[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 #72, August 1994


Table of Contents

Richard Gess, "Notes on Hypertext: One Artist's State, 1992- 1994". . . . . . . page 1

Charles Platt, "Why Hypertext Doesn't Really Work". . . page 1

NESFA Press full-page ad. . . . . . page 2

David Zindell Read This. . . . . . .page 4

Don Webb, "The Future Book". . . . .page 5

Ray Davis on Wendy Walker's The Secret Service. . . page 6

Brian Stableford, "The Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the Concept of `Hardness' in Science Fiction (pt. 2)". . . . . . . .page 10

Ellen Datlow Read This. . . . . . . page 12

Joseph Milicia on Lisa Goldstein's Summer King, Winter Fool.page 16

Fred Chappell on Jack Cady's Inagehi and The Sons of Noah and Other Stories. . . . . . page 17

Brian Aldiss Read This ("Why Read This?"). . . .page 18

James Patrick Kelly "Brief Encounters: The Magazine Review: Asimov's SF, November 1994. . . . .page 19

Brian W. Aldiss L.O.C. on Anger and Death. . . .page 21

Jim Trombetta L.O.C. on Philip K. Dick. . . . . page 21

Scott Baker L.O.C. on Stuart Moulthrop. . . . . page 21

Catherine Mintz L.O.C. on electronic fiction. . page 21

Mark W. Tiedemann L.O.C. on "The Cold Equations". . page 22

Marc Laidlaw L.O.C. on Rob Latham review. . . . page 22

L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 22

Editorial: "Of Cabbages and Kings". . . . . page 24