Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy

Cosmos was a large sized magazine published by Baronet Publishing Company of New York. Four bi-monthly issues were published in 1977, edited by David G. Hartwell.

Regular features included a book review column by Robert Silverberg, a fan column by Ginjer Buchanan and a media column by Charles N. Brown. The latter was replaced in the final issue with a review of “Star Wars” written by Samuel R. Delany.

As well as a colour illustration on the cover, the centre pages included a “Color Centerpiece”. The artists are listed in the index below.

FICTION INDEX

Brian W. Aldiss
Horsemen………………………..September 1977

Greg Benford
Homemaker…………………………….May 1977

Michael Bishop
The House of Compassionate Sharers………May 1977
At the Dixie Apple………………..November 1977

Robert Borski
The Apocalypse of Harry Jones……..September 1977

Robert Chilson
O Ye of Little Faith………………November 1977

Gordon R. Dixon
Monad Gestalt………………………..July 1977

Harlan Ellison
The Other Eye of Polyphemus………..November 1977

Phyllis Gotleib
Sunday’s Child…………………..September 1977

Felix Gotschalk
Sir Richard’s Robots………………November 1977

Joe Haldeman
All the Universe in a Mason Jar……September 1977

Fritz Leiber
Rime Isle………………………May – July 1977

Roger Lovin
Waiting at The Speed of Light………….July 1977

Richard A. Lupoff
The Child’s Story………………..September 1977

George R.R. Martin
Bitterblooms……………………..November 1977

Thomas F. Montleone
Camera Obscura……………………….July 1977

Raylyn Moore
Strix………………………………..May 1977

Larry Niven
Cruel and Unusual……………………..May 1977
The Subject is Closed………………….May 1977
Grammar Lesson………………………..May 1977

Frederik Pohl
Rem the Rememberer…………………….May 1977

Spider Robinson
Tin Ear……………………………..July 1977

Norman Spinrad
Blackout………………………..September 1977

Sherwood Springer
The Wayward Flight of the Teety-Oh…September 1977

Rober Thurston
Wheels Westward…………………..November 1977

Mary Jean Tibbils
The Alphabet System……………….November 1977

Cherry Wilder
The Lodestar………………………….May 1977

NON-FICTION INDEX

Terence Dickinson
Into the Abyss…………………..September 1977

Lynn Margulis
Strange Ancestral Relations…………….May 1977

COVER ARTISTS

Vincent DiFate
July 1977  (based on “Monad Gestalt”)

Jack Gaughan
September 1977  (based on “The Child’s Story”)
November 1977 (based on “Bitterblooms”)

George Schelling
May 1977 (based on “The House of Compassionate Sharers”)

COLOR CENTERPIECE ARTISTS

Will Eisner
July 1977

Eddie Jones
November 1977

Paul Lehr
May 1977

Ron Miller
September 1977

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