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• Title: The Alien Critic, May 1974 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: Richard E. Geis
• Year: 1974-05-00
• Publisher: Richard E. Geis
• Price: $1.00
• Pages: 52
• Binding: quarto
• Type: FANZINE
• Title Reference: The Alien Critic - 1974
• Cover: Tim Kirk
• ISFDB Record Number: 223573
• Notes: Inside date: "MAY, 1974. Vol. 3, No. 2. WHOLE NUMBER 9"
  Cover undated, only states "The Alien Critic Number Nine".
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (THLNCRTCMB1974)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Alien Thoughts (The Alien Critic #9) • [Alien Thoughts] • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 4 • Reading Heinlein Subjectively: An Analysis • essay by Cory Panshin and Alexei Panshin
• 18 • A Series of Short, Irresponsible, Compromised Book Reviews of Questionable Quality • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 18 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Judy Plinlimmon
• 18 • The Fine Art of Eating Words, or *munch munch* One Revised Opinion • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 18 •   Review: Collision Course by Barrington J. Bayley • review by Richard E. Geis
• 19 •   Review: Commune 2000 A.D. by Mack Reynolds • review by Richard E. Geis
• 19 •   Review: Crash by J. G. Ballard • review by Richard E. Geis
• 19 •   Review: Relatives by George Alec Effinger • review by Richard E. Geis
• 20 • Written to a Pulp: A Reminiscence • essay by Sam Merwin, Jr.
• 22 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 22 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by James Blish
• 22 • More Off-the-Cuff Reviews...For People With Short Attention Spans • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 22 •   Review: Down Bound Train by Bill Garnett • review by Richard E. Geis
• 23 •   Review: Chains of the Sea by Robert Silverberg • review by Richard E. Geis
• 23 •   Review: Twilight of the Basilisks by Jacob Transue • review by Richard E. Geis
• 23 •   Review: Clone by Richard Cowper • review by Richard E. Geis
• 24 • Noise Level: "...but beautifully crooked!" • essay by John Brunner
• 25 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Christopher Priest
• 25 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Charles Platt
• 26 • Small Press Notes (The Alien Critic #9) • [Small Press Notes] • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 26 •   Review: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968, Volume 1: Who's Who, A-L by Donald H. Tuck • review by Richard E. Geis
• 27 • Clarion West: A Look from the Inside • essay by Bob Sabella
• 30 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Michael Gilbert [as by Mike Gilbert ]
• 31 • The Mad Reviewer Strikes Again! • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 31 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• 31 •   Review: 334 by Thomas M. Disch • review by Richard E. Geis
• 32 • More Translations from the Editorial • essay by Gene Wolfe
• 33 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Samuel R. Delany
• 33 • Life in Hollywoof: A Letter from Pearl • essay by Pearl
• 34 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Walt Liebscher
• 34 •   Review: The Flying Sorcerers by Larry Niven and David Gerrold • review by Mike Bailey
• 35 • ...And the Greatest of These is Justice • essay by John Boardman
• 35 •   Review: The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd • review by John Boardman
• 36 • More Rain on My Male Chauvinist Parade (Letter, The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Charles Platt
• 36 • "Staggering Losses . . . Retreat Impossible . . . God Help Us, Here He Comes Again . . ." • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 36 •   Review: Joshua Son of None by Nancy Freedman • review by Richard E. Geis
• 36 •   Review: Universe 3 by Terry Carr • review by Richard E. Geis
• 36 •   Review: The Stone That Never Came Down by John Brunner • review by Richard E. Geis
• 36 •   Review: The R-Master by Gordon R. Dickson • review by Richard E. Geis
• 37 • Open Letter to Alexander Solzhenitsyn • essay by Len Fulton
• 37 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Mike Glicksohn
• 38 • The Shaver Papers • essay by Richard S. Shaver
• 38 • Introduction (The Shaver Papers) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 40 • The Geisorcist's Woes • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 40 •   Review: Chains of the Sea by Robert Silverberg • review by Richard E. Geis
• 40 •   Review: A Touch of Infinity by Howard Fast • review by Richard E. Geis
• 40 •   Review: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick • review by Richard E. Geis
• 40 •   Review: Mutants by Gordon R. Dickson • review by Richard E. Geis
• 41 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 42 • The Alien's Archives (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 51 • Alien Conclusions (The Alien Critic #9) • essay by Richard E. Geis

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