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• Title: The Alien Critic, February 1974 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: Richard E. Geis
• Year: 1974-02-00
• Publisher: Richard E. Geis
• Price: $1.00
• Pages: 51+16
• Binding: quarto
• Type: FANZINE
• Title Reference: The Alien Critic - 1974
• Cover: Tim Kirk
• ISFDB Record Number: 223569
• Notes: Inside date: "February, 1974--Vol. 3, No. 1 WHOLE NUMBER EIGHT"
  Cover undated, only states "The Alien Critic Number Eight"
  The Ace catalog for February 1974 (16 pages)is bound into the fanzine between pages 49 and 50. There is an unpaginated page of advertising between 11 and 12, causing the odd/even sequence to swap sides of the page, starting with page 12.
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (THLNCRTCFB1974)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Alien Thoughts (The Alien Critic #8) • [Alien Thoughts] • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 5 • Tomorrow's Libido: Sex and Science Fiction • essay by Richard Delap
• 12 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Richard Delap
• 13 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Charles W. Runyon
• 14 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 14 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 14 •   Review: Protector by Larry Niven • review by Richard E. Geis
• 15 • An Imperfect Ark Has Lost Its Bird: A Review of Starlost • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 15 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by John Boardman
• 17 •   Review: The World of Fanzines by Fredric Wertham • review by Richard E. Geis
• 18 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 18 • Banquet Speech at the 1973 World Science Fiction Convention at Toronto • essay by Robert Bloch
• 20 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• 21 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Bob Hoskins
• 21 • Noise Level: Flash: John Brunner Vs. The Meddling Moron • essay by John Brunner
• 21 •   Review: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Richard E. Geis
• 22 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 23 •   Review: Phase IV by Barry N. Malzberg • review by Richard E. Geis
• 24 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Robert Moore Williams
• 24 • The Trenchant Bludgeon (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Ted White
• 33 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn ]
• 33 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Mike Glyer
• 34 •   Review: The Coming Dark Age by Roberto Vacca • review by Richard E. Geis
• 35 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by John Robinson
• 35 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Brett Cox
• 35 •   Review: Catholics by Brian Moore • review by Richard E. Geis
• 36 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • [Letters by Joanna Russ] • essay by Joanna Russ
• 38 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Michael G. Coney
• 38 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by John Jakes
• 39 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Ed Cagle
• 39 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Vivian Boarman
• 39 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Tony Smith
• 39 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Charles Platt
• 41 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Bruce D. Arthurs
• 42 • The Alien's Archives (The Alien Critic #8) • essay by Richard E. Geis

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