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Fortean Times #35 (Summer 1981)

• Cover price: £1.00 $2.50
• 56 pages (60 w/covers)
• Cover art by Andrzej Klimowski

Blazing Bodies + Rocky Runes + Darwin Dumped

Articles

• 02-05 The Myth of Darwinism by John Michell
• 06-09 The Grace Pett SHC: A Re-examination by Peter Christie
• 14-18 The Runamo Runes by Sven Rosen & Bob Rickard - republished in Fortean Times 177
• 30-32 Tales from Malaysia by Ahmad Jamaludin

Notes

• 10-12 Fires - SHC by RJMR
  • Credits: GW Butcher, D Colley, AR Cook, Jenny Dawson, Chris Hall, Shanla Lawford, Kenneth Mays, S Maxted, Andy Townsend, Mike Tuppen
• 13 Antiquities - Dug-up Data by SM
  • Credits: Chris Hall, Mark A Hall, Tuuri Heporauta, Valerie Martin, Paul Screeton, PR Thomas, Howard Wolinsky, Joe Zarzynski
• 32 Curiosa - photo of twisted chimney - David MacAdams
• 38 Plants - Strange Trees by PRAdeGS
  • The Crying Pecan
  • The Walking Mango Tree
  • The Miraculous Christmas Tree
  • The Smoking Tree
  • Credits: Chris Hall, Steve Hicks, Chris J Holtzhauzen, Sam, Paul Thomas
• 39-40 Alchemy - Magic Fuels by PRAdeGS
  • Credits: Al & Phyllis, Don Boates, Philip Hope Evans, Chris Hall, Sam, Ion Will
• 40-41 Heavens Above - Stars and Stuff by SM
  • Yesterday's News Today!
  • In A Spin
  • Hey, Pluto! (Arf, Arf!)
  • Solar Spasms
  • Stellar Stones
  • Credits: Jim Chambers, Peter Christie, Chris Hall, Mark A Hall, Valerie Martin, Nigel Pennick, PR Thomas, Andy Townsend
• 41-43 Falls - Frogs + Stones by RJMR
  • Credits: Janet & Colin Bord, Chris Holtzhausen, Vida McWilliam, Paul Screeton, PR Thomas
• 44 Science Curiosities - Bizarre Bacteria by RJMR
  • Single-Minded
  • Magnets and Squares
  • Credits: Dwight Whalen, Joe Zarzynski
• 44 Out of Place - Mystery Big Cats by RJMR
  • Welsh Puma Returns
  • And Now... The Dartmoor Panther...
  • And the Luton Lion!
  • Credits: Janet & Colin Bord, Peter Christie, Paul Devereux, Peter Smith, PR Thomas, Andy Townsend

Columns

• 19-21 America Mystica by Michael A Hoffman
• 22-23 On the Trail by Loren Coleman
• 24-27 Words from the Wizard by Doc Shiels
• 33-35 Notes from the Trashkashic Record by Bob Tarte
• 36-37 Tales From the Yellow Emporium by Steve Moore
  • Doomsday Book
  • Distressed Rock
  • Devil's Triangle
  • Angry God
  • Oldest Mummy (lady of Loulan, photo)
  • The 'Tooth' About Ants
  • Trepaned Mice
  • Snap Dragons
  • Hey, You Up There!
  • Hot and Naked
  • Tail Pieces
  • Credits: Peter Christie, Loren Coleman, Mark A Hall, Valerie Martin, Dwight Whalen, Ion Will, Steve Wrathall

Comix

• 28-29 Phenomenomix - Hunt Emerson

Usual Stuff

• 01, 35 Editorial
  • Apologia - lateness of issue
  • Crossword - missing clue
  • Advance Renewal
• 49 News
  • Meetings, etc
  • Book Service
  • Grants, etc
  • Organizations
• 53 Classified Exchange
• 58 Subscription info

Letters

• 46 Ancient Mariner Again? - Una Woodruff, Warminster, Wilts
• 46 Kangaroo Corrections - Dr Alyson Lander, Tullamore, New South Wales
• 46-47 Kangaroo Corrections - JT Kirkwood, Camberwell, London
• 47 Winged Cats - Sid Birchby, Editor, News-Letter
• 47 Horror-Scope - Tony Roberts, 'Gondolin, Somerset, with editorial response and correction
• 47 Huh? - Chuck Eastwood, Astoria, Oregon
• 47-48 Wit and Wisdom - Hilary Evans, London, with authors reply
• 48 A Busy Life - Steve Ogden, Ashland, Kentucky
• 48 A Teleported Tank? - Mike Collier, Newhaven, Sussex, with editorial response
• 48 Marble Madonna - Roger Lowless, Wareham, Dorset, with photos

Reviews

• 50

Masthead

• Editor - Robert JM Rickard
• Editorial Assistants - Steve Moore and Paul Sieveking
• Contributing Editor - David Fideler
• Art Director - Richard Adams
• Comix Editor and section heading artwork - Hunt Emerson

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