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• Title: The Alien Critic, November 1973 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: Richard E. Geis
• Year: 1973-11-00
• Publisher: Richard E. Geis
• Price: $1.00
• Pages: 76
• Binding: quarto
• Type: FANZINE
• Title Reference: The Alien Critic - 1973
• Cover: Stephen Fabian
• ISFDB Record Number: 243029
• Notes: Volume 2, No. 4 (Whole Number 7)
  5" X 8" size
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (THLNCRTCNV1973)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • Alien Thoughts (The Alien Critic #7) • [Alien Thoughts] • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 4 •  Alien Thoughts (The Alien Critic #7) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 5 •  Alien Thoughts (The Alien Critic #7) [2] • interior artwork by Michael Gilbert [as by Mike Gilbert ]
• 7 • The Shape of Science Fiction to Come • (1972) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 7 •  The Shape of Science Fiction to Come • interior artwork by Michael Gilbert [as by Mike Gilbert ]
• 9 • A Transcript of the Discussion That Followed Frederick Pohl's Speech • (1972) • essay by James Blish and Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison and Frederick Pohl and David A. Kyle and Peter Weston and John Brunner and Peter Nicholls [as by Peter Nicholls and John Brunner and Peter Weston and Dave Kyle and Frederick Pohl and Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss and James Blish ]
• 14 •   Review: Hiero's Journey by Sterling E. Lanier • review by Richard E. Geis
• 15 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
• 15 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Donald J. Pfeil [as by Don Pfeil ]
• 16 •   Review: On Wheels by John Jakes • review by Richard E. Geis
• 17 • Noise Level (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by John Brunner
• 17 •  Noise Level (The Alien Critic #7) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 17 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Robert Werner
• 20 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by John Brunner
• 20 •   Review: Transit to Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers • review by Richard E. Geis
• 20 •   Review: The Suns of Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers • review by Richard E. Geis
• 22 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 24 •   Review: The Gold of the Gods by Erich von Daniken • review by Richard E. Geis
• 25 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 26 •   Review: Friends Come in Boxes by Michael G. Coney • review by Richard E. Geis
• 27 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Ross Rocklynne
• 28 •   Review: Herovit's World by Barry N. Malzberg • review by Richard E. Geis
• 29 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Robert Bloch
• 29 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Poul Anderson
• 32 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 33 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Bob Toomey
• 35 • Up Against the Wall, Roger Zelazny • interview of Roger Zelazny • interview by Richard E. Geis
• 35 •  Cartoon: "My lfe has not always been dull" • interior artwork by William Rotsler [as by Bill Rotsler ]
• 40 • Author's Choice • (1973) • essay by Roger Zelazny
• 40 •  Up Against the Wall, Roger Zelazny • interior artwork by Richard Flinchbaugh
• 43 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Roger Zelazny
• 43 •   Review: Today We Choose Faces by Roger Zelazny • review by Richard E. Geis
• 44 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Avram Davidson
• 44 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Stan Burns
• 44 • Follow-Up Letter from Stan Burns (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Stan Burns
• 45 •   Review: Mythmaster by Leo P. Kelley • review by Richard E. Geis
• 46 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Alexei Panshin
• 47 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Vonda N. McIntyre
• 47 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Marjorie Aab
• 47 •  Cartoon: "So I said, give me arms, God..." • interior artwork by Doug Lovenstein
• 48 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Robert Moore Williams
• 49 •   Review: The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem • review by Richard E. Geis
• 49 •   Review: Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem • review by Richard E. Geis
• 49 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Mark Proskey
• 50 •   Review: Hard to Be a God by Boris Strugatski and Arkadi Strugatski • review by Richard E. Geis
• 51 •   Review: The Temple of the Past by Stefan Wul • review by Richard E. Geis
• 52 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Miriam Allen deFord
• 52 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Damon Knight
• 52 •   Review: View from Another Shore by Franz Rottensteiner • review by Richard E. Geis
• 53 • How Theodore Sturgeon Learned to Love Relevance and Ruined His Science Fiction • essay by Cy Chauvin
• 53 •  How Theodore Sturgeon Learned to Love Relevance and Ruined His Science Fiction • interior artwork by Michael Gilbert [as by Mike Gilbert ]
• 57 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Michael K. Smith
• 58 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Albert Dytch
• 60 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Lon Jones
• 61 • Magazine Notes (Comic) (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 61 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by David Harris
• 62 •  Letter (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Arthur D. Hlavaty
• 65 • The Alien's Archives (The Alien Critic #7) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 65 •  The Alien's Archives (The Alien Critic #7) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 74 •  The Alien's Archives (The Alien Critic #7) [2] • interior artwork by Jim McLeod

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