The Alien Critic, May 1973
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Overview:
- Title: The Alien Critic, May 1973
- Author: Richard E. Geis
- Year: 1973
- Publisher: Richard E. Geis
- Price: $1.00
- Pages: 68
- Binding: octavo
- Type: FANZINE
- Title Reference: The Alien Critic - 1973
- Notes:
- Inside date: "May, 1973 - Whole Number Five - Vol. 2, No. 2".
- Front & back cover artists credited on inside front cover. Front is signed, back is unsigned.
- Cover undated, only states "The Alien Critic Number Five".
- Price from subscription data on publisher page.
- Saddle stitched, 5.5" x 8.5".
- Stated "Print run 2000".
- An extensive review of Ellison's Again, Dangerous Visions starts on p. 7, skipping to pp. 15, 20, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 41, 52 & 55 .
- On p. 16 an uncredited letter published in New Libertarian Notes #9 has no speculative content is not listed in the ToC.
- On p. 26 an article on cartoons by Don Markstein is reprinted from Tandstikkerzeitung #1; it has no speculative content and is not listed in the ToC.
- Small non-speculative articles are found throughout the publication, are not listed in the ToC and are not indexed here.
- SF Notes is a column occurring several times throughout the publication and deals with various topics:
- p. 10: Comments on Poul Anderson's novelet "The Problem of Pain".
- p. 40: Comments on stories from the March 1973 issues of Galaxy and F&SF.
- p. 50: Comments on Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II; brief notes from Harlan Ellison; John Brunner's novelette "Who Steals My Purse"; CBS made-for-tv movie Horror at 37,000 Feet.
- p. 58: Comments on Weird Tales, Summer 1973; the 1972 John Campbell Memorial Awards.