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Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4

May 1979

Editor Van Ikin
Cover art Michael Kumashov
Publisher Van Ikin
Price $1.70
Pages 108
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  • Size is 6.5" X 9 3/8", i.e. pulp size, but better bound that the traditional pulp. Perfect bound.
  • Kumashov's Campaign is a 12-page art portfolio, consisting of all full-page drawings. One of them, "The Letter" is used for the cover of this issue as well.
  • The magazine title page was published with an address for the author at the Univ. of Sydney, New South Wales, but that has been covered over with a sticker giving his address at Univ. of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. This presumably means that this is the first issue at that new address.
  • ISSN 0314-6677

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction What is Science Fiction?, Or, Finding a Lowest Common Denominator Terry Dowling
21 Interview Non Fiction The Science in Science Fiction: An Interview with Frank Bryning Van Ikin & Frank Bryning
40 Essay Non Fiction Frank Bryning: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Checklist uncredited
42 Short Fiction Fiction Action - Reaction Frank Bryning
67 Interview Non Fiction TimeWinds Terry Dowling & George Mannix & Dennis Collins & Mark Salwowski
75 Essay Non Fiction The Eighteenth Century and Science Fiction: A Symbiosis? Donald M. Hassler
83 Essay Non Fiction On the Role of Editor The Science Fiction Team
85 Review Non Fiction Moon in the Ground Van Ikin & Keith Antill
89 Review Non Fiction The Moon Baby Van Ikin & John Bailey (I)
90 Review Non Fiction The Luck of Brin's Five Van Ikin & Cherry Wilder
92 Review Non Fiction Displaced Person Van Ikin & Lee Harding
95 Review Non Fiction Up the Walls of the World Kohan Johnson & James Tiptree, Jr.
98 Review Non Fiction Mutant uncredited & Henry Kuttner
98 Essay Non Fiction Shorter Notices (reviews) uncredited
98 Review Non Fiction Tale of the Future uncredited & I. F. Clarke
98 Review Non Fiction The Girl With the Jade Green Eyes uncredited & John Boyd
99 Review Non Fiction A. K. A. uncredited & Rob Swigart
99 Review Non Fiction Captive Universe uncredited & Harry Harrison
99 Review Non Fiction Fugue for a Darkening Island uncredited & Christopher Priest
99 Review Non Fiction Plague from Space uncredited & Harry Harrison
99 Review Non Fiction Walkers on the Sky uncredited & David Lake
100 Review Non Fiction A Circus of Hells uncredited & Poul Anderson
100 Review Non Fiction Journey uncredited & Marta Randall
100 Review Non Fiction Patternmaster uncredited & Octavia E. Butler
101 Essay Non Fiction Nightwebs: A Book Column Keith Curtis
101 Essay Non Fiction Review of Will Eisner's "A Contract With God" Keith Curtis
101 Review Non Fiction The Fountains of Paradise Keith Curtis & Arthur C. Clarke
102 Review Non Fiction The Pattern of Expectation (1644-2001) Keith Curtis & I. F. Clarke
105 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4) Jack Williamson
105 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4) George Turner
107 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4) Ron F. Tait

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Cover Art Non Fiction Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4 Michael Kumashov
Editor Non Fiction Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature, #4 Van Ikin
55 Interior Art Non Fiction Kumashov's Campaign Michael Kumashov
103 Interior Art Non Fiction The Street Singer Will Eisner