Dean R. Koontz started out as a Science Fiction writer, but didn't find much recognition until he worked out the kind of tale he does best - a mixture of thriller, horror, and science fiction... then he became a best-selling author, and his early stories have become collectible. Compared to his early SF novels, I think these early stories are a better indication of the kind of writer Koontz would become.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: July 1970 (Volume 39, Number 1)
Cover by Ronald Walotsky ("Making Titan.")

Novelets: "His Coat So Gay" by Sterling E. Lanier (a "Brigadier FFellowes" tale)
"The Mystery of His Flesh" by Dean R. Koontz (basis of Anti-Man.)

Stories: "Making Titan" by Barry N. Malzberg
"Starlight Shining Through Her Eyes" by Neil Shapiro
"Ishmael In Love" by Robert Silverberg
"Tom Cat" by Gary Jennings
"The State of the Art" by Robin Scott Wilson.

Article: "The Quarter-Acre Round Table" by L. Sprague de Camp.

Science: "My Planet 'Tis of Thee-" by Isaac Asimov.

Joseph W. Ferman is Publisher, Edward L. Ferman is Editor. Book Reviews by Joanna Russ, cartoon by Gahan Wilson.