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University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 6-1-1992 SFRA ewN sletter 198 Science Fiction Research Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub Part of the Fiction Commons Scholar Commons Citation Science Fiction Research Association, "SFRA eN wsletter 198 " (1992). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 141. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/141 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. · The SFRA Review Published ten times a year for the Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, 360 West First, Eugene, Oregon, 97401. Copyright © 1992 by the SFRA. Editorial correspondence: Betsy Harfst, Editor, SFRA Review, 2326 E. Lakecrest Drive, Gilbert, AZ 85234. Send changes of address and/or inquiries concerning subscriptions to the Trea surer, listed below. Note to Publishers: Please send fiction books for review to: Robert Collins, Dept. of English, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431-7588. Send non-fiction books for review to Nei I Barron, 1149 Lime Place, Vista, CA 92083. Juvenile-Young Adult books for review to Muriel Becker, 60 Crane Street, Caldwell, NJ 07006. Audio-Video materials for review to Michael Klossner, 410 E. 7th St, Apt 3, Little Rock, AR 72202 SFRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Peter Lowentrout, Dept. of Religious Studies California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840 Vice-President Muriel Becker, Montclair State College Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Secretary David G. Mead, English Department Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412 Treasurer Edra Bogle Department of English University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-3827 Immediate Past President Elizabeth Anne Hull, Liberal Arts Division William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois 60067 SFRA Review #198 June 1992 In This Issue: President's Message (Lowentrout) .................................................••....................... 4 Recent & Forthcoming Books (Barron) ................................................................. 5 The Shape of Films to Come (Krulik) ..................................................................... 6 News & Information (Barron, et al) ....•.......•.•...................•.................................... 8 Letters to the Editor .•••••.••••..........•...........••..•............•........................................... 12 Editorial Matters (Harfstl ........•..•..................................•...................•................... 13 Appeal & Oscars (Klossner) ........••..........................••.......•....•....•........•..•..••........ 14 REVIEWS: Non-Fiction Easthope, Literary into Cultural Studies. (Latham) ............................................. 15 Amis, Kingsley. Memoirs. (Ruddick) .................................................................. 22 Attebery, Brian. Strategies of Fantasy. (Mathews) ...................................•.......•.. 24 Bammer, Partial Visions: Feminism and Utopianism in the 1970s. (Williams) ........... ..49 Barrett & Heins, Addenda and Errata. (Albert) .......................................•........... 17 Benton, Superhero Comics of the Silverage:The Illustrated History. (Latham) .......... 25 Broderick, Mick. Nuclear Movies: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of ............. Intemational Feature Length Films Dealing with Experimentation, Aliens, ............. Terrorism, Holocaust and Other Disaster Scenarios, 1914-1989. (Brians) .............. 27 Cox, The Addams Chronicles: ............. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know. (Klossner) .............•..•............... 28 Engen, Sir John Tenniel: Alice's White Knight. (Albert) .........•............................ 29 Filmer, ed., The Victorian Fantasists. (Lowentrout) .............................................. 30 Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-Earth. (Collings) ......•........................................... 31 Grossberg, et aI., eds., Cultural Studies. (Latham) ............................................. 15 Hawkins, Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos. (Kratz) ................................. 32 Hoffman, Hoffman's Guide to SF, ............. Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-92. (Stableford) ............................... 33 Huntington, ed., Critical Essays on H.G. Wells. (Taormina) ...........•.................. 34 Kaler, Anne K. The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine. (Hollinger) .................... 35 Kies, Presenting Young Adult Horror Fiction. (Levy) ......................................... 36 Kinnard, The Comics Come Alive: A Guide to Live Action Productions. (Hall) .............. 36 McCombs, Judith and Carole L. Palmer . ............. Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide. (Bartter) ................................... 37 Morse & Bertha, eds., More Real Than Reality: ............. Fantastic in Irish Literature and Arts. (Sullivan) .................................... 38 Penley & Ross, eds., Technoculture. (Latham) .................................................. 15 Richardson, J. Allen St. John: Illustrated Bibliography. (Albert) ......................... 39 Ross, Strange Weather: Culture, Science, ............. and Technology in the Age of Limits. (Latham) .................................... 15 Simpson, Camelot Regained: ............. The Arthurian Revival and Tennyson 1800-1849. (Williams) .................. .40 Sirius & Mu, eds., Mondo 2000. (Latham)) ........................................................ 15 Taylor, The Fantasy Art of Geoff Taylor. (Stableford) ....................................... .41 Testa, Desire and the Devil: Demonic Contracts ............. in French and European Literature. (Stableford) .................................. .42 Tolkien & Tolkien, The Tolkien Family Album. (Collings) ............................... .43 Wagenknecht, Seven Masters of Supernatural Fiction. (Sanders) ..................... .44 Whitlark, Behind the Great Wall: ............. A Post-Jungian Approach to Kafkaesque Literature. (Taormina) .......... .44 Wrightson, Berni Wrightson: A Look Back. (Stevens) ......................•..•.....•....... .45 SFRA Review, 198, june 1992 3 Fiction: Anderson & Beason, Trinity Paradox, The. (Mallett) .........................................47 Anthony, Virtual Mode. (Wells) ......................................................................... 47 Asprin, Phule's Paradise. (Lawson) ..........................................•........................ .48 Bellairs, The Face in the Frost. (Strain) .............................................................. 50 Blair, Bright Angel. (Parkin-Speer) ...............................................•..................... 51 Bradley, ed., Sword and Sorceress VII (Strain) .............................•..................... 52 Brennert, Ma Qui and Other Phantoms. (Sanders) ....................•....................... 52 Card, The Memory of Earth. (Hellekson) ........................................................... 53 Courtney, Vampire Beat. (Mallett) ..................................................................... 54 David, et aI., Star Trek: The Disinherited. (Mallett) ........................................... 55 Feist & Wurts. Mistress of the Empire. (Strain) ................................................... 56 Gallagher, The Alien Dark. (Mallett)) ........................................•....................... 57 , Vision:. Fire Dream. (Mallett) ......................................................... 57 Gordon, The Mask: The Third book of the Watchers. (Morgan, P) .................... 58 Herbert, Creed. (Morgan, P) .............................................................................. 58 Hughart, Eight Skilled Gentlemen. (Schuyler) ................................................... 59 Kilworth, Midnight's Sun: A Story of Wolves. (Morgan, P) ................................ 60 Lansdale, Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy. (Sanders) ....................... 61 Merritt, Dwellers in the Mirage. (Strain) ............................•............................... 50 Morgan, Desert Eden. (Ma I lett) .......................................................................... 61 Morlan, The Amulet. (Tryforos) ......................................................................... 62 Morris, The Chalchiuhite Dragon: A Tale of Toltee Times. (Mathews) ........................ 63 Norton, with Griffin, Storms of Victory: Witch World; the Turning. (Strain) ........... 64 Pasechnick & Youmans, eds., The Best of the Rest, 1990: ............. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Small Press. (Collins, R) ........... 65 Roberson, Sword Breaker. (Becker, G) .........................................•.................... 66 Sampson, Black Smith's Telling: Book Three ............. in the sequence Daughter of Tintagel. (Morgan, P) .............................. 67 Swithen, Princes of Sandastre: ............. The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse, Book One. (Morgan, P) ................... 68 Vinge, J., The Summer Queen. (Mead) .............................................................. 69 Vinge, V., A Fire Upon the Deep. (Hellekson) .................................................