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Cover of Foundation, #46 Autumn 1989

Foundation, #46 Autumn 1989

1989

Editor Edward James , Ian Watson , John Clute
Cover art Keith Roberts
Publisher Polytechnic of East London
Price £2.95
Pages 108
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  • Publisher stated as 'Polytechnic of East London 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 102, followed by two ad pages for the Science Fiction Research Association, the blank inside back cover 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 October 1989.
  • Stableford's essay is published under the heading 'Foundation Forum'.
  • The titles for the letters are drawn from the table of contents (on pp. 1 & 2).
  • 'The cover art is by Keith Roberts, and first appeared as the frontispiece of Roberts' Gráinne (Kerosina Books, 1987)' stated on back.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Editorial (Foundation 46) Edward James
5 Essay Non Fiction The Profession of Fiction M. John Harrison
14 Essay Non Fiction Flaws in the Timestream: Unity and Disunity in Keith Roberts's Story-Cycles: Part Two Nicholas Ruddick
27 Essay Non Fiction Time Scales and Culture Cycles in Olaf Stapledon K. V. Bailey
40 Essay Non Fiction On Gibson and Cyberpunk SF Darko Suvin
51 Review Non Fiction Solaris Abraham Yossef & Stanislaw Lem
51 Essay Non Fiction Understanding Lem: "Solaris" Revisited Abraham Yossef
58 Essay Non Fiction The Plausibility of the Impossible Brian Stableford
65 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Ursula Le Guin and SF George Slusser
65 Essay Non Fiction Letters (Foundation 46) Edward James
69 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Defending Blaylock against Kincaid Andy Watson
69 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Defending Self Against Watson Paul Kincaid
71 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Third Culture Men K. V. Bailey
73 Essay Non Fiction Letter: A Labyrinthine Web of Icons C. E. Nurse
74 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Goldsmith's Golem Sam Moskowitz
74 Review Non Fiction Neverness Roz Kaveney & David Zindell
74 Essay Non Fiction Reviews (Foundation 46) John Clute
77 Review Non Fiction There Are Doors Gwyneth Jones & Gene Wolfe
81 Review Non Fiction Islands in the Net Brian Stableford & Bruce Sterling
82 Review Non Fiction Memories of the Space Age Paul J. McAuley & J. G. Ballard
85 Review Non Fiction The Middle Kingdom David V. Barrett & David Wingrove
88 Review Non Fiction The Book of Fantasy Rachel Pollack & Jorge Luis Borges & Silvina Ocampo & Adolfo Bioy Casares
90 Review Non Fiction The Broken Bubble Stef Lewicki & Philip K. Dick
91 Review Non Fiction PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Revised Edition Stef Lewicki & Daniel J. H. Levack & Steven Owen Godersky
92 Review Non Fiction A Talent for War Colin Greenland & Jack McDevitt
94 Review Non Fiction Tides of Light Gregory Feeley & Gregory Benford
100 Review Non Fiction Crystal Express Roz Kaveney & Bruce Sterling
101 Review Non Fiction Second Variety Nicholas Hyman & Philip K. Dick
102 Review Non Fiction Nick and the Glimmung Nicholas Hyman & Philip K. Dick

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Foundation - 1989 Edward James & Ian Watson & John Clute
Cover Art Non Fiction Foundation, #46 Autumn 1989 Keith Roberts