Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1984

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Title: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1984
Author: Stanley Schmidt
Year: 1984
Publisher: Davis Publications
Price: $2.00
Pages: 196
Binding: digest
Type: MAGAZINE
Title Reference: Seven Scenes from the Ultimate Monster Movie
Notes: Dec. 1984←Mid-Dec. 1984→Jan. 1985 Vol. CIV No. 13 Hostages of Zark has "The" in front of the title in the index but not on the story.
Although "The Didactics of Mystique" is credited as the second part of a serial it is actually a one-off parody.
Note also numerous uncredited parodic ads throughout the issue.
"Kelvin Throop" is a fictional character created by R. A. J. Phillips in a story published in Analog, July 1964.
There are four spoof reviews in the book review column, entered here as essays.