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Donald G. Keller, "The Manner of Fantasy". . . . .page 1James Morrow on Lewis Shiner's When the Music's Over. . page 1
Strange Plasma full-page ad. . . . .page 2
John Clute on Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith's (eds.) The SFWA Handbook. . . . . . . page 4
Michael Swanwick, "Four Short Fiction Reviews". . . page 5
Richard A. Lupoff on The Leiber Chronicles. . . page 7
NYRSF Readings ad. . . . . . . .page 8
David Repton Herter on Dan Simmons's Summer of Night. . page 10
Nexus SF half-page ad. . . . . . . .page 10
John J. Ordover on Robert Sheckley's Minotaur Maze . . . page 11
Gregory Feeley, "The Evidence of Things Not Shown: Family Romance in The Book of the New Sun" (pt. 2). . . . page 12
Michael Swanwick, "Writing in My Sleep #3: 'Ether'; 'A Bicentennial Minute'; and 'Stage Direction'". . . . page 14
L. W. Currey ad. . . . . . .page 15
Gwyneth Jones on Candas Jane Dorsey's Machine Sex . . . .page 16
Christopher Hinz "Subject: Object". . . . . page 17
Ramsey Campbell Read This. . . . . .page 13
Divers Hands "Dragon Press Awards Forum". . . . page 19
L. W. Currey Bibliographies of Octavia E[stelle] Butler and John Crowley. . . . . . page 22
Élisabeth Vonarburg L.O.C. ("More About Tehanu"). . page 21
Tatiana Keller L.O.C. ("More About Tehanu"). . .page 22
Editorial: "Report on the SPQR Awards". . . . . page 24