Foundation, #40 Summer 1987

Overview:

• Title: Foundation, #40 Summer 1987
• Author: Edward James, Ian Watson, John Clute
• Year: 1987
• Publisher: North East London Polytechnic
• Price: £2.95
• Pages: 108
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Title Reference: The Author as Torturer
• Notes:
  • Publisher stated as 'North East London Polytechnic on behalf of the Science Fiction Foundation' on the copyright page.
  • Page numbering starts on the first interior (third) page. The last numbered page is 102, followed by the ad pages 103-104, the inside back cover (also an ad page) and the back cover.
  • The subscription price for an individual is stated as £8.50 in the UK & Ireland and $17.00 in the USA and Canada & £9.00 in other countries via surface mail (prices for institutions were higher).
  • Valerie Buckle is stated as Assistant Editor and David Pringle as Advisory Editor on contents page (p. 1f.)
  • The Editorial by Edward James is dated August 1987.
  • Ian Watson's essay The Author as Torturer was expanded from a lecture given at Secron in Oakland, CA in January 1987.
  • The titles for the letters are drawn from the table of contents (p. 1f.).
  • Cover painting by Jim Burns for Other Edens, edited by Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock, courtesy of Unwin Hyman Ltd.