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NY: Davis Publications, 1979. Vol. 3, No. 8 (Whole No. 18). Edited by George Scithers. Cover art by Alex Schomburg for "Dreams" by Barry B. Longyear. Includes "Editorial: Learning Device" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "The Explosion of Blabbage's Oracle" by Martin Gardner; "Alex Schomburg" by Shawna McCarthy; "C.O.D." by Jonathan Milos; "Stone Crucible" by John M. Ford; "What Really Goes on at a Science Fiction Convention" by Darrell Schweitzer; "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Stauss; "Itch on the Bull Run" by Sharon Webb; "The Migration of Darkness" by Peter Payack; "Where Are You, Stephanie Tobin?" by Juleen Brantingham; "Doo-Dah Chemistry" by William Tuning; "The Cool War" by Frederik Poh. Illustrated by Schomburg, Tim Kirk, Vincent DiFate, and Jack Gaughan. Label bits and pulls to front; tanning; light corner wear..… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1978. Vol. 2, No. 6. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by George Barr. Includes "As Chemist to Chemist" by Isaac Asimov; "By the Hours in a Day" by Kerstin Lange; "The Enumerators" by E. E. Roberts; "Errata Slip Nubmer Two" by Edward Wellen; "Farside Station" by Jack Williamson; "The First Star" by J. P. Boyd; "A Growing Concern" by Arnie Bateman; "The Last Master of Limericks" by Gary R. Osgood; "Malice in Wonderland" by Glen M Bever; "The Man with the Eye" by Phyllis Eisenstein; "On the Q167 File" by John M. Ford; "One More Time" by Jack Gaughan; "Out of Quarantine" by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg; "The Tryouts" by Barry B. Longyear. Editorial: "The Reluctant Critic" by Asimov. Illustrated by Freff, Phil Foglio, George Barr, Tim Kirk, Frank Borth, Val Lakey, Alex Schomburg, and Gaughan. Loss at lower front foredge… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1979. Vol. 3, No. 11. Edited by George Scithers. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate for "The Eternal Gensis" by Milton A. Rothman. Includes "Editorial: The Dean of Science Fiction" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "The Erasing of Philbert the Fudger" by Martin Gardner; "Twist Ending" by Barry B. Longyear; "The Raindrop's Role" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "In Spring a Livlier Iris" by Ruth Berman; "From the Lunatech Admissions Committee" by Sharon N. Farber; "Furlough" by Skip Wall; "Flamegame" by Steve Perry; "The Fare" by Sherri Roth; "Autumn Sunshine for Moe Joost" by John Morressy; "The Sapphire as Big as the Marsport Hilton" by John M. Ford; "Sharing Time in the Gallery" by Sharon Webb; "On the Midwatch" by Keith Minnion; "Mountain Wings" by Sydney… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1981. Vol. 5, No. 2 (Whole no. 36). Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by George Barr for "The RainBow King" by Somtow Sucharitkul. Includes "Editorial: Book Reviews" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "The Dust of Creeds Outworn" by Sharon Webb; "The Dance of the Jolly Green Digits" by Martin Gardner; "On Opening Night at the Universe" by John M. Ford; "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot !X!" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]; "These Stones Will Remember" by Reginald Bretnor; "The Limerick Contest: Results" by Isaac Asimov; 'Snowflake" by Freff; ":Silicon Psalm" by Jeff Duntemann; "Improbable Bestiary: The Bug-Eyed Monster" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; "Full Fathom Five My Father Lies" by Rand B. Lee; "Balancing Act" by F. M. Busby; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "Letters"… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1979. Vol. 3, No. 11. Edited by George Scithers. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate for "The Eternal Gensis" by Milton A. Rothman. Includes "Editorial: The Dean of Science Fiction" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "The Erasing of Philbert the Fudger" by Martin Gardner; "Twist Ending" by Barry B. Longyear; "The Raindrop's Role" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "In Spring a Livlier Iris" by Ruth Berman; "From the Lunatech Admissions Committee" by Sharon N. Farber; "Furlough" by Skip Wall; "Flamegame" by Steve Perry; "The Fare" by Sherri Roth; "Autumn Sunshine for Moe Joost" by John Morressy; "The Sapphire as Big as the Marsport Hilton" by John M. Ford; "Sharing Time in the Gallery" by Sharon Webb; "On the Midwatch" by Keith Minnion; "Mountain Wings" by Sydney… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1978. Vol. 2, No. 6. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by George Barr. Includes "As Chemist to Chemist" by Isaac Asimov; "By the Hours in a Day" by Kerstin Lange; "The Enumerators" by E. E. Roberts; "Errata Slip Nubmer Two" by Edward Wellen; "Farside Station" by Jack Williamson; "The First Star" by J. P. Boyd; "A Growing Concern" by Arnie Bateman; "The Last Master of Limericks" by Gary R. Osgood; "Malice in Wonderland" by Glen M Bever; "The Man with the Eye" by Phyllis Eisenstein; "On the Q167 File" by John M. Ford; "One More Time" by Jack Gaughan; "Out of Quarantine" by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg; "The Tryouts" by Barry B. Longyear. Editorial: "The Reluctant Critic" by Asimov. Illustrated by Freff, Phil Foglio, George Barr, Tim Kirk, Frank Borth, Val Lakey, Alex Schomburg, and Gaughan. Stress; tanning..… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1981. Vol. 5, No. 2 (Whole no. 36). Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by George Barr for "The RainBow King" by Somtow Sucharitkul. Includes "Editorial: Book Reviews" by Isaac Asimov; "On Books" by Baird Searles; "The Dust of Creeds Outworn" by Sharon Webb; "The Dance of the Jolly Green Digits" by Martin Gardner; "On Opening Night at the Universe" by John M. Ford; "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot !X!" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]; "These Stones Will Remember" by Reginald Bretnor; "The Limerick Contest: Results" by Isaac Asimov; 'Snowflake" by Freff; ":Silicon Psalm" by Jeff Duntemann; "Improbable Bestiary: The Bug-Eyed Monster" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; "Full Fathom Five My Father Lies" by Rand B. Lee; "Balancing Act" by F. M. Busby; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss; "Letters"… Read More

NY: Davis Publications, 1979. Vol. 3, No. 7. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Karl Kofoed for "Priest of the Baraboo" by Barry B. Longyear. Includes "Editories: Poetry, Fun, & Games" by Isaac Asimov; "... And Settle Down with a Good Book" by Dian Girard; "The Initiation" by Mark Ringdahl; "The Merchant of Stratford" by Frank Ramirez; "On The Shadow of a Phosphor Screen" by William F. Wu; "The Quintessence of Galahad Sypher" by Joseph Kosiewska; "The Spectacles of Jorge Luís Borges" by Arthur Jean Cox; "Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot !V" by Grendel Briarton (R. Bretnor). Articles: "On Cosmology" by Tony Rothman and L. C. Shepley; "On Evenings Beyond the Fields We Know" by John M. Ford. Verse: "Rainbow Bridges" by Peter Payack; "Well, It Wasn't Forbidden Planet, but ..." by Dan J. Hicks. Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas, Jack Gaughan,… Read More

First edition, first printing of this double issue of 17 pieces of writing including novellas, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are: An American Childhood by Pat Murphy (novella), The Consort by Isaac Asimov (novella), Beast of the Heartland by Lucius Sheppard (novelette), Whispers by Maureen F McHugh and David B Kisor (novelette), The Other Magpie by R Garcia Y Robertson (novelette), Infinite Riches by Lis Goldstein (novelette), The Beggar in the LivingRoom by William John Watkins (short story), Guardian of Fireflies by Patricia Anthony (short story), The Hart by Greg Costikyan (short story), The Murderer by Lawrence Watt-Evans (short story), Roadkill by Sage Walker (short story), From a Child's Garden of Grammar: Spill Infinitives, Some Personal Pronouns, Auxiliary Verbs, Definite and Indefinite Articles by Tom Disch (poetry), After Two Weeks of Delays Above Novo Brasil by M Shayne Bell (poetry)and Downtime on Digger's World by William John Watkins (poetry). Slight edgewear. Light… Read More

Philadelphia: Davis Publications. Digest-size Magazine. November 1979. Vol. 3, No. 11. Very Good+. Spine straight, tight and uncreased with slight chipping to head. Interior unmarked with light tanning along top edge. Mailing label to front cover. Not from a library. 196 pages. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Vincent Di Fate for "The Eternal Gensis" (novelette) by Milton A. Rothman. Includes "The Dean of Science Fiction" (editorial) by Isaac Asimov; "The Erasing of Philbert the Fudger" (SF puzzle) by Martin Gardner; "Twist Ending" by Barry B. Longyear; "The Raindrop's Role" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "In Spring a Livlier Iris" by Ruth Berman; "From the Lunatech Admissions Committee" by Sharon N. Farber; "Furlough" by Skip Wall; "Flamegame" by Steve Perry; "The Fare" by Sherri Roth; "Autumn Sunshine for Moe Joost" by John Morressy; "The Sapphire as Big as the Marsport Hilton" by John M. Ford; "Sharing Time in the Gallery" by Sharon Webb; "On the Midwatch" by Keith Minnion; "Mountain Wings" by… Read More