The New York Review of Science Fiction

December 2011 Table of Contents

ISSUE #280 December 2011

Volume 24, No. 4 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Tom Vaine: Inner Space, the Final Frontier: Exploring the Evolution of the SF Genre in The Atrocity Exhibition: 1

Christopher S. Kovacs: Fallen Books and Other Subtle Clues in Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October: 1

Victoria Balloon: Conversations Overheard: An Interview with Dr. Thomas D. Clareson: 12

Brian Aldiss: On William Golding: 15

Ron Drummond: Getting to Joanna: 16

Michael Swanwick: Will Jenkins’s Greatest Invention: 20

REVIEWS

Adrian Jevicki’s The Deep, reviewed by Jen Gunnels: 6

Dean Spanley, directed by Toa Fraser, screenplay by Alan Sharp, reviewed by Darrell Schweitzer: 11

Steve Rasnic Tem’s Deadfall Hotel, reviewed by Peter Rawlik: 14

Greg Egan’s Zendegi, reviewed by Edward James: 19

Eclipse Four: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan, reviewed by Edward James: 19

David Weber’s A Beautiful Friendship, reviewed by Dan’l Danehy-Oakes: 22

PLUS

Angélica Gorodischer accepts (11); swatches of history (17); and an editorial (24).

Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman and Avram Grumer, Associate Managing Editors.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor; Alex Donald, web site editor.

Staff: Ambrose, Ann Crimmins, Jen Gunnels, Heather Masri, M’jit Raindancer-Stahl, and Anne Zanoni.

Weekly Crew: Lisa Padol and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to Arthur D. Hlavaty and Eugene Surowitz.

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October 2011 Table of Contents

ISSUE #278 October 2011

Volume 24, No. 2 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Thomas F. Bertonneau: Stanley Weinbaum’s “Martian Odyssey,” Gift Giving, and Ancient Astronaut Theory: 1

Michael Andre-Driussi: The Anime Renaissance: 1986 to 2010: 10

Patrick L. McGuire: Did Soviet Authors Write the First Branching-Timeline SF Novel?: 16

REVIEWS

Hope Mirrlees’s Paris, a Poem, reviewed by Michael Swanwick: 1

Joan Slonczewski’s The Highest Frontier, reviewed by Michael Levy: 9

Wilum H. Pugmire’s The Tangled Muse, reviewed by Peter Rawlik: 13

Savage Radio Plays, cocreated and directed by Daniel Patrick Fay and Andrew Livingston, reviewed by Jen Gunnels: 14

Kameron Hurley’s God’s War, reviewed by Greg L Johnson: 18

The Second H. P. Lovecraft Festival: Reanimator/The Call of Cthulhu, adapted by Dan Bianchi, reviewed by Jen Gunnels: 19

PLUS

Worldcon 2011 in pictures (3, 20–23) and an editorial (24).

Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman and Avram Grumer, Associate Managing Editors.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald, Jen Gunnels, Ariel Haméon, Heather Masri, M’jit Raindancer-Stahl, and Anne Zanoni.

Weekly Crew: Lisa Padol and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to Arthur D. Hlavaty and Eugene Surowitz.

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ISSUE #249 May 2009

ISSUE #249 May 2009

Volume 21, No. 9 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Amy J. Ransom: WorldCon 2009 in Montréal: How the Other Half Lives; or, SFQ: More than Just a Hobby: 1

Eric A. Johnson: My London Time-Slip: 1

Tom Purdom: When I Was Writing: Installment Five: 11

Chuck Gannon: A “Dear John” Letter to a Fallen Giant: Revisiting Updike’s Marginalization of SF: 18

Darrell Schweitzer: Robert Bloch and the Death of Science Fiction—1951: 19

REVIEWS

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s TH.2058, reviewed by Michael Swanwick: 9

Kage Baker’s The House of the Stag, reviewed by Jenny Blackford: 10

C. J. Henderson’s Tales of Inspector Legrasse, reviewed by Peter Rawlik: 13

Cory Doctorow’s Content: Selected Essays, reviewed by Robert Bee: 21

Brenda Cooper’s Reading the Wind, reviewed by David Mead: 23

PLUS

David Langford’s Random Reading (14) and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald, Jen Gunnels, Eugene Reynolds, and Anne Zanoni.

Weekly Crew: Avram Grumer, Aubrey Lynch, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to Arthur D. Hlavaty and Eugene Surowitz.

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ISSUE #248 April 2009

ISSUE #248 April 2009

Volume 21, No. 8 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Darrell Schweitzer: An Interview with Charles Stross: 1

Mike Barrett: Mostly in Shadow: The Work of Mary Elizabeth Counselman: 1

Douglas A. Van Belle: A Comprehensive and Totally Universal Listing of Every Problem a Story Has Ever Had: 17

Donald M. Hassler: Entropy, Entertainment, and Creative Energy in Ben Bova: 20

REVIEWS

Eileen Kernaghan’s Wild Talent, reviewed by Ursula Pflug: 5

Michael Flynn’s The January Dancer, reviewed by David Mead: 7

Robert M. Price’s Blasphemies and Revelations, reviewed by Peter Rawlik: 13

Justina Robson’s Selling Out, reviewed by Jenny Blackford: 14

Justina Robson’s Going Under, reviewed by Niall Harrison: 15

John Scalzi’s Zoe’s Tale, reviewed by Joe Sanders: 16

Greg Egan’s Incandescence, reviewed by Karen Burnham: 19

Dirk Wittenborn’s Pharmakon, reviewed by Paul Kincaid: 22

PLUS

Dave Langford on Christopher Priest (10); much Screed (23); and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald,and  Eugene Reynolds.

Weekly Crew: Avram Grumer, Aubrey Lynch, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special Thanks to: Arthur D. Hlavaty, Eugene Surowitz, and Anne Zanoni.

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ISSUE #247 March 2009

ISSUE #247 March 2009

Volume 21, No. 7 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Braulio Tavares: Camp Concentration at The Reading Gaol: 1

Brian Stableford: The Reign of the Absolute Savants: Gaston de Pawlowski’s Idealist Future History: 1

Robert von Stein Redick: Altered States: Paul Park’s Roumania Quartet and the Honoring of Complexity: 13

Tom Purdom: When I Was Writing: A Literary Memoir, Pt. 4: 17

REVIEWS

Jo Walton’s Half a Crown, reviewed by Joan Gordon: 12

Christine Cornea’s Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality, reviewed by Joe Milicia: 14

Jay Lake’s Escapement, reviewed by Joe Sanders: 19

M. John Harrison’s Nova Swing, reviewed by Alex Donald: 22

PLUS

Wolfe and Kafka (7); hi-test Heinlein (16); and a new-fangled editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald, Eugene Reynolds, and Eugene Surowitz.

Weekly Crew: Avram Grumer, Aubrey Lynch, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special Thanks to: Arthur D. Hlavaty and Anne Zanoni.

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ISSUE #246 February 2009

ISSUE #246 February 2009

Volume 21, No. 6 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Christopher S. Kovacs: “. . . And Call Me Roger”: the Early Literary Life of Roger Zelazny: 1

Judith Moffett: POD Self-Publishing: Caveat Emptor: 1

David Drake: A Belated Thank-You: 21

REVIEWS

Paul Melko’s The Walls of the Universe, reviewed by Michael Levy: 7

Helen Collins’s Neurogenesis, reviewed by Joan Gordon: 11

Isaac Asimov’s Pebble in the Sky, reviewed by Donald M. Hassler: 13

Matthew Hughes’s Template: A Novel of the Archonate, reviewed by David Mead: 19

John Scalzi’s Zoe’s Tale, reviewed by Niall Harrison: 20

PLUS

Ink flows through it (7); lots of Screed (22); and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Production Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald, and Eugene Reynolds.

Weekly Meeting Crew: Avram Grumer, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to: Arthur D. Hlavaty, Eugene Surowitz, and Ann Zanoni.

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ISSUE #245 January 2009

ISSUE #245 January 2009

Volume 21, No. 5 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Iain Emsley: Lighting the Lamp: Destabilizing the Occident in Aladdin: 1

Jess Nevins: The Nineteenth Century Roots of Steampunk: 1

Michael Swanwick: The View from the Wharf Rat: A Letter from Otakon 2006 in Baltimore: 10

David Drake: Surreal Splendor: Three Novels by Mark S. Geston: 11

Mark S. Geston: Fires Far Away: 12

Traci N. Castleberry: Twisting the Other: Using a “Third” Sex to Represent Homosexuality in Science Fiction : 13

Robert Guffey: Jack Kirby’s OMAC: Captain America Loves Big Brother: 17

Gary G. Garner: Observations Regarding the High-Tech Piracy Science Fiction of Murray Leinster: 19

REVIEWS

Thomas M. Disch’s The Wall of America, reviewed by Eugene Reynolds: 6

Ben Bova’s Mars Life, reviewed by Pierce Watters: 21

John Brunner’s The Compleat Traveller in Black, reviewed by Robert Bee: 22

PLUS

Lovecraftian anime (15) and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Production Staff: Ann Crimmins and Alex Donald.

Weekly Meeting Crew: Avram Grumer, Joshua Kronengold, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to: Arthur D. Hlavaty, Eugene Surowitz, and Ann Zanoni.

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ISSUE #244 December 2008

ISSUE #244 December 2008

Volume 21, No. 4 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Mary Catherine Harper: Connie Willis: Of Fused Genres, Marriage Plots, and Meta-Gender: 1

Philip T. Long: A Second Reading of Beasts: 1

Michael Hemmingson: Sleep Is Not Enough: The Art of Dreaming and Made-for-TV Adaptations of The Lathe of Heaven: 15

Michael Levy: The Transcendent in David Almond’s Play Wild Girl, Wild Boy: 19

Mike Barrett: Dunsany: The Final Resting Place: 22

REVIEWS

Mike Brotherton’s Spider Star, reviewed by David Mead: 7

Man vs. Machine, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers, reviewed by Chuck Rothman: 13

Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier’s The Katrina Protocol and Edgar Allan Poe on Mars: The Further

Memoirs of Gullivar Jones, reviewed by Brian Stableford: 14

Melinda Snodgrass’s The Edge of Reason: A Novel of the War between Science and Superstition, reviewed by Jenny Blackford: 18

PLUS

Why write? (13); Screed (23); and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Production Staff: Ann Crimmins, Alex Donald, Arthur D. Hlavaty, and Anne Zanoni. 

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ISSUE #243 November 2008

ISSUE #243 November 2008

Volume 21, No. 3 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Fiona Kelleghan: A Definition of Savage Humanism, with Autobiographical Anecdotes: 1

REVIEWS

Michael Swanwick’s The Dragons of Babel, reviewed by Ariel Haméon: 1

Adam Roberts’s Land of the Headless, reviewed by Jenny Blackford: 11

Ken MacLeod’s The Execution Channel, reviewed by Donald M. Hassler: 13

Matthew Jarpe’s Radio Freefall, reviewed by Philip E. Smith: 17

Daryl Gregory’s Pandemonium, reviewed by Greg L. Johnson: 21

Judith Moffett’s The Bird Shaman, reviewed by Michael Levy: 21

PLUS

Grania Davis in the Alps with Tom Disch (5); David Langford reads Clarke and Baxter (9);

the ICFA calls for papers (19); and an editorial (24).

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Staff: Ann Crimmins and Alex Donald

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Special thanks to: Arthur D. Hlavaty, Eugene Surowitz, and Anne Zanoni. 

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ISSUE #242 October 2008

ISSUE #242 October 2008

Volume 21, No. 2 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Michael Swanwick: A Dizzy Celebration of Being Somewhere Wonderful: Reading Rhetorics of Fantasy in the Real World: 1

John Clute: Physics for Amnesia: Horror Motifs in SF: 1

Brian Stableford: The Martian Mummy of 1864: 13

Jason Sanford: Singing the Songs of Arthur C. Clarke’s Distant Earth: 18

REVIEWS

Adam Roberts’s Swiftly, reviewed by Niall Harrison: 11

Joanna Russ’s The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews, reviewed by Henry Wessells: 16

David Levy’s Love + Sex with Robots, reviewed by Robert Bee: 20

Robert A. Heinlein’s Time for the Stars, reviewed by Ben Blattberg: 22

PLUS

Plus: Picking at a good book (6); Anticipation: Call for Papers (10); Karl Schroeder’s science reading list (17); and an editorial (24).

 

Kathryn Cramer, Art and Web Site Editor; Samuel R. Delany, Contributing Editor; Kris Dikeman, Associate Managing Editor.

David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor; Kevin J. Maroney, Managing Editor.

Work Weekend Staff: Arthur D. Hlavaty and Anne Zanoni.

Weekly Meeting Staff: Avram Grumer,  Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.

Special thanks to: Ben Blattberg, 

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