Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy 12
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 12 (twelve)
Author(s): April Allgaier, Glenn L. Anderson, Karl F. Batdorff, M. Shayne Bell, Charlene Carlisle, Sharon Deem, Dave Doering, Colleen Drippé, Mel L. Gifford, B. Kent Harrison, Howard V. Hendrix, Robert Kirby, Jonathan D. Langford, Per A. Malm, Julia L. Taylor, Sharon Wilson
Editor(s): Karl F. Batdorff, Chris Halladay
Cover Artist: Dave Bastian
Interior Artist(s): Alicia Brimhall, Elaine Grey, Shareen Halliday, Edward Liebing, Eddy Mueller, David A. Murry, Valerie Reese, John Utykanski, Sharon Wilson
Language: English
Publisher: Quark: The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Published: 1986
Notes:
Staff List:
Executive Editor: Karl F. Batdorff
Managing Editor: Chris Halladay
Assistant Editor: James Wilson
Executive Secretary: Joseph Wager
Editing Director: Jonathan D. Langford
Fiction Director: Edward Liebing
Nonfiction Director: April Allgaier
Art Director: Shareen D. Halliday
Marketing Director: Jennilyn Babcock
Associate Editors: Charlene Carlisle, David Doering, Mel L. Gifford
Staff: Ole Anderson, Colleen Aston, Cathy Errickson, Tom Grover, Douglas Jole, Keith Kennedy, John Landbeck, Per Malm, Kristy Merrill, Dale Stephenson, Julia Taylor, Tovia Tracy, Rick Utykanski, Deborah Wager, Keri Webb, David Wolverton
Special Thanks to: Linda Hunter Adams, Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion K. Smith, Marjorie Wight
Contents:
“Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by Karl F. Batdorff
“Chipping at the Edge: Letters to the Editor” by Sharon Deem, Dave Doering, and Per A. Malm
“Run Fast, Rat Mother” by Glenn L. Anderson
“Approaching the Edge: From the Big Bang to Superstrings to Nuclear Fusion” by B. Kent Harrison
“Rasta Man” by Howard V. Hendrix
“Saguaro” by Robert Kirby
“The Dawntower” poem by Charlene Carlisle
“And the Stars Are Old (Part 1 of 2)” by M. Shayne Bell
“A View from the Edge: Report from Confederation” by Jonathan D. Langford
“Tabby” by Colleen Drippé
“Over the Edge: Reflection on Twenty Years of Star Trek” by Julia L. Taylor
“Mandy” by April Allgaier
“Magician’s Retreat” by Sharon Wilson
“Take Out the Trash” by Mel L. Gifford
Category Archives: short stories
Limits by Larry Niven
Title: Limits
Series: Berserker, Draco Tavern, Magic Goes Away
Number in Series: n/a, n/a, n/a
Author(s): Steven Barnes, Dian Girard, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Cover Artist: Ron Walotsky
Language: English
Original Publisher: Del Rey
Originally Published: February 1985
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: February 1985
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: 1818 (SFBC)
Notes: All by Larry Niven unless otherwise noted below.
Contents:
“Introduction”
“The Lion in His Attic” (Magic Goes Away)
“Spirals” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
“A Teardrop Falls” (Berserker)
“Talisman” (Magic Goes Away) by Larry Niven and Dian Girard
“Flare Time”
“The Locusts” by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
“Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard”
“Folk Tale” (Draco Tavern)
“The Green Marauder” (Draco Tavern)
“War Movie” (Draco Tavern)
“The Real Thing” (Draco Tavern)
“Limits” (Draco Tavern)
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
LDSF 2 – Latter-day Science Fiction – edited by Benjamin Urrutia
Title: LDSF 2 – Latter-day Science Fiction
Series: LDSF
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Michael R. Collings, Avram Davidson, Philip José Farmer, Cynthia Goldstone, Merle H. Graffam, Yusuf Haddad, Christophilos Hagios, Rudyard Kipling, Addie Lacoe, Erudil Menashy, Wayne Mykals, Peter C. Nadig, Hugh W. Nibley, William W. Phelps, Parley P. Pratt, D. William Shunn, Scott S. Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sandy Straubhaar, John A. Tvedtnes, Benjamin Urrutia, Jack Weyland, author unknown
Editor(s): Benjamin Urrutia
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Parables
Published: 1985
ISBN-10: 0961496010
ISBN-13: 9780961496015
Notes: ISBN on the back cover and on the copyright page is”09611496002″, which is invalid as it’s one digit too long. The correct ISBN is listed above.
Contents:
“Introduction: Science Fiction and the Gospel” by Hugh W. Nibley
“Pebble in Time” by Avram Davidson and Cynthia Goldstone
“Something in It” by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Joseph Smith’s Dialogue With the Devil” by Parley P. Pratt
“A Glimpse of the Millennium” by unknown
“Haun-ting” by Addie Lacoe
“The Grave of the King” by Yusuf Haddad
“The Interrogation” by unknown
“Stowaway” by Merle H. Graffam
“Toward the Beloved City” by Philip José Farmer
“Millennial End” by Addie Lacoe
“Parables of the World: The Talents; The Two Sons; Pearls Before Swine; The King, the Princess and the Books” by Erudil Menashy
“Heinlein and the Latter-day Saints” by Benjamin Urrutia
“The Light of Eden” by Benjamin Urrutia
“Ad Astra Per Fidem” (poem) by Michael R. Collings✓
“If You Could Hie to Kolob” (poem) by William W. Phelps
“More Extraterrestials: Review of ‘Strategie der Gotter, Das Acte Weltwunder’ by Erich von Daniken” by Peter C. Nadig
“The Children of Michael” by Scott S. Smith
“Religous Themes in American Science Fiction” by John A. Tvedtnes
“The Theology of Battlestar Galactica” by John A. Tvedtnes
“Reviews: The Force That Can Be Explained is Not the True Force; The Dark Side of the Force; He Who Dies But Does Not Perish, The Same Has Everlasting Life” by Benjamin Urrutia
“The Management Switches Over to Plan B” by Sandy Straubhaar
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” by Jack Weyland
“Cut Without Hands” by William Shunn
“The Late Twentieth Century” by Christophilos Hagios
“The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin” by Rudyard Kipling
“A Midsummer Morning’s Nightmare” by Wayne Mykals
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
Chinese Stories of Ancestors – edited by Han-Hwen Chang
Title: Chinese Stories of Ancestors
Editor(s): Han-Hwen Chang, 張漢魂
Translator(s): Heng-Hsiung Jeng, 鄭恒雄, Ching-Hsi Peng, 彭鏡禧
Interior Artist(s): You-Ming Liang, 梁又銘
Language: Chinese, English
Original Language: Chinese
Original Title: 祖先的故事 (Zǔxiān de gùshì)
Original Publisher: 義裕事文化業有限公司出版 (Yìyù shì wénhuà yè yǒuxiàn gōngsī chūbǎn)
Originally Published: December 1983
Publisher: Yi Yu Cultural Publication
Published: December 1983
Notes: Each page is half Chinese and half English
Majipoor Chronicles by Robert Silverberg
Title: Majipoor Chronicles
Series: Majipoor
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Robert Silverberg
Cover Artist: Jim Burns
Language: English
Original Publisher: Arbor House
Originally Published: February 1982
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Published: February 1983
ISBN-10: 0553229281
ISBN-13: 9780553229288
LDSF – Science Fiction by and for Mormons – edited by Scott and Vickie Smith
LDSF – Science Fiction by and for Mormons” edited by Scott and Vickie Smith.
Title: LDSF – Science Fiction by and for Mormons
Series: LDSF
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Ernest Abbott, Martha Absher, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Michael R. Collings, Thom Duncan, Nancy EvensonGary Gillum, Gene Hurst, Frederick Albert Israelsen, Addie Lacoe, R.K. Lankin, Lael J. Littke, Neil K. Newell, Richard Reeve, Halig Scippend, Stephen Scott, Benjamin Urrutia, Kirk Holland Vestal
Editor(s): Scott Smith, Vickie Smith
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Millennial Productions
Published: 1982
ISBN-10: 0961496010
ISBN-13: 9780961496012
Notes: ISBN listed in the book is 09602628, which is invalid as it’s two numbers short
Contents:
“The Last Gentile” by Frederick Albert Israelsen
“The Glowing” by Thom Duncan
“Entry” by Stephen Scott
“Journey” by Gary Gillum
“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 2017 A.D.” by Kirk Holland Vestal
“A Place in Time” by Neil K. Newell
“The Spirit Is Willing” by Martha Absher
“Sybil” by Elizabeth Petty Bentley
“The First Door” by Richard Reeve
“Root … and Branch” by Michael Collings
“The Apostate” by R.K. Lankin
“The Homecoming” by Ernest Abbott
“Unspotted from the World” by Gene Hurst
“The Phantom Motor Home” by Lael J. Littke
“‘Let Him Ask…'” by Addie Lacoe
“Heritage” by Halig Scippend
“Azavel’s Monsters” by Benjamin Urrutia
“Exodus” by Nancy Evenson