• Publication: The WSFA Journal #80, May 1972Publication Record # 388607 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: Donald L. Miller
• Date: 1972-05-00
• Publisher: Washington Science Fiction Association
• Price:
  $2.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 130
• Format:
  ph^?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Cover: The WSFA Journal #80, May 1972 by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• Notes: The Journal of the Washington S. F. Association. Price is $2.00 by mail, $1.75 by hand. Published irregularly.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• A1 • The Untarnished Silver Screen • essay by Thomas Burnett Swann
• A3 • The Poppy Terrace • poem by James Ellis
• A4 • Biographical Sketch: T'somda Porlak • essay by James Ellis
• A5 • On Oceans and Immortality • essay by Alexis A. Gilliland [as by Alexis Gilliland]
• A8 • Sea Story • poem by James Ellis
• A9 • Music of the Spheres (V. TV and Opera) • essay by Harry Warner, Jr.
• A12 • Ode to Samantha • poem by Barbara E. Keller
• B1 • The Electric Bibliograph (XII. Eric Frank Russell) • essay by Mark Owings
• B7 • News Release (from Gale Research Co.) • essay by uncredited
• -- • "Sylmar in '84" flyer • essay by uncredited
• C1 • SFWA Nebula Awards 1972 • essay by Jay Kay Klein
• C9 • The Greatest of the Greatest; or, Writers Pitted Against Themselves (Leiber vs. Leiber) • essay by Michael T. Shoemaker
• C10 • Checklist of Major Science Fiction Awards • essay by Hal W. Hall [as by Hal Hall]
• E1 • Flux de Mots: Editor's Pages • essay by Donald L. Miller
• F1 • Open Up Dem Purly Gates • essay by W. G. Bliss
• F7 • Four Dreams: A Poem • poem by Terence Kuch [as by T. D. C. Kuch]
• -- •  Art Folio: A Bad Day at Space Rock • interior artwork by Walter Simonson [as by Walt Simonson]
• F9 • The Hour of Blood, by H. E. Roberts • essay by Don James
• F11 • Silent Watchers • poem by Mark Owings and Fred Phillips
• F12 • Four Poems: Mirage, Seamare, Around the World, and Something • poem by James Ellis
• F13 • The Judgment of Kathna-Ra • essay by James R. Newton
• F18 • Sonnet XLIII: Poe • poem by Fred Phillips
• F19 • Cuentos de las Sierras de Cordoba -- Merlo I, Orco Montain • essay by Mae Strelkov
• L1 • Fanstatic and Feedback: Letercolumn: Re TWJ #78 • essay by Lin Carter
• L2 • Re TWJ #78 • essay by James Blish
• L3 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Mark Owings
• L5 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Dave Hulvey
• L6 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Sandra Meisel
• L8 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Mike Glicksohn
• L8 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Dennis Lien
• L9 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Cy Chauvin
• L12 • Re TWJ #79 • essay by Lafcadio Miroku
• L13 • We Also Heard From • essay by Scott Kurtz
• L14 • We Also Heard From • essay by John W. Andrews
• L14 • Re Thish (Brief Editorial Comment) • essay by Donald L. Miller
• M1 • I'm Telling You, Usher, That Man Isn't Asleep—He's Dead: A Review of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films of 1971 • essay by Richard Delap
• P1 • Dissecting the Heart of the Matter: Reviews of Prozines for Nov.-Dec. 1971 • essay by Richard Delap
• P12 • Swift Passage • poem by James Ellis
• Z1 • Sic and Non • essay by Sandra Miesel
• Z3 • Arfset? (Reviews of Citadel #6, Algol #18, Nyctalops #6) • essay by Mike Glyer
• Z8 • Contributors' Notes • essay by Mike Glyer
• BC •  The WSFA Journal #80, May 1972 • interior artwork by Walter Simonson [as by Walt Simonson]
• B8 •   Review: Twenty Years of Analog/Astounding Science Fiction-Science Fact, 1952-1971 by Jan A. Lorenzen • review by Hal W. Hall [as by Hal Hall]
• B8 •   Review: Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Critical Guide by John R. Pfeiffer • review by Hal W. Hall [as by Hal Hall]
• R1 •   Review: Shareworld by Morris Hershman • review by James R. Newton
• R2 •   Review: The Late Great Creature by Brock Brower • review by Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. [as by Ken Faig, Jr.]
• R3 •   Review: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess • review by Richard Wadholm
• R5 •   Review: The Book of Stair by Robin Sanborn • review by Bill Marlow
• R6 •   Review: The Wheels of If by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Fred Patten
• R6 •   Review: The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Fred Patten
• R8 •   Review: Si Mai Avait Gagné (If May Had Been Won) by Fréderic Bon and Michel-Antoine Burnier • review by William Linden
• R10 •   Review: This Perfect Day by Ira Levin • review by Lee Smoire
• R12 •   Review: Midsummer Century by James Blish • review by Chick Derry
• R13 • Odds and Ends in 65 New Stories • essay by Richard Delap