FT032

Fortean Times #32 (Summer 1980)

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• Cover price: 95p $2.50
• 56 pages (60 w/covers)
• Cover art by Gilbert Shelton

Mystery Cats - Australia, America, Scotland & Others

Articles

• 04 The Mississauga Blob by Dwight Whalen
• 10 Gateways to Mystery pt 2 by David Fideler
• 17 Ask Aristotle by Paul Sieveking
• 18 Southern Highland Panthers by Paul Cropper
• 30 Old Ives Tales by Paul Sieveking
  • Beastly Omens
  • Frog News
  • Sporting Swallows
  • White Birds
  • Birds of Justice
  • Winged Cats (with photos)
  • Cyclops News

Columns

• 21 On the Trail by Loren Coleman
• 32 Tales From the Yellow Emporium by Steve Moore
  • Qigong
  • Sorcery
  • And Overseas
  • Credits: Janet & Colin Bord, Peter Christie, Helen Coles, Sam, Paul Screeton, Roland Watson, Dwight Whalen, Ion Will
• 34 America Mystica by Michael Hoffman

Comix

• 09 Telly Kinex - JH Szostek
• 28-29 Phenomenomix (phantom cat/cops) - Hunt Emerson
• 37 Facts You Might Forget - Pokkettz

Notes

• 23-26 Out of Place - Mystery Cats by RJMR
  • The Scottish Lions
  • Inverness Area
  • Ayrshire Area
  • An East Lothian Animal
  • Escapes and Discoveries
  • Other Large Cat Reports
  • Credits: Tom Adams, Janet & Colin Bord, Richard Cotton, Chris Hall, Tuuri Heporauta, Chris Hutton Squire, J Lang, Valerie Martin, David Rees, Paul Screeton, David Sydeserff, Doc Shiels, PR Thomas, D Watson, Roland Watson, Jake Williams
• 26-27 Strange Tales - Fairytales come true by SM
  • Twice Upon a Time
  • Credits: Chris Holtzhausen, Sam, PR Thomas, Dwight Whalen, Joe Zarzynski
• 38-39 Swarms - Squirming Hordes by VT
  • Reports from June 1979 to April 1980
  • The Great Plagues of Australia
  • Trillions of Aphids
  • Credits: B Hain, R Watson, Paul Screeton, Valerie Martin, Alan Gardiner, C Hall, I Lawes, James Chambers, Tom Adams, Ronny Blomme, Stephen Simpson
• 40-41 Strange India - Faraway Forteana by PRAdeGS
  • The Kuano Amphibian Boy
  • The Floating Stones of Riwalsar
  • Fear and Loathing in Lucknow
  • The Phantom Guide
  • Vimla and The Exorcist
  • The Poona Snake Man
  • Fertility Sacrifices
• 42-44 Trends - Odd Aggregations
  • Suffer, Little Children by RJMR - Greg Axford, Chris Holtzhausen, Jitendra, David Macdams, Valerie Martin, Sam, Has Thomas, Roland Watson, Dwight Whalen, Ion Will, Joe Zarzynski
  • Elephant Call by RJMR - Valerie Martin, Nigel Watson
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Pennies Unspent by RJMR - John Michell, Ion Will

Usual Stuff

• 01,17 Editorial
• 45 News
  • Book News
  • Monster Hunts
  • Funds
  • Meetings
• 54 Classified Exchange
• 56 Small Ads
• 56 Errata
  • FT029:3,8 - portraits of Charles Fort should have been credited "Copyright Aaron Sussman/Fortean Picture Library"
  • FT030:11 - Bury Free Press should be Suffolk & Bury Free Press
  • FT031:36 - Photo captions reversed: Franta family of Watertown is on the left, McGuires of Lovell are on the right.
• 56 Truss Fund (donations) - Janet & Colin Bord, Julie Felzien, Phyllis Hall, Leo Licof, Gordon McLellan, CW Murray, Kevin Ryan, Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool, in memory of Paul Howes, Martin Straw
• 56 Help!
• 56 Next Issue
• 57 Subscriptions

Letters

• • 02 The Fireball and the Carpet Salesman - Ron Parker
  • 03 Was it a Tulpa? - W Ritchie Benedict
  • 03 Mysterious Booms in the West - Mr and Mrs Denton
  • 03 Film Suicide? - Patrick Harrigan
  • 03 Fortuitous - Chris Hutton Squire, Undercurrents Magazine
  • 56 Giant Kangaroo in Lancs? - David Rees

Reviews

• 46-52 Hardbacks
  • Earth's Secret Inhabitants by D Scott Rogo & Jerome Clark - Loren Coleman
  • This House Is Haunted by Guy Lyon Playfair - Bob Rickard
  • Alien Animals by Janet & Colin Bord - Bob Rickard
  • Monsters and Mysteries by HT Wilkins Janet Bord
  • UFO Phenomena and the Behavioural Scientist edited by Dr Richard F Haines - Janet Bord
  • Guardians of the Universe by Ronald Story - Paul Begg
  • The Ancient Stones Speak: A Journey to the World's Most Mysterious Megalithic Sites by David D Zink - Larry E Arnold
  • Megaliths and Their Mysteries: The Standing Stones of Old Europe by Alastair Service & Jean Bradbery - Janet Bord
  • Glastonbury by Michael Mathias & Dereck Hector - Valerie Thomas
  • Stonehenge and Its Mysteries by Michael Balfour - Valerie Thomas
  • In Search of Ancient Astronomies edited by EC Krupp - Valerie Thomas
  • The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries: A First Hand Report by Henry Gris & William Dick - Paul Sieveking
  • The Religions of Tibet by G Tucci - Mike Crowley
• 52-54 Paperbacks
  • Dowsing: Techniques and Applications by Tom Graves - Janet Bord
  • The Old Stones of Land's End: An Enquiry into the Mysteries of the Megalithic Science by John Michell - Janet Bord
  • The Magic Zoo by Peter Costello - RMJR
  • Islam by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan - RMJR
  • Muslim Saints and Mystics by Farid al-Din Attar, translated by AJ Arberry - RMJR
  • The House of Lords UFO Debate preface by Lord Clancarty, notes by John Michell - RMJR
  • Worthwhile Paperback Editions
  • The Probability of the Impossible by Thelma Moss
  • The Wolf Children by Charles Mcclean
  • Life Cloud by Fred Hoyle and NC Wickramasinghe
  • A Young Person's Guide to UFOs by Brian Ball
  • Ages in Chaos by Velikovski
  • Rameses II and His Time by Velikovski
  • Peoples of the Sea by Velikovski
  • Out Changing Planet by John Gribbin
  • Future Worlds by John Gribbin
  • Dowsing: One Man's Way by J Scott Elliot
  • The Manna Machine by Gordon Sassoon and Rodney Dale
  • The Savage God by Al Alvarez
  • Castastrophe Theory by A Woodcock and M Davis
  • Instruments of Darkness by Alfred Price
  • The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
  • The Red Limit by Timothy Ferris
  • The Once and Future Star by George Michanowsky

Masthead

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

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