[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 #40, December 1991


Table of Contents

Nicholas Ruddick, "Is There Any British Science Fiction? A Serious Inquiry". . . . . . . .page 1

Frederik Pohl, "Is SFWA Real?". . . . . page 1

The Leading Edge full-page ad. . . . . .page 2

David G. Hartwell, "The 1970s in SF: I. Good Books Most SF Readers Have Forgotten". . . . . . page 4

John Clute on Karen Joy Fowler's Sarah Canary. . . .page 7

Sercon half-page ad. . . . . . .page 9

Jonathan Carroll Read This. . . . . page 10

Shira Daemon on Douglas Bell's Mojo and the Pickle Jar. . . page 11

Richard A. Lupoff on Thomas M. Disch's The M.D.: A Horror Story and Dark Verses & Light. . . . . . page 12

David G. Hartwell, "The 1970s in SF: II. The Major Short Story Collections of the 1970s". . . . . page 13

Robert Devereaux on Richard Laymon's The Stake. . . page 14

Science Fiction Studies half-page ad. . . . page 15

David Alexander Smith on John Brunner's A Maze of Stars. . .page 16

David G. Hartwell, "The 1970s in SF: III. The Major Anthologies of the 1970s". . . . . . .page 17

Rachel Pollack on Eduardo Galeano's The Book of Embraces. . page 18

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 18

Thomas Ligotti Read This. . . . . . page 19

Candas Jane Dorsey on Kim Stanley Robinson's A Short, Sharp Shock. . . . . . . page 20

David G. Hartwell, "The 1970s in SF: IV. The Novels of the 1970s". . . . . . .page 20

Quantum half-page ad. . . . . . page 21

Benoit Girard L.O.C. on NYRSF. . . . . .page 22

Brian Stableford L.O.C. on A. Panshin. . . . . .page 22

George Turner L.O.C. on dialects. . . . page 23

Taras Wolansky L.O.C. on Roger MacBride Allen. . . .page 23

Dixon Place Readings ad. . . . . . .page 23

Editorial: "Baby is Forty". . . . . page 24