September 1972 Issue, THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

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    January 1972 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. All Around the Universe by Howard L. Myers, pp. 32-49
    2. Carolyn's Laughter by Robert Thurston, pp. 104-148
    3. McGillahee's Rat by Ray Bradbury, pp. 5-13
    4. Choice by Robert J. Tilley, pp. 14-26
    5. Corpse by Harlan Ellison, pp. 50-57
    6. Training Talk No. 12 by David R. Bunch, pp. 58-61
    7. Jimmy by Miriam Allen de Ford, pp. 62-65
    8. Staying Power by Hank Davis, pp. 69-76
    9. The Tenderizers by Anthony Boucher, pp. 77-80
    10. Good-by, Miss Patterson by Phyllis MacLennan, pp. 82-84
    11. Betty by Gary Jennings, pp. 86-94
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      Books by James Blish, pp. 27-31 - 6 Reviews
      1. Arrive at Easterwine by R.A. Lafferty
      2. Vector for Seven by Josephine Saxton
      3. The Shape of Further Things by Brian W. Aldiss
      4. Planet of the Voles by Charles Platt
      5. Exiled from Earth by Ben Bova
      6. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines, 1966-1970
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      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 66-68 - 5 Reviews
      1. Glen and Randa (1970 Film) by Jim McBride
      2. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971 Film) by John D. Hancock
      3. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967 Film) by Roman Polanski
      4. Privilege (1967 Film) by Peter Watkins
      5. Forbidden Planet (1956 Film) by Fred M. Wilcox
    14. Dharma by Henry M. Littlefield, p. 81
    15. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 85
    16. Science: The 3-D Molecule by Isaac Asimov, pp. 95-103
    17. Cover for "McGillahee's Rat" by Ron Walotsky
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    February 1972 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Goat Song by Poul Anderson, pp. 5-35
    2. Painwise by James Tiptree, Jr., pp. 89-105
    3. Ecce Femina! by Bruce McAllister, pp. 117-148
    4. Dog Days by Kit Reed, pp. 42-47
    5. Gather Blue Roses by Pamela Sargent, pp. 48-53
    6. The Elseones by Dennis O'Neil, pp. 54-66
    7. Cosmic Sin by Dean R. Koontz, pp. 71-88
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      Books by James Blish, pp. 36-41 - 4 Reviews
      1. Science Fiction: The Future by Dick Allen
      2. The Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson
      3. The Flame Is Green by R.A. Lafferty
      4. The Lost Face by Josef Nesvadba
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 67
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      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 68-70 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Gladiators (1970 Film) by Peter Watkins
      2. The Trojan Women (1971 Film) by Mihalis Kakogiannis
      3. Helen of Troy (1956 Film) by Robert Wise
    11. Science: The Asymmetry of Life by Isaac Asimov, pp. 106-116
    12. Cover for "Painwise" by Bert Tanner
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    March 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Love Is A Dragonfly by Thomas Burnett Swann, pp. 5-60
    2. And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side by James Tiptree, Jr., pp. 68-76
    3. The Hippie-Dip File by Robert Thurston, pp. 78-88
    4. Venus, Mars, and Baker Street by Manly W. Wellman and Wade Wellman, pp. 92-102
    5. Grasshopper Time by Gordon Eklund, pp. 103-119
    6. Pater Familias by Barry N. Malzberg and Kris Neville, pp. 120-123
    7. Is It the End of the World? by Wilma Shore, pp. 135-142
    8. [+]
      Books by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin, pp. 61-67 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Hugo Winners, Volume Two by Isaac Asimov
      2. Orbit 9 by Damon Knight
      3. Best SF: 1970 by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
      4. SF: Authors' Choice 3 by Harry Harrison
      5. Other Worlds, Other Gods by Mayo Mohs
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 77
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      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 89-91 - 1 Review
      1. Medea (1970 Film) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
    11. Science: Lost In Non-translation by Isaac Asimov, pp. 124-134
    12. F&SF Competition, pp. 143-148
    13. Cover by Chesley Bonestell
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    April 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Midsummer Century by James Blish, pp. 5-65
    2. James Blish: Profile by Robert A.W. Lowndes, pp. 66-71
    3. The Hand At Issue (article) by Lester Del Rey, pp. 72-77
    4. James Blish: Bibliography by Mark Owings, pp. 78-83
    5. The Anthropiranhas by Joseph Renard, pp. 84-92
    6. The Recording by Gene Wolfe, pp. 97-100
    7. No Other Gods by Edward Wellen, pp. 106-111
    8. No Vacancy by Jesse Bier, pp. 123-148
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 93
    10. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 94-96 - 1 Review
      1. A Clockwork Orange (1971 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    11. [+]
      Books by James Blish, pp. 101-105 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell
      2. Gardens 1 to 5 by Peter Tate
      3. Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
      4. Fun with Your New Head by Thomas M. Disch
      5. Blue Face by G.C. Edmondson
    12. Science: Moon Over Babylon by Isaac Asimov, pp. 112-122
    13. Cover by Judith Blish
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    May 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Sooner Or Later or Never Never by Gary Jennings, pp. 4-32
    2. "Willie's Blues" by Robert J. Tilley, pp. 54-75
    3. A Passage in Italics by William Dean#2, pp. 36-45
    4. The Scroll by Donald Moffitt, pp. 46-53
    5. Masterpiece by Ron Goulart, pp. 76-89
    6. For Whom the Girl Waits by Gertrude Friedberg, pp. 90-104
    7. Films by Baird Searles, pp. 33-35
    8. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, pp. 105-106
    9. Jazz Then, Musicology Now by William Tenn, pp. 107-115
    10. SF: The Academic Dimensions by Thomas D. Clareson, pp. 116-123
    11. [+]
      Books: Against Common Sense, Levels of SF Criticism by Darko Suvin, pp. 124-132 - 4 Reviews
      1. More Issues at Hand by William Atheling, Jr.
      2. The Universe Makers by Donald A. Wollheim
      3. Science Fiction: What It's All About by Sam J. Lundwall
      4. Mirror of Infinity by Robert Silverberg
    12. Science: Academe and I by Isaac Asimov, pp. 133-148
    13. Cover by David Hardy
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    June 1972 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Son of the Morning by Phyllis Gotlieb, pp. 4-57
    2. Variation of a Theme by Curt Siodmak, pp. 60-76
    3. Affair With a Lonesome Monster by Paul Walker, pp. 78-91
    4. A Hundred Miles Is Forever by William D. Cottrell, pp. 98-111
    5. Tarzan of the Grapes by Gene Wolfe, pp. 123-129
    6. Sad Solarian Screenwriter Sam by Frederik Pohl, pp. 130-145
    7. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 58-59 - 1 Review
      1. Night of the Living Dead (1968 Film) by George A. Romero
    8. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 77
    9. [+]
      Books by James Blish, pp. 92-97 - 6 Reviews
      1. No One Goes There Now by William H. Walling
      2. Absolute Zero by Ernest Tidyman
      3. The Eclipse of Dawn by Gordon Eklund
      4. The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold and Larry Niven
      5. Universe Day by K.M. O'Donnell
      6. Sleepwalkers' World by Gordon R. Dickson
    10. Science: The Week Excuse by Isaac Asimov, pp. 112-122
    11. Index to Volume Forty-two, pp. 146-148
    12. Cover for "Son of the Morning" by Ron Walotsky
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    July 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. The Brave Free Men by Jack Vance, pp. 4-58
    2. A Practical Invention by Leonard Tushnet, pp. 66-73
    3. 3-OK by Ruth Berman, pp. 74-81
    4. For A While There, Herbert Marcuse, I Thought You Were Maybe Right About Alienation and... by Robin Scott Wilson, pp. 85-99
    5. A Sense of the Future by Stephen Barr, pp. 100-106
    6. A New and Happy Woman by Wayne Bongianni, pp. 118-126
    7. Shaffery Among the Immortals by Frederik Pohl, pp. 127-142
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      Books by James Blish, pp. 59-64 - 6 Reviews
      1. Pstalemate by Lester del Rey
      2. The Third Ear by Curt Siodmak
      3. Hell House by Richard Matheson
      4. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
      5. Peregrine: Primus by Avram Davidson
      6. Group Feast by Josephine Saxton
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 65
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      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 82-84 - 1 Review
      1. APG: Zero Population Growth (1972 Film) by Michael Campus
    11. Science: The Tragedy of the Moon by Isaac Asimov, pp. 107-117
    12. F&SF Competition, pp. 143-148
    13. Cover for "The Brave Free Men" by Ron Walotsky
  8. [+]
    August 1972 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Brave Free Men by Jack Vance, pp. 36-89
    2. To Gild A Unicorn by William Lee, pp. 126-148
    3. Basilisk by Harlan Ellison, pp. 4-20
    4. Engineer to the Gods by John Sladek, pp. 28-33
    5. Jelna by Jerry Sohl, pp. 90-100
    6. Gigolo by Ron Goulart, pp. 101-111
    7. If At First You Don't Succeed by Charles E. Fritch, pp. 112-115
    8. [+]
      Books by Gahan Wilson, pp. 21-26 - 6 Reviews
      1. Varney, the Vampire by Thomas Preskett Prest
      2. Five Victorian Ghost Novels by E.F. Bleiler
      3. The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by E.F. Bleiler
      4. Is the Devil a Gentleman? by Seabury Quinn
      5. Songs and Sonnets Atlantean by Donald Sidney-Fryer
      6. The Philosophers Stone by Colin Wilson
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 27
    10. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
      1. Silent Running (1972 Film) by Douglas Trumbull
    11. Science: Doctor, Doctor, Cut My Throat by Isaac Asimov, pp. 116-125
    12. Cover for "Basilisk" by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
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    September 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. What Good Is A Glass Dagger? by Larry Niven, pp. 6-39
    2. The Voices by James E. Gunn, pp. 66-89
    3. A Sweet Little Pool of Low Cost Labor by Gene Kearny, pp. 48-62
    4. A Short Religious Novel by Barry N. Malzberg, pp. 64-65
    5. Broot Force by John Sladek, pp. 94-98
    6. The Wish by J.W. Schutz, pp. 99-116
    7. Thus Love Betrays Us by Phyllis MacLennan, pp. 128-148
    8. [+]
      Books by Avram Davidson, pp. 40-47 - 2 Reviews
      1. Ahead of Time by Harry Harrison
      2. Again, Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 63
    10. The Marriage of Art and Science by Sonya Dorman, p. 90
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      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 91-93 - 2 Reviews
      1. I Love You, I Kill You (1971 Film) by Uwe Brandner
      2. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971 Film) by Roy Ward Baker
    12. Science: The World, Ceres by Isaac Asimov, pp. 117-127
    13. Cover for "What Good Is A Glass Dagger?" by Vincent di Fate
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    October 1972 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Animal Fair by Alfred Bester, pp. 5-37
    2. And The Voice of the Turtle by Sterling E. Lanier, pp. 56-83
    3. Thrumthing and Out by Zenna Henderson, pp. 131-162
    4. Skinburn by Philip Jose Farmer, pp. 42-55
    5. The Hoop by Howard Fast, pp. 84-95
    6. The Lotus Eaters by Fritz Leiber, pp. 96-99
    7. Strangers by Harry Harrison, pp. 105-119
    8. [+]
      Books by Ron Goulart, pp. 38-41 - 4 Reviews
      1. Superman: From the 30s to the 70s by E. Nelson Bridwell
      2. Popeye by E.C. Segar
      3. Comix: A History of Comic Books in America by Les Daniels and John Peck
      4. Classic Comics and Their Creators by Martin Sheridan
    9. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 100-103 - 1 Review
      1. Jason and the Argonauts (1963 Film) by Don Chaffey
    10. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 104
    11. Science: The Unlikely Twins by Isaac Asimov, pp. 120-130
    12. Cover by David Hardy
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    November 1972 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Inn of the Black Swan by Phyllis Eisenstein, pp. 22-54
    2. Man's Reach by Anthony Boucher, pp. 62-81
    3. The Man On Zero-Four by Jesse Bier, pp. 85-110
    4. The Meeting by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth, pp. 5-16
    5. Joy Ride by John Sladek, pp. 56-61
    6. The Inheritors by G.M. Glaskin, pp. 123-143
    7. Susanna, Susanna! by Michael G. Coney, pp. 144-158
    8. [+]
      Books by James Blish, pp. 17-21 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss
      2. Four Futures by Robert Silverberg
      3. New Dimensions 1 by Robert Silverberg
    9. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 55
    10. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 82-84 - 1 Review
      1. Savages (1972 Film) by James Ivory
    11. Science: The One and Only by Isaac Asimov, pp. 111-122
    12. F&SF Competition, pp. 159-164
    13. Cover for "Man's Reach" by Ed Emshwiller
  12. [+]
    December 1972 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Doctor Dominoe's Dancing Doll by Hal R. Moore, pp. 4-31
    2. The Man Who Was Beethoven by Donald Moffitt, pp. 32-38
    3. [+]
      Books by Joanna Russ, pp. 39-45 - 7 Reviews
      1. Moderan by David R. Bunch
      2. The Falling Astronauts by Barry N. Malzberg
      3. In the Pocket and Other SF Stories/Gather in the Hall of the Planets by K.M. O'Donnell
      4. Humanity Prime by Bruce McAllister
      5. Committed Men by M. John Harrison
      6. Pig World by Charles W. Runyon
      7. Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley
    4. A Custom of the Children of Life by Joseph Green, pp. 46-59
    5. Canned Heat by Ron Goulart, pp. 60-73
    6. [+]
      Films by Baird Searles, pp. 74-76 - 1 Review
      1. Blacula (1972 Film) by William Crain
    7. Cartoon by Gahan Wilson, p. 77
    8. Books That Never Were by L. Sprague de Camp, pp. 78-85
    9. Lobster Trick by Raylyn Moore, pp. 86-98
    10. Triangle by Bruce McAllister, pp. 99-110
    11. Science: The Clock in the Sky by Isaac Asimov, pp. 111-120
    12. The Garbage Invasion by Keith Laumer, pp. 121-150
    13. Specimen by John Christopher, pp. 151-164
    14. Cover for "Doctor Dominoe's Dancing Doll" by Ron Walotsky
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