Portal, a collection of contemporary reviews

This collection includes:
"GamePort" by Bob Lindstrom, A+ Magazine, March 1987
"Portal, A Computer Novel" by Gerald Masters, Amazing Reviews, Vol. 2 No. 8
"ST Notes" by D. F. Scott, Analog Computing, September 1987
"On Gaming" by Matthew J. Costello, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
"Stranger than Fiction" by Steven Kosek, Chicago, IL Tribune-N.W., August 14, 1987
"Critically Speaking . . . Commodore 64 Compatible" in Computer Entertainer, December 1986
"Portal, A Very Novel Game" by Roy Wagner
"Activision" in COMPUTE!s Gazette, April 1987
"Portal" by Neil Randall, COMPUTE!s Gazette, May 1987
"Exploring the Brave New Electronic Novel" by Jack B. Rochester, Computer Update, July/August 1987
"Reading by Computer" in MacWorld, September 1987
"'Last Ship' Docks at the End of the World" by Chuck Moss, Detroit, MI News, May 12, 1988
"Portal" by B. H., Games, August/September
"Computer Games Take A New Direction" by Sharon Bernstein, November 29, 1987
"Portal" by John Jermaine, August 1987
"Portal" by Debbie de Payster, InCider, August 1987
"Portal" in INFO
"Portal Review" by John Jermaine
"A Portal to Innovation" by Arnie Katz, The MACazine, October 1987
"Portal: Deported to the MAC" by Linda Kaplan, The MACazine, October 1987
"Graphic Adventure" by Scott A. May
"Portal: Database as Computer Game" by Scott Mace, Microcosm, December 1986
"And Now, A Novel Idea: Computer Literature" by Edward J. Semrad, The Milwaukee Journal, January 3, 1987
"Of Revolution and Evolution" by Neil Shapiro, Nibble, June 1987
"Portal" by Scott A. May
"Portal" in Other Realms #21
"Back to the 21st Century" by Don Kazak, Palo Alto Weekly, May 11, 1988
"System Addict: Portal" in Popular Computing Weekly, 1987
"A Novel Idea: Let a Computer Weave a Tale" by David Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, July 6, 1987
"Activision" in Science Fiction Chronicle
"Portal" in Soft Sector, May 1987
"Words and Computers" by Paul Statt, February 1987
"Portal: Is this Interactive Fiction?" in The Status Line, Summer 1987
"Computer Tells 'Portal' Story" by Meg Morris, Times Tribune, May 1, 1988
Untitled by Jack Warner, United Press International, June 2
"'Stonecutter' is dullest of 'Lost Sword' series" by Dan Gainor, The Washington Times, June 27, 1988
"Portal" by Paul Wiswell, Bill Gillette
"Gameport: Portal"
"Fiction for the Future"
"Wasatch File on Rob Swigart"
"Portal" by Stewart Alsop, P.C. Letter, November 19, 1986
"Activision's Portal Hailed as 'New Genre in Entertainment Software'" news release by Activision, March 1987
Letter to Activision, Customer Relations by Mike Swanson, June 19, 1987
Two Booklist descriptions of "Portal"
"'Portal' Opens Door to a New Wave" by Norman Sondak, San Diego Union, July 10, 1988
"A Computer Program Comes to Life" by Michael Berry, March 3, 1988
"Hypertextually, Maybe? Rob Swigart's Interactive Fiction: Portal" by Franco Minganti, RSA (Rivista di Studi Anglo-Americani), 1994

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