Measures 8-3/16" X 10-13/16", 80 pp including covers, full color and b&w photos plus b&w illustrations, Volume 2, Number 12 (March 1978), published by O'Quinn Studios Inc. (NY).
Group 14-1741
Contents:
From The Bridge -- by KERRY O'QUINN
Communications (letters from readers)
Log Entries: Latest News From The Worlds Of Science Fiction --
No Snowballs On Mars -- NASA & Viking Lander 2 on planet Mars
Wandering Iceberg Tracked By Satellite
The Next SF Craze -- Pinball Machines
I ROBOT, INTERGALACTIC BAND Hit Airwaves -- review of ALAN PARSONS PROJECT LP ecord "I ROBOT,"plus the LP record "INTERGALACTIC TOURING BAND" by various artists
A Taste Of Armageddon -- review of "THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH" movie, with two-tone photo of ORSON WELLES
"SEVEN CITIES TO ATLANTIS" -- Film review
From "STAR WARS" to Car Wars -- Film review of the movie "STINGRAY"
New Koontz Psychic Thriller -- Book review of THE VISION by DEAN KOONTZ
SPACELAB: Phase II -- NASA & SPACE SHUTTLE & SPACELAB
New SF Calendars -- Science Fiction Themed Calendars
Encountering DISNEY -- Intentional references To WALT DISNEY in the film "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND"
TV Update -- "LOGAN'S RUN," (with 1/2 page full color photo of GREGORY HARRISON with HEATHER MENZIES & others), "MAN FROM ATLANTIS" (with smaller full color photo of GENE WARREN), & "PROJECT: UFO"
20th Anniversary: SPUTNIK & The Opening Of Space -- by JAMES OBERG
"LASERBLAST" -- by Charles Bogle, with 1/2 page b&w photo of KIM MILFORD from the film, plus full color photo of aliens from the film, plus 2 full color photos od KIM MILFORD from the film
The Making Of "STAR TREK II" -- A Converrsation With GENE RODDENBERRY -- interviewed by SUSAN SACKETT, with b&w photo of GENE RODDENBERRY, plus 3/4 page full color pre-production sketch of the "ENTERPRISE", plus two-tone photo of GENE RODDENBERRY with JOE JENNINGS, plus b&w photo of MIKE MINOR, plus b&w pre-production sketch by MIKE MINOR of the "ENTERPRISE," plus smaller b&w photo of GENE RODDENBERRY
"STAR TREK" Report: A Fan News Column -- by SUSAN SACKETT, with b&w photo of MIKE MINOR, plus b&w photo of the "ENTERPRISE" bridge under construction
By Any Other Name. . .We've Been Invaded! -- by RICHARD MEYERS -- Film review of "STARSHIP INVASIONS," with double 1/2 page full color photo of CHRISTOPHER LEE with others, plus b&w photo of TIIU LEEK with MAUREEN SWEENEY & LYLE HAMILTON
Conventions -- MYSTERY CON II ; SCIENCE-FICTION, HORROR & FANTASY CON ; & CREATION CON
Future Conventions
State Of The Art: A Column Of Opinion -- by DAVID GERROLD
UFOs : Reel Vs. Real -- by JAMES E. OBERG -- with b&w photo of "actual" UFO, plus full color photo from "THIS ISLAND EARTH"
"CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" -- by ED NAHA -- Film review plus article, with double page full color photo from the film, plus full color photo of DAVID AYRES, plus b&w photo of DOUG TRUMBULL, plus b&w photo of TERI GARR, plus 2 full color photos of RICHARD DREYFUSS from the film, plus b&w photo of STEVEN SPIELBERG, plus b&w photo of MELINDA DILLON with CARY GUFFEY from the film, plus b&w photo of FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT from the film, plus 1/2 page b&w photo of the "mothership" from the film, plus smaller b&w photo of various UFOs from the film, plus b&w photo of Indian crowd from the film, plus 1/2 page full color photo of the "mothership" & crowd from the film, plus smaller full color photo of the "mothership" & crowd from the film, plus 3 b&w photos of aliens from the film, plus full color photo of MELINDA DILLON with CARY GUFFEY from the film, plus b&w photo of FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT & crowd from the film, plus b&w photo of the "mothership" from the film, plus full color photo of crowd from the film
The Digital Brush: An Interview With "STAR WARS" Animator LARRY CUBA -- interviewed by DAVID HUTCHISON, with various b&w photos of digital movie "magic"
The Magical Techniques Of Movie And TV Special Effects -- Part VII: The Makeup Men -- Continued -- by SAM MARONIE, with full page & full color photo of JOHN CHAMBERS with BEN NYE & DAN STRIEPKE, plus two-tone photo from "PLANET OF THE APES," plus 2 two-tone photos of DAN STRIEPKE, plus full color photo of DAN STRIEPKE, plus 6 full color photos of DUSTIN HOFFMAN in make-up stages for "LITTLE BIG MAN", plus full color photo from the 1961 TV version of "PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY," plus full color photo of untitled creation, plus full color photo from "THE HERETIC : EXORCIST PART II," plus two-tone photo of DICK STRIEPKE, plus 2 b&w photos of DAN STRIEPKE applying make-up for "THE SENTINEL," plus 3 other b&w photos of the make-up process for "THE SENTINEL", plus 2 b&w photos from "WAY OUT," plus b&w photo of MAX Von SYDOW from "THE EXORCIST," plus b&w photo of DAN STRIEPKE with make-up kits
CHESLEY BONESTELL : Conqueror Of Space -- by DAVID HOUSTON, with b&w photo of CHESLEY BONESTELL, plus 1/2 page full color Martian landscape painted by CHESLEY BONESTELL, plus b&w photo of Notre Dame Cathedral "restored" by CHESLEY BONESTELL for "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME," plus two tone illustration of space habitat under construction by CHESLEY BONESTELL, plus 1/2 page full color launch ramp from "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" designed by CHESLEY BONESTELL, b&w photo from "DESTINATION MOON"
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Robby Speaks For STARLOG -- with 2/3 page full color photo of ROBBY THE ROBOT with KERRY O'QUINN, plus smaller b&w photo of MARVIN MILLER
Superheroes On TV -- by RICHARD Meyers, with 1/3 page full color photo of NICHOLAS HAMMOND (?) from "THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN" TV show, plus 3 b&w photos of BILL BIXBY from "THE INCREDIBLE HULK," plus 3 b&w photos of LOU FERRIGNO from "THE INCREDIBLE HULK," plus full color photo of LOU FERRIGNO from "THE INCREDIBLE HULK," plus b&w photo of JIM SHOOTER, plus b&w photo of MICHAEL PATAKI with ROBERT HASTINGS & NICHOLAS HAMMOND, plus b&w photo of NICHOLAS HAMMOND as SPIDER-MAN
Visions -- Two Branches Of Science Fiction's Conceptual Family Tree -- Part I: Wishful Thinking -- with 1/3 page full color photo of BETTE DAVIS with IKE EISENMANN & CHRISTOPHER LEE, plus b&w photo of CLAUDE RAINS from "THE INVISIBLE MAN," plus two-tone photo of crowd from "CARRIE," plus b&w photo of GEORGE SANDERS with MARTIN STEVENS (?) from "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"
Last Word -- by HOWARD ZIMMERMAN -- Criticism of the film "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
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