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Fortean Times #30 (Autumn 1979)
- Cover price: 95p $2.50
- 68 pages (72 w/covers)
- 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
Columns
- 43-45 Enigma Variations by Nigel Watson
- Jaws Encounter
- A Star Is Born
- Mind Games
- Body Games
- Not Yet
- Not Yet, Again
- The Pinocchio Complex
- Credits: Lucius Farish's UFO Newsclipping Service No 119, Gary Abbott, Joseph Patchen
- 45-47 Tales From the Yellow Emporium by Steve Moore
- The Hairy Boy of China
- More of the Same
- I Ching Studies, Anyone?
- Credits: Jane Brecha, Blomme Ronny, Anthony Smith, Ion Will
- 47-50 On the Trail by Loren Coleman
- Phantom Panthers
- Big Birds
- 50 Under the Eye by Steve Burgess
Comix
- 31 Telly Kinex by JH Szostek
- 37 Phenomenomix: Tales of Misunderstanding by Hunt Emerson
- 42 Facts You Might Forget! by Pokkettz
Notes
- 08-11 Out of Place - More Alien Animals by RJMR
- '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
- 12-13 Strange Deaths - Komplicated Karma by PRAdeGS
- 13-14 Plants - Vegetable Astronauts by IAW & PRAdeGS
- 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
- 14-17 Poltergeists - More Randy Wraiths by SM
- 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
- 18-20 Synchronicities - Twin Sets by PRAdeGS
- 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
- 21-24 Freaks - Scrambled Eggs by RJMR
- Siamese Gods - David Fideler, Ian Lawes, Peter Rogerson, Sam, Has Thomas, Ion Will
- Their Brother's Keeper - Tom R Adams
- Wombless Wonders - Tom R Adams, Larry Arnold, Jenny Cameron, Chris Hall, Kurt Lothmann, Valerie Martin, Peter Roberts, Sam, Has Thomas, Dwight Whalen
- 24-25 Wild Talents - Nostril Vision by SM
- Russia
- China
- Japan
- And Elsewhere
- Credits: Jane Brecha, Peter Roberts, Peter Rogerson, Anthony Smith, Martin Straw, Sam
- 25-26 Lightnings - Unlucky Strikes by RJMR
- Thunderbolt Terror
- Lightning Strikes
- Credits: David Fideler, B Hain, Valerie Martin, Paul Screeton, Joe Swatek, R Watson, IA Will, Nigel Watson, Sam, Undated items from J. Meteorology 4:40 and 4:41
- 27-31 Trends - Recent Themes
- Skylab Funnies - A&P, David Fideler, Joe Swatek, Dwight Whalen, Ion Will, Jake Williams, Heathcote Williams, Sam
- A Modern Myth in the Making - Ion Will
- Food for Thought - Chris Hall, Peter Roberts, Ion Will, Sam
- Nessie Notes - Larry Arnold, Clive Akass, David Fideler, Nick Maloret, Mark Hall, Martin Straw, Paul Screeton, Peter James, Roland Watson, Ion Will, Joe Zarzynski
- Weasels Ripped my Tyres - Dwight Whalen, Ion Will
- Hot Cross Fun - Paul Screeton, Valerie Thomas, Peter Christie, R Watson, Ion Will, Sam
- 31 Stop Press by RJMR
- 31 Cause And Effect?
Usual Stuff
- 01 Editorial (experiments in format) by Bob Rickard
- 64 Classified Exchange - Journals
- 68 Small Ads
- 68 Truss Fund (donations) - Jim Brandon, David Dunthorn, Kevin McClure, Graham McEwan, John Peldyak, Roger Randle, Ted Schultz, Mike and Linda Ward, Roger Waddington, Nigel Watson, R Marty Wolf
- 69 Sub Info, Back Issues
Reviews
- 56 Hardbacks
- The Ley Hunter's Companion: Aligned Ancient Sites: a new study with field guide and maps by Paul Devereux and Ian Thomson - ISBN 978-0500012086 - Janet Bord
- The Werewolf Delusion by Ian Woodward - ISBN 978-0709208730 - SM
- Poltergeists - An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English, circa 1880-1975 by Michael Goss - ISBN 978-0810811812 - RJMR
- Mysterious Universe: A Handbook of Astronomical Anomalies compiled by William R Corliss - ISBN 978-0915554058 - RJMR
- Sungods in Exile by Karyl Robin-Evans - ISBN 978-0854353149 - RJMR
- The Philadelphia Experiment by Charles Berlitz & William Moore - RJMR
- UFOs and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography by Lynn E Catoe - ISBN 978-0810320215 - Colin Bord
- Nightmare by Sandra Shulman - ISBN 978-0026105309 - RJMR
- Alien Intelligence by Stuart Holroyd - ISBN 978-0349117096 - RJMR
- Surgeon From Another World by George Chapman - RJMR
- Folklore of the Sea by Margaret Baker - RJMR
- Folklore, Old Customs, and Superstitions in Shakespere Land by James H Bloom - RJMR
- Paperbacks
- Inventorum Natura: (The Expedition Journal of Pliny the Elder) by Una Woodruff - Heathcote Williams
- Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults by Jacques Vallee - David Fideler
- Egyptian Religion by E. A. Wallis Budge - SM
- Egyptian Magic by E. A. Wallis Budge - SM
- Worlds Beyond: The Everlasting Frontier edited by the New Dimensions Foundation DRF
- Psychic Archaeology by Jeffrey Goodman - Valerie Thomas
- Stories About Not Being Afraid of Ghosts compiled by the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - SM
- The Dragon by Francis Huxley - RJMR
- UFOs by Bob Rickard, illustrated by Geoff Taylor - DRF
- Booklets
Letters
- 66 Frogs Provencal - Francis Hitching
- 66 Cow's Elegy? - Alan Price
- 66-67 Towards a Fortean Classification System - Hilary Evans (response by Bob Rickard)
- 67 Two-Headed Oracle - Helen Coles
- 67 Nessie the Elephant? - Mike Crowley
- 67-68 Imperial Forteanism - John Cox (response by Steve Moore)
Masthead
- Editor - Robert JM Rickard
- Associate 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