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Joe Sanders

Sanders, Joseph Lee

June 29, 1940 – December 28, 2023 (aged 83)

Birth place: Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA

220 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
December 1958 127 Essay Letter (New Worlds Science Fiction, December 1958) New Worlds Science Fiction, December 1958
May 1975 5 Review Mother Was a Lovely Beast: A Feral Man Anthology Delap's F & SF Review, May 1975
June 1975 3 Review A Place Beyond Man Delap's F & SF Review, June 1975
August 1975 12 Review The Embedding Delap's F & SF Review, August 1975
September 1975 7 Review Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fourth Annual Collection Delap's F & SF Review, September 1975
September 1975 10 Review Caution! Inflammable! Delap's F & SF Review, September 1975
September 1975 4 Review Homeward and Beyond Delap's F & SF Review, September 1975
September 1975 13 Review Jupiter Project Delap's F & SF Review, September 1975
November 1975 22 Review The Proud Enemy Delap's F & SF Review, November 1975
January 1976 20 Review Passing Through the Flame Delap's F & SF Review, January 1976
February 1976 6 Review Darker Than You Think Delap's F & SF Review, February 1976
February 1976 6 Review The Legion of Space Delap's F & SF Review, February 1976
March 1976 8 Review Science Fiction of the Thirties Delap's F & SF Review, March 1976
March 1976 11 Review The Book of Ptath Delap's F & SF Review, March 1976
April 1976 23 Review Enter Dr. Nikola! Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
April 1976 20 Review The Book of John Brunner Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
April 1976 23 Review The Haunted Woman Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
May 1976 12 Review Beyond Control Delap's F & SF Review, May 1976
May 1976 26 Review Famous Pulp Classics No. 1 Delap's F & SF Review, May 1976
June 1976 18 Review Birth of Fire Delap's F & SF Review, June 1976
June 1976 22 Review Triton Delap's F & SF Review, June 1976
September 1976 6 Review The Lifeship Delap's F & SF Review, September 1976
October 1976 30 Review Golden Wings & Other Stories Delap's F & SF Review, October 1976
October 1976 11 Review Terminus Delap's F & SF Review, October 1976
November 1976 7 Review Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Fifth Annual Collection Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976
November 1976 5 Review The 1976 Annual World's Best SF Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976
December 1976 37 Review Jack of Swords Delap's F & SF Review, December 1976
December 1976 36 Review Sandworld Delap's F & SF Review, December 1976
January 1977 24 Review Mindbridge Delap's F & SF Review, January 1977
January 1977 9 Review The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard's Sword & Sorcery Delap's F & SF Review, January 1977
February 1977 16 Review Brothers of Earth Delap's F & SF Review, February 1977
February 1977 17 Review Deus Irae Delap's F & SF Review, February 1977
February 1977 20 Review Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams Delap's F & SF Review, February 1977
February 1977 11 Review Shadrach in the Furnace Delap's F & SF Review, February 1977
March 1977 11 Review The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
March 1977 12 Review The Ghost Pirates Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
March 1977 11 Review The House on the Borderland Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
March 1977 12 Review The Night Land Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
May 1977 7 Review The Drowned World Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
June 1977 7 Review Heart of the World Delap's F & SF Review, June 1977
June 1977 25 Review The Light at the End of the Universe Delap's F & SF Review, June 1977
July 1977 26 Review Nebula Award Stories 11 Delap's F & SF Review, July 1977
February 1978 14 Review The Sea Demons Delap's F & SF Review, February 1978
February 1979 4 Review Satan's Seed Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979
February 1979 4 Review The Supergun Mission Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979
March 1979 15 Review The Courts of Chaos Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, March 1979
March 1979 14 Review The Uncertainty Principle Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, March 1979
May 1979 47 Review They Found Atlantis Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, May 1979
June 1979 66 Review Spore 7 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, June 1979
July 1979 82 Review Shadows of Imagination: The Fantasies of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Williams Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, July 1979
August 1979 85 Review Metamorphoses of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
August 1979 98 Essay Review of the comic strip collections "The Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon" Volumes 1 & 2 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
August 1979 98 Review The Illustrated Roger Zelazny Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
August 1979 100 Review Worlds Beyond the World: The Fantastic Vision of William Morris Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979
September 1979 114 Review An Hour with Isaac Asimov: "Building a Firm Foundation" Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, September 1979
February 1980 26 Review Roger Zelazny Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1980
July 1980 157 Essay SF and Detective Fiction: The Case of John D. MacDonald Science-Fiction Studies, July 1980
1981 106 Review Roger Zelazny: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography Extrapolation, Spring 1981
January 1982 10 Review Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #1, January-February 1982
January 1982 21 Review Peake's Progress Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #1, January-February 1982
March 1982 14 Review Easy Travel to Other Planets Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #2, March 1982
March 1982 99 Review Roger Zelazny: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography Science-Fiction Studies, March 1982
April 1982 7 Review Fantasy Annual IV Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #3, April 1982
May 1982 20 Review To Spin Is Miracle Cat Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #4, May 1982
June 1982 9 Review A Reference Guide to American Science Fiction Films, Volume 1 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #5, June 1982
June 1982 21 Review Catacombs Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #5, June 1982
July 1982 36 Review The Coming Event Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #6, July-August 1982
July 1982 19 Review Under Heaven's Bridge Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #6, July-August 1982
September 1982 38 Review The Eureka Years Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #7, September 1982
October 1982 28 Review Dominion Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #8, October 1982
November 1982 42|42.3 Review A Rhapsody in Amber Starship, November 1982
November 1982 43|43.3 Review Journey Behind the Wind Starship, November 1982
November 1982 42|42.1 Review Madwand Starship, November 1982
November 1982 43|43.2 Review The Dark Bright Water Starship, November 1982
November 1982 43|43.1 Review The Ice Is Coming Starship, November 1982
November 1982 40|40.1 Essay The Maniac in the Cellar: Sensation Novels of the 1860s, by Winifred Hughes Starship, November 1982
November 1982 41|41.2 Review The War Hound and the World's Pain Starship, November 1982
November 1982 39|39.3 Review Tomorrow's Heritage Starship, November 1982
November 1982 41|41.1 Review We Are All Legends Starship, November 1982
November 1982 40|40.2 Review When Trouble Beckons Starship, November 1982
November 1982 39|39.2 Essay With Malice Toward All: Books Starship, November 1982
December 1982 5 Review David Lindsay Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #10, December 1982
December 1982 27 Review Lensman from Rigel Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #10, December 1982
1983 41 Review Fantasy Literature: An Approach to Reality Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 43 Review Formula Fiction? An Anatomy of American Science Fiction, 1930-1940 Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 42 Review Keep Watching the Skies! Vol. I Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 42 Review Psycho II Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 41 Review Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 42 Review Stroka Prospekt Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 44 Review The Delta Star Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 43 Review The Gernsback Awards Volume 1, 1926 Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 42 Review The Monk Starship, Winter 1983-84
1983 41 Essay With Malice Toward All (Starship, Winter 1983-84) Starship, Winter 1983-84
January 1983 28 Review The Darkling Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #11, January-February 1983
September 1983 31 Essay Zelazny's 'Dilvish' Series: Enduring Concerns Fantasy Newsletter, #62 September 1983
1984 127 Essay The Fantastic Non-fantastic: Richard Condon's Waking Nightmares Extrapolation, Summer 1984
March 1984 26 Review Magic for Sale SF & Fantasy Review, March 1984
April 1984 36 Review John Collier SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984
May 1984 32 Review Kleinzeit Fantasy Review, May 1984
May 1984 32 Review The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Fantasy Review, May 1984
August 1984 40 Review Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny Fantasy Review, August 1984
September 1984 36 Review H. G. Wells: Aspects of a Life Fantasy Review, September 1984
September 1984 36 Essay Review of nongenre Heritage by Anthony West Fantasy Review, September 1984
October 1984 28 Review The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection Fantasy Review, October 1984
November 1984 38 Review The 1984 Annual World's Best SF Fantasy Review, November 1984
December 1984 26 Essay Review of Donald G. Keller's fanzine Inscape Fantasy Review, December 1984
December 1984 32 Review The Complete Guide to Science Fiction Conventions Fantasy Review, December 1984
December 1984 22 Review Who Made Stevie Crye? Fantasy Review, December 1984
January 1985 31 Review Symbol of Terra Fantasy Review, January 1985
February 1985 17 Review The Talisman Fantasy Review, February 1985
February 1985 26 Review Wild Animals Fantasy Review, February 1985
May 1985 17 Review Free Live Free Fantasy Review, May 1985
May 1985 12 Review The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) Fantasy Review, May 1985
July 1985 19 Review Circumpolar! Fantasy Review, July 1985
September 1985 30 Review American International Pictures: A Filmography Fantasy Review, September 1985
September 1985 18 Review The Children of Anthi Fantasy Review, September 1985
October 1985 26 Essay Small Enjoyable SFRA Conference Science Fiction Chronicle, #73 October 1985
December 1985 25 Review The Sword of Forbearance Fantasy Review, December 1985
1986 76 Essay Huck, Cat, and/or Civilization: Joan D. Vinge's Psion as "Juvenile" Fiction Extrapolation, Spring 1986
May 1986 17 Review Less Than Human Fantasy Review, May 1986
May 1986 24 Review Memory Blank Fantasy Review, May 1986
May 1986 28 Review The Many Facets of Stephen King Fantasy Review, May 1986
June 1986 26 Essay Letter (Science Fiction Chronicle #81) Science Fiction Chronicle, #81 June 1986
September 1986 20 Review Prostho Plus Fantasy Review, September 1986
1987 369 Review E. E. "Doc" Smith Extrapolation, Winter 1987
January 1987 34 Review Mermaids! Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
March 1987 33 Review Dagon Fantasy Review, March 1987
March 1987 42 Review Vacuum Flowers Fantasy Review, March 1987
July 1987 37 Review After the Zap Fantasy Review, July-August 1987
August 1987 51 Essay Conference on the Fantastic Science Fiction Chronicle, #95 August 1987
September 1987 36 Essay SFRA Honors Gary K. Wolfe, Copes with Change Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987
March 1988 Review E. E. "Doc" Smith Science Fiction Studies, March 1988
1991 35 Review Clark Ashton Smith IAFA Newsletter, Summer 1991
1991 61 Review Crystal Express IAFA Newsletter, Winter 1991
November 1991 1|1.2 Essay At the Frontiers of the Fantastic: Thomas Harris's "The Silence of the Lambs" The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1991
July 1992 23 Review Raft The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1992
September 1992 1|1.1 Essay United States or Ouroboros: Heinlein's "Double Star" The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1992
August 1993 1|1.1 Essay Breaking the Circle? Robert A. Heinlein's "The Door Into Summer" The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1993
July 1994 Essay "Men's Wild Behavior": Michael Bishop's "Ancient of Days" The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1994
February 1995 61 Review Science Fiction Fandom Locus, #409 February 1995
June 1995 1 Essay Space Opera Reconsidered The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1995
July 1995 19 Review Terminal Café The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1995
September 1995 170 Review Science Fiction Fandom Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1995
January 1996 1 Essay The Forms I Move to Meet: Roger Zelazny's "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 1996
March 1996 60 Review Functions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Thirteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Locus, #422 March 1996
August 1996 1 Essay Of (Human) Bondage in Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1996
November 1996 23 Essay Of (Human) Bondage in Michael Bishop's "Brittle Innings": Erratum The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1996
1997 18 Essay Of Parents and Children and Dreams in Neil Gaiman's Mr. Punch and the Sandman Foundation, #71 Autumn 1997
May 1997 6 Review Silicon Embrace The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1997
May 1997 6 Review The Exploded Heart The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1997
September 1997 1 Essay Re: Visions in Michael Bishop's First and Seventh Novel The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1997
October 1997 5 Essay Death, Transfiguration, and More Death in Two Stories by Terry Bisson The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1997
July 1998 13 Review Unicorn Mountain The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1998
July 1998 13 Essay Unicorn Mountain: Going to Extremes with Michael Bishop The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1998
March 1999 23 Review Moonseed The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1999
June 1999 23 Review Future on Ice The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1999
October 1999 1 Essay The Game of Seek and Hide in Michael Bishop's No Enemy but Time The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1999
February 2000 6 Review Frankensteins and Foreign Devils The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2000
April 2000 14 Review A Good Old-Fashioned Future The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2000
June 2000 19 Review After Worlds Collide The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2000
June 2000 19 Review When Worlds Collide The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2000
January 2001 4 Essay A Brief User's Guide to Visions of Wonder SFRA Review #250
June 2001 22 Review The Phoenix Code The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2001
September 2001 16 Review The Last Harbor The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2001
September 2001 27 Review The Martian Named Smith: Critical Perspectives on Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land SFRA Review #254-5
January 2002 14 Review The Jaguar Hunter The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2002
April 2002 12 Review An Enemy of the State The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2002
May 2002 10 Essay The Current State of Heinlein Criticism The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2002
June 2002 23 Essay Letter (NYRSF, June 2002) The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2002
June 2002 7 Review Warchild The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2002
November 2002 18 Review Permanence The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2002
December 2002 21 Review A. E. van Vogt: Science Fantasy's Icon The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2002
December 2002 21 Review Have Trenchcoat—Will Travel and Others The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2002
March 2003 16 Review Chindi The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2003
April 2003 15 Review Bright Segment: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume III The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2003
July 2003 15 Review For Love and Glory The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2003
January 2004 23 Review The Journal of Nicholas the American The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2004
March 2004 15 Review A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2004
September 2004 21 Review Clade The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2004
November 2004 14 Review Mother Aegypt and Other Stories The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2004
February 2005 22 Review Beyond Infinity The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2005
April 2005 16 Review Between Worlds The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2005
January 2007 23 Review Inside Science Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2007
July 2007 15 Review Slan Hunter The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2007
November 2007 19 Review Brasyl The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2007
February 2008 23 Review Queen of Candesce: Book Two of Virga The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2008
March 2008 1 Essay Noir/Alien/Detectives: Chad Taylor's Shirker The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2008
July 2008 1 Essay Tidings of Discomfort and Joy: Neil Gaiman's "Murder Mysteries" The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2008
March 2009 19 Review Escapement The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2009
April 2009 16 Review Zoe's Tale The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2009
October 2009 13 Review All the Windwracked Stars The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2009
November 2009 20 Essay The New, Improved Past in Two Stories by David Marusek The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2009
May 2010 9 Review Full Metal Apache: Transactions Between Cyberpunk Japan and Avant-Pop America The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2010
July 2010 12 Essay Bullying, Arrogant, Racist Bastards in Farnham's Freehold The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2010
October 2010 14 Review The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2010
March 2011 17 Review Ship Breaker The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2011
July 2011 19 Essay The Ridiculous Sublime in Robert A. Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2011
August 2011 15 Review A Book of Tongues The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2011
October 2012 7 Review Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2012
October 2012 19 Essay Monsters, Detectives, and Prose Style in Peter Straub's The Hellfire Club The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2012
February 2013 70 Essay Alice Clareson Locus, #625 February 2013
March 2013 13 Review Prepare to Die! The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2013
June 2013 12 Essay Prufrock in Hollywood: Unthinkable Adaptation in Neil Gaiman's "The Goldfish Bowl and Other Stories" The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2013
July 2013 11 Review Visions The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2013
January 2014 30 Review Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2014
May 2014 24 Essay The Emperor of I Scream: Torture, Revenge, Justice, and Hope in Iain M. Banks's Surface Detail The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2014
June 2014 58 Review The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction Locus, #641 June 2014
October 2014 30 Review Beyond the Rift The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2014
May 2015 19 Review The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2015
July 2015 1 Essay Mario Vargas Llosa: Fantasies/ Dreams/Delusions/Lies The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2015
August 2015 31 Essay Dark Reveries: The Unsettling Dreams of Eleanor Scott The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2015
September 2015 9 Review Chasing the Phoenix The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2015
April 2016 27 Essay Maps without Legends: The Peculiar Explorations of Felix Gilman The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2016
July 2016 31 Review Supersymmetry The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2016
October 2016 9 Review Jack of Shadows The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2016
August 2017 13 Essay Taking Another Look at Michael Bishop: Two Early Stories The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2017
October 2017 9 Review Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2017
June 2018 27 Essay Anthropological/Science Fiction: Michael Bishop's Transfigurations The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2018
March 2020 6 Review Get in Trouble The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2020
May 2020 21 Essay The Hearse on the Borderland: Kate Wilhalm's "Mystery" Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2020

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1995 Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book Science Fiction Fandom Nominee
1996 Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book Science Fiction Fandom Nominee
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction Michael Bishop and the Persistence of Wonder: A Critical Study of the Writings Nominee

Joe Sanders, professor emeritus, Lakeland Community College, has written extensively about Roger Zelazny, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and Neil Gaiman. He lives in Mentor, Ohio.
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Year Publication Title
November 1973 ERB-dom, November 1973 Tarzan and Tantor