Fanzine: Fantasy Newsletter
Bibliographic comments: US fanzine occasionally containing poetry and fiction, continued in 1984 as Fantasy Review.
• Only issues with contents of interest to this library are listed here, highlighted in white.
Fantasy Newsletter, #43
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< December 1981
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 36 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'Horning In On the Art Show Controversy' by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy // Roger C. Schlobin, The Fool and the Fantastic // Somtow Sucharitkul, A
Certain Slant of 'I' // Mike Ashley, The British Scene
Fantasy Newsletter, #44
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< January 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'Just One of Those 'Editor's Mail' Things' by Bob Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': The Horror... The Horror... (Part 1 of 2) // James Gunn, From
Here to Forever: Inner Concerns in Outer Space; The Real and The Surreal // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: In
Memoriam: Lee Brown Coye // Doug Winter, Notes on the 7th World Fantasy Convention // Joan Digby, Realizing
Paper Tigers: The Fantastic Collages of John Digby // Roger C. Schlobin, Anthologies – "a glorious year for those
glittering, golden hoards."
Fantasy Newsletter, #45
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< February 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'Just One of Those 'Editor's Mail' Things' by Bob Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Mark Siegel, The Pornograpy of Violence // Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy // Bill Warren, Warren's Film News &
Reviews // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': The Horror... (Part 2 of 2) // Mike Ashley, The British Scene
Fantasy Newsletter, #46
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< March 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'Blooded in the Boudoir: Schizophrenia, Bedtime Books, and Michael Bishop' by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Gene Wolfe, The Tellur-Scop: How Science Will Conquer the World for Fantasy... // Somtow Sucharitkul, A
Certain Slant of 'I': Unmitigated Spectacle! // James Gunn, From Here to Forever: A Retrospective: Science Fiction's
'New Wave' // Phineas Phundament, Goin' North: Phase 1: Th Whipping Stall // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's
Well // Douglas E. Winter, Shadowings
Fantasy Newsletter, #47
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< April-May 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'Calling All Subscribers' by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Harlan Ellison, Hard Truths // Eric S. Rabkin, Two and a Half Practically New Universes, John Varley, Prop.
// Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: Sex and the Fantasist // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': Journalism Italian
Style, A Wild Ride to Pompeii, "The Warhound and The World's Pain", Editors & Anal Axioms // Roger C. Schlobin,
The Dragon's Well: F & SF and the Bibliographer // Timothy Robert Sullivan, Monsieur la tête de pomme de terre //
Jeffrey Elliot, A. E. van Vogt, Systematic Thought: Home Library
Fantasy Newsletter, #48
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< June 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$1.95
Notes:
• Editorial 'ICFA, Wagner, Searles & Co.' by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: Reality: Assassin of Myth // Phineas Phundament, Flyin' South to
Swanncon // James Gunn, From Here to Forever: The View from the Outside: Form and Content // William F. Wu,
The Asian as Alien: Fantasy's Yellow Peril // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I' // Roger C. Schlobin, The
Dragon's Well
Fantasy Newsletter, #49
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< July 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Editorial 'Balrogs, Bad News, Beefcake' is uncredited.
• Only fiction is listed here.
Fiction: Somtow Sucharitkul, Coaster Time
Fantasy Newsletter, #50
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< August 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Editorial by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: James Gunn, Science & Fiction: Fiction & Science // John Morressy, The Great Bohring—Farfetchkin—
Tipova Definition Controversy // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: The Invisible Assassins // Douglas E. Winter,
Shadowings // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // John R. Ellis, Film Clips // Mike Ashley, The British
Scene // Gary Alan Ruse, A Renaissance Fayre: Fleshed-Out Fantasy // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I':
On Convincing Gibberish
Fantasy Newsletter, #51
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< September 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Editorial '...In Your Face! No, in Yours!' by Robert A. Collins.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: Lost Fantasies // Bill Warren, Warren's Film News and Reviews // Marion
Zimmer Bradley, Respectfully to Differ... // Douglas E. Winter, Profile: David Morrell // Brooks Landon, Morrell: The
Papa Hemingway of Gothic Novels // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': No Tickee No Washee and Other
Rebuttals // William F. Wu, Wu Rebuts Attack by Thai Terror // Timothy Robert Sullivan, To Praise, and Not to Bury
// Timothy Robert Sullivan, On 'The Thing' // Melissa Mia Hall, Cutting the Air of Myth & Reality // R. A. Collins,
"Vintage" Heinlein Turns Up Vinegar // Mary Ann McIntyre Nixon, Seductive Selkies // John D. Squires, Wu on the
Yellow Hordes // William F. Wu, Dr. Wu Responds // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well
Fantasy Newsletter, #52
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< October 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: uncredited, The Rats of Nimh // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: A Fan Madness // Robert Weinberg,
Collecting Fantasy: Gnome Press // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': The Importance of Being Tacky //
James Gunn, From Here to Forever: History and Transcendence; From Inner Space to Exotic Parable // Mike Ashley,
The British Scene // Douglas E. Winter, Shadowings // Timothy Robert Sullivan, Classic Japanese Fantasies on
Tour of American Cities // Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk // Phineas Phundament,
Phundamentally Speaking: A Fannish Primer // Somtow Sucharitkul, Rebut Redux: Dink vs. Chink // Marshall B.
Tymn, Bifocals // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well
Fantasy Newsletter, #53
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< November 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• The Editorial is uncredited.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Fantasy as History – The Parisian Swordswoman as a Model for Swords and
Sorcery Amazons // Marshall B. Tymn, • Bi-Focal // Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: Naming the Moons: Part 1 // Gene
Wolfe, The Tellur-Scop: Eaters of the Dead // Carl B. Yoke, Vinge and Vegetation // Somtow Sucharitkul,
Children's Corner // William Fulwiler, Reaction: 'On The Thing' // Michael Collings, E. T. and the Christmas Tree //
William Fulwiler, Who Wrote Poltergeist? // Esther M. Leiper, Another Look at Contests // Mike Ashley, The British
Scene // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well
Fantasy Newsletter, #54
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< December 1982
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• The Editorial is uncredited.
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Joy M. Schwab, Caught in the Act // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: Hold the Bologna on Mine //
James Gunn, From Here to Forever: "Reader Reaction" and Science Fiction Writers // Douglas E. Winter,
Shadowings // Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk: Sculpture: "Merchant of Dreams" by Hap
Henriksen // Sharon Jarvis, Cranky Bitches: Who Is This Woman? Why Is She Unemployed and Smiling? //
Douglas E. Winter, In Memoriam: John Gardner // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Somtow Sucharitkul,
A Certain Slant of 'I': Lost Hugos... Lost Luggage
Fantasy Newsletter, #55
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< January 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, The Elder Statesman Sweepstakes // Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: Naming the Moons: Part II //
Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Mike Ashley, The British Scene // Lea Braff, Sharon Jarvis, Cranky
Bitches: Publishing Row // John Betancourt, A Note for Desperate TV Watchers // Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys,
Eye of the Basilisk // Marshall B. Tymn, Bi-Focal // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': Under the Lion's
Gate // Phineas Phundament, Delayed by the Censors // Mark Siegel, Fantastic TV: A Subversive Art? // Jude
Camillone, On Pink Floyd's Wall // Lon Levy, Beauty Is in the Eye of the Film Critic // Darrell Schweitzer, Sensible
Attire for Fantasy Characters // Jim Neal, Wiz Quiz Wiz Quiz Wiz Quiz Wiz Quiz // Jim Neal, Wiz Quiz Answers
Fantasy Newsletter, #56
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< February 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, King-dom Cum Kane-dom // Jack L. Chalker, On Specialty Publishing: Old Testament // Karl
Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: The Unknown Writer // William F. Nolan, Selected Short Fiction of Dennis Etchison //
Sharon Jarvis, Cranky Bitches: The Case of the Vanishing Vocation and Other Strange Tales // Arnie Fenner, Tim
Kirk: Artist Profile // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk:
Other Worlds Than Ours // Douglas E. Winter, Thoughts on Creepshow & EC Comics // Somtow Sucharitkul, A
Certain Slant of 'I': Consulting the Oracle
Fantasy Newsletter, #59
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< May 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, The Body/thing Booboo and Other Rebuttals // Carl B. Yoke, Literature by the Pound // Jack
L. Chalker, On Specialty Publishing: Reflections on the Franklin Mint // Forrest J. Ackerman, Lon Chaney's 100th
Birthday // Arnie Fenner, Profile: Hank Jankus // Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: Pearl Harbor Vampire: How I Came to
Write Science Fiction // Mike Ashley, The British Scene: By Way of a Postscript // Douglas E. Winter, Shadowings
// Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk: Buying Original Art Work // William F. Wu, A British View of The
Yellow Peril
Fantasy Newsletter, #60
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< June-July 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 48 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Robert A. Collins, Ding Dong Diablo! // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy: "... And Others" (David Drake) //
Charles Platt, D. M. Thomas: A Profile // Douglas E. Winter, Shadowings: 'New Wave' Gothicism and Spriitual Panic:
Strieber // Whitley Strieber, The Hunger // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Somtow Sucharitkul, A
Certain Slant of 'I': My Thai Identity Crisis // Craig Shaw Gardner, It Came from the Silver Screen // Cornelia Theys,
Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk // Eric S. Rabkin, How Budrys 'Blew it' in His Blast at Academe // Timothy Robert
Sullivan, Something Wondrous This Way Comes // Harlan Ellison, A Letter from 'Uncle Harlan' // William F. Wu, Dr.
Wu's Lost & Found Emporium // Lea Braff, Sharon Jarvis, Cranky Bitches: To Con or Not: Part Two
Fantasy Newsletter, #61
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< August 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, The Death Throes of Published Prose // Sharon Jarvis, Cranky Bitches: Adventures in
Publishing Land: Curiouser & Curiouser // Frederik Pohl, An Evening with Fritz at the Ipsy-Wipsy Institute // Fritz
Leiber, On Fantasy: New Purposes and the Cinvention; Alcohol and the Writer // Hazel Pierce, Pastiche Fantasy //
Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': Save the Veils! // Craig Shaw Gardner, It Came from the Silver Screen //
Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Richard E. Hersh, Ergonomorality: Today's Techno-Fable // Timothy
Robert Sullivan, The Horror Film: Two Kinds of Turkeys
Fantasy Newsletter, #62
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< September 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 40 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, "We" Need You // Douglas E. Winter, Profile: Paul Hazel // Karl Edward Wagner, On Fantasy:
The Decline But Not Yet Fall of the Anthology // Jack L. Chalker, On Specialty Publishing: Son of Daddy! // Craig
Shaw Gardner, It Came from the Silver Screen // Lea Braff, Sharon Jarvis, Cranky Bitches: To Con or Not to Con,
Part Three // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // K. C. Kleinman, Quest of the Adult Trekker // William F. Wu,
Dr. Wu's Lost & Found Emporium // Joe Sanders, Zelazny's 'Dilvish' Series: Enduring Concerns // Timothy Robert
Sullivan, TZ is Year's Best Fantasy Film // Lawrence Hass, Stalker: Russian Odyssey // Forrest J. Ackerman, The
Ackerman Chronicles
Fantasy Newsletter, #63
Robert A. Collins, ed.
< October 1983
Florida Atlantic University
Quarto, 48 pages
$2.50
Notes:
• Only essays are listed here.
Essays: Bob Collins, The Editor's Notebook: It's Never High Noon // Fritz Leiber, On Fantasy: My Life and Writings,
Part 4: Midlife Crossroads // A. Fox Populi, 1983 Hugo Awards Provide Few Surprises // A. Fox Populi, Voyage of a
Paracon // Jack L. Chalker, On Specialty Publishing: On Specialty Presses: Correcting Some Odd Ideas... // Craig
Shaw Gardner, It Came from the Silver Screen // Billy Bob Burnette, Shadowings: The Supermarket Buyer's Guide
to Horror Fiction // Lea C. Braff, Cranky Bitches: Cranky Bitches 8 // Somtow Sucharitkul, A Certain Slant of 'I': The
Pitching Arm of Providence // Roger C. Schlobin, The Dragon's Well // Marleen Barr, Feminist Fantasy: Unise and
the Patriarchy // Timothy Robert Sullivan, Holy Woody // Cornelia Theys, Steve Theys, Eye of the Basilisk
