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• 3 • Vale ASFR? • [I Must Be Talking to My Friends] • essay by Bruce Gillespie
• 3 • Thanks for the Thank-you Note • [I Must Be Talking to My Friends] • essay by Bruce Gillespie
• 5 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by Robert Day
• 6 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by Sarah LeFanu
• 6 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 7 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by Andy Sawyer
• 7 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by Douglas Barbour [as by Doug Barbour]
• 7 •  Letter (SF Commentary 69/70) • essay by Robert Coulson [as by Buck Coulson]
• 8 • Greasy Stockpot ... and Genuine Ambition • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford (variant of The Greasy Stockpot 1989) [as by Dave Langford]
• 9 • Page-turners Versus Slow Reads • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford (variant of Page-Turners vs Slow Reads 1989) [as by Dave Langford]
• 10 • Various Magics, Some Spellbinding • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford (variant of Various Magics 1990) [as by Dave Langford]
• 12 • The Column You Get When I'm Away in America • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford (variant of While I'm Away 1990) [as by Dave Langford]
• 13 • The Books That Were Waiting When I Returned from America • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford (variant of Cults & Oddments 1990) [as by Dave Langford]
• 14 • Langford and the Jolly UFO • [Critical Mass/Critical Hits] • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 16 •   Review: Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 16 •   Review: The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 16 •   Review: The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 17 •  Cartoon: "Yeah, breedin' giant mutant sheep is easy enough, but, geez, they're a bugger to shear ..." • interior artwork by Ian Gunn
• 18 •   Review: Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy by Michael Moorcock • review by Michael J. Tolley [as by Michael Tolley]
• 18 •   Review: Eternity by Greg Bear • review by Michael J. Tolley [as by Michael Tolley]
• 19 •   Review: Grace by Michael Stewart • review by Colin Steele
• 19 •   Review: Mother London by Michael Moorcock • review by Colin Steele
• 19 •   Review: The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock • review by Colin Steele
• 19 •   Review: The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury • review by Colin Steele
• 20 •   Review: The Broken Bubble by Philip K. Dick • review by Colin Steele
• 20 •   Review: The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield • review by Colin Steele
• 20 •   Review: Singularities: Stories from the 1989 Canberra Science Fiction Society Short Story Competition by Garry Wyatt • review by Colin Steele
• 20 •   Review: Zenith by David Garnett • review by Colin Steele
• 20 •   Review: Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling • review by Colin Steele
• 21 •   Review: The Dark Half by Stephen King • review by Colin Steele
• 21 •   Review: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King • review by Colin Steele
• 21 •   Review: Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King by Chuck Miller and Tim Underwood • review by Colin Steele
• 21 •   Review: First Light by Peter Ackroyd • review by Colin Steele
• 21 •   Review: The Chymical Wedding by Lindsay Clarke • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places by Ursula Le Guin • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: The Diamond Throne by David Eddings • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: Keeper of the Keys by Janny Wurts • review by Colin Steele
• 22 •   Review: Other Voices by Colin Greenland • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy by M. H. Zool • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Astounding Days: A Science Fictional Autobiography by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: The Abyss by Orson Scott Card • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Imago by Octavia E. Butler • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: The Father-Thing by Philip K. Dick • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Tides of Light by Gregory Benford • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Eternity by Greg Bear • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Tangents by Greg Bear • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Secret Harmonies by Paul J. McAuley • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Killer Planet by Bob Shaw • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: The Fugitive Worlds by Bob Shaw • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: War of the Sky Lords by John Brosnan • review by Colin Steele
• 23 •   Review: Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson • review by Colin Steele
• 24 •   Review: The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Terraplane by Jack Womack • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Truckers by Terry Pratchett • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Diggers by Terry Pratchett • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: The Long Habit of Living by Joe Haldeman • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Orbital Decay by Allen Steele • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper • review by Colin Steele
• 25 •   Review: Memories by Mike McQuay • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: Angel Station by Walter Jon Williams • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: At Winter's End by Robert Silverberg • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: The Queen of Springtime by Robert Silverberg • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: Return to Eden by Harry Harrison • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: The Middle Kingdom by David Wingrove • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: Interzone: The Fourth Anthology by John Clute and Simon Ounsley and David Pringle • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two by David S. Garnett • review by Colin Steele
• 26 •   Review: Other Edens III by Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock • review by Colin Steele
• 27 •   Review: Reach for Tomorrow by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Colin Steele
• 27 •   Review: The Cosmic Trilogy by C. S. Lewis • review by Colin Steele
• 27 •   Review: Casablanca by Michael Moorcock • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight by Ursula K. Le Guin • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: The Treason of Isengard by J. R. R. Tolkien • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: The Dark Door by Kate Wilhelm • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave by Garry Kilworth • review by Colin Steele
• 28 •   Review: Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories by Stephen Jones and Clarence Paget • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Eden by Stanislaw Lem • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Creed by James Herbert • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Theo and Matilda by Rachel Billington • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Shadowfane by Janny Wurts • review by Colin Steele
• 29 •   Review: Dragonspell: The Southern Sea by Katharine Kerr • review by Colin Steele
• 30 •   Review: At Winter's End by Robert Silverberg • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 31 •   Review: Futures Past by James White • review by Elaine Cochrane
• 31 •   Review: Berserker Base by Fred Saberhagen • review by Greg Hills
• 33 •   Review: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany • review by Douglas Barbour [as by Doug Barbour]
• 34 •   Review: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay • review by Douglas Barbour [as by Doug Barbour]
• 35 •   Review: Hothouse by Brian Aldiss • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 35 •   Review: Quest of the Three Worlds by Cordwainer Smith • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 35 •   Review: The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 35 •   Review: The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 35 •   Review: Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula Le Guin • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 36 •   Review: The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 37 •   Review: The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula Le Guin • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 37 •   Review: Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 37 •   Review: Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 37 •   Review: Four Hundred Billion Stars by Paul J. McAuley • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 38 •   Review: Puttering About in a Small Land by Philip K. Dick • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 38 •   Review: The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike by Philip K. Dick • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 38 •   Review: My Lady Tongue & Other Tales by Lucy Sussex • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 38 •   Review: The Fortunes of Mary Fortune by Mary Fortune • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 39 •   Review: The Affirmation by Christopher Priest • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 39 •   Review: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 39 •   Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 39 •   Review: Quickening and Other Stories by Brian Matthews • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 39 •   Review: A Pursuit of Miracles by George Turner • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 40 •   Review: Tau Zero by Poul Anderson • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 40 •   Review: Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 40 •   Review: Ria by Felix C. Forrest • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 40 •   Review: This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 40 •   Review: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 41 •   Review: Lake of the Sun by Wynne Whiteford • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 41 •   Review: The Specialist by Wynne Whiteford • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 41 •   Review: Striped Holes by Damien Broderick • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 41 •   Review: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 42 • Review of nongenre novel The Peace Garden by Lucy Sussex • essay by Bruce Gillespie
• 42 •   Review: The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories by Rosaleen Love • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 42 •   Review: Zenith by David Garnett • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 42 •   Review: Galaxies Like Grains of Sand by Brian Aldiss • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 42 •   Review: The Grey Prince by Jack Vance • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: Buying Time by Joe Haldeman • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: The Secret Ascension or Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas by Michael Bishop • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: The Committed Men by M. John Harrison • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 43 •   Review: Miracle Visitors by Ian Watson • review by Bruce Gillespie
• 44 •   Review: Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling • review by Alan Stewart
• 44 •   Review: Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin • review by Alan Stewart
• 44 •   Review: Metrophage by Richard Kadrey • review by Alan Stewart
• 44 •   Review: Father to the Man by John Gribbin • review by Alan Stewart
• 45 •   Review: Double Planet by Marcus Chown and John Gribbin • review by Alan Stewart
• 45 •   Review: The Island by T. M. Wright • review by Alan Stewart
• 45 •   Review: Total Recall by Piers Anthony • review by Alan Stewart
• 45 •   Review: Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee • review by Alan Stewart
• 45 •   Review: Falcon by Emma Bull • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: The Wall Around Eden by Joan Slonczewski • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: Unicorn Point by Piers Anthony • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: Cyber Way by Alan Dean Foster • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: The Quiet Pools by Michael P. Kube-McDowell • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: Roofworld by Christopher Fowler • review by Alan Stewart
• 46 •   Review: The Demons at Rainbow Bridge by Jack L. Chalker • review by Alan Stewart
• 47 •   Review: Summertide by Charles Sheffield • review by Alan Stewart
• 47 •   Review: Imago by Octavia E. Butler • review by Alan Stewart
• 47 •   Review: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett • review by Alan Stewart
• 47 •   Review: Lens of the World by R. A. MacAvoy • review by Alan Stewart
• 48 •   Review: Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson • review by Andy Sawyer
• 48 •   Review: Great Sky River by Gregory Benford • review by Andy Sawyer
• 48 •   Review: Tides of Light by Gregory Benford • review by Andy Sawyer
• 49 •   Review: The Long Habit of Living by Joe Haldeman • review by Andy Sawyer
• 49 •   Review: Angel Station by Walter Jon Williams • review by Andy Sawyer
• 49 •   Review: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons • review by Andy Sawyer
• 50 •   Review: Puzzles of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov • review by Andy Sawyer
• 50 •   Review: Star Scroll by Melanie Rawn • (1990) • review by Andy Sawyer
• 52 •  Cartoon: "Stunt Chicken" • interior artwork by Ian Gunn