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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