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• 4 • Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, August 1984) • essay by Neil Barron
• 7 •   Review: A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson • review by M. A. Bartter [as by Martha A. Bartter]
• 7 •   Review: Mercenary by Piers Anthony • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 7 •   Review: The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 11, 1949 by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg • review by W. D. Stevens
• 7 •   Review: Valencies by Rory Barnes and Damien Broderick • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 7 •   Review: Ariel by Steven R. Boyett • review by Nicholas S. DeLarber
• 8 •   Review: The Practice Effect by David Brin • review by Keith Soltys
• 8 •   Review: Star Rebel by F. M. Busby • review by William M. Schuyler, Jr.
• 8 •   Review: Kaheesh by Nathan Butler • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 8 •   Review: The River of Dancing Gods by Jack L. Chalker • review by Glenn Reed
• 8 •   Review: Frontier of the Dark by A. Bertram Chandler • review by W. D. Stevens
• 8 •   Review: The Dark Chamber by Leonard Cline • review by John D. Squires
• 9 •   Review: The Trellisane Confrontation by David Dvorkin • review by Gary Acton
• 9 •   Review: The Takeover by G. C. Edmondson and C. M. Kotlan • review by Arthur O. Lewis
• 9 • Review of the magazine "Last Wave #5" edited by Scott Edelman • essay by Steve Carper
• 10 •   Review: The Flight of the Dragonfly by Robert L. Forward • review by Russell Letson
• 10 •   Review: The Hour of the Gate by Alan Dean Foster • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 10 •   Review: The Fire When It Comes by Parke Godwin • review by Charles de Lint
• 10 •   Review: The Tartarus Incident by William Greenleaf • review by Ron Charles, Jr.
• 10 •   Review: The Road to the Middle Islands by Niel Hancock • review by Paul M. Lloyd
• 11 •   Review: Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died by Harry Harrison and Leon E. Stover • review by Richard W. Miller
• 11 •   Review: Dream of Falling by Naomi A. Hintze • review by Fredrica K. Bartz
• 11 •   Review: Monster Tayles by Carl Hoffman • review by Richard Mathews
• 11 •   Review: The Tenth Crusade by Christopher Hyde • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 12 •   Review: The Best of Trek #6 by Walter Irwin and G. B. Love • review by Kathleen M. Romer
• 12 •   Review: Out of the Ashes by William W. Johnstone • review by Paul O. Williams
• 12 •   Review: Fire in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone • review by Paul O. Williams
• 12 •   Review: Conan the Triumphant by Robert Jordan • review by Larry Woods
• 12 • Review of the journal "Soviet Literature, No. 2: Science Fiction of Today" edited by Valentine Jacque • essay by Patrick L. McGuire [as by Patrick McGuire]
• 13 •   Review: The Hahnemann Sequela by Harold King • review by Steven Lehman
• 13 •   Review: The Golden Grove by Nancy Kress • review by Fred Runk
• 13 •   Review: Annals of Klepsis by R. A. Lafferty • review by Robert Reilly
• 13 •   Review: Menace Under Marswood by Sterling E. Lanier • review by Glenn M. Reed
• 13 •   Review: The Galaxy Builder by Keith Laumer • review by Len Hatfield
• 14 •   Review: The Foundling by Frank Lauria • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 14 •   Review: Dream Thief by Stephen R. Lawhead • review by Len Hatfield
• 14 •   Review: Tamastara, or The Indian Nights by Tanith Lee • review by Martin Morse Wooster
• 14 •   Review: A Quiet of Stone by Stephen Leigh • review by Martin Morse Wooster
• 14 •   Review: The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm • review by David Stevens (1933-)
• 14 •   Review: Salvage and Destroy by Edward Llewellyn • review by Bud Foote
• 15 •   Review: The Tomorrow Testament by Barry B. Longyear • review by David Pettus
• 15 •   Review: The 7 Shapes of Solomon Bean by Edward W. Ludwig • review by Robert Reilly
• 15 •   Review: Psychomech by Brian Lumley • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 15 •   Review: Black Water by Alberto Manguel • review by Brian Stableford
• 15 •   Review: The Soul Master by Graham Dunstan Martin • review by Brian Stableford
• 16 •   Review: The Illusionist by Anita Mason • review by Brian Stableford
• 16 •   Review: Abel/Baker/Charley by John R. Maxim • review by Fredrica K. Bartz
• 16 •   Review: The Adversary by Julian May • review by Susan L. Nickerson
• 17 •   Review: Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey by Ardath Mayhar • review by Hal W. Hall [as by Hal Hall]
• 17 •   Review: Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey • review by Judith A. Clark
• 17 •   Review: Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey • review by Brian Stableford
• 17 •  Cartoon: "We eliminated Thuggee by finding them honest work. Literary criticism, mostly." • interior artwork by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• 18 •   Review: Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own by Shawna McCarthy • review by Carolyn Wendell
• 18 •   Review: The Shattered Stars by Richard S. McEnroe • review by Martin Morse Wooster
• 18 •   Review: Death of the Raven by Dee Morrison Meaney • review by Joan Gordon
• 18 •   Review: Nine Visions: A Book of Fantasies by Andrea LaSonde Melrose • review by Joan Gordon
• 18 •   Review: New Worlds: An Anthology by Michael Moorcock • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 19 •   Review: The Continent of Lies by James Morrow • review by Joseph Marchesani
• 19 •   Review: E. Nesbit's Tales of Terror by E. Nesbit • review by Mike Ashley
• 19 •   Review: The Science Fiction of Kris Neville by Kris Neville • review by Robert Colbert
• 19 •  Cartoon: "The critics are out to get me." • interior artwork by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• 20 •   Review: The Windhover Tapes: Planet of Flowers by Warren C. Norwood • review by M. A. Bartter [as by Martha A. Bartter]
• 20 •   Review: The Shores of Another Sea by Chad Oliver • review by Hal W. Hall
• 20 •   Review: A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn • review by Robert J. Ewald
• 21 •   Review: Heechee Rendezvous by Frederik Pohl • review by Donald M. Hassler
• 21 •   Review: Men of War by Jerry Pournelle • review by Keith Soltys
• 21 •   Review: Trinity's Child by William Prochnau • review by Martin Morse Wooster
• 21 •   Review: The Shattered World by Michael Reaves • review by Jackson Houser
• 22 •   Review: Molly Zero by Keith Roberts • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 22 •   Review: Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson • review by Cate McClenahan
• 22 •   Review: Chaos in Lagrangia by Mack Reynolds • review by Donald M. Hassler
• 22 •   Review: The Branch by Mike Resnick • review by Paul O. Williams
• 22 •   Review: Unauthorized Autobiographies and Other Curiosities by Mike Resnick • review by Philip E. Smith, II
• 23 •   Review: The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg • review by Walter E. Meyers
• 23 •   Review: The Adventures of Samurai Cat by Mark E. Rogers • review by Charles de Lint
• 23 •   Review: The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson • review by Bill Collins
• 23 •  Cartoon: "Another reviewer educated beyond his intelligence." • interior artwork by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• 24 •   Review: Cast a Cold Eye by Alan Ryan • review by Charles de Lint
• 24 •   Review: Men, Martians and Machines by Eric Frank Russell • review by Jackson Houser
• 24 •   Review: Extra(ordinary) People by Joanna Russ • review by Curtis C. Smith
• 24 •   Review: The Adventures of Antenor and Romular: The First Cosmic Mission by Willy Road Runner • review by Catherine L. McClenahan
• 24 •   Review: The War for Eternity by Christopher Rowley • review by Jerry L. Parsons
• 25 •   Review: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9 by Arthur W. Saha • review by Paul M. Lloyd
• 25 •   Review: Tales by Moonlight by Jessica Amanda Salmonson • review by Michael M. Levy
• 25 •   Review: Young Tyrone: A Melodrama by Jessica Amanda Salmonson • review by Judith A. Clark
• 25 •   Review: The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders • review by Michael M. Levy
• 25 •   Review: Aliens from Analog by Stanley Schmidt • review by Amelia A. Rutledge
• 26 •   Review: The Herald by Michael Shaara • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 26 •   Review: The Nebula Awards #18 by Robert Silverberg • review by Paul O. Williams
• 26 •   Review: The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party by Robert Silverberg • review by Lawrence I. Charters
• 27 •   Review: Bedbugs by Clive Sinclair • review by Walter Albert
• 27 •   Review: The Master of Evil by David C. Smith • review by Len Hatfield
• 27 •   Review: Sorrowing Vengeance by David C. Smith • review by Len Hatfield
• 27 •   Review: The Book of Nasty Legends by Paul Smith • review by C. W. Sullivan, III
• 27 •   Review: Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon by L. Neil Smith • review by Bill Collins
• 27 •   Review: Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970-1975 by Peter Straub • review by Keith Neilson
• 28 •   Review: The Stars are the Styx by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Donald M. Hassler
• 28 •   Review: Fire from the Wine Dark Sea by Somtow Sucharitkul • review by Curtis C. Smith
• 28 •   Review: Necromancer Nine by Sheri S. Tepper • review by Allan Jenoff
• 28 •   Review: Cloud Warrior by Patrick Tilley • review by Stuart Napier
• 28 •   Review: Shaper by John H. Timmerman • review by Larry D. Woods
• 29 •   Review: An XT Called Stanley by Robert Trebor • review by Joseph Marchesani
• 29 •   Review: Trullion: Alastor 2262 by Jack Vance • review by Russell Letson
• 29 •   Review: Marune: Alastor 993 by Jack Vance • review by Russell Letson
• 29 •   Review: Wyst: Alastor 1716 by Jack Vance • review by Russell Letson
• 29 •   Review: Demon by John Varley • review by Robert Reilly
• 29 •   Review: Demon by John Varley • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 30 •   Review: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XI by Karl Edward Wagner • review by Peter D. Pautz
• 30 •   Review: Australian Horror Stories by Bill Wannan • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 30 •   Review: The Book of the River by Ian Watson • review by Chris Morgan
• 30 •   Review: The Book of Silence by Lawrence Watt-Evans • review by Paul M. Lloyd
• 31 •   Review: What Dreams May Come by Manly Wade Wellman • review by Nicholas S. DeLarber
• 31 •   Review: Thor's Hammer by Wynne Whiteford • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 31 •   Review: Ghost by J. N. Williamson • review by Carol Sherr Hand
• 32 •   Review: Spaceache by Snoo Wilson • review by Brian Stableford
• 32 •   Review: Plan(e)t Engineering by Gene Wolfe • review by David Nixon
• 32 •   Review: The Wolfe Archipelago by Gene Wolfe • review by William M. Schuyler, Jr.
• 32 •   Review: Old Fears by Ron Wolfe and John Wooley • review by Michael A. Morrison
• 32 •   Review: The Adam Project by William Woolfolk • review by David Nixon
• 33 •   Review: The End of the Dream by Philip Wylie • review by Steve Carper
• 33 •   Review: Nomads by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Walter Albert
• 33 •   Review: The Omega Point Trilogy by George Zebrowski • review by Richard W. Miller
• 33 •   Review: Voices for the Future: Volume Three by Thomas D. Clareson and Thomas L. Wymer • review by Robert Colbert
• 34 •   Review: In Defence of Fantasy: A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature Since 1945 by Ann Swinfen • review by Brian Stableford
• 34 •   Review: Other Worlds: The Fantasy Genre by John H. Timmerman • review by Joseph Marchesani
• 35 • Review of the unpublished thesis "Technologie et Rapports Sociaux Dans Huit Romans de Science-Fiction" by Jacques Lemieux • essay by Steven Lehman
• 35 •   Review: The Science Fiction Source Book by David Wingrove • review by Neil Barron
• 35 •   Review: Realms of Fantasy by Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock • review by Thom Dunn
• 36 •   Review: The Art of Al Williamson by James Van Hise and Al Williamson • review by Robert Colbert
• 36 •   Review: The Gothic Imagination: Expansion in Gothic Literature and Art by Linda Bayer-Berenbaum • review by Steve Eng
• 37 • Review of the periodical "Doctor Who Monthly" edited by Alan McKenzie • essay by Michael Klossner
• 37 •   Review: Doctor Who, A Celebration: Two Decades Through Time and Space by Peter Haining • review by Michael Klossner
• 37 •   Review: Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text by Manuel Alvarado and John Tulloch • review by Michael Klossner
• 38 •   Review: The Films of Christopher Lee by Douglas C. Hart and Robert W. Pohle, Jr. • review by Michael Klossner
• 38 •   Review: James Whale by James Curtis • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 38 •   Review: The Shape of Rage: The Films of David Cronenberg by Piers Handling • review by Michael Klossner
• 38 • Review of the French periodical "L'Ecran fantastique: la nouvelle dimension du cinema" ed. by Alain Schlockoff • essay by Walter Albert
• 39 •   Review: Fantasy for Children: An Annotated Checklist and Reference Guide by Ruth Nadelman Lynn • review by Francis J. Molson
• 39 •   Review: Urania's Daughters: A Checklist of Women Science Fiction Writers by Roger C. Schlobin • review by Hal W. Hall
• 40 •   Review: Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny by Donald M. Grant • review by Joe Sanders
• 40 •   Review: Shiel in Diverse Hands by A. Reynolds Morse • review by John R. Pfeiffer
• 40 •   Review: The English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide to Writers from Horace Walpole to Mary Shelley by Robert Donald Spector • review by Steve Eng
• 41 •   Review: Ursula K. Le Guin by Charlotte Spivack • review by Kathleen M. Romer
• 41 •   Review: Piers Anthony by Michael R. Collings • review by Richard Mathews
• 41 •  Cartoon: "Actually, a background in literary criticism is very helpful in arms control talks." • interior artwork by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• 42 •   Review: The Romance of Arthur by Laila Zamuelis Gross and James J. Wilhelm • review by Judith A. Clark
• 42 •   Review: Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction by Jack Williamson • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by E. F. Bleiler]
• 43 •   Review: Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach • review by Robert Colbert
• 43 •   Review: The King Arthur Companion by Phyllis Ann Karr • review by Amelia A. Rutledge
• 43 • Review of the fanzine "Avalon to Camelot" edited by Debra N. Mancoff • essay by Amelia A. Rutledge
• 44 •   Review: Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov • review by Susan H. Harper
• 44 •   Review: Bridle the Wind by Joan Aiken • review by C. W. Sullivan, III
• 44 •   Review: Who's Who in Fantasy & Horror (1860-1923) by Richard D. Nolane • review by
  Jean-Daniel Brèque^?Jean-Daniel Breque
• 44 •   Review: How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ • review by Carolyn Wendell
• 45 •   Review: Seaward by Susan Cooper • review by Amelia A. Rutledge
• 45 •   Review: Isle of the Shapeshifters by Otto Coontz • review by Allene Stuart Phy [as by Allen Stuart Phy]
• 45 •   Review: New Found Land by John Christopher • review by Susan H. Harper
• 45 •   Review: Tarzan, King of the Apes by Joan D. Vinge • review by Frank H. Tucker
• 45 •   Review: The Inch-High Kid by R. G. Austin • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 45 •   Review: The Visitor from Outer Space by R. G. Austin • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 46 •   Review: The Edge of the World by John Gordon • review by Diane Parkin-Sper
• 46 •   Review: So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane • review by Gary Acton
• 46 •   Review: The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf by Gene DeWeese • review by Allene Stuart Phy
• 46 •   Review: The Forest of App by Gloria Rand Dank • review by Richard Mathews
• 46 •   Review: Shadow Dancers by Jane Louise Curry • review by David Stevens (1933-)
• 47 •   Review: Uncanny Tales of Unearthly and Unexpected Horrors by Helen Hoke • review by Michael E. Stamm
• 47 •   Review: Young Legionary by Douglas Hill • review by Susan H. Harper
• 47 •   Review: Wordchanger by Mary Haynes • review by Susan H. Harper
• 47 •   Review: The Dead Kingdom by Geraldine Harris • review by Raymond H. Thompson
• 47 •   Review: Waiting for the End of the World by Lee Harding • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 47 •  Cartoon: "Looks like Indiana Jones clipped the coupon of doom!" • interior artwork by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• 48 •   Review: The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn • review by Frank H. Tucker
• 48 •   Review: The Owlstone Crown by X. J. Kennedy • review by Richard Mathews
• 48 •   Review: Master of the Grove by Victor Kelleher • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 48 •   Review: The Dragon Stone by Ruth Manley • review by Michael J. Tolley
• 48 •   Review: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone • review by Julia Margaret Meyers
• 49 •   Review: The Forces of Krill by S. Eric Meretzky • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 49 •   Review: The Malifestro Quest by S. Eric Meretzky • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 49 •   Review: The Cavern of Doom by S. Eric Meretzky • review by Mary S. Weinkauf
• 49 •   Review: Two from the Dead by Hilary Milton • review by Michael M. Levy
• 50 •   Review: 'Ware Hawk by Andre Norton • review by Michael M. Levy
• 50 •   Review: The Science Fiction Computer Storybook by Donna Paltrowitz and Stuart Paltrowitz • review by Lawrence I. Charters
• 50 •   Review: The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp by Richard Peck • review by Carl B. Yoke
• 50 •   Review: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce • review by Judith A. Clark
• 51 •   Review: The Adventures of Little Fuzzy by Benson Parker and H. Beam Piper • review by Hal W. Hall [as by Hal Hall]
• 51 •   Review: Jesse's Ghost and Other Stories by Barbara Ann Porte • review by Raymond H. Thompson
• 51 •   Review: Fingers by William Sleator • review by Richard W. Miller
• 51 •   Review: The Moonpath and Other Tales of the Bizarre by Robert E. Swindells • review by Richard Mathews
• 51 •   Review: Catwitch by Lisa Tuttle • review by Allene Stuart Phy
• 51 •   Review: Portal to E'ewere by Irma Walker • review by Michael R. Collings
• 52 •   Review: Joel in Tananar by Robert M. Walter • review by Michael R. Collings
• 52 •   Review: A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson • review by Joan Gordon
• 52 •   Review: Fausse Camera by
  Jacques Barbéri^?Jacques Barberi
  • review by
  Jean-Daniel Brèque^?Jean-Daniel Breque
• 52 •   Review: Le Carnaval de Fer by Serge Brussolo • review by Gerard Fremiot
• 52 •   Review: Le Puzzle de chair by Serge Brussolo • review by Gerard Fremiot
• 52 •   Review: Les Semeurs d'abimes by Serge Brussolo • review by Gerard Fremiot
• 52 •   Review: Territoire de Fievre by Serge Brussolo • review by Gerard Fremiot
• 53 •   Review: Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende • review by Helmut W. Pesch
• 53 •   Review: Orbit, l'anthologie de Damon Knight by Pierre K. Rey • review by
  Jean-Daniel Brèque^?Jean-Daniel Breque
• 54 •   Review: Anthologie by Jean-Pierre Andrevon • review by Pascal J. Thomas
• 54 •   Review: La Mort de la Terre by
  J. H. Rosny aîné^?J. H. Rosny aine
  • review by Pascal J. Thomas
• 54 • Review of the French fanzine "Ailleurs & Autres" ed. André-Francois Ruaud • essay by
  Jean-Daniel Brèque^?Jean-Daniel Breque