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"THE WONDER SPYGLASS" Archive Page




SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY HISTORY:
RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS


This month in the fantastic literature:
going back by 10-year jumps.




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This archive contains all previous issues of this retrospective:

Issue 1. Month of July.
Covered Years: 2005, 1996, 1986, 1976
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Issue 2. Month of July.
Years Covered: 1966, 1956, 1946
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Issue 3. Month of July.
Years Covered: 1936, 1926, 1916, 1906
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Issue 4. Month of August.
Years Covered: 2005, 1996, 1986
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Issue 5. Month of August.
Years Covered: 1976, 1966
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Issue 6. Month of August.
Years Covered: 1956, 1946
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Issue 7. Month of August.
Years Covered: 1936 - 1906
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Issue 8. Month of September.
Years Covered: 2005, 1996, 1986
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Issue 9. Month of September.
Years Covered: 1976 and 1966
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Issue 10. Month of September.
Years Covered: 1956 and 1946
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Issue 11. Month of September.
Years Covered: 1936 to 1906
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Issue 12. Month of October.
Years Covered: 2005, 1995
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Issue 13. Month of October.
Years Covered: 1986 and 1976
- Click Here

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"The Wonder Spyglass SF Reviews" series is also published in the Blogcritics Magazine! Click here


The idea of these "time trips" is to highlight the particular stories throughout SF&F history (all 100 years of it). Each month I will publish (time permitting) SPYGLASS issues, giving selective reviews to stories, collections, original anthologies and novels, choosing out of literally thousands of stories I've read - for example only stories which appeared in a particular month in SF magazines, and taking jumps of 10 years in SF history. This is a way for me to gradually go through stories and fill out the reviews, and a way to get a fun perspective on the genre.

Here is THE REST OF the archived posts -
(not included in our other archive categories, such as pulp, retrospective or collection reviews)
Fiction review posts are usually copied to the writer entries, so you can check the up-to-date info there.

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- Grand Adventure Strikes Again: A Paen to Space Opera - Click Here
- Ace Double: Murray Leinster - Click Here
- Barrington J. Bayley update - Click Here
- Clifford Simak "Trouble with Tycho" - Click Here
- Added reviews (various writers) - Click Here
- Some vintage SF art - Click Here
- General update with stories and art - Click Here

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