton · Jeremiah P. Reilly · br _26 · The Paladin, by C.J. Cherryh · Steven Sawicki · br _27 · Short Fiction in Review · Nancy Hayes · sr _28 · Python Isle, by Kenneth Robeson · David Pettus · br _28 · Pulphouse, The Hardback Magazine, Issue Seven: Horror, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch · Andrew Andrews · br _28 · Chernevog, by C.J. Cherryh · John Radzilowski · br _29 · By the Sword, by Mercedes Lackey · Debra F. Sanders · br 29 · Spotlight on Pulphouse Publishing · Doug Fratz · ar 30 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _30 · [letter] · Greg Costikyan · lt _30 · [letter] · Ronald Anthony Cross · lt _31 · [letter] · Gene Wolfe · lt _31 · [letter] · Kenneth L. Houghton · lt _31 · [letter] · Neil Barron · lt _31 · [letter] · Jeffrey Kasten · lt _32 · [letter] · Lee Smith · lt _32 · [letter] · Lou Hertz · lt _32 · [letter] · John Eric Holmes · lt _32 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _33 · [letter] · Glenn McDavid · lt 34 · Staff News · Anon. · cl

Quantum [#41, Winter/Spring 1992] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Timothy Winkler) Dated “Winter/Spring 1991” on the top of the Table of Contents only. Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Children Who Survive: An Autobiographical Meditation on Horror Fiction · Michael Bishop · ar Amazing Stories Sep 1989 9 · An Hour with Geoff Ryman · Brian Youmans · iv 15 · “Banned in New York” · David Langford · ar Million: The Magazine of Popular Fiction #2 1991 16 · Letter to a Friend on the Pursuit of Writing · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ar 18 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 21 · Fantasy Vs. Science Fiction: Part III · Taras Wolansky · ar 23 · Future Spacecraft Sensors · Jonathan V. Post · ar 27 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _27 · Russian Spring, by Norman Spinrad · Doug Fratz · br _27 · Stations of the Tide, by Michael Swanwick · Pascal J. Thomas · br _28 · Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card · Pascal J. Thomas · br _28 · Rule Golden / Double Meaning, by Damon Knight · Anthony Trull · br _29 · Audio and Video Cassette Reviews · Doug Fratz · rv _30 · Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, by Howard Waldrop · Anthony Trull · br _30 · Hospital of the Transfiguration, by Stanislaw Lem · John Radzilowski · br _30 · The Hemingway Hoax, by Joe Haldeman · Pascal J. Thomas · br _31 · The Calling of the Three, by Ru Emerson · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · br _31 · The Two in Hiding, by Ru Emerson · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · br _31 · Small Press Books of Note · Doug Fratz · br _35 · Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, by Bradley Denton · Pascal J. Thomas · br 32 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _32 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _32 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _33 · [letter] · Brian Earl Brown · lt _33 · [letter] · Michael W. Carr · lt _33 · [letter] · Jonathan V. Post · lt

Quantum [#42, Summer/Fall 1992] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $3.00, 44pp, quarto, cover by Nick Heitzman) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: James Tiptree, Jr. Is Raccoona Sheldon Is Alice B. Sheldon Is Alli Is... · Michael Bishop · cl [James Tiptree, Jr.]; parts originally appeared in Byte Beautiful by James Tiptree, Jr., Doubleday, 1985.; and in Readercon 5 Program Book, 1992. 9 · “Tell Me the Old, Old Story” · David Langford · ar; delivered as a speech at Boskone 29. 13 · A True Tale of Horror: Striving to Break the Rules in the Genre Game · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ar 15 · How I Write · David Alexander Smith · ar 17 · Vanishing Stars: A Retrospective Look at Bester’s “The Stars My Destination” · Arthur Haupt · ar [Alfred Bester] 20 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 25 · Crossing All the Borders: An Interview with Lawrence Watt-Evans · D. Allen Murphy · iv 29 · The Dark Scandal: Science Fiction Forgery · Kathryn Lindskoog · ar [C. S. Lewis; Walter Hooper] 31 · Atlas in Spain · Anthony Trull · ar [Nancy Kress; Ayn Rand] 33 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _33 · Carve the Sky, by Alexander Jablokov · Pascal J. Thomas · br _33 · Ecce and Old Earth, by Jack Vance · Steven Sawicki · br _33 · Mars, by Ben Bova · Michael Carr · br _34 · The Pixilated Peeress, by L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine Crook de Camp · Steven Sawicki · br _34 · Clouds of Magellan, by David F. Nighbert · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _34 · The Jungle, by David Drake · Steven Sawicki · br _34 · The Phoenix Guards, by Steven Brust · Steven Sawicki · br _35 · Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Gardner Dozois, Stanley Schmidt, Tina Lee, Sheila Williams & Ian Randal Strock · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _35 · Harmony, by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg · Michael Carr · br _35 · Gifts of Blood, by Susan C. Petrey · John Radzilowski · br _36 · Soothsayer, by Mike Resnick · Michael Carr · br _36 · Bone Dance, by Emma Bull · Nancy Hayes · br _36 · The Summer Queen, by Joan D. Vinge · Lea Braff · br _37 · SF&F Audio Tape Cassette Reviews · Doug Fratz · rv _38 · Man-Kzin Wars IV, by Larry Niven · Jeff Janoda · br 39 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _39 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _39 · [letter] · Dr. Ronald Anthony Cross · lt _40 · [letter] · Frederick Fowler · lt _40 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt __41 · [response to Richard Chwedyk] · Jonathan Post · ms _41 · [letter] · Andrew Weiner · lt _42 · [letter] · Taras Wolansky · lt

Quantum [#43/44, Spring/Summer 1993] ed. D. Douglas Fratz (Thrust Publications, $6.00, 84pp, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman) Subtitled “Science Fiction & Fantasy Review”. After this issue, Quantum merged with Science Fiction Eye. 4 · Impulse · Doug Fratz · ed 5 · Beer Mutterings · Poul Anderson · cl 7 · From the Pictured Urn: “I Can Remember It for You Wholesale (But Why Should I?)” · Charles Sheffield · cl 9 · Algis Budrys Talks About Science Fiction · Delores Goodrick Beggs · iv 13 · The Editor My Destination · David Langford · ar [Alfred Bester] 14 · Journal Notes on Censorship · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ar 17 · Touching the Reader: An Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold · Bart Kemper · iv 19 · News from the Ghetto: “The Teflon Fantasist” · Charles Platt · cl Science Fiction Guide Jul 1989 [Ursula K. Le Guin] 21 · The Pirates of Florida and Other Implausibilities · Gene Wolfe · ar Castle of Days, Tor 1992; talk at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 1991. 24 · The Race for Success: An Interview with Brian Herbert on Writing, His Father, and His New Book, The Race for God · J. C. Hendee · iv 27 · My (Last) Column · Ted White · cl 30 · Essaying · David Bischoff · cl 32 · Writers’ Workshops: What They Are, How They Work, Why They (Sometimes) Backfire · David Alexander Smith · ar 35 · An Interview with Sheri S. Tepper · William L. Clovis & Catherine Mintz · iv 39 · Words & Pictures · Darrell Schweitzer · mr 42 · Ten for Ten · Paul Di Filippo · ms 43 · Science Fiction vs. Fantasy: Part IV: Process and Precept: Natural Differences Between Science Fiction and Fantasy · Mark W. Tiedemann · ar 44 · In Space: Past, Present & Possible Futures · Jonathan V. Post & Dr. Donald D. Rose · ar 49 · Pitching Pennies Against the Starboard Bulkhead: Goodbye Thrust, Farewell Quantum: A Personal Retrospective · Michael Bishop · cl 51 · The Twenty-Year Spree: A Personal History of Thrust/Quantum · Doug Fratz · ar 67 · Index: Thrust/Quantum · Anon. · ix 70 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _70 · Black Cocktail, by Jonathan Carroll · Doug Fratz · br _70 · Heads, by Greg Bear · Doug Fratz · br _70 · Griffin’s Egg, by Michael Swanwick · Doug Fratz · br _70 · Kalimantan, by Lucius Shepard · Doug Fratz · br _70 · Outnumbering the Dead, by Frederik Pohl · Doug Fratz · br _70 · City of Truth, by James Morrow · Doug Fratz · br _70 · Storeys from the Old Hotel, by Gene Wolfe · Pascal J. Thomas · br _70 · The Trikon Deception, by Ben Bova & Bill Pogue · W. Ritchie Benedict · br _71 · Nightside the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe · Michael Andre-Driussi · br _72 · High Aztech, by Ernest Hogan · Pascal J. Thomas · br _72 · Alternate Presidents, by Mike Resnick · Pascal J. Thomas · br _72 · A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge · Pascal J. Thomas · br _73 · Timemaster, by Robert L. Forward · Nancy Hayes · br _73 · Hard Drive, by James Wallace & Jim Erickson · Nancy Hayes · br _73 · Jaran, by Kate Elliott · John Radzilowski · br _74 · The Memory of Earth, by Orson Scott Card · Pascal J. Thomas · br _74 · Halo, by Tom Maddox · Pascal J. Thomas · br _75 · The Missing Matter, by Thomas R. McDonough · Nancy Hayes · br _75 · Lunar Descent, by Allen Steele · Pascal J. Thomas · br _76 · Computer Software & Video Tape Reviews · Doug Fratz · rv _79 · SF&F Audio Cassette Tape Reviews · Doug Fratz · rv 81 · Quantum Leaps · [The Readers] · lc _81 · [letter] · Darrell Schweitzer · lt _81 · [letter] · Taras Wolansky · lt _81 · [letter] · Richard Chwedyk · lt _82 · [letter] · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · lt _83 · [letter] · Mark Corliss · lt