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Cover of Matrix, #72

Matrix, #72

October 1987

Editor Maureen Porter
Cover art Stephen Manderson
Publisher BSFA
Price £0.75
Pages 24
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  • Dated "October/November 1987". ISSN 0307 3335 on the Contents page.
  • Saddle-stapled.
  • Most news contents (either credited or uncredited) from the columns 'Walking on Glass', 'News', 'Members' Noticeboard' and 'The Periodic Table' are not indexed.
  • Uncredited cartoon on page 2 has the initials "SF".
  • Letters appear under the heading 'Write Back', with an introduction and replies by the editor.
  • Cover art credited on the Contents page.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Essay Non Fiction Red Shift (Matrix 72) Maureen Porter
11 Essay Non Fiction Competition Corner (Matrix 72) Elizabeth Sourbut
12 Essay Non Fiction Hugo Awards 1987 Paul Kincaid
14 Essay Non Fiction Media Previews Robert Matthews
14 Essay Non Fiction Shock Around the Clock – 1-2 August, The Scala Colin Bird
15 Essay Non Fiction Review of the film 'Superman IV' by Sidney J. Furie John Feetenby
15 Essay Non Fiction Review of the TV series 'Star Cops' by Chris Boucher Patrick Lee (II)
18 Essay Non Fiction Fire & Hemlock (Matrix 72) Chuck Connor & Maureen Porter
21 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Andy Mills
21 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Mark McConn
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Terry Broome
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Tom A. Jones
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) David A. Symes
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Martyn Taylor
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Kev McVeigh
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) David Boyce
22 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) [2] Kev McVeigh
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix #72) R. A. Burgess
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Martin Wilson
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Julian R. Bills
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Keith Brooke
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Alan Langdale
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) Phil Nicholls
23 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Matrix 72) James Parker
24 Essay Non Fiction Defeating the SF Stereotype Rabbit

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Matrix - 1987 Maureen Porter
Cover Art Non Fiction Matrix, #72 Stephen Manderson
2 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 72) uncredited
3 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "I'm only human!" Jim Barker
3 Interior Art Non Fiction Red Shift David Griffiths
9 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "The inhabitants, lacking reliable sources of information, became prey to chronic alarm and superstition." Teresa Nielsen Hayden
10 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 72) Matt Brooker
13 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 72) Richard McLaren
17 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 72) [2] Matt Brooker
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 72) Neil Allan