Fantasy Commentator Volume 8 Number 1 & 2 (#45-46)

Edition and production details

Language

English

2 linked Howard works

• An Open Window verse Publications
• Arkham verse Publications

39 contents entries

1. "Arkham " (poem) [First 4 lines only, See Notes]
2. "An Open Window " (poem) [First 4 lines only, See Notes]
3. Non-REH Contents
4. "Pages and Pages of Pohl" by· H. R. Felgenhauer
5. "Forgotten Fantasy Verse, I: Arthur Davison Ficke" by A. Langley Searles (article)
6. "A World of Beauty" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
7. "Speculations of a Mandarin" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
8. "Old Wives’ Tale" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
9. "Strange Shadows" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
10. "Perspective of Coordination" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
11. "Secret Instructions for Reaching Xanadu" by Arthur Davison Ficke (poem)
12. "Eric Temple Bell and John Taine: Mathematics and Science-Fiction" by Douglas Robillard (article)
13. "A Collector’s Saga" by Sam Moskowitz (article)
14. "The House of the Sun" by John Howard (poem)
15. "Alien or Kin?" by K. V. Bailey (article)
16. Three Poems by Andrew Darlington "Labyrinth of Strange Affinity" "The Lichen Manuscript/Mars is a District of Sheffield" "Escalator to Andromeda/For a 1950’s S-F Writer"
17. Book Reviews
18. "The Children of Men" by P. D. James Review by A. Langley Searles
19. "Hocus Pocus" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Review by H. R. Felgenhauer
20. "Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality" by Emily W. Sustein Review by Steve Eng
21. "Mary Shelley" by Allene Stuart Phy Review by Steve Eng
22. "One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard: The Final Years" by Novalyne Price Ellis Review by Allan Howard
23. "Peter Rugg, the Bostonian" by Louise Imogen Guiney (poem)
24. "The Science-Fiction of Nat Schachner" [Part 3 of 3] by Sam Moskowitz (article)
25. Three Poems by Steve Sneyd "Setting Out Her Stall" "Days of Glory" "Designer of Starships"
26. "Myopia" by Steve Eng (poem)
27. "Bram Stoker’s Dracula : Eros or Agape?" by Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. (article)
28. "Dream Protocols" by Lee Ballentine Review by K. V. Bailey
29. "I. Asimov" by Isaac Asimov Review by Sam Moskowitz
30. "Science-Fiction and Poetry: An Interview with Duncan Lunan" by Steve Sneyd (interview)
31. "Roald Dahl: A Biography" by Jeremy Treglown Review by Lincoln Van Rose
32. "Science-Fiction in the Depression" by· Mike Ashley (article)
33. "The Rockets that Reached Saturn" by Vachel Lindsay (poem)
34. "In Coils of Earthen Hold" by Steve Sneyd Review by Lee Becker
35. "The Immortal Storm II: A History of Science-Fiction Fandom: Part One" by Sam Moskowitz (article)
36. "Pioneer Publisher: An Interview with Lloyd Eshbach" by Eric Leif Davin (interview)
37. Sonnets of Space by Lloyd A. Eshbach "The Wanderer" (poem) "The Martian Cry" (poem) "Dream" (poem)
38. "Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science-Fiction from the Beginning to H.G. Wells" [Part 14 of 16] by Sam Moskowitz (article)
39. Letters

Contributors

A. Langley Searles

Essayist

Douglas Robillard

Essayist

Sam Moskowitz

Essayist

K. V. Bailey

Essayist

Edward W. O’Brien , Jr.

Essayist

John Giunta

Cover artist