[The New York Review of Science Fiction
The New York Review of Science Fiction
Published monthly by Dragon Press, P. O. Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570. $4.00 per copy. Complete and up-to-date index of back issues available in Excel format: e-mail dgh@panix.com to request one.

Issue #17, January 1990


Table of Contents

Frederik Pohl "The Law of the Raft". . . . .page 1

Adrian Cole "The Vulgariad: An Epic in the Making". . . page 1

The World Beyond the Hill full-page ad. . . . . page 2

John Ordover "To Be A Hero: New Techniques and New Questions in Watchmen". . . . . . . page 6

Nova Express half-page ad. . . . . .page 9

Robert Killheffer "After Winning the War: Fantasy & Science Fiction's Fortieth Year" (pt. 2). . . . . .page 10

Andrew Weiner Read This. . . . . . .page 11

Richard A. Lupoff on Ellen Datlow's Blood is Not Enough . . .page 13

Michael R. Collings "New Words for New Worlds: Notes Toward an Anti-Definition of Science Fiction Poetry". . .page 14

Figment half-page ad. . . . . . page 15

Greg Cox on Jack Butler's Nightshade. . . . page 16

Brian Stableford on James Morrow's Only Begotten Daughter. . . . . . . .page 17

Christopher Hinz Read This. . . . . page 17

Gordon Van Gelder on Lisa Goldstein's Tourists. . . page 18

David G. Hartwell Read This. . . . .page 19

Fernando Q. Gouvea on Gene Wolfe's Endangered Species . . . .page 20

Fernando Q. Gouvea L.O.C. . . . . . page 21

Charles Platt L.O.C. . . . . . .page 21

Ralph Dumain L.O.C. . . . . . . page 21

Tor full-page ad The Eye of the World . . . . . .page 23

Editorial: "1989 Recalled". . . . . page 24