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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975
Volume 48, Number 3, Whole Number 286
Contents:
Gordon Eklund - Sandsnake Hunter
Gahan Wilson - Cartoon
Harry Harrison - Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion
Joanna Russ - Books
Manly Wade Wellman - The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign
Jonathan Swift Somers III - A Scarletin Study
Mildred Clingerman - The Time Before
Baird Searles - Films: A Funky, Faustian, Filmerian Fantom
R. A. Lafferty - Three Shadows of the Wolf
Fritz Leiber - Catch That Zeppelin!
Isaac Asimov - Science: The Bridge of the Gods
L. Sprague deCamp - The Lamp
Cover by Chesley Bonestell
Contents:
Gordon Eklund - Sandsnake Hunter
Gahan Wilson - Cartoon
Harry Harrison - Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion
Joanna Russ - Books
Manly Wade Wellman - The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign
Jonathan Swift Somers III - A Scarletin Study
Mildred Clingerman - The Time Before
Baird Searles - Films: A Funky, Faustian, Filmerian Fantom
R. A. Lafferty - Three Shadows of the Wolf
Fritz Leiber - Catch That Zeppelin!
Isaac Asimov - Science: The Bridge of the Gods
L. Sprague deCamp - The Lamp
Cover by Chesley Bonestell
162 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 1975
About the author
Edward L. Ferman
628 books7 followersEdward Ferman (born 1937) was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher.
Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L..."
Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L..."
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4 • Sandsnake Hunter • 31 pages by Gordon Eklund
OK/Good. David joins a band of snake hunters. He has something to prove, but the first time he is in position to make a kill he chokes. Lee died on that hunt. Warren goes to get a replacement and comes back with Olgul. Nobody wants to associate with the Nogarian, they are repulsive. David ends up having the most interaction with Olgul, and overcoming the physical characteristics starts to like him. Olgul for his part tries to help David overcome his fears.
35 • Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion • 4 pages by Harry Harrison
OK. Henry loves to show off his huge car in these times of energy conservation where everyone else is driving fuel efficient mini cars.
46 • The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign • 8 pages by Manly Wade Wellman
OK/Fair. Jack killed a witch-priest but got acquitted. When he gets back to his home he finds strange items, a gold coin in his yard, a black magic book on his shelf. When he opens his books and reads some random passages he knows something is up. He takes it upon himself to chop down the tree by the [former] priest’s house.
54 • A Scarletin Study • 16 pages by Jonathan Swift Somers, III (Philip José Farmer)
Good. Ralph von Wau Wau origin story and the highly intelligent dog’s first case. Ralph (a Holmes-like character) and Weisstein (his Watson) have to unravel the clues in a painting, using both German and English puns, to find the artist (Scarletin) that was taken.
80 • The Time before • 5 pages by Mildred Clingerman
OK/Good. Our narrator goes to the deep pond. There she meets a boy and has a wonderful time dancing. He must go but says he’ll come back at the end. Until then she has an ordinary but unfulfilling life.
88 • Three Shadows of the Wolf • 27 pages by R. A. Lafferty
Good. Sheep are being taken from the herds all around the county. All the clues that come to Pidgeon point to Lamotte doing it in his wolf form.
115 • Catch that Zeppelin! • 19 pages by Fritz Leiber
OK+. The narrator slides into an alternate history where he is a German businessman/engineer waiting to get on a Zeppelin. This world is filled with lighter than air ships and electric vehicles. He has a last lunch before departing with his son, a professor of social history. His work mentions cusp points. When it comes time to board the ship he slides back into his dimension.
145 • The Lamp • 15 pages by L. Sprague de Camp
Good. Willy Newbury buys a lamp and delivers it to an old friend. Albert has terrible luck and he’s hoping that this artifact from Atlantis will be able to change it
OK/Good. David joins a band of snake hunters. He has something to prove, but the first time he is in position to make a kill he chokes. Lee died on that hunt. Warren goes to get a replacement and comes back with Olgul. Nobody wants to associate with the Nogarian, they are repulsive. David ends up having the most interaction with Olgul, and overcoming the physical characteristics starts to like him. Olgul for his part tries to help David overcome his fears.
35 • Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion • 4 pages by Harry Harrison
OK. Henry loves to show off his huge car in these times of energy conservation where everyone else is driving fuel efficient mini cars.
46 • The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign • 8 pages by Manly Wade Wellman
OK/Fair. Jack killed a witch-priest but got acquitted. When he gets back to his home he finds strange items, a gold coin in his yard, a black magic book on his shelf. When he opens his books and reads some random passages he knows something is up. He takes it upon himself to chop down the tree by the [former] priest’s house.
54 • A Scarletin Study • 16 pages by Jonathan Swift Somers, III (Philip José Farmer)
Good. Ralph von Wau Wau origin story and the highly intelligent dog’s first case. Ralph (a Holmes-like character) and Weisstein (his Watson) have to unravel the clues in a painting, using both German and English puns, to find the artist (Scarletin) that was taken.
80 • The Time before • 5 pages by Mildred Clingerman
OK/Good. Our narrator goes to the deep pond. There she meets a boy and has a wonderful time dancing. He must go but says he’ll come back at the end. Until then she has an ordinary but unfulfilling life.
88 • Three Shadows of the Wolf • 27 pages by R. A. Lafferty
Good. Sheep are being taken from the herds all around the county. All the clues that come to Pidgeon point to Lamotte doing it in his wolf form.
115 • Catch that Zeppelin! • 19 pages by Fritz Leiber
OK+. The narrator slides into an alternate history where he is a German businessman/engineer waiting to get on a Zeppelin. This world is filled with lighter than air ships and electric vehicles. He has a last lunch before departing with his son, a professor of social history. His work mentions cusp points. When it comes time to board the ship he slides back into his dimension.
145 • The Lamp • 15 pages by L. Sprague de Camp
Good. Willy Newbury buys a lamp and delivers it to an old friend. Albert has terrible luck and he’s hoping that this artifact from Atlantis will be able to change it
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