April 2011 Table of Contents

ISSUE #272 April 2011

Volume 23, No. 8 ISSN #1052-9438

ESSAYS

Chris n. Brown: Some Monster Manuals for the Evasion of Capitalist Networks: 1

Joan Gordon: The Importance of Sheri S. Tepper: 9

Jari Käkelä: Robots, Foundations and Endless Growth: The Role of Frontier Expansionism in Asimov’s Foundation Future: 11

Tom Purdom: When I Was Writing: A Literary Memoir Pt. 9: 17

Ursula Pflug: Notes on the 2010 Sunburst Award: 21

Gregory Benford: The Virus-Scarred Man: 22

REVIEWS

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells; adapted and directed by Dan Bianchi, reviewed by Jen Gunnels: 1

Stalking the Inner Unknown: The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Volume 1, reviewed by Stephen Delaney: 7

Songs of the Dying Earth, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, reviewed by Robert Bee: 16

PLUS

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, Jen Gunnels, M’jit Raindancer-Stahl, Eugene Reynolds, and Anne Zanoni.

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

Special thanks to Arthur D. Hlavaty and Eugene Surowitz.