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SFRA Newsletter, 186, April 1991 University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 4-1-1991 SFRA ewN sletter 186 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 186 " (1991). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 130. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/130 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]. SFRA Newsletter, 186, April 1991 In This Issue: President's Message (Lowentrout) ............................................................. 3 22nd Annual SFRA Conference Update (Bogle) ....................................... .4 Recent & Forthcoming Books (Barron) ...................................................... 5 Miscellany (Barron, et al.) ......................................................................... 7 Two SFRA Members Die (Hull) ............................................................... 10 Letters to the Editor ................................................................................. 10 REVIEWS Non-Fiction: Andrew, The Mask of the Prophet (Hall) ................................................. 14 Baldick, In Frankenstein's Shadow (Williams) ......................................... 15 Blackwelder, A Tolkien Thesaurus (Sam Gamgee) .................................. 16 Blanche & Miller, Ratspike (Liberty) ........................................................ 17 Boos & Silver, Socialism & the Literary Artistry of William Morris (Ruddick) ........................................................................ 18 Cannaday, Bigger Than Life; Creator of Doc Savage (Lewis) ................... 19 Friedman & De Nevi, A Youth in Babylon (Klossner) .............................. 20 Johnson, Worlds of the Federation (Taormina) ........................................ 21 Knicklebine, Welcome to Twin Peaks (Klossner) .................................... 22 Lovett & Lovett, Lewis Carroll's Alice (Barron) ........................................ 22 Matthews, Arthur and the Sovereignty of Britain (Thompson) ................. 23 McCord, Voyages to Utopia (Williams) ................................................... 24 Parrinder & Rolfe, H.G. Wells under Revision (Taormina) ...................... 25 Roberts, Gothic Immortals (Heller) ......................................................... 26 Rogers, The Prisoner and Danger Man (Klossner) ................................... 28 Scott, The Dark Shadows Companion (Klossner) .................................... 29 Scott, Comics Librarianship (Strain) ........................................................ 29 West, Before Oz: Juvenile Fantasy Stories (Albert) .................................. 30 Winter, Faces of Fear (Neilson) ............................................................... 31 Wood, Plan 9 from Outer Space (Klossner) ............................................. 32 Fiction: Alderman, The Archivist (c. Morgan) ...................................................... 32 Aronica, et al. Full Spectrum 2 (Larrier) .................................................. 33 Bradfield, The Secret Life of Houses (P. Morgan) .................................... 34 Cole, Mother of Storms; Thief of Dreams (P. Morgan) ............................. 35 Collins, Tempter (Collings) ...................................................................... 36 Constantine, Fulfillments of Fate & Desire (P. Morgan) ........................... 37 Cooper, Infanta; Nocturne (P. Morgan) ................................................... 38 Davies, Dollarville (Dudley) ................................................................... 38 Effinger, The Old Funny Stuff(Levy). ....................................................... 39 Emerson, Night Threads (Herrin) ............................................................ .40 Farrington, Acts of the Apostates (Stableford) ........•................................ .41 Feeley, Oxygen Barons (Hassler) ............................................................ .41 Forward, Rocheworld (Mallet) ................................................................ 42 Foster, Cyber Way (Reynolds) ................................................................ .43 Gallagher, Downriver (c. Morgan) ........................................................ .44 Garnett, Zenith: Best in New British SF (Stableford) ................................ 44 Gemmell, Knights of Dark Reknown; Last Guardian (P. Morgan) .......... .45 Laumer, Reward for Retief(Marx) .......................................................... .46 Lee, Forests of the Night (c. Morgan) ..................................................... .47 Littell, Bad Voltage (Marx) ...................................................................... 47 Love, Total Devotion Machine (c. Morgan) ........................................... .48 McAuley, Secret Harmonies (P. Morgan) ............................................... .49 Morgan, Dark Fantasies (Daws) .............................................................. 50 Newman, Night Mayor (Stableford) ........................................................ 51 Niven, N-Space (Hellekson) .................................................................... 56 Ore, Being Alien (Bartter) ........................................................................ 57 Pollack & Matthews, Tarot Tales (c. Morgan) ......................................... 58 Pratchett, Sisters; Pyramids; Guards (P. Morgan) ..................................... 58 Reed, Black Milk (Levy) .......................................................................... 60 Resnick, Second Contact (Arbur) ............................................................ 61 Robinson, Escape from Kathmandu (Bartter) ........................................... 61 Ryman, Child Garden (P. Morgan) .......................................................... 64 __, Child Garden (Stableford) ............................................................ 64 Saxton, jane Saint & the Backlash (P. Morgan) ........................................ 65 Scott, Death's Law (P. Morgan) ............................................................... 65 Sheffield, Summertide (Stevens) .............................................................. 66 Stamey, Double Blind (Bogstad) .............................................................. 66 Timson, A Far Magic Shore (P. Morgan) .................................................. 67 Turtledove, World of Difference (Reynolds) ............................................ 68 Watson, Salvage Rites & Other Stories (c. Morgan) ................................ 69 VVeis, Lost King (Taormina) ..................................................................... 69 Wilson, Coachman Rat (P. Morgan) ........................................................ 70 Wingrove, Chung Kuo, Book One (P. Morgan) ...................................... .71 Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (Albinski) .................................................. 71 Wylie, Unbalanced Earth, Books One, Two (P. Morgan) .. : .................... .73 Juvenile: Bowkett, Dualists (P. Morgan) ................................................................. 74 jacques, Mossflower (P. Morgan) ........................................................... .7 4 jones, Hidden Turnings (c. Morgan) ....................................................... 75 jones, Hidden Turnings (Bogstad) .......................................................... .76 Norton, Dare to Go A-Hunting (Martin) .................................................. 76 Will iams, The Lies That Bind (c. Morgan) ............................................... 77 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 COMMITTEE Thomas D. Clareson (1970-76) President Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (1977-78) Peter Lowentrout Joe De Bolt (1979-80) Dept. of Religious StlJdies 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 0971-74) 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 English 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 (197CJ) Elizabeth Anne Hull Thomas D. Clareson (1977) Liberal Arts Division Brian
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