Vector, December 1981

Editor(s): Kevin Smith  Joseph Nicholas  Paul Kincaid 
Pages: 48, A5
Price: 75p
Cover:
Notes: #105


Articles
  The Death of Science Fiction - Paul Kincaid 
  Blind Man's Movies - Steve Gallagher 
  Reassessment: "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" - Jim England 
  Work in Progress - Stefan Lewicki 
  So, Who Needs Characters Anyway? - Chris Bailey 
  Distinguished Authors from the 'Foreign' Lands - Brian W. Aldiss 
  An Open Letter to My Colleagues in Science Fiction - John Brunner 

Illustration
   - Iain R. Byers 
   - Pete Lyon 
   - John Dell 

Comic Strip
  MacHinery - Bob Shaw  Jim Barker 

Letters
   - Andrew Sutherland 
   - Cy Chauvin 
   - Mary Gentle 
   - Garry Kilworth 
   - Jim England 
   - Adrian R. Last 
   - William Bains 
   - David Shotton 
   - George Bondar 

Book Reviews by Chris Morgan
  Juniper Time - Kate Wilhelm 

Book Reviews by Brian Smith
  The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 (Edited) - Terry Carr 

Book Reviews by Andy Sawyer
  Solaris - Stanislaw Lem 
  The Chain of Chance - Stanislaw Lem 
  A Perfect Vacuum - Stanislaw Lem 

Book Reviews by Joseph Nicholas
  Cities in Flight - James Blish 
  Dinosaurs - Byron Preiss  W Service  William Stout 

Book Reviews by Roy Macinski
  Dragon's Egg - Robert L. Forward 

Book Reviews by Martyn Taylor
  Roadmarks - Roger Zelazny 

Book Reviews by Nick Lowe
  Deathhunter - Ian Watson 

Book Reviews by John Hobson
  The Avatar - Poul Anderson 
  Distant Stars - Samuel R. Delany 
  Deathbeast - David Gerrold 

Book Reviews by Ray Owen
  The High Crusade - Poul Anderson 

Book Reviews by Mary Gentle
  Fantasy Annual III (Edited) - Terry Carr 

Book Reviews by David Penn
  The Golden Man - Philip K. Dick 



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