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Cover of Matrix, #39

Matrix, #39

December 1981

Editor Graham James , Linda Strickler
Cover art John Harvey
Publisher BSFA
Pages 34
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  • Dated December 1981-January 1982.
  • Side-stapled, no cover price.
  • Cover photographs are credited on the Contents page.
  • 'Jim Barker Confesses' (only titled in the Contents) is a panel cartoon that runs for three pages.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction The Editors Return (Well, Almost) Graham James & Linda James
4 Essay Non Fiction Convention News (Matrix 39) Graham James
5 Essay Non Fiction Bestsellers (Matrix 39) Rog Peyton
5 Essay Non Fiction Forthcoming Books (Matrix 39) Joseph Nicholas
6 Essay Non Fiction Media News (Matrix 39) Roy Macinski
7 Essay Non Fiction Film & TV News / Late News (Matrix 39) Simon Bostock
11 Essay Non Fiction Deep Cuts (Matrix 39) Simon Ounsley
17 Essay Non Fiction Life on Mars (Matrix 39) Steve Green
20 Essay Non Fiction Competition M39 Graham James
20 Essay Non Fiction The Ongoing Matrix Competition Situation: A Reminder Dave Langford
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Chuck Connor
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Roger Waddington
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) John Bark
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Iain R. Byers
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Jon Wallace (1954 -)
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Paul Kincaid
24 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) William Bains
24 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Simon Bostock
25 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Keith Walker
25 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) R. Nicholson-Morton
25 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Eve Harvey
26 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) James Parker
27 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) John Brunner
27 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Mark Waterman
27 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) David C. Holmes
28 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) Steven J. Green
28 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) David Pringle
28 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) [2] Simon Bostock
29 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 39) John A. Hobson
31 Essay Non Fiction Les Loupes de Londres Martyn Taylor
32 Essay Non Fiction Review of the film 'An American Werewolf in London' by John Landis Hussain R. Mohamed
32 Essay Non Fiction Review of the film 'Wolfen' by Michael Wadleigh Hussain R. Mohamed
33 Essay Non Fiction Review of the film 'Outland' by Peter Hyams Martyn Taylor
34 Essay Non Fiction Not really the Sci-Fi Image Part Two Michael Ashley

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Matrix - 1981 Graham James & Linda Strickler
Cover Art Non Fiction Matrix, #39 John Harvey
2 Interior Art Non Fiction Contents Terry Jeeves
4 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "An interesting piece of work" D. West
8 Interior Art Non Fiction Jim Barker Confesses Jim Barker
17 Interior Art Non Fiction Life on Mars Pete Walker
19 Interior Art Non Fiction The Tavern at the End of Time (Matrix 39) Kevin Clarke & Steve Green
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 39) Nik Morton
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 39) [2] Nik Morton
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 39) [3] Nik Morton
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 39) [4] Nik Morton
22 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "Oh, he just likes to pretend he's the space shuttle" D. West
22 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 39) Pete Walker
24 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "All right, so I don't really look much like Clark Kent" D. West
26 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "I see his letters have been getting WAHF'd again" D. West
27 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "Raping and pillaging, raping and pillaging" D. West
29 Interior Art Non Fiction Members' Noticeboard John Kerr