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The Issue at Hand

William Atheling, Jr.

First published 1964
Publisher Advent: Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jon Stopa
Pages 136
Price $5.00

Stated First Edition.

Year Reviewer Publication
1965 uncredited Amra V2n33, April 1965
1965 P. Schuyler Miller Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, July 1965

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Introduction (The Issue at Hand) James Blish Essay
11 Some Propositions William Atheling, Jr. Essay
14 Night Talk William Atheling, Jr. & Charles E. Fritch Review
15 The Man William Atheling, Jr. & Ray Bradbury Review
16 Big Planet William Atheling, Jr. & Jack Vance Review
16 The Dying Earth William Atheling, Jr. & Jack Vance Review
17 A Million Years to Conquer William Atheling, Jr. & Henry Kuttner Review
17 Cold Awakening William Atheling, Jr. & Walter M. Miller, Jr. Review
17 The Face of the Enemy William Atheling, Jr. & Thomas Wilson Review
20 Gravy Planet William Atheling, Jr. & C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl Review
20 The Space Merchants William Atheling, Jr. & Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth Review
21 Some Missing Rebuttals William Atheling, Jr. Essay
22 In Search of Wonder William Atheling, Jr. & Damon Knight Review
22 Kinsmen of the Dragon William Atheling, Jr. & Stanley Mullen Review
23 Man in the Dark William Atheling, Jr. & Roy Huggins Review
24 Beatrice William Atheling, Jr. & Dean Evans Review
24 I'm looking for 'Jeff' William Atheling, Jr. & Fritz Leiber Review
24 The Veiled Woman William Atheling, Jr. & Mickey Spillane Review
25 The Sin of Hyacinth Peuch William Atheling, Jr. & Eric Frank Russell Review
26 The Perfect Host William Atheling, Jr. & Theodore Sturgeon Review
26 The Sex Opposite William Atheling, Jr. & Theodore Sturgeon Review
27 Flight into Yesterday William Atheling, Jr. & Charles Harness Review
27 The Poisoner William Atheling, Jr. & Charles Harness Review
27 Time Trap William Atheling, Jr. & Charles Harness Review
28 The Goodly Creatures William Atheling, Jr. & C. M. Kornbluth Review
29 The Currents of Space William Atheling, Jr. & Isaac Asimov Review
30 The Stars, Like Dust William Atheling, Jr. & Isaac Asimov Review
31 Homo Saps William Atheling, Jr. & Eric Frank Russell Review
31 Me and Flapjack and the Martians William Atheling, Jr. & Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds Review
31 Noise Level William Atheling, Jr. & Raymond F. Jones Review
31 Pest William Atheling, Jr. & Randall Garrett & Lou Tabakow Review
31 The Hunting Lodge William Atheling, Jr. & Randall Garrett Review
33 Rebuttals, Token Punches, and Violence William Atheling, Jr. Essay
36 Secret William Atheling, Jr. & Lee Cahn Review
36 Stamp from Moscow William Atheling, Jr. & Steve Benedict Review
36 Watchbird William Atheling, Jr. & Robert Sheckley Review
37 The Man in the Water William Atheling, Jr. & Robert Sheckley Review
39 Four in One William Atheling, Jr. & Damon Knight Review
39 Null-ABC William Atheling, Jr. & H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire Review
40 Police Your Planet Erik Van Lhin & William Atheling, Jr. Review
41 Big Planet Jack Vance & William Atheling, Jr. Review
41 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester & William Atheling, Jr. Review
42 Saucer of Loneliness Theodore Sturgeon & William Atheling, Jr. Review
42 The Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein & William Atheling, Jr. Review
43 A Sprig of Editors William Atheling, Jr. Essay
43 Whirligig World William Atheling, Jr. & Hal Clement Review
44 Some Notes on Xi Bootis William Atheling, Jr. & Hal Clement Review
48 Testament of Andros William Atheling, Jr. & James Blish Review
49 Cathedrals in Space William Atheling, Jr. Essay
50 Methuselah's Children William Atheling, Jr. & Robert A. Heinlein Review
51 A Case of Conscience William Atheling, Jr. & James Blish Review
53 Fool's Errand William Atheling, Jr. & Paul L. Payne Review
53 Lord of the Sea William Atheling, Jr. & M. P. Shiel Review
53 Lord of the World William Atheling, Jr. & R. H. Benson Review
53 Out of the Silent Planet William Atheling, Jr. & C. S. Lewis Review
53 Perelandra William Atheling, Jr. & C. S. Lewis Review
53 That Hideous Strength William Atheling, Jr. & C. S. Lewis Review
53 The Man William Atheling, Jr. & Ray Bradbury Review
54 The Quest for Saint Aquin William Atheling, Jr. & Anthony Boucher Review
55 A Canticle for Leibowitz William Atheling, Jr. & Walter M. Miller, Jr. Review
55 Crucifixus Etiam William Atheling, Jr. & Walter M. Miller, Jr. Review
57 Afterword (Cathedrals in Space) William Atheling, Jr. Essay
58 For I Am a Jealous People William Atheling, Jr. & Lester del Rey Review
59 A Matter of Faith William Atheling, Jr. & Michael Sherman Review
59 Another Case William Atheling, Jr. Essay
59 Belivers' World William Atheling, Jr. & Robert W. Lowndes Review
62 And Another William Atheling, Jr. Essay
62 Stranger in a Strange Land William Atheling, Jr. & Robert A. Heinlein Review
71 Negative Judgements: Swashbungling, Series, and Second-Guessing William Atheling, Jr. Essay
71 The Immortal Game William Atheling, Jr. & Poul Anderson Review
73 Danish Gambit William Atheling, Jr. & Carl Gentile Review
74 Epizootics William Atheling, Jr. & G. Legman Review
74 I've Got a Little List William Atheling, Jr. & Randall Garrett Review
78 Humpty Dumpty William Atheling, Jr. & Lewis Padgett Review
79 Riya's Foundling William Atheling, Jr. & Algis Budrys Review
80 And a Star to Steer Her By William Atheling, Jr. & Lee Correy Review
80 Little Joe William Atheling, Jr. & Algis Budrys Review
81 One Completely Lousy Story, with Feetnote William Atheling, Jr. Essay
82 Final Exam William Atheling, Jr. & Arthur Zirul Review
89 Scatershot William Atheling, Jr. Essay
95 One Way Trup William Atheling, Jr. Essay
101 The Short Novel: Three Ranging Shots and Two Duds William Atheling, Jr. Essay
109 The Fens Revisted: "Said" Books and Incest William Atheling, Jr. Essay
115 An Answer of Sorts William Atheling, Jr. Essay
121 A Question of Content William Atheling, Jr. Essay
131 Index (The Issue at Hand) uncredited Essay

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