Vector, October 1981

Editor(s): Kevin Smith Joseph Nicholas Paul Kincaid
Pages: 48, A5
Price: 75p
Cover:
Notes: #104

Editorial
  Critical Stances - Kevin Smith

Articles
  Science and Fantasy in Science Fiction - Kathy McCutcheon
  Reassessment: Bright Walls of the Universe (Asimov's "Nightfall") - Mary Gentle
  Reassessment: "Galactic Cluster" - David Penn
  Reassessment: "The Pastel City" - John Hobson
  The People for SF - Colin Greenland

Letters
   - David Penn
   - Andrew Sutherland
   - Paul Dembina
   - Mary Gentle
   - Jon Wallace
   - R. G. A. Wilkinson
   - Marcus L. Rowland
   - Paul Kincaid
   - Alexander Doniphan Wallace
   - James Parker
   - Nick Shears
   - William Bains

Illustration
   - Pete Lyon
   - John Dell

Comic Strip
  MacHinery - Bob Shaw Jim Barker

Book Reviews by Chris Bailey
  War Games - Brian Stableford
  The Very Slow Time Machine - Ian Watson

Book Reviews by Joseph Nicholas
  The Affirmation - Christopher Priest
  Hello America - J. G. Ballard

Book Reviews by Ann Collier
  The Keeper of the Isis Light - Monica Hughes
  The Guardian of Isis - Monica Hughes
  The Crystal World - J. G. Ballard

Book Reviews by Paul Kincaid
  The Divine Invasion - Philip K. Dick

Book Reviews by Mary Gentle
  The Science Fiction of Mark Clifton (Edited) - Barry N. Malzberg Martin H. Greenberg
  The Merman's Children - Poul Anderson

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