FT030

Fortean Times #30 (Autumn 1979)

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• Cover price: 95p $2.50
• Cover painting by Una Woodruff

Simulacra: John Michell on Nature's Art; + Son of Sam; 1859 Fish Fall; Stigmatic Heretic

Articles

• 02 Simulacra by John Michell
• 32 Heretical Stigmatic Pope by Bob Rickard
• 38 The Great Fishfall of 1859 by Robert Schadewald
• 52 Sun of Sam by Michael Hoffman

Notes

• 08 Out of Place - More Alien Animals
  • 'Surrey Puma' Lives...
  • A Sussex Panther?
  • Scottish Cats
  • Bear-faced Monkey Business
  • Encore for Exotic Escapes
  • Credits: Tom Adams, Janet & Colin Bord, Mollie Cairncross, PL Catlin, Richard Cotton, Peter Christie, Alan Gardiner, Chris Hall, Peter James, J Lang, Valerie Martin, John Michell, Colin Mather, Nick Maloret, Paul Pinn, Mike Rickard, Roland Watson, Sam
• 12 Strange Death - Komplicated Karma
  • Credits: Janet & Colin Bord, Chris Hall, D MacAdams, Peter Rogerson, Paul Screeton, Has Thomas, D Whalen, Ion Will, Joe Zarzynski
• 13 Plants - Vegetable Astronauts
  • Plants - Down to Earth and Skyward Ho!
  • Heroic Sago
  • Credits: Chris Hall, Mark A Hall, Dave Hill, Janet & Colin Bord, Valerie Martin, Richard King, Henri Premont, Anthony Smith, Sam, Paul Screeton, Has Thomas
• 14 Poltergeists - More Randy Wraiths
  • Asking For It.....
  • And Getting It....
  • By George!
  • More Pub Polts
  • Back To The Bedroom
  • Some Nasty Ones
  • Credits: Steve Hicks, Chris J Holtzhausen, Nick Maloret, Colin Mather, John Michell, Paul Screeton, Anthony Smith, Roger Waddington, D K Watson, Nigel Watson, Sam
• 18 Synchonicities - Twin Sets
  • Twin Speed Speech
  • Double Lives
  • Two By Two
  • Twinchronicity
  • Credits: Gary Abbott, Tom R Adams, Richard Cotton, Peter Hope Evans, Chris J Holzhausen, Bob Forrest, Jackie Klemes, Valerie Martin, Nick Maloret, Colin Mather, Mark A Hall, Peter Roberts, Paul Screeton, A W Szachnowski, Thoth, Dwight Whalen, Ion Will, John Rimmer
• 21 Freaks - Scrambled Eggs
  • Siamese Gods
  • Wombless Wonders
  • Credits: Tom R Adams, Larry Arnold, Jenny Cameron, Chris Hall, Kurt Lothmann, Valerie Martin, Peter Roberts, Sam, Has Thomas, Dwight Thomas
• 24 Wild Talents - Nostril Vision
  • Russia
  • China
  • Japan
  • And Elsewhere
  • Credits: Jane Brecha, Peter Roberts, Peter Rogerson, Anthony Smith, Martin Straw, Sam
• 25 Lightnings - Unlucky Strikes
  • Thunderbolt Terror
  • Lightning Strikes
  • Credits: David Fideler, B Hain, Valerie Martin, Paul Screeton, Jow Swatek, R Watson, IA Will, Nigel Watson, Sam
• 26 Trends - Recent Themes
  • Skylab Funnies
  • A Modern Myth in the Making
  • Food for Thought
  • Nessie Notes
  • Weasels Ripped my Tyres
  • Hot Cross Fun
  • Credits: Paul Screeton, Valerie Thomas, Peter Christie, R Watson, [[[Ion Will]], Sam
• 31 Stop Press
• 31 Cause And Effect?

Columns

• 31 Comix - Telly Kinex by JH Szostek
• 37 Comix - Phenomenomix: Tales of Misunderstanding by Hunt Emerson
• 42 Comix - Facts You Might Forget! by Pokkettz
• 43 Enigma Variations by Nigel Watson
  • Jaws Encounter
  • A Star Is Born
  • Mind Games
  • Body Games
  • Not Yet
  • Not Yet, Again
  • The Pinocchio Complex
• 45 Tales From the Yellow Emporium by Steve Moore
  • The Hairy Boy of China
  • More of the Same
  • I Ching Studies, Anyone?
• 47 On the Trail by Loren Colemen
  • Phantom Panthers
  • Big Birds
• 50 Under the Eye by Steve Burgess

Usual Stuff

• 56 Reviews - Hardbacks, Paperbacks
• 64 Classified Exchange - Journals
• 66 Letters
• 68 Small Ads
• 69 Sub Info, Back Issues

Masthead

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

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