[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 #63, November 1993


Table of Contents

Sarah Smith, "Electronic Fiction: The State of the Art". . .page 1

Kathryn Cramer, "On Science and Science Fiction". . page 1

Tor Books full-page ad for MOVING MARS & XMAS 4EVER. . .page 2

Earl Wells on The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell. . .page 5

Shira Daemon on Alexander Jablokov's Nimbus. . .page 6

NYRSF Readings at Dixon Place ad. . . . page 7

Jessica Amanda Salmonson on A. Susan Williams's (ed.) The Lifted Veil. . . . . . . .page 11

Damien Broderick on Roger MacBride Allen's Isaac Asimov's Caliban and Arthur C. Clarke's The Hammer of God. . . .page 12

Michael Swanwick, "Pere Ubu's Ascot". . . . page 13

Charles Platt on Arthur C. Clarke's The Hammer of God. . . .page 14

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 14

Don Webb on various Rob Hollis Miller's Ocean of Glass and Fire, Denise Dumars's Pangæa, Mark Amerika's The Kafka Chronicles, Cris Mazza's Revelation Countdown, and peter plate's darkness throws down the sun. . . . . . page 15

James Tiptree, Jr., "A Genius Darkly: A Letter to Ted White on Philip K. Dick". . . . . . page 16

Michaela Roessner Read This. . . . .page 17

Jonathan Lethem on William Gibson's Virtual Light. . . .page 18

David Langford, "Key Reading". . . . . .page 19

Leonard M. Rysdyk on George Turner's The Destiny Makers. . .page 20

Michael Swanwick, "My Career as a Poet". . . . .page 20

Michael Bishop L.O.C. on David Bunch. . . . page 21

Damien Broderick L.O.C. on Lupoff's review. . . page 21

Allen Steele L.O.C. on Damien Broderick. . . . .page 21

Earl Wells L.O.C. on Michael Cassutt. . . . page 22

Melissa Scott L.O.C. on Paul Levinson's errors. . . page 22

Taras Wolansky L.O.C. on Terry Bisson's bomb. . page 22

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

Editorial: "Ginjer Buchanan: Tradition and the Individual Talent". . . . . . page 24