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Contents:

From The Bridge -- by KERRY O'QUINN

Communications (letters from readers)

Log Entries:  Latest News From The Worlds Of Science Fiction -- 

     "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" Has Reservations -- Reservations to ride on NASA Space Shuttle

     NASA's Planned Launches For The Balance Of 1978 -- Schedule of NASA rocket & satellite launches

     TV And Movie News -- Schedule updates for "BUCK ROGERS", "TURNABOUT," "SCIENCE ROCK," "THE NEXT STEP BEYOND,"       "GHOUL-A-RAMA," "MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN," "THE WOLFMAN," "THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH," "THE TRIONIC       WARRIOR," "THE CRY OF CTHULHU" (with 1/2 page full color production sketch illustrated by TOM SULLIVAN) & "THE                       RADIOLAND MURDERS"

     Saved From Extinction -- Preservation of older films, with full color photo from "FLIGHT TO MARS"

     It's Alive, And GE Owns It -- General Electric wins the right to patent a living organism

     See You In The Funny Papers -- Bantam Books announces release of 9 "STAR TREK" paperbacks in full color photo form

     New Hardcover Titles Released -- Book reviews of "THE ETERNAL CHAMPIONS" by MICHAEL MOORCOCK ; "SOMERSET               DREAMS" by KATE WILHELM ; "ORBIT 20" edited by DAMON KNIGHT ; "NEW DIMENSIONS" edited by ROBERT SILVERBERG

  

     High Pressure Alchemy -- New experiments with hydrogen ice

     Amateur Radio Station Orbited -- New civilian satellites in orbit

     Starship Launches "EARTH" -- Rock group JEFFERSON STARSHIP releases new LP entitled "EARTH", with b&w photo of                   JEFFERSON STARSHIP

The Man Of Steel Has Got To Fly (Production Delays to the film "SUPERMAN:  THE MOVIE") -- by RICHARD MEYERS, with 1/3 page full color photo of CHRISTOPHER REEVE (as CLARK KENT), with MARGOT KIDDER (as LOIS LANE), JACKIE COOPER (as PERRY WHITE), MARC McCLURE (as JIMMY OLSON) and RICHARD DONNER, plus 2/3 page full color photo of CHRISTOPHER REEVE as SUPERMAN

Death Beast (excerpt) -- by DAVID GERROLD, with full page & full color illustration by RAY FEIBUSH, plus 1/2 page b&w sketch by RAY FEIBUSH

THONGOR In The Valley Of The Demons (Pre-release proposal for THONGOR series of films) -- by RICHARD MEYERS, with 5 full color photos of stop-motion animation model for the Lizard-Hawk, plus 2 b&w illustrations from the pre-production presentation book

TWILIGHT ZONE : ROD SERLING's Dream -- by ED NAHA, with full page & full color painting of ROD SERLING by MARCUS HAMILTON, plus two 1/4 page two-tone photos of ROD SERLING

THE TWILIGHT ZONE Episode Guide -- compiled by GARY GERANI, with b&w photos of ROD SERLING ; ED WYNN with DANA DILLAWAY ; WILLIAM SHATNER with PATRICIA BRESLIN ; ANNE FRANCIS with other ; ROD SERLING with others ; AGNES MOOREHEAD ; H. M. WYNANT with ROBIN HUGHES ; BUSTER KEATON with GIL LAMB & JAMES FLAVIN ; ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY ; DENNIS HOPPER with LUDWIG DONATH ; JONATHAN WINTERS with JACK KLUGMAN ; JAMES BEST with SHERRY JACKSON ; RODDY McDOWELL with SUSAN OLIVER ; JACK WESTON with JOHN WILLIAMS ; CLIFF ROBERTSON with EDY WILLIAMS ; JACKIE COOPER ; RICHARD DEACON with ROBBY THE ROBOT ; RICHARD BASEHART with ANTOINETTE BOWER ; LEE MARVIN with JOE MANTELL ; WILLIAM SHATNER ; ROD SERLING from "NIGHT GALLERY" ; PAM AUSTIN with RICHARD LONG ; KENNETH HAIGH ; ROD SERLING with ROBBY THE ROBOT

Full page & full color portrait of ROD SERLING -- illustrated by MARCUS HAMILTON

Get Ready For. . ."BATTLESTAR" GALACTICA (Preview of the 1978 TV series) -- by RICHARD MEYERS, with full color photo of JOHN DYKSTRA with RICHARD EDLUND, plus 1/3 page full color photo of DIRK BENEDICT with RICHARD HATCH

GERRY ANDERSON's Space Report -- Letters from readers about the TV series "SPACE:  1999", with two b&w photos from the series

The Selling Of "STAR WARS" (Various "STAR WARS" merchandise for sale) -- by RICHARD MEYERS, with full color, b&w & two-tone photos of various items

BRIAN De PALMA's "Mind Wars". . ."THE FURY" (1978 film) -- by LOUIS BROADHURST, with 1/3 page full color photo of AMY IRVING, plus 1/3 page full color photo of KIRK DOUGLAS

SF Prediction:  Speculation Or Future Fact? (How Science Fiction Is Becoming Science Fact) -- by MICHAEL A. BANKS, with full page & full color illustration by DAVID MYERS, plus b&w photos from "2001:  A SPACE ODYSSEY" ; "DESTINATION MOON" ; "THE INVISIBLE BOY" ; & "CAPTAIN NEMO AND THE UNDERWATER CITY"

The Magical Techniques Of Movie And TV Special Effects:  Part X -- Sound Effects:  The Golden Era -- by DAVID HUTCHISON, with 1/3 page full color photo from"FORBIDDEN PLANET," plus 1/4 page full color photo of JERRY McCARTY, plus 2 full color photos from "WAR OF THE WORLDS" (1953 version), plus 1/4 page b&w photo of ORSON WELLES, plus 10 b&w photos of various methods of making sound effects for radio, plus b&w photo of "tea-wagon" of 5 turntables, plus b&w photo of tape cartridge library

DAVID AYRES : Alien-Maker Extraordinaire -- by DAVID HUTCHISON, with 6 b&w photos of DAVID AYRES & his creations, plus b&w photo of DAVID HUTCHISON with scale-model of gorilla built by DAVID AYRES

SPACE:  1955 -- The Story Of "THIS ISLAND EARTH" -- by ROBERT SKOTAK & SCOT HOLTON, with 1/2 page full color illustration from the film, plus 1/3 page full color replica of the original movie poster, plus full color photo of REX REASON with FAITH DOMERGUE & JEFF MORROW, plus full color photo from the movie, plus full color photo of REX REASON with FAITH DOMERGUE & JEFF MORROW & LANCE FULLER

Classified Information (Sell, trade & buy)

Visions -- ESP:  Science Or Pseudoscience? -- with b&w photo of MICHAEL RENNIE with SAM JAFFE from "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL," plus 4 b&w photos of SISSY SPACEK from "CARRIE," plus 2 b&w photos from "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"

Last Word -- by HOWARD ZIMMERMAN -- Best wishes for the two new TV series "MARTIAN CHRONICLES" and "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"

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