The Mage, #7, Spring 1987

A Journal of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Editor:		Jeffrey V. Yule.
Publisher:		Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, U.S.A..
Date of publication:		1987.
Binding:		Stapled softcover, two staples.
Number of pages:		68 pages + covers.
Size:		8½ x 11 inches.
Original price:		Limited to 25 copies.
Print run:		$2.50.

Cover

Interior illustration by Virgil Finlay

Interior illustration by Virgil Finlay

The Mage #7 features a "A Virgil Finlay Portfolio" on pages 26-35 that consists of a one page biography with text by Harry Dolan, a full page Virgil Finlay charcoal self-portrait, and eight full-page scratchboard illustrations by Virgil Finlay, among which:

• Selfportrait.
• Page 30: The Conquest of the Moon Pool, 1948.
• Page 31: Black Butterflies 1949.
• Page 34: Cryptozoic, 1968.
• Page 35: Voyage of the Neutralia, 1937.

The Mage Number 7 contains art by Jeffrey V. Yule, Domenick Scudfera, Rodger Gerberding, Wade Tarzia and Virgil Finlay.

The Mage #7 contents:

• Page 3: Editorial: Science Fiction—Judging the Genre, by Jeffrey V. Yule.
• Page 4: A Thing or Two About Razzle-Dazzle, by Dennis John Sjolie.
• Page 10: Brain Blasters, by Mary Sass.
• Page 13: Decay in the Hero's Way, by Wade Tarzia.
• Page 15: Mr. Wizard, by R. D. Davis.
• Page 23: At Night, poem by Jeffrey V. Yule.
• Page 24: Jonathon, by D. J. Cipriani, III.
• Page 26: A Virgil Finlay Portfolio, by Harry Dolan.
• Page 36: Mage Reviews, by the Staff.
• Page 39: Fortuneteller, poem by Mark Rich.
• Page 40: A Hot Prospect, by Theodore Solomon.
• Page 47: The African Woman, poem by Asher Torren.
• Page 48: William Gibson: A Cyberpunk Examined, by Jeffrey V. Yule.
• Page 51: Elysium Horizon, by Leo Bigley.
• Page 58: Alandriar Goes to Earth, by Wade Tarzia.
• Page 62: Readers' Responses.