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S67-00076-N185-1991-03.Pdf SFRA Newsletter, 185, March 1991 In This Issue: President's Message (Lowentrout) ............................................................. 3 22nd Annual SFRA Conference Update (Bogle) .....•..•.••.....•....•..•....•.•.....• .4 February Executive Meeting Minutes (Mead) ............................................ 5 Shape of Films to Come (Krulik) ................................................................ 8 Miscellany (Barron) •.....••.•...•.•......••.••.•.•••..•...•............................••...•....•.•.• 9 Letter to Editor (Slusser & Mallett) ........................................................... 12 Editorial (Harfst) ...................................................................................... 13 REVIEWS: Non-Fiction: Beckwith, Lovecraft's Providence & Adjacent Parts (Moore) ................... 14 Behrends, Clark Ashton Smith (Sanders) ..........•..•.........•.....•..................• 15 Card, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (5. Smith) ......•.•........... 15 Coren, Gilbert: the Man Who Was G. K. Chesterton (B. Collins) .......••... 16 Corman & Jerome, How I Made a Hundred Movies (Klossner) ...•..•........ 18 Elliot, Jack Dann: Annotated Bibliography (Reuben) ......•...•....•......•.......• 20 Elliot & Reginald, The Work of George Zebrowski The Work of Pamela Sargent (Bartter) •...•..•.................. 20 Ellison, Harlan Ellison Hornbook ........ ,Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed, Clark, ed. (Wolfe) ......... 21 Frank, Through the Pale Door: Guide to American Gothic (Morrison) .•.....•...•..•...........•.............. 23 Garber & Paleo, Uranian Worlds: Guide to Alternative Sexuality in SF, Fantasy, & Horror (Gordon) .•......•.. 25 Heinlein, Grumbles from the Grave, (P. Smith) ..............•........................ 26 Heller, Turn of the Screw: Bewildered Vision (Hitt) .......•........•............... 28 Indick, Ray Bradbury: Dramatist (Lewis) .....•.•.•••.•..•..•.....•............•......... 29 Larson, Robert Bloch Companion (Sanders) ...•.•.......•.........•.................... 29 Lovett, Alice on Stage: Early Theatrical Productions (R. Collins) ...•......... 30 McCaffrey, Across Wounded Galaxies: Interviews, Am. SF Writers (Barron) •.......•............................... 32 Murray, H.G. Wells (Hall) .............•..•....•.....•....•...................................... 33 Poll in, Images of Poe: Catalogue of /IIustrations (Albert) •...•.................... 34 Price, Horror of it All: Encrusted Gems from Cthulu (Neilson) ................ 36 Price, H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulu Mythos (Dziemianowicz) .................... 36 Ruddick, Christopher Priest (de Wit) ...................................................... 37 ............ ,Christopher Priest (Stableford) ................................................... 39 Stephens, Checklist of Wolfe, et al.; Stephensen-Payne & Benson, Philip jose Farmer; Stephensen-Payne, Piers Anthony (Barron) ............................................ .40 Turner, Cinema of Adventure, Romance & Terror (Klossner) ................. .41 Fiction: Bisson, Voyage to the Red Planet (Levy) ................................................ .42 Bloch, The jekyll Legacy (Arbur) ............................................................ .44 Bouchard, Les Gelules Utopiques. (Lehman) .......................................... 44 Coulson, Star Sister (Stevens) ................................................................. .45 Crichton, jurasic Park (Hellekson) .......................................................... .46 Drake, Surface Action(Hassler) ............................................................... 48 Haiblum, Out of Sync (Carper) .............................................................. .49 Harper, R. Petrogypsies (Stevens) ........................................................... .49 Harper, T. Wolfwalker (Stevens) ............................................................. 50 Hawke, The Cleopatra Crisis (Mead) ....................................................... 50 Kandel, In Between Dragons (Carper) .................................................... 51 Kegan, The Baby (Rosenbaum) ............................................................... 52 Key, Angel of Darkness (B. Collins) ......................................................... 53 Kilian, Gryphon (Wytenbroek) ................................................................ 53 Longyear, Infinity Hold (Stevens) ............................................................ 55 Monteleone, Borderlands (Umland) ........................................................ 56 O'Keefe, Black Snow Days (Stevens) ...................................................... 56 Sammons, Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror (Umland) ............................... 56 Shatner, Tekwar (Larrier) ......................................................................... 58 Stasheff, The Warlock Rock (Reilly) ........................................................ 59 Tardivel, Pour La Patrie (Lehman) .......................................................... 59 Tepper, Raising the Stones (Arbur) .......................................................... 60 ............ , Raising the Stones (Levy) .......................................................... 61 West, 20/20 Vision (Williams) ................................................................ 63 Juvenile: Barrett, Dawn's Uncertain Light (Stevens) ............................................... 64 Gunnarsson, Make Way for Dragons (Hitt) ............................................. 64 Wrede, Dealing with Dragons (Arbur) .................................................... 65 The SFRA Newsletter published ten times a year for the Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, Eugene, Oregon. Copyright @ 1991 by the SFRA. Editorial correspondence: Betsy Harfst, Editor, SFRA Newslet­ ter, 2357 E. Calypso, Mesa, AZ 85204. Send changes of address and/or inquiries concerning subscriptions to the Treasurer, listed below. SFRA EXECUTIVE Past Presidents of SFRA COMMITIEE Thomas D. Clareson (1970-76) President Arthur O. Lewis, jr. (1977-78) Peter Lowentrout joe De Bolt (1979-80) Dept. of Religious Studies james Gunn (1981-82) California State University Patricia S. Warrick (1983-84) Long Beach, CA 90840 Donald M. Hassler (1985-86) William H. Hardesty (1987-89) Vice-President Muriel Becker Past Editors of the Newsletter 60 Crane St. Fred Lerner (1971-74) Caldwell, Nj 07006 Beverly Friend (1974-78) Roald Tweet (1978-81) Secretary Elizabeth Anne Hull (1981-84) David G. Mead Richard W. Miller (1984-87) English Department Robert A. Collins (1987-89) Corpus Christi State University Corpus Christi, Texas 78412 Pilgrim Award Winners Treasurer j. O. Bailey (1970) Edra Bogle Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1971) Department of Engl ish julius Kagarlitski (1972) University of North Texas Jack Williamson (1973) Denton, TX 76203-3827 I. F. Clarke (1974) Damon Knight (1975) Immediate Past President james Gunn (1976) Elizabeth Anne Hull Thomas D. Clareson (1977) Liberal Arts Division Brian W. Aldiss (1978) William Rainey Harper College Darko Suvin (1979) Palatine, Illinois 60067 Peter Nicholls (1980) Sam Moskowitz (1981) Pioneer Award Neil Barron (1982) Veronica Hollinger (1990) H. Bruce Franklin (1983) Everett Bleiler (1984) Samuel R. Delany (1985) George Slusser (1986) Gary K. Wolfe (1987) joanna Russ (1988) Ursula K. Le Guin (1989) Marshall Tymn (1990) SFRA Newsletter, 785, March 7997 3 President's Message The Booktime Continuum Ah, so many books, so little time. No need to puzzle over the combined momentum and location of electrons: the relationship that obtains between books and time is the final and conclusive demonstration of the Principle of Complementarity. Christine spent last year on the Nebula Awards Com­ mittee, and has remained on that Committee this year. Our bookshelves are mightily bowed under the weight of all the marvelous SF recently added to them. Christine reads it all, of course, and I hope to read most of it even­ tually. For now, though, I can read only that which she presses upon me as exceptionally good. Here's one you might have missed: Fire on the Border by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. (ROC, ISBN 0-451-45030-2) You'll like it if you enjoy thoughtful, well-crafted space opera. The Executive Committee has met. Treasurer Edra Bogle reports that the SFRA is in very good fiscal health, but notes that some have not yet renewed their memberships for 1991. Don't forget to re-up: the renewal deadl ine for inclusion in the Directory has been moved up this year. Don't make it dif­ ficult for all the rest of us to find you. The EC invites donations to purchase memberships for scholars who are prevented by hyperinflation, non-convertible currencies and other economic hardships from joining the SFRA. Edra has now created an "adopt-a­ scholar" fund, and as it fills, the names of worthy scholars unable to purchase SFRA membership should be submitted to the EC. And donatel Every five or ten dollar donation goes toward the building of a non-mundane world. Imagine what such a world would be likel Newsletter Editor Betsy Harfst, concerned to get your Newsletters to you more quickly than bulk rate allows, will research public and private postal rates and report to the membership at the June business meeting. The EC, informed by Betsy that international airmail is only a little more than inter­ national surface mail, has voted to drop the international airmail dues sur­ charge. Henceforth, all you overseas SFRA members will be getting the Newsletter by
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