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The SFRA Review Published ten times a year for the Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, Eugene, Oregon. Copyright © 1992 by the SFRA. Editorial correspondence: Betsy Harfst, Editor, SFRA Review, 2326 E. Lakecrest Dr., Gilbert AZ 85234. Send changes of address and/or inquiries concerning subscriptions to the Treasurer, 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 Neil Barron, 1149 Lime Place, Vista, CA 92083. Juvenile-Young Adult books for review to Muriel Becker, 60 Crane Street, Caldwell, NJ 07006. SFRA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Peter Lowentrout, Dept. of Religious Studies California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840 Vice-President Muriel Becker, English Department 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 #197, May 1992 In This Issue: President's Message (Lowentrout) ............................................................. 4 Conference Update (Lehman) ................................................................... 5 News & Information (Barron, et aU ......................................................... 6 Letters to the Editor ................................................................................... 9 Editorial (Harfst) ...................................................................................... 11 Non-Fiction: Allen, Understanding Kurt Vonnegut (Wolfe) .......................................... 12 Cheyfitz, Poetics of Imperialism: The Tempest to Tarzan (Wolfe) ........... 13 Coates, Gorgon's Gaze: ..... German Cinema, Expressionism, & Image of Horror (Latham) .......... 14 Cumbow, Order in the Universe: Films of John Carpenter (Dziemianowicz) ............................................... 16 Dewey, Adventure Games for Microcomputers: ..... An Annotated Directory (Meyers) ....................................................... 17 Dick, Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick, 1974 (Latham) .......................... 18 Fischer, Horror Film Directors, 1931-1990 (Klossner) ............................. 21 Franz, Individuation in Fairy Tales (Sullivan) .......................................... 22 Stein & Corbett, eds., Psyche's Stories: .....Jungian Interpretations of Fairy Tales (Sullivan) ................................. 22 Friedman, Mary Stewart (Williams) ......................................................... 24 Latham & Latham, An Annotated Critical Bibliography of William Morris. (Mathews) ......... 26 McWhorter, Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection: ..... A Catalog (Albert) .............................................................................. 27 Miller, Salem is My Dwelling Place: Life of Hawthorne (Heller) ............. 29 Page, Bloodlust: Conversations with Real Vampires (Hollinger) ............. 31 Ray, New Poverty Row: .... .lndependent Filmmakers as Distributors (Moore) ............................... 32 Robinson, Engendering the Subject: ..... Gender and Self-Representation in Women's Fiction (Latham) .......... 33 Rogow, Futurespeak: A Fan's Guide to the Language of SF (Meyers) ........... 34 Silverman, Edgar A. Poe: ..... Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance (Heller) .......................... 36 Smith, Epic Films: ..... Casts, Credits/Commentary on Spectacle Movies (Klossner) .............. 38 Watson & Schellinger, eds., Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers (Barron) ............................... 39 Fiction: Brosnan, War of the Sky Lords (Morgan, P) ......................................................... 42 Brown, Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories, The (Stableford) ........................... .42 Capobianco, Burster (Kaveny) ............................................................................. 44 Carroll, Black Cocktail (Stableford) .................................................................... .45 Cole, Warlord of Heaven: Star Requiem 3 (Morgan, P) ...................................... .46 __, Labyrinth of Worlds: Star Requiem 4 (Morgan, P) ...................................... 46 Denning, Parched Sea, The (Wells) ..................................................................... 48 Dickerson, Finnsburgh Encounter, The (Gardiner-Scott) ..................................... 49 Dozois, Slow Dancing through Time (Brizzi) ..................................................... .49 Farris, Fiends (de Lint) ......................................................................................... 51 Fowler, Rune (de Lint) ......................................................................................... 51 Franklin, Light in Exile, The (Bogstad) ................................................................. 52 Garnett, ed., Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook: Three (Morgan, P) ....................... 53 Garnett, ed., Zenith 2: Best in New British Science Fiction (Morgan, P) ............. 54 Gay, Mindsail (Morgan, C) .................................................................................. 55 Gemmell, Lion of Macedon (Morgan, P) ............................................................. 55 ___, Quest For Lost Heroes (Morgan, P) ....................................................... 56 Goldstein, Daily Voices (Levy) ............................................................................ 57 Greenland, Take Back Plenty (Stableford) ........................................................... 58 Hambly, Rainbow Abyss, The (Mallett) .............................................................. 59 Harness, Lurid Dreams (Stevens) ......................................................................... 61 Hill, Colloghi Conspiracy, The (Morgan, C) ........................................................ 61 Jones & Sutton, eds., Fantasy Tales S (Morgan, C) ............................................... 62 Jordan, ed., Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies (Smith) ............. 63 Marks, Moonbane Mage, The (Bogstad) .............................................................. 63 Meluch, Chicago Red (Bogstad) .......................................................................... 65 Morwood, Prince Ivan (Morgan, P) ...................................................................... 66 Newman, Bad Dreams (Stableford) ..................................................................... 67 Nolan & Greenberg, eds., Urban Horrors (de Lint) ............................................. 67 Pournelle, ed., There Will Be War, Volume IX (Werbaneth) ............................... 69 Priest, Quiet Woman, The (Morgan, C) ............................................................... 69 Rankin, Armageddon: The Musical (Morgan, C) ................................................. 70 Reiling, Silent Moon (de Lint) .............................................................................. 71 Rozzi, Waltz With Evil (Mallett) .......................................................................... 71 Sawyer, Golden Fleece (de Lint) .......................................................................... 72 Shaw, Orbitsville Judgement (Morgan, P) ............................................................ 73 Smith, Contact and Commune (Collins, W) ......................................................... 73 Stableford, ed., Dedalus Book of Decadence (Moral Ruins), ..... The (Morgan, C) ............................................................................................. 74 Strieber, Billy (Dudley) ........................................................................................ 75 Sturgis, ed., Women Who Walk Through Fire, The (Sherman) ............................ 77 Sutton & Jones, eds., Dark Voices 2 (Morgan, C) ................................................ 78 Tarr, The Dagger and The Cross (Wytenbroek) ................................................... 80 Wagner, ed., Intensive Scare (Stamm) ................................................................ 81 Watson, Flies of Memory, The (Morgan, C) ......................................................... 82 Wilhelm, State of Grace (Sanders) ....................................................................... 82 4 SFRA Review, 197, May 1992 President's Message Waiting for the Millennium - Not! I read with great interest Gary Westfahl's essay