[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 #9, May 1989


Table of Contents

Brian Stableford "To Bring in Fine Things: The Significance of Science Fiction Plots". . . . .page 1

Kathryn Cramer "Escher in Elfland: Logic, Fantasy & Criticism" (pt. 1). . . . . . page 1

Science-Fiction Studies full-page ad. . . . page 2

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

NYRSF full-page ad. . . . . . . page 5

Tom Whitmore: "Weighing the Winners: The Statistics of Ben Bova's The Best of the Nebulas". . . . . .page 6

Robert Legault on Ronald Anthony Cross's Prisoners of Paradise. . . . . . . .page 7

Terry Bisson Read This. . . . . . . page 9

NYRSF 3/4-page ad. . . . . . . .page 10

Two Views of "Kirinyaga"

Lois Tilton "Strangling the Baby: Cultural Relativism in Mike Resnick's 'Kirinyaga'". . . . .page 11

Gordon Van Gelder "'Let's Go Look at the Natives: Conflicts of Culture in Mike Resnick's 'Kirinyaga'". . .page 11


Jim Young on Gwyneth Jones's Kairos. . . . .page 14

NYRSF full-page ad. . . . . . . page 15

Greg Cox on Robert R. McCammon's The Wolf's Hour. . page 16

Ashley Grayson on Garfield Reeves-Stevens's Nighteyes. . . .page 16

Jeffrey Yule on Jack McDevitt's A Talent for War. . page 17

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

Brian Stableford on Sharon Baker's The Spring of the Twin Moons. . . . . . . page 18

James Hornfischer on Isaac Asimov's Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction. . . . . . page 19

Robert Killheffer on Robert Irwin's The Arabian Nightmare. . .page 21

L. W. Currey bibliography of David Brin. . . . .page 22

Tor Books full-page ad. . . . . . . page 23

Editorial: "The New York Review of Science Fiction--It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore". . . . .page 24