← Search
Cover of Foundation, #41 Winter 1987

Foundation, #41 Winter 1987

1987

Editor Edward James , Ian Watson , John Clute
Cover art Fred Clarke
Publisher North East London Polytechnic
Price £2.95
Pages 108
← Previous issue Next issue →

  • Publisher stated as 'North East London Polytechnic on behalf of the Science Fiction Foundation' on the copyright page.
  • Special tribute issue for Arthur C. Clarke, corresponding to the author's 70th birthday.
  • Page numbering starts on the first interior (third) page. The last numbered page is 100, followed by the ad pages 101-104, the inside back cover (also an ad page) and the back cover.
  • The subscription price for an individual is stated as £8.50 in the UK & Ireland and $17.00 in the USA and Canada & £9.00 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 December 1987.
  • The titles for the letters are drawn from the table of contents (on p. 2).
  • P. 4 also is an ad page (for "2061: Odysses Three" by Clarke).
  • "The cover photograph, of the teenage Arthur C. Clarke in front of his shelves of Amazing and Astounding, was kindly loaned by Fred Clarke (...)." stated on back. There are two additional photographs within Fred Clarke's essay [pp12/13], one by Clarke, the other by Val Cleaver.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Editorial (Foundation 41) Edward James
5 Essay Non Fiction Star Peace Arthur C. Clarke
9 Essay Non Fiction Arthur C. Clarke: The Early Days Fred Clarke
15 Poem Fiction The Clarke: Opera Semi-Seria K. V. Bailey
21 Essay Non Fiction Wandering in Mazes Lost, or The Unhappy Life of Arthur C. Clarke's 'Childhood's End' in Academia Stephen H. Goldman
30 Essay Non Fiction The Alchemical Art of Arthur C. Clarke Richard A. J. Hellen & Philip M. Tucker
42 Essay Non Fiction The Future Viewed from Mid-Century Britain: Clarke, Hampson and the Festival of Britain Edward James
52 Essay Non Fiction Joseph the Golem — The Limits of Synthetic Humanity. Part Two Ellen M. Pedersen
65 Essay Non Fiction Science, Scientism, and ... ? George Hay
72 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Weeping for Stableford Gwyneth Jones
72 Essay Non Fiction Letters (Foundation 41) Edward James
73 Essay Non Fiction Letter: But Coleridge Doesn't Err Yvonne Rousseau
74 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Adrift in the Stratosphere Mike Ashley
75 Essay Non Fiction Reviews (Foundation 41) John Clute
75 Review Non Fiction Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16 Richard Cowper & Terry Carr
78 Review Non Fiction Cracken at Critical Gwyneth Jones & Brian W. Aldiss
78 Review Non Fiction Ruins Gwyneth Jones & Brian Aldiss
80 Review Non Fiction Keep Watching the Skies! Vol. II John Dean & Bill Warren
82 Review Non Fiction Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy Colin Greenland & Michael Moorcock
84 Review Non Fiction Puppet Master David V. Barrett & Liz Greene
84 Review Non Fiction The Anointed David V. Barrett & Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi
86 Review Non Fiction Ancient Light Sarah LeFanu & Mary Gentle
88 Review Non Fiction You Bright and Risen Angels Scott Bradfield & William T. Vollmann
89 Review Non Fiction Einstein's Monsters Judith Hanna & Martin Amis
92 Review Non Fiction The Urth of the New Sun Peter Nicholls & Gene Wolfe
97 Review Non Fiction Fiasco Rachel Pollack & Stanislaw Lem

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Foundation - 1987 Edward James & Ian Watson & John Clute
Cover Art Non Fiction Foundation, #41 Winter 1987 Fred Clarke