Publication: Matrix, #51

Publication: Matrix, #51Publication Record # 638066 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Simon Polley
Date: 1984-02-00
Publisher: BSFA
Pages: 28
Format:
A4^?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Matrix, #51 by Pete Lyon
Notes:
- Dated "Feb/Mar 1984" on the cover. ISSN 0307 3335 on page 2.
- Side-stapled, no cover price.
- The editor and the editorial are not credited by name in this issue, and in the Contents articles are credited to "Editor" and "Compiled by Ed.". It is known that Simon Polley was the editor for this issue.
- Page 6 is a typed advertisement for the 1987 Worldcon, 'Britain in 87!'.
- Essays and articles from pages 7-14 appear under the heading 'bimonthly Matrixpress: the voice of the bsfa'.
- Heading art 'Other Eyes' is uncredited, the artist's signature is visible.
- Letters appear under the column heading 'Strange Relations'.
- Letter on page 14 and 'A Nearly In-Depth Analysis' on page 15 appear under the heading 'Matrix Questionnaire: Comments and Confusions'.
- Pages 24-26 are not numbered.

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Editor Title: Matrix - 1984 • [Matrix] • (1984) • edited by Simon Polley

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4 • Editorial (Matrix 51) • essay by Simon Polley
5 • Art Competition (Matrix 51) • essay by Simon Polley
5 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) • interior artwork by J. R. Madden [as by Mad Dog]
5 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) [2] • interior artwork by J. R. Madden [as by Mad Dog]
5 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) [3] • interior artwork by J. R. Madden [as by Mad Dog]
5 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) • interior artwork by D. West
7 • Thoughts of the Chairman Now (Matrix 51) • [Thoughts of the Chairman Now] • essay by Alan Dorey
7 • The BSFA in 1984 • essay by Alan Dorey
9 • The News in Brief: General SF Topics (Matrix 51) • essay by Simon Polley
11 • Convention News (Matrix 51) • essay by Simon Polley
13 • News from the Clubs (Matrix 51) • essay by Simon Polley
14 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
14 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) [2] • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
14 • Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 51) [3] • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
15 • "Side by Side with Science Fiction" Venturing Boldly Forth • essay by Andy Sawyer
17 • Other Eyes • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
17 • Review of the musical play 'Return to the Forbidden Planet' by Bob Carlton • essay by Andy Sawyer
18 • Review of the film 'Krull' by Peter Yates • essay by Philip Collins
19 • Review of the film 'The Day After' by Nicholas Meyer • essay by Simon Ings [as by Simon D. Ings]
20 • The Video Scene: An Introductory View • essay by Tom Wiltshire
21 • Review of the film 'Cat People' by Paul Schrader • essay by Jeremy Crampton
23 • The Head Appeal • essay by Matt Sillars
24 • Fanzine Fun • essay by John Harvey
26 • Letter (Matrix 51) • essay by Chas Pembleton
27 • Letter (Matrix 51) • essay by Sue Thomason
28 • Letter (Matrix 51) • essay by Benedict S. Cullum

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