The New York Review of Science Fiction: 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).

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

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

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