Title: Leading Edge, Issue 68
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 68 (sixty-eight)
Author(s): see below
Editor(s): Leah Welker
Cover Artist: Katie Wald
Interior Artist(s): Kate Brindley, Corinna Caldron, Deborah Goldberg, John Hinderlifter, Ashley Sanborn, Katie Wald
Language: English
Publisher: Leading Edge Magazine
Published: March 2016
ISSN: 1049-5983
ISBN-10: 1530828546
ISBN-13: 9781530828548
Notes:
Staff List:
Editor in Chief: Leah Walker
Managing Editors: Hayley Brooks, Adam McLain
Senior Editors: Liz Blodgett, Loretta Farnsworth, Bella Hansen, Heather White
Editors: Nicole Boden, Josh Felix, Baylee Vasquez
Senior Acquisitions Editor: Emma Snow, Jerrica Stevens, Rachel Tietjen
Acquisition Editors: Lauren Allred, Lori-Ann Drecketts, John Gibbons, Mariah Gibbons, Daniel Gonzales, Rachel Hickey, Holly Hudgens, Alex Hugie, Laci Player, Gavin, Vansteeter, Tianna Welker
Production Manager: Lesli Mortensen
Designers: Jon Blackman, Heidi Bonham, Thalia Pope
Fiction Director: Heather White
Poetry Director: Bryan Hall
Nonfiction Director: Liz Blodgett
Art Director: Deborah Goldberg
Faculty Advisor: Alan Manning
Associate Editor: Mackenzie Smith
Scalpel Font: Héctor del Amo
Logo Design: Johanna Taylor
Contents:
“Letter from the Editor” by Leah Walker
“Charming” by Kirstie Olley
“Athon’s Song” poem by Miriam King
“Loneliness in a Cold Wind” by Richard Wolkomir
“Holding Fire in the Deep” poem by Mark C. Childs
“Destiny” by Forest Taylor
“Earth & Ice” by Leah E. Welker
“AI” poem by Lynn Buchanan
“Twenty Minutes to Mars” by Samuel Kabakoff
“Author Interview of Dave Butler” by Liz Blodgett
“Review of The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie: The Kidnap Plot” by Liz Blodgett
“How Nerd Are You?” quiz by staff
“Daughter of Man (Part 2 of 4)” by Michela Hunter
“Exploration of Craft” by Lynn Buchanan
“Ghosts Don’t Count” by Julia Jeffery
“Cursed (or Blessed?) to Tell the Truth” by Nathaniel Keenan
“Eclipsed” by Neal Silvester
“The Author’s Daughter” by Loretta R.P. Farnsworth
Category Archives: interviews
Scatterbrain by Larry Niven
“Scatterbrain” by Larry Niven.
Title: Scatterbrain
Author(s): Larry Niven
Cover Artist: Getty Images
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: August 2003
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: July 2004
ISBN-10: 076534047X
ISBN-13: 9780765340474
Meditations on Middle-Earth – edited by Karen Haber
“Meditations on Middle-Earth” edited by Karen Haber.
Title: Meditations on Middle-Earth
Author(s): Douglas A. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, Raymond E. Feist, Esther M. Friesner, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Robin Hobb, Glenn Hurdling, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Terri Windling
Editor(s): Karen Haber
Cover Artist: John Howe
Interior Artist(s): John Howe
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0312275366
ISBN-13: 9780312275365
Notes: These are all essays about Middle-Earth, with one interview.
Contents:
“Preface: The Beat Goes On” by Karen Haber
“Introduction” by George R.R. Martin
“Our Grandfather: Meditations on J.R.R. Tolkien” by Raymond E. Feist
“Awakening the Elves” by Poul Anderson
“A Changeling Returns” by Michael Swanwick
“If You Give a Girl a Hobbit” by Esther M. Friesner
“The Ring and I” by Harry Turtledove
“Cult Classic” by Terry Pratchett
“A Bar and a Quest” by Robin Hobb
“Rhythmic Pattern in the Lord of the Rings” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Longest Sunday” by Diane Duane
“Tolkien After All These Years” by Douglas A. Anderson
“How Tolkien Means” by Orson Scott Card
“The Tale Goes Ever On” by Charles de Lint
“The Mythmaker” by Lisa Goldstein
“‘The Radical Distinction…’: A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt” interview of Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling
“On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories” by Terri Windling
Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers – edited by Larry McCaffery
Title: Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writer
Editor(s): Larry McCaffery
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 1990
ISBN-10: 0252016920
ISBN-13: 9780252016929
Contents:
“An Interview with Gregory Benford”
“An Interview with William S. Burroughs”
“An Interview with Octavia E. Butler”
“An Interview with Samuel R. Delany”
“An Interview with Thomas M. Disch”
“An Interview with William Gibson”
“An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin”
“An Interview with Joanna Russ”
“An Interview with Bruce Sterling”
“An Interview with Gene Wolf”
The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy 11 – edited by Jonathan D. Langford and Edward Liebing
Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy 11
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): April Allgaier, Cathleen Barney, Karl F. Batdorff, M. Shayne Bell, Todd Bennett, Charlene Carlisle, Dennis E. Clayson, Craig L. Dalley, Brian Keith Evenson, Clark Farmer, Teresa Keenan, Jonathan D. Langford, Edward Liebing , Frank Maxwell, Neil J. McMichaels, Chad R. Milliner, John B. Rosenman, Julia L. Taylor, Dave Wolverton
Editor(s): Jonathan D. Langford, Edward Liebing
Cover Artist: Steve Keele
Interior Artist(s): Cory Bartholemew, David Bastian, David Michael Bastian, Darin Bell, Blake Crary, Shareen D. Halliday, Keith Kennedy, Edward Liebing, Eddy Mueller, Beverly Nokes, Valerie Rees, Clint Sessions, Michael Woodbury
Language: English
Publisher: Quark – The Science and Fiction Club
Published: 1985
Notes:
Staff List:
Executive Editor: Jonathan D. Langford
Managing Editor: Edward Liebing
Assistant Editor: Karl F. Batdorff
Executive Secretary: Valerie Rees
Editing Director: David Wolverton
Fiction Director: Chris Halladay
Nonfiction Director: April Allgaier
Art Director: Shareen D. Halliday
Marketing Director: Jennilyn Babcock
Associate Editors: Charlene Carlisle, Mel L. Gifford, James Wilson
Staff: David Bastian, Eric Blood, David Doering, Mike Eging, Beverly Farland, Laurel Fearnley, Tom Grover, Polly Harris, Steve Houston, Keith Kennedy, John Landbeck, Per Malm, Eddy Mueller, Beverly Nokes, Eric Nyer, John Pennock, Suzanne Slingerland, Connie Smith, Lareena Smith, Dale Stephenson, Keri Webb, David Wilson, Anne Woddard, Michael Woodbury
Special Thanks to: Linda Hunter Adams, Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion K. Smith, Marjorie Wright
Contents:
“Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by Jonathan D. Langford
“Free Air” by John B. Rosenman
“Approaching the Edge: Playing the Game: An Interview with Gregory Benford” by Frank Maxwell
“Fire and Brimstone” by Chad R. Milliner
“Bob” by Brian Keith Evenson
“Moon” poem by Clark Farmer
“A View from the Edge: The Great Shift from Science Fiction to Fantasy” by Jonathan D. Langford
“It Happened Like This…” by Craig L. Dalley
“Elegy for a Childhood Friendship” poem by Neil J. McMichaels
“Road to Candarei” by M. Shayne Bell
“Over the Edge: Life, the Universe and Everything IV” by April Allgaier
“The Library” by Teresa Keenan
“Laundromat: Night” poem by M. Shayne Bell
“Derahn” by Cathleen Barney
“The Postman” by David Brin – review by Karl F. Batdorff
“Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. Le Guin – review by Dave Wolverton
“Sentenced to Prism” by Alan Dean Foster – review by Julia L. Taylor
“Myth-ing Persons” by Robert Asprin – review by Charlene Carlisle
“Speaker for the Dead” by Orson Scott Card – review by Todd Bennett
“In the Room of the Third Reflection” by Dennis E. Clayson
“Evanescence” by Charlene Carlisle
“A Word in Edgewise: Manic Maunderings of a Managing Editor” by Edward Liebing
The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 8 – edited by David Doering and Jonathan D. Langford
Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 8
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Steven K. Barton, Michael Shayne Bell, Dan Burk, David Doering, Jim B. Ellis, Karen Ellis, Mel L. Gifford, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Barbara R. Hume, Jonathan Langford, Connie Ruth Rush
Editor(s): David Doering, Jonathan D. Langford
Cover Artist: James Watson
Interior Artist(s): Sharon Barwick, David Bastian, Steve Keele, Ron Shirtz, James Watson
Language: English
Publisher: Quark – The Science and Fiction Club
Published: 1984
Notes:
Staff List:
Executive Editor: David Doering
Managing Editor: Jonathan D. Langford
Executive Secretary: David Wolverton
Editing Director: Virginia E. Baker
Fiction Editor: Mel L. Gifford
Nonfiction Editor: Amelia L. McClure
Art Director: James Watson
Associate Editors: M. Shayne Bell, Lareena Smith
Staff: Delayna Anderson, Russell Asplund, Jenni Babcock, Sharon Barwick, Karl Batdorff, Dave Bastian, Ron Blankenship, Vicki Brinkmeier, Karen Ellis, Beverly Farland, Tom Grover, Nancy Hayes, Mariann Howarth, Terry Jeffress, Steve Keele, Pet Malm, Ed Phippen, Connie Rush, Jim Sather, Bill Schuler, Cindy Skinner, Keri Webb, Jamie Whalen, David Wilson
Special Thanks to: Linda Hunter Adams, Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion K. Smith, Marjorie Wright
Contents:
“Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by David Doering
“Wall Street Wizardry” by Dan Burk
“Approaching the Edge: The Sheer Joy of Storytelling: An Interview with C. J. Cherryh” by Michael Shayne Bell
“Split Personality” by Nancy Lynn Hayes
“View from the Edge: Always Working on a Book: An Interview with Frederik Pohl” by Connie R. Rush
“First Contact: A Play in One Act” by Michael Shayne Bell
“Young Rissa” by F. M. Busby – review by Karen Ellis
“Raphael” by R. A. MacAvoy – review by Nancy Lynn Hayes
“The River of Dancing Gods” by Jack L. Chalker – review by Nancy Lynn Hayes
“Oh Vile Dragon” by Steven K. Barton
“Dragon” by Jim B. Ellis
“The Only Sure Escape” by Connie Ruth Rush
“Star Weaver” poem by Mel L. Gifford
“L. A. Con II: A World Con for All Fans…” by Barbara R. Hume
“A Word in Edgewise: Report from the Managing Editor” by Jonathan Langford
The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 7 – edited by David Doering and Robert A. Steimle
Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 7
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 7 (seven)
Author(s): M. Shayne Bell, Ron Blankenship, Doug Campbell, David Doering, Mel. L. Gifford, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Barbara R. Hume, Jonathan Langford, Alan D. Manning, Kristy Merrill, Mandy Nakommen, David Orr, Rayda Reed, Lareena Smith, Marion K. Smith, P. Karen Todd, Stephen C. Walker, James Watson
Editor(s): David Doering, Robert A. Steimle
Cover Artist: David Bastian
Interior Artist(s): David Michael Bastian, Brian Bird, Steve Keele, Don Maitz, Jeff Poffenberger, Ron Shirtz, Nancy Tanner, James Watson
Language: English
Publisher: Quark – The Science and Fiction Club
Published: 1984
Notes: No publication date given in issue, year obtained from dated art and theme of issue (“1984”).
Staff List:
Executive Editor: David Doering
Managing Editor: Robert A. Steimle
Assistant Editor: Jonathan D. Langford
Fiction Editor: Mel. L. Gifford
Nonfiction Editor: Amelia L. McClure
Art Director: James Watson
Marketing Director: Jerry Loomis
Associate Editor: Nancy Lynn Hayes
Technical Advisor: M. Shayne Bell
Art Staff: David Bastian, Brian Bird, Steven Keele, Jeff Poffenberger, Ron Shirtz, Nancy A. Tanner
Staff: Ronald W. Blankenship, Tom Grover, Vicki Brinkmeier, Peter Haymond, Mariann Howarth, Barbara Hume, Carolyn Larsen, Christian Larsen, LuAnn Mason, Jerrie Morrow, Connie Rush, Jim L. Sather, Cindy Skinner, Lareena Smith, Kathryn Summers, Nancy A. Tanner, Keri Webb, David Wilson
Special Thanks to: Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion Smith, Marjorie Wright, Linda Hunter Adams
Contents:
“Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by David Doering
“Rocksong” by Rayda Reed
“Approaching the Edge: Significance of Sound in Names Found in Fantasy Literature” by Alan D. Manning
“Hard Knocks” by Lareena Smith and Ron Blankenship
“To Prove the Warrior” by Mel. L. Gifford
“The White Flash” by Kristy Merrill
“Visions of the Edge: An Interview with Don Maitz” by David Doering
“Chef’s Choice” by Barbara R. Hume
“The Token” by Mandy Nakommen
“Standard Procedure” by James Watson
“View from the Edge I: The I. R. S. as Big Brother: ‘1984’ in 1984” by Stephen C. Walker
“The Test” by P. Karen Todd
“View from the Edge II: ‘1984’ as Preventative Prophecy” by Marion K. Smith
“Dark Between the Stars” by M. Shayne Bell
“Home 2180 a.d.” by Jonathan Langford
“Shadow Walker” by M. Shayne Bell, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Jonathan Langford, and Lareena Smith
“Over the Edge: Science and Sorcerers: A Casual Look at Role- (Roll-) Playing” by David Orr
“The Book of God” by Doug Campbell
The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 6 – edited by David Doering
Title: The Leading Edge: The Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 6
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 6 (six)
Author(s): Virginia E. Baker, David M. Bastian, M. Shayne Bell, Dan L. Burke, David Doering, Mel. L. Gifford, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Barbara R. Hume, Carolyn Nicita, Amy Parker, Bill Schuler, Lareena Smith, Diann Thornley, Burdean R. Wirtz
Editor(s): David Doering
Cover Artist: James Christensen
Interior Artist(s): David Bastian, James Christensen, Joe Flores, Steven Keele, Laurelle, Leslie Perdew, James Watson
Language: English
Publisher: The Leading Edge
Published: 1984
Notes:
Staff List:
Publisher: Lareena Smith
Executive Editor: David Doering
Executive Secretary: Jonathan Langford
Fiction Editor: Mel L. Gifford
Nonfiction Editor: Helen Orr
Poetry Editor: Robert A. Steimle
Art Director: James Watson
Production Editor: M. Shayne Bell
Associate Editors: Virginia E. Baker, M. Shayne Bell, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Barbara Hume, Jonathan Langford, Lareena Smith
Art Staff: David Bastian, Joe Flores, Steven Keele, Leslie Perdew
Staff: Vicki Brinkmeier, Karen Ellis, Peter Haymond, Carolyn Larsen, Christian Larsen, LuAnn Mason, Jerrie Morrow, David Orr, Amy Parker, Cindy Skinner, Bill Schuler, Nancy Tanner
Editors Emeritus: Cara Bullinger, Sonja Porter, Michael W. Reed, Rayda Reed
Special Thanks to: Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion Smith, Marjorie Wright
Contents:
“Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by David Doering
“Midnight Mandate” poem by Burdean R. Wirtz
“Truth or Consequences” by Barbara R. Hume
“Approaching the Edge: Kindly in the Mirror: An Interview with Dean Ing” by Amy Parker
“Eye Hath Not Seen” by Carolyn Nicita
“A Witch’s Christmas” by Michael Shayne Bell
“Changeling Soul” poem by Virginia E. Baker
“Loyalty” by Nancy Lynn Hayes
“Visions of the Edge: Painting That Crazy Stuff: An Interview with James Christensen” by David Doering
“Arrow’s Song” by Mel. L. Gifford
“Sunfinder” by Lareena Smith
“Wizard’s Wine” by Dan L. Burke
“View from the Edge: A Strange New Speech: Two Gorillas and Language” by M. Shayne Bell
“The Screw-up Letters or Snodgrass, Why Weepest Thou?” by David Michael Bastian
“The Distant Legacy” by Diann Thornley
“Over the Edge: Point / Counterpoint: Two Reviews of ‘The Alliance’ by Gerald N. Lund” by Bill Schuler and Barbara R. Hume
The Leading Edge Magazine No. 2 – edited by Dave Doering and Michael W. Reed
Title: The Leading Edge Magazine No. 2
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): C.C. Alarcon, David M. Bastian, M. Shayne Bell, Cara Bullinger, Dave Doering, Barbara R. Hume, Tony Markham, Todd Nestor, Michael W. Reed, Rayda Reed, Romann Schreiber, Diann Thornley
Editor(s): Dave Doering, Michael W. Reed
Cover Artist: David Michael Bastian
Interior Artist(s): Alfonso Juarez, Steven Keele, Tony Markham, Michelle Miller, Diann Thornley
Language: English
Publisher: The Leading Edge
Published: November 1981
Staff List:
Executive Editor: Dave Doering
Managing Editor: Michael W. Reed
Associate Editors: Shayne Bell, Barbara Hume, Tony Markham
Layout Editor: Rayda Reed
Art Director: Dave Bastian
Advertising Director: Diann Thornley
Staff: Melva Gifford, Lareena Smith, Sharon Barwick
Contents:
“Editor’s Page” by Michael W. Reed
“Approaching the Edge: Interview with David Michael Bastian” by Dave Doering
“Senji” by Romann Schreiber
“A Hearth on Terra (Part I of III)” by Barbara R. Hume
“Over the Edge: Denvention II, the 39th World Science Fiction Convention” by Dave Doering and David M. Bastian
“Deathwatch” by M. Shayne Bell
“Quazzblog” by Todd Nestor
“The Brave, the Knave, and the Cave” by Tony Markham
“The Laura Symphony” by Cara Bullinger
“Star-rigger” by Rayda Reed
“Next Year” by Dave Doering
“The Slushpile Strikes Back” by C.C. Alarcon
“The Misplaced Space Case” by Diann Thornley
“View from the Edge: Free Will and Predestination” by M. Shayne Bell