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ANALOG 1964,January

Analog: January 1964 ("Bedsheet" size issue: 8-1/2" by 11".)
Illustrations by John Schoenherr, Leo Summers. Photo cover.

Science: "Secondary Meteorites" (Part 1 of 2) by Ralph A. Hall, M.D ( cover story.)

Novelette: "The Eyes Have It" by Randall Garrett. (First of the Lord Darcy / Sean O'Lochlainn series- a world in which Magic works, and its mysteries are slowly being unravelled by the scientific method.)

Stories: "Poppa Needs Shorts" by Walt & Leigh Richmond
"Subjectivity" by Norman Spinrad
"See What I Mean" by John Brunner.

Serial: "Dune World" (Part 2 of 3) by Frank Herbert. (This is the first of 2 serials that were combined to form the Hugo winning Dune. This serial corresponds to Part One of the novel.)

John W. Campbell's editorial is "Fully Identified...." Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.

John Schoenherr's art for Dune is outstanding - he illustrated all 3 "Dune" serials in Analog, had covers for both the hardcover & paperback editions, and did a set for The Illustrated Dune in 1978, from which the set of color plates was done as a calendar the same year. He was the first to interpret Frank Herbert's world of "Dune" and put his stamp on it - and remains the best. The black & white sample I include from "Dune" is one of my favorite illustrations of all time. Schoenherr takes a paragraph about a tri-D projection being used to demonstrate the size of the spice harvesters, and fleshes it out in wonderful detail (note the tiny human figure for scale in front.) The 2 illustrations for the Garrett story demonstrates what can be done in a larger size magazine, and how Schoenherr really brings the characters to life. These illustrations show why the "Bedsheet" size Analogs are my favorites of the entire run of the magazine. John Schoenherr won the Best Artist "Hugo" in 1965 (for work in 1964.)

[These later scans were taken from a different issue than the one for sale - they are intended as examples of the quality of Schoenherr's work, and I would not base decisions about age-tanning from them. I can scan an "outside" half-page illustration without flattening the magazine, but when the art goes all the way to the spine, or is full-page, I won't scan the same art more than once - to avoid the possibility of damage.]

About the book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller: (he’d been doing them as a regular column since 1951)…they are short, to the point, enthusiatic, and usually leave me wanting to rush out and read the book- even if the book is forty years old by now. The list of famous authors with their early and continuing books that he covers is well, astounding. In 1963, P. Schuyler Miller received a special Hugo Award for reviews in Analog.


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