[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 #56, April 1993


Table of Contents

David J. Skal, "The Graveyard Bash: Horror in the Sixties". page 1

Earl Wells, "Robert A. Heinlein: EPIC Crusader?". . page 1

Tor Books full-page ad for A Fire Upon the Deep. . .page 2

Mark W. Tiedemann Read This. . . . .page 5

John J. Kessel, "SF Story". . . . . page 6

Jean Mark Gawron Read This. . . . . page 9

NYRSF Readings at Dixon Place quarter-page ad. . . .page 10

Alexander Jablokov on Patricia Anthony's Cold Allies. . page 13

Gordon Van Gelder on Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams. . . page 14

Robert Killheffer on Simon Ings's Hot Head. . . page 15

Robert Silverberg Read This. . . . .page 15

Don Webb on Harvey Jacobs's Beautiful Soup. . . page 16

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 17

Robert Devereaux on Bradley Denton's Blackburn. . . page 17

Rebecca Ore "Aliens and the Artificial Other". . . .page 18

Leonard Rysdyk on Robert Reed's The Remarkables. . .page 20

"Six Writers in Search of a Genre"

Thomas M. Disch response to "Brother from Another Planet". .page 22

Gene Wolfe response to "Brother from Another Planet". . page 22

Judith Moffett response to "Brother from Another Planet". . page 22

Kit Reed response to "Brother from Another Planet". . . page 23

Gregory Benford response to "Brother from Another Planet". .page 23

Brian Attebery response to "Brother from Another Planet". . page 23

Editorial: "System Shock". . . . . .page 24