[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 #5, January 1989


Table of Contents

Ursula K. Le Guin "Some Thoughts on Narrative". . . page 1

Gwyneth Jones on Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire. . .page 1

Avon Books full-page ad. . . . . . .page 2

Gordon Van Gelder on Stephen Wright's M31: A Family Romance. . .page 4

Kathryn Cramer "Sincerity and Doom: An Eventual Review of James Morrow's This is the Way the World Ends" (pt. 4). . . .page 5

Gregory Benford Read This. . . . . .page 6

Richard A. Lupoff on W. P. Kinsella's The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt: Baseball Stories. . . . . .page 7

Richard Kadrey Read This. . . . . . page 9

Veronica Hollinger on Jack Womack's Ambient. . .page 10

Susan Palwick on Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy's (eds.) Full Spectrum. . . . . . . .page 11

William M. Schuyler, Jr. on Gwyneth Jones's Divine Endurance. . . . . . . page 12

Greg Cox on Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night. . . .page 13

Delia Sherman on Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and Toni Morrison's Beloved. . . . . . page 14

Ellen Kushner Read This. . . . . . .page 14

Martha Bartter on Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson's Land's End and Judith Moffett's Pennterra. . . . .page 15

Michael Swanwick "Three Short Fiction Reviews". . . page 16

David Lunde Read This. . . . . . . .page 17

Robert L. Brown "The Wreck of the World". . . . page 18

David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer on Kathryn Lindskoog's The C. S. Lewis Hoax. . . . . . . .page 19

Greg Cox: "The Transylvanian Reading List: The 13 Most Important Vampire Novels". . . . . . page 20

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 20

Ultramarine Publishing half-page ad. . . . .page 21

NYRSF half-page ad. . . . . . . page 21

L. W. Currey bibliography of Gregory Benford. . page 22

Avon Books full-page ad. . . . . . .page 23

Editorial: "The Wheel of Fortune". . . . . .page 24