[The New York Review of Science Fiction
The New York Review of Science Fiction
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Issue #21, May 1990


Table of Contents

Frederik Pohl, "Rio Plus Twenty". . . . page 1

Dave Langford, "Muddying the Waters". . . . page 1

Tor Ad 1-page Wolf and Iron. . . . .page 2

Excerpt from William Robert Loosley's An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World, 1871. . . . page 4

John G. Cramer on Poul Anderson's The Boat of A Million Years. . . . . . . page 4

Richard A. Lupoff on Zelazny's Frost and Fire. . . .page 5

George Turner Read This. . . . . . .page 6

The New Yolk Review of Scientifiction


Tony Daniel, "Dat Wascally Wabbit: The Influence of Song of the South on Lucius Shepard". . . . . .page 7

Gordon Van Gelder, "All My Brain and Body Need: John W. Campbell and the invention of Modern Roack and Roll from The House Behind the Hits". . . . . . . .page 7

James Morrow, "Doom and Digression: An Eventual Review of Kathryn Cramer's Review of James Morrow's This Is the Way the World Ends". . . . . . . page 9

Greg Cox on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud-Pits of Lost Atlantis . . . . . . . .page 10

Kathryn Cramer on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud-Pits of Lost Atlantis. . . . . . . .page 10

John J. "Mad Populist" Ordover on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud- Pits of Lost Atlantis . . . . . page 10

John hors d'Oeuvre Eat This. . . . .page 10

Gordon Van Gelder on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud-Pits of Lost Atlantis. . . . . . . .page 11

Robert Killheffer on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud-Pits of Lost Atlantis . . . . . . page 11

Donald G. Keller on Bryan G. Stephenson's The Mud-Pits of Lost Atlantis. . . . . . . .page 11

Greg Cox Bite This. . . . . . . page 12

I. E. Leibowitz Buy This. . . . . . page 12

Robert Killheffer "Hogwash: The Pig in Fantasy Literature". page 13

The New York Review of Science Fiction Read This. . page 14

L. W. Curly "Bibliographies" of Bryan G[regory] Stephenson and Geoffrey Hartwell. . . . . . . page 15

"Editorial" Obituary. . . . . . page 16


Paul Williams, "'Whole Lot of Shakin' Going on' (Jerry Lee Lewis)". . . . . . page 18

Donald G. Keller on Martin Rowson's The Waste Land. . . page 19

Kurt Baty 1/4th page ad (SF Data Base). . . . . page 19

Robert Killheffer on Peter Ayckroyd First Light . . .page 20

L. W. Currey Ad. . . . . . .page 20

Readercon (Bryan Cholfin) 1/4th page ad. . . . .page 21

Paul Williams "'Sally Go Round the Roses' by The Jaynetts". page 22

Charles Platt L.O.C. . . . . . .page 23

Cory Panshin L.O.C. . . . . . . page 23

John J. Ordover L.O.C. . . . . . . .page 23

Darrell Schweitzer L.O.C. . . . . . page 23

Editorial: "It Lives!". . . . . . . page 24

Lenny Bailes. . . . . . . .xerox insert