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The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978

October 1978

Editor John F. Carr
Cover art Bob Naylor
Publisher The Science Fiction Writers of America
Pages 52

V13n4, whole number 68. Saddle-stapled, wraps. Covers are not numbered. This issue has a special section, "Science Fiction and the Social Sciences", pp.4-25. Available by subscription only, $8 for 4 issues or $10 for 6 issues. Cover art credited on the TOC. Interior art also credited on the TOC, but not related to specific B&W cartoons. Art by Bill Rotsler, Bob Naylor, Barry Schneider and Diane Duane.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Outtakes: A Look at Science Fiction and the Social Sciences John F. Carr
5 Essay Non Fiction The Use of Archaeology in Worldbuilding C. J. Cherryh
11 Essay Non Fiction The Future Is the Past Arsen Darnay
14 Essay Non Fiction The Knack and How to Get It. See? Michael Bishop
16 Essay Non Fiction The Historian as a Myth-maker and Vice Versa Katherine Kurtz
19 Essay Non Fiction Mythic Process, Evolution, and Science Fiction Richard O. Clemmer
26 Essay Non Fiction Beneath the Dream: 1984tran Greg Bear
30 Essay Non Fiction Future Unlimited: The New Physics as a Psychological Field Unifier Camden Benares
32 Essay Non Fiction Hot Line (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978) Frederik Pohl
34 Essay Non Fiction SFWA Editor / Publisher Reception Peter Pautz
35 Essay Non Fiction Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 George O. Smith
35 Essay Non Fiction Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 Jack C. Haldeman, II
36 Essay Non Fiction Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 John F. Carr
36 Essay Non Fiction Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 Paul Novitski
37 Essay Non Fiction Letter to The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 Richard Shepard
38 Essay Non Fiction Market Report (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978) John F. Carr
40 Essay Non Fiction Market Update (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1979) John F. Carr
47 Essay Non Fiction Index to Volume 13 uncredited
bc Essay Non Fiction 1978 World Fantasy Awards uncredited
bep Essay Non Fiction Random Strokes (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1979) uncredited
fep Essay Non Fiction Now Hear This (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978) Perry A. Chapdelaine

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Cover Art Non Fiction The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1978 Bob Naylor
Editor Non Fiction The SFWA Bulletin - 1978 John F. Carr