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Cover of Foundation, #50 Autumn 1990

Foundation, #50 Autumn 1990

1990

Editor Edward James , Ian Watson , Colin Greenland
Cover art Keith Scaife
Publisher Polytechnic of East London
Price £2.95
Pages 132
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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 128, followed by the inside back cover featuring an ad 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).
  • The Editorial Note by Edward James is dated November 1990.
  • The features up to p. 51 constitute a special section on the history of Foundation.
  • The titles for the letters are drawn from the table of contents (on pp. 1 & 2).
  • P. 76 features an ad for 'Science-Fiction Studies #51'.
  • Cover art credited on back as "a detail of Keith Scaife's painting for the cover of Iain M. Banks's Use of Weapons (...)".

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Editorial Note (Foundation 50) Edward James
4 Essay Non Fiction Editorial: Foundation in Retrospect Charles Barren
10 Essay Non Fiction Foundation Garments, Or The Administrator's New Clothes: An Unreliable Memoir Peter Nicholls
28 Essay Non Fiction A Long and Winding Road Brian Stableford
52 Essay Non Fiction The Marriage of Fantasy and Psychology in Works by Christopher Priest Ludmila Lashku
61 Interview Non Fiction Interview with the Strugatskys Alla Bossart & Аркадий Стругацкий & Борис Стругацкий
77 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Canada is not in America! R. D. Mullen
77 Essay Non Fiction Letter: On Westfahl and sf Andy Sawyer
77 Essay Non Fiction Letters (Foundation 50) Edward James
78 Essay Non Fiction Letter: On Westfahl and Humpty-Dumpty K. V. Bailey
79 Essay Non Fiction Letter: On Westfahl and logic Steve Carper
80 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Gernsback, sf and myth Alexei Panshin
81 Essay Non Fiction Letter: The boundaries of sf Madawc Williams
83 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Clute and Galactic Central Phil Stephensen-Payne
84 Essay Non Fiction Letter: The last word on Coleridge John Sterling Pettengill
85 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Feminism and sf Daryl F. Mallett
86 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Foundation 50) Gregory Feeley
86 Essay Non Fiction Letter: Kincaid and the pseudonymous Mole/Ferret Les Escott
87 Essay Non Fiction Letter: On Hammerton and Ryman K. V. Bailey
88 Essay Non Fiction Letter: An apparently satisfied reader Steve Jeffery
89 Essay Non Fiction Letter: A sadly unsatisfied reader B. J. Cox
90 Essay Non Fiction Reviews (Foundation 50) Colin Greenland
90 Review Non Fiction Use of Weapons Colin Greenland & Iain M. Banks
94 Review Non Fiction Christopher Priest Christopher Priest & Nicholas Ruddick
101 Review Non Fiction The Archivist John Clute & Gill Alderman
101 Review Non Fiction The Land Beyond John Clute & Gill Alderman
106 Review Non Fiction Strange Toys Paul J. McAuley & Patricia Geary
109 Review Non Fiction Peripheral Vision Brian Stableford & Karen Joy Fowler
110 Review Non Fiction Neon Twilight Brian Stableford & Edward Bryant
111 Review Non Fiction Heroines Brian Stableford & James Patrick Kelly
111 Review Non Fiction Swatting at the Cosmos Brian Stableford & James Morrow
112 Review Non Fiction Rats and Gargoyles John Brunner & Mary Gentle
114 Review Non Fiction The Dark Door John Brunner & Kate Wilhelm
116 Review Non Fiction Grumbles from the Grave George Hay & Robert A. Heinlein
117 Review Non Fiction Ladies Whose Bright Eyes George Hay & Ford Madox Ford
118 Review Non Fiction Look into the Sun Kim Newman & James Patrick Kelly
119 Review Non Fiction Heathern M. John Harrison & Jack Womack
122 Review Non Fiction Rimrunners Hannu Hiilos & C. J. Cherryh
126 Review Non Fiction A Mask for the General Paul Kincaid & Lisa Goldstein

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Foundation - 1990 Edward James & Ian Watson & Colin Greenland
Cover Art Non Fiction Foundation, #50 Autumn 1990 Keith Scaife