SFRA conference, June 16 - 18, 1978

Contains a ”Welcome to the University of Northern Iowa” folder; a program for the SFRA national conference; a catalog for “The Book Examination Center;” “Cosmic Graffiti” by John Boly; “The Shock of Recognition: The Classical Hero of Star Wars” by Marilyn R. Sherman; "Robots in Science Fiction Film: from Metropolis to Star Wars” by Ken Beyette; "Close Encounters: the Gospel according to Steven Spielberg” by Andrew Gordon; "Some Science Fiction Involving Aliens" by Clyde J. Peterman; "Alien Communication (and Creation) in Poul Anderson's The Byworlder" by Albert Wendland; "Science Fiction Research: The State of the Art" by Marshall Tymn; a handbill for "A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies;” a handbill for "The year's scholarship in science fiction and fantasy;" a handbill for “Prophecies and Possibilities;” a catalog from the Garland Library of Science Fiction; a catalog for the space adventure novels of Andre Norton; a brochure for Gregg Press; “The Touching of Love and Death in Ursula K. LeGuin with Comparisons to Jane Austen” by Donald Hassler; “SF Poetry Quiz;” “The Rocket and the Hearth” by Gary K. Wolfe; “The Use of Science Fiction in Social Work Education” by Phyllis J. Day; “Poe, Hawthorne, and Lovecraft: Variations on a Theme of Panic” by Dirk W. Mosig; "Metaphoric Matrix: Magnetism in Frankenstein" by David Ketterer; and "Integrity: LeGuin's Ethic" by Janice Witherspoon Neuleib.