![]() ![]() This issue is an intriguing cultural artifact for other reasons. Even the ads reflect those things I personally found most exciting and fresh about SF and fantasy at the time: a full page ad from TSR for D&D, “The Ultimate in Adventure Games ” an ad for six microgames from Metagaming (the company that introduced me to role playing games), including the classic Ogre and a subscription form for Ares, the short-lived SF gaming magazine from SPI. Simak, which won both the 1980 Nebula Award and 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. There’s a lot to like about this issue, from the gorgeous cover by Paul Lehr - perhaps my favorite SF artist - to a famous short story by one of my all-time favorite SF writers: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer,” by Clifford D. In the process I discovered the April 1980 issue of Analog, which I read as a junior in high school in Ottawa, Canada. ![]() ![]() Over the weekend I put away a collection of 80s magazines I purchased a few months ago. ![]()
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