ISSUE #234 February 2008
Volume 20, No. 6 ISSN #1052-9438
ESSAYS
Mike Barrett: Wonders Aplenty: A Celebration of Paula Volsky: 1
Jeff VanderMeer: The Third Bear: 1
Rob Pritchard: A Collapsing Crutch: The Characters of The Matrix Fall Cruelly into Naturalism: 7
REVIEWS
The SFWA European Hall of Fame, edited by James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow, reviewed by Paul Kincaid: 14
The SFWA European Hall of Fame, edited by James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow, reviewed by Michael Bishop: 15
J. Storrs Hall’s Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine, reviewed by Russell Blackford: 17
Scott Lynch’s Red Seas Under Red Skies, reviewed by Niall Harrison: 18
Alexis Glynn Latner’s Hurricane Moon, reviewed by Donald M. Hassler: 19
The Best American Fantasy, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, reviewed by Gwyneth Jones: 20
Mark J. Ferrari’s The Book of Joby, reviewed by Graham Sleight: 21
Karl Schroeder’s Sun of Suns: Book One of Virga, reviewed by Adam Roberts: 22
Karl Schroeder’s Queen of Candesce: Book Two of Virga, reviewed by Joe Sanders: 23
PLUS
Broken things (11); 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, Eugene Reynolds, and Eugene Surowitz.
Special thanks to Avram Grumer, Arthur D. Hlavaty, Lisa Padol, and Christine Quiñones.