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[Literature][Sci-fi] Analog Science Fiction and Fact archive of eight issues. New York: Condé Nast Publications, 1968. Eight issues, each in original color-illustrated wrappers. A robust run from 1968, one of the most politically charged and transitional years in American science fiction, during which Analog continued to anchor the genre's hard-science wing under longtime editor John W. Campbell, Jr. Notable in this sequence are contributions by James Tiptree, Jr. (the pseudonym of Alice Sheldon, one of the most influential women in the field) and Betsy Curtis, one of the few female contributors of the era. Also present are works by authors such as Lawrence A. Perkins and Michael Karageorge, whose presence signaled an opening-however modest-to a wider range of cultural voices. Archive includes: [1] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXX, No. 6 (February 1968). Features the first part of Harry Harrison's serial The Horse Barbarians, with a novelette by Poul Anderson and short fiction by Jack Wodhams and W. Macfarlane. Includes G. Harry Stine's article To Make a "Star Trek", reflecting on science fiction's growing entanglement with televised media. [2] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXI, No. 1 (March 1968). Notable for Birth of a Salesman by James Tiptree, Jr.-one of the early appearances of Alice Sheldon's pen name in a major science fiction publication. Additional fiction by Piers Anthony, Christopher Anvil, and Verge Foray. Harrison's The Horse Barbarians continues. [3] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXI, No. 2 (April 1968). Concludes Harrison's Horse Barbarians serial and includes Herbert Jacob Bernstein's "Phantasamaplasmagoria," a surreal scientific meditation. Additional stories by Jack Wodhams and D. L. Hughes. Cover by Kelly Freas. [4] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXI, No. 5 (July 1968). Dean McLaughlin's short novel Hawk Among the Sparrows headlines this issue, alongside stories by Joe Poyer and R. C. FitzPatrick. Includes Icarus and Einstein by physicist Robert S. Richardson. [5] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXI, No. 6 (August 1968). Bruce Daniels contributes The Baalim Problem, with Bob Shaw and Jack Wodhams rounding out the fiction. G. Harry Stine's How the Soviets Did It in Space reflects Cold War anxieties. [6] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXII, No. 1 (September 1968). James Schmitz's serial The Tuvela begins, accompanied by short work from Michael Chandler and Harry Harrison. Margaret L. Silbar is notably absent, but Wallace West's science article Steamer Time? attempts to blend history with futurism. [7] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXII, No. 2 (October 1968). Concludes Schmitz's Tuvela, with The Steiger Effect by Betsy Curtis, a rare woman-authored short story in Analog. Additional fiction from Christopher Anvil and Lawrence A. Perkins, plus science articles by William T. Powers and John H. Pomeroy. [8] Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Vol. LXXXII, No. 3 (November 1968). Includes The Infinity Sense by Verge Foray and a novelette by John T. Phillifent. Michael Karageorge's The Alien Enemy joins work by W. Macfarlane and Edward C. Walterscheid (The Shots Felt 'Round the World). This archive represents a dynamic year for Analog, marked by the increasing presence-if still marginal-of women and diverse voices within the magazine's traditionally technocratic, male-dominated pages. Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.) and Betsy Curtis's contributions are especially significant in charting the gendered boundaries of Cold War science fiction. Light wear consistent with age, overall very good condition. An intellectually rich archive of feminist science fiction, race and representation in genre publishing, and the evolution of techno-political discourse in popular print.
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