[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 #2, October 1988


Table of Contents

Debbie Notkin "Forbidden Sex and Uncontrollable Obsesssion: Sex in the Writings of Norman Spinrad". . . . page 1

Ursula K. Le Guin, "Introduction to the Women's Press edition of The Language of the Night". . . . .page 1

Warner Books full-page ad. . . . . .page 2

John M. Ford on Terry Bisson's Fire on the Mountain. . .page 4

John Cramer on Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steve Barnes's The Legacy of Heorot. . . . . .page 5

Susan Palwick "I Was a Teenaged Crud Fan: Confessions of an Uptown Girl" (pt. 2: The Night of the Dancing Tribbles). . . .page 6

Avon Books full-page ad. . . . . . .page 7

Gene Wolfe Read This. . . . . . page 8

Kathryn Cramer "Sincerity and Doom: An Eventual Review of James Morrow's This is the Way the World Ends" (pt. 1). . . .page 12

Susan Palwick "Dangerous Visions: An Improper Review of James Tiptree, Jr.'s Crown of Stars". . . . .page 14

James Gunn Read This. . . . . . page 15

Greg Cox on Brian Lumley's Necroscope. . . . . .page 15

Alan C. Elms on Russell Miller's Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard. . . . page 16

William Morrow full-page ad. . . . .page 17

Lisa Goldstein Read This. . . . . . page 18

David G. Hartwell on L. Ron Hubbard's Final Blackout. . page 19

Readercon 2 half-page ad. . . . . . page 20

Dragon Press quarter-page ad. . . . page 20

Daniel M. Pinkwater "A Column". . . . . page 21

Gene Wolfe L.O.C. . . . . . page 22

Sam Moskowitz L.O.C. . . . . . .page 22

John Foyster L.O.C. . . . . . . page 22

Michael Dirda L.O.C. . . . . . .page 22

Tor Books full-page ad. . . . . . . page 23

Editorial: "On My Time". . . . . . .page 24