[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 #20, April 1990


Table of Contents

Jessica A. Salmonson, "Amazon Heroic Fantasy: A Critical Overview". . . . . . . page 1

Frank Dietz, "Everyperson in Nowhereland: Characters in Contemporary American Utopias". . . . .page 1

Tor full-page ad Castleview . . . . .page 2

Bryan Cholfin on Semiotext(e) SF. . . . page 5

Gordon Van Gelder on Michael Bishop's Nebula Awards 24. . . . . . . . .page 6

Mike Resnick Read This. . . . . . . page 7

Paul Williams, "Fever" by Little Willie John. . page 9

Gwyneth Jones, "Woman with a Sword". . . . .page 10

Suzy McKee Charnas "The Problem of Inadequate Amazons". . . . . . . .page 11

Greg Cox on Peter David's Howling Mad and S. P. Somtow's Moon Dance . . . . . . . page 11

Donald G. Keller on Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer . . . .page 13

L. W. Currey ad. . . . . . .page 13

Lenny Bailes Read This. . . . . . . page 14

Charles Platt, "Quantum Fiction: A Blueprint for Avoiding Literary Obsolescence". . . . . . . page 15

Alexei Panshin, "As I was Saying". . . . . .page 16

Gordon Van Gelder, "That Only a Novel Could Tell". . . .page 17

Rob Swigart, "NITS and DRITS". . . . . .page 17

Robert Killheffer on Judith Tarr's Ars Magica . . . .page 18

Springer-Verlag Fractals 1/2 page ad. . . . page 20

Richard Terra on Stanislaw Lem's Eden . . . . . .page 21

Paul Williams, "'I've Had It' by the Bell Notes". . page 22

Minicon full-page ad. . . . . . page 23

Editorial: "Days of Miracles and Wonders". . . .page 24