CONTENTS:The Armchair Detective [v18 #2, Spring 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo] by Gregory Mcdonald)114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed117 · An Interview With Gregory Mcdonald · Lorenzo Carcaterra · iv125 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · br127 · Collecting Bibliomysteries · John Ballinger · bi140 · The Science Fiction Detective Story: Tomorrow's Private Eyes · Robert Baker and Michael Nietzel · ar151 · Foreign Intrigue #3 · William L. DeAndrea · ar154 · The Self-Conscious Sergeant Beef Novels Of Leo Bruce · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar160 · Second City Skullduggery: Chicago's Bouchercon XV · Edward D. Hoch · ar [convention report]164 · The Unanswered Questions About Asia: Mysteries In The Far East · Mark Schreiber · ar167 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Melville Davisson Post · Otto Penzler · bi173 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales From The Archives. Peter Rugg, The Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account Of Peter Rugg, The Missing Man, Late Of Boston, New England In A Letter To Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell181 · An Interview With George Kennedy · Richard Meyers · iv185 · The Short Career Of Robert Reeves · John L. Apostolou · ar190 · Through A Glass Darkly: A Consideration Of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window · Louis Phillips · ar196 · TAD At The Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl200 · Retrospective Reviews · [Various] · br201 · TAD On TV · Richard Meyers · cl203 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl204 · What About Murder? A Continuing Supplement · Jon L. Breen · rc210 · Current Reviews · [Various] · rc212 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl213 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · cl215 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl216 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases · T. M. McDade · cl218 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc220 · Dial N For Nonsense · Louis Phillips · qz220 · A Catalogue Of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi221 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi223 · Mystery Marketplace · adsThe Armchair Detective was a quarterly fanzine on mystery & detective fiction featuring articles, commentary, checklists, interviews with authors, bibliographical material, book reviews, etc., which was started by the legendary crime fan and bibliographer Allen J. Hubin. 119 issues were published over a thirty-year period from 1967 to 1997.It began publication in 1967 as a crudely printed, stapled fanzine. In 1978, it morphed into a professionally printed semi-prozine which could be found in the magazine sections of large chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders.In addition to the goldmine of nonfiction articles on the genre (by Bill Pronzini, Jon L. Breen, Jacques Barzun, E. F. Bleiler, Robert E. Briney, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Edward D. Hoch, and many more), The Armchair Detective published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from October 1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994 (by the likes of Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Bloch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charles McCarry, Jerome Charyn, Joe Gores, Jonathan Valin, Dick Lochte, Jonathan Kellerman, George Baxt, Michael Z. Lewin, and others).