[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 #50, October 1992


Table of Contents

Brian W. Aldiss, "War of the Worlds: An Introduction" (pt. 1). . . . . . page 1

Bruce Holland Rogers on Larry McCaffery's Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Fiction.page 1

World Fantasy Convention '92 Full-page ad. . . .page 2

Larry Niven Read This. . . . . . . .page 4

Shira Daemon on "Weird Romance". . . . .page 5

Kathleen Ann Goonan on Iain M. Banks's Use of Weapons. . . .page 6

Tony Daniel on Susan Palwick's Flying in Place. . . page 10

Brian Stableford on David G. Hartwell's Foundations of Fear.page 11

Gordon Van Gelder, "The Shining Sun of Magic". . . .page 12

NYRSF Readings at Dixon Place quarter-page ad. . . .page 13

John Clute on Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars. . . . page 14

F. Brett Cox, "We Mean It, Man: Nancy Kress' 'Out of All Them Bright Stars' and James Patrick Kelly's 'Rat'". . .page 15

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 16

Open Replies
Responses to Susan Palwick's "Believing (In) Fiction"

David Bratman L.O.C. on Believing Fiction. . . .page 18

Catherine Mintz L.O.C. on Believing Fiction. . .page 18

John J. Ordover L.O.C. on Believing Fiction. . .page 18

Yves Meynard L.O.C. on Believing Fiction. . . . page 19

Brian Stableford L.O.C. on Believing Fiction. . page 19

Richard A. Lupoff "Wright, Van Dine, Vance". . .page 20

Editorial: "History, or the Band Before Wings". . . page 24