[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 #53, January, 1993


Table of Contents

David J. Skal, "Drive-Ins Are a Ghoul's Best Friend: Horror in the Fifties" from The Monster Show. . . . .page 1

William M. Schuyler, Jr., "The Nature of Fantasy: King of the Dead by R. A. MacAvoy". . . . . . . page 1

Boskone XXX full-page ad. . . . . . page 2

Kevin Helfenbein on Dan Simmons's The Hollow Man. . page 5

Brian M. Stableford on Greg Egan's Quarantine. . . .page 7

Edgewood Press quarter-page ad for R. A. Lafferty's Iron Tears. . . . . . . page 9

Gordon Van Gelder Read This. . . . .page 11

Science Fiction Eye half-page ad. . . . page 12

NYRSF Readings at Dixon Place ad. . . . page 14

Shira Daemon on Jane Yolen's Briar Rose. . . . .page 16

Nicola Griffith on Kathleen Alcala's Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist. . . . . . .page 17

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

Jennifer K. Stevenson on Kipling's Science Fiction and Kipling's Fantasy. . . . . . page 19

Arthur Byron Cover on typo. . . . . page 21

Susan Palwick L.O.C. on Responses to her piece. . . page 21

Sherry Coldsmith on Laidlaw and PC. . . . . page 21

Taras Wolansky L.O.C. on something political. . page 22

Arisia '93 full-page ad. . . . . . .page 23

Editorial: "The NYRSF 1992 Recommended Reading List, Volume I: Books". . . . . . .page 24