SF Commentary, #71/72

Overview:

  • Title: SF Commentary, #71/72
  • Author: Bruce Gillespie
  • Year: 1992
  • Publisher: Bruce Gillespie
  • Pages: 96
  • Binding: A4
  • Type: FANZINE
  • Title Reference: SF Commentary - 1992
  • Notes:
    • Saddle-stapled, No single-issue cover price.
    • Letters appear under a section titled 'Pinlighters'; the two letters on page 13 are headed 'Letters to a Currently Defunct Fanzine' (ASFR).
    • Illustration on page 15 is repeated on the back cover.
    • Dave Langford's 'Critical Mass' series of nine essays first appeared in GamesMaster International, year/s unspecified.
    • Reviews on pages 50–94 appear under the title 'Criticanto'.
    • Scott Campbell's reviews appear under the title 'No More Mr Nice Guy'.
    • Colin Steele's reviews on pages 66–78 appear under the title 'Steele Column'. The review of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection appears under its UK title Year's Best SF 5.
    • Alan Stewart's reviews appear under the title 'Alan's Alleyway'.
    • Andy Sawyer's reviews appear under the title 'Sawyer's Log'.
    • Bruce Gillespie's reviews appear under the title 'The Gillespie Report'. The review of Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land refers specifically to the 1991 Ace/Putnam edition. Also reviewed are the non-genre titles Stallion Gate and Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith and Back Door Man by Ian McAuley Hails.
    • Michael Tolley's reviews appear under the title 'Vintage Tolley'.
    • Several reviews appear with inaccurate titles, and have been corrected for entry here.