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Cover of Foundation, #38 Winter 1986/87

Foundation, #38 Winter 1986/87

1987

Editor Edward James , Ian Watson , John Clute
Cover art Chris Foss
Publisher North East London Polytechnic
Price £2.95
Pages 108
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  • Publisher stated as 'North East London Polytechnic on behalf of the Science Fiction Foundation' on the copyright page.
  • Page numbering starts on the first interior (third) page. The last numbered page is 101, followed by the ad pages 102-104, the inside back cover (also an ad page) and the back cover.
  • The subscription price for an individual is stated as £7.00 in the UK & Ireland and $14.00 in the USA and Canada & £7.50 in other countries via surface mail (prices for institutions were higher).
  • Valerie Buckle is stated as Assistant Editor and David Pringle as Advisory Editor on contents page (p. 1f.)
  • The Editorial by Edward James is dated St. Valentine's Day 1987 (i.e. 1987-02-14), so publication must have been after that day.
  • Cover painting by Courtesy of Grafton Books, taken from the painting by Chris Foss for Colin Wilson's Spider World: The Tower.
  • Three Worlds of Wonder is an excerpt from Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Editorial (Foundation, Winter 1986/87) Edward James
5 Essay Non Fiction "Common Time" Robert Silverberg
5 Essay Non Fiction Three Worlds of Wonder (introduction) Robert Silverberg
12 Essay Non Fiction "Hothouse" Robert Silverberg
16 Essay Non Fiction "Light of Other Days" Robert Silverberg
21 Essay Non Fiction Comment on Two of Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder [1] Brian Aldiss
22 Essay Non Fiction Comment on Two of Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder [2] Bob Shaw
23 Essay Non Fiction Thrilling Structures? Science Fiction from the Early 'Amazing' and Detective Fiction Elizabeth Kwasniewski
30 Essay Non Fiction Verne's Amazing Journeys M. Hammerton
39 Essay Non Fiction The Making of Meldilorn: A Poetics of Imaginary Names David Lake
49 Essay Non Fiction Effing the Ineffable: An Essay Gregory Benford
58 Short Fiction Fiction Me in a Mirror Kim Stanley Robinson
63 Essay Non Fiction Slaves of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existentialist Science Fiction Brian Stableford
68 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Foundation, Winter 1986/87) Gregory Benford
68 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Foundation, Winter 1986/87) Stephen R. L. Clark
69 Essay Non Fiction Reviews (Foundation, Winter 1986/87) John Clute
69 Review Non Fiction Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction Roz Kaveney & Brian W. Aldiss & David Wingrove
77 Review Non Fiction Dreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee Sarah LeFanu & Tanith Lee
78 Review Non Fiction Reader in a Strange Land: The Activity of Reading Literary Utopias Frank Dietz & Peter Ruppert
79 Review Non Fiction The Folk of the Air M. John Harrison & Peter S. Beagle
81 Review Non Fiction The Ragged Astronauts Paul Kincaid & Bob Shaw
83 Review Non Fiction Goodman 2020 John Clute & Fred Pfeil
85 Review Non Fiction Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography Brian Stableford & Harvey J. Satty & Curtis C. Smith
85 Review Non Fiction The Memory of Whiteness Paul Kincaid & Kim Stanley Robinson
87 Review Non Fiction The Dark Knight Returns Neil Gaiman & Frank Miller
92 Review Non Fiction Machines That Think Ellen M. Pedersen & Isaac Asimov & Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg
96 Review Non Fiction Second Nature Colin Greenland & Cherry Wilder
98 Review Non Fiction Shades of Darkness Mike Christie & Richard Cowper
99 Review Non Fiction Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines Edward James & Marshall B. Tymn & Mike Ashley
100 Review Non Fiction Magician: Apprentice Hannu Hiilos & Raymond E. Feist
100 Review Non Fiction Magician: Master Hannu Hiilos & Raymond E. Feist

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Foundation - 1987 Edward James & Ian Watson & John Clute
Cover Art Non Fiction Foundation, #38 Winter 1986/87 Chris Foss