University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 10-1-1989 SFRA ewN sletter 171 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 171 " (1989). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 116. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/116 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 October 1989, No. 171 In This Issue: President's Message (Hull). 3 N.B. (Barron). .4 Shape of Films to Come (Krulik) . .6 Call for Papers (Harfst). 11 Directory Update (Mead) . 12 1989 Hugo Awards (Hull) . .13 Corrections (Harfst). .13 Editorial (Harfst). .13 REVIEWS: Non-Fiction: Cannon, H.P. Lovecraft (Barron). .. .15 Hoppenstand & Browne, Gothic World of Stephen King (Barron) . .. 16 Sammons, A Better Country ((Lowencraft) . 17 Tintner. Pop World of Henry James (Bendixen) . .18 Veeder, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde After One Hundred Years (Bendixen).. 20 Widmer, Counterings: Utopian Dialectics (80gstad). 21 Fiction: Appel, Twice upon a Time (Soukop). .23 Attanasio, Wyvern (Bogstad) . .23 Bear, Eternity .(Hatfield). .24 Cantor, Krazy Cat: Novel in Five Panels (Mingin). .25 Fergusson, Mace of Souls (Reiiiy) . .27 Ford, Scholars of Night (Schuyler) . .27 Harrison, Return to Eden (Lewis) . .29 Jennings, Bug Life Chronicles (Letson) . .31 Kennealy, Silver Branch (Sullivan) . .32 Koontz, Lightning (Michaels). .33 McCaffrey, Dragonsdawn (Bartter) . .35 Rusch, Pulphouse: Issue One & Two (Landis) . .36 Rushd ie, Satanic Verses (Sanders). .37 Shaw, Wooden Spaceships (Pierce) . .39 Van Scyoc, Feather Stroke (Phy-Olsen).. .... .40 Wrightson, Moon Dark (Bartter) . .. .. .. .40 Zelazny, Fire & Frost (Sanders) . .41 Young Adult: Cormier, Fade (Becker) . .42 Jacobs, Born Into.Light (Soukop) . .43 Osborne. Moondream (deWit). .44 Sargent, Alien Child (LowEmtrout) . .45 Springer Hex Witch of Seldom (Sherman) . .46 Williams, House of Shards (Letson) . .47 SFRA Newsletter, No. 171, October 1989 The SFRA Newsletter Published ten times a year for The Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, Eugene, Oregon. Copyright © 1989 by the SFRA. Editorial correspondence: Betsy Hartst, Editor, SFRA Newslet­ ter, Dept. of Arts, Communications and Social Science, Kishwaukee Col­ lege, Malta, IL 60150. (Tel. 815-825-2086.) Send changes of address and/or enquiries concerning subscriptions to the Treasurer, listed below. SFRA Executive Past Presidents of SFRA Thomas D. Clareson (1970-76) Committee Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (1977-78) Joe De Bolt (1979-80) James Gunn (1981-82) President PatriCia S. Warrick (1983-84) Elizabeth Anne Hull Donald M. Hassler (1985-86) Liberal Arts Division William Rainey Harper College Past Editors of the Newsletter Palatine, IllinOis 60067 Fred Lerner (1971-74) Beverly Friend (1974-78) Vice-President Roald Tweet (1978-81) Neil Barron Elizabeth Anne Hull (1981-84) 1149 Lime Place Richard W. Miller (1984-87) Vista, California 92083 Robert A. Collins (1987-1989) Secretary Pilgrim Award Winners David G. Mead J. O. Bailey (1970) English Department Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1971) Corpus Christi State University Julius Kagarlitski (1972) Corpus Christi, Texas 78412 Jack Williamson (1973) I. F. Clarke (1974) Treasurer Damon Knight (1975) Thomas J. Remington James Gunn (1976) English Department Thomas D. Clareson (1977) University of Northern Iowa Brian W. Aldiss (1978) Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614 Darko Suvin (1979) Peter Nicholls (1980) Immediate Past President Sam Moskowitz (1981) William H. Hardesty Neil Barron (1982) English Department H. Bruce Franklin (1983) Miami University Everett Bleiler (1984) Oxford, Ohio 45056 Samuel R. Delany (1985) George Slusser (1986) Gary K. Wolfe (1987) Joanna Russ (1988) Ursula K. Le Guin (1989) 2 SFRA Newsletter, No. 171, October 1989 President's Message ODDS & ENDS FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the first issue of the Newsletter edited by Betsy Hartst! I've worked with Betsy several times in the past and I'm delighted to have this opportunity to do so again. If all goes smoothly, we should be back on schedule with our publication dates before the end of the year. As I write this, I'm preparing to meet my first classes of the semester tomorrow and Wednesday, then leave for Pasadena to see the pictures come in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories from Voyager II's close encounter with Neptune. Of course, we could stay at home and see them all on television, but somehow it seems more real to see them there. - We'll get back from JPL Sunday night and leave again on Wednesday for the Worldcon in Boston, where a lively "actrack" is scheduled as part of the programming. One of the panels I will be on (with Tom Clareson) is titled "On Being Fans and Academics." It will be interesting to see how many fan-academics are in the audience. SFRA members who have subscriptions to Science Fiction Chronicle or Locus will know who won the Hugo awards by the time you read this; Betsy will publish the balloting results in the October issue of the Newsletter for those of you who don't subscribe to either. I'm pleased to announce at this time the members of the Pilgrim Awards Committee for 1989/90: Neil Barron, Joan Gordon, Liz Cum­ mins, and Gary Wolfe. Neil and Gary are, of course, previous Pilgrim winners themselves, and Joan will provide continuity from the last Pilgrim committee. Each year the committee is free to determine the criteria and methodology for choosing the winner of the award, which is for lifetime achievement and contribution to science fiction scholarship. However, nominations from the membership at large to the committee are appropriate. The more complete the rationale provided for any nomination, naturally, the better chance that candidate stands of serious consideration. I am also working on the composition of the committee to choose the winner of the new award--the one for best single sf article of the year--and hope to be able to announce its membership next month. And I have added Edra Bogle to the committee working on ways to publish an annual volume of criticism by SFRA members. She will work with Leonard Heldreth and Tom Remington. Rob Latham has agreed to join the standing committee on Bylaws, representing graduate students. At this time, the Executive Committee has not definitely decided whether to meet in person this winter or to have a conference phone call meeting. But since we will have a new newsletter editor, we will probably try to meet in person if the budget will allow. This makes it very important that we get as many early renewals as possible. The October issue carries a renewal form, as will the next two. If you haven't already done so, please renew now, while you think of it, the sooner the better. We are going to try to get the directory out in the spring as early we can, closing at the end of March if at all possible. 3 SFRA Newsletter, No. 171, October 1989 And pass along those extra membership forms to anyone you know who should be a member! --Elizabeth Anne Hull President by Neil Barron The following list of recent and forthcoming books supplements those described in the September issue. All publication dates are 1989 unless indicated o/w; all are tentative. Books With publication verified have a (P) following their listing. Recent and Forthcoming Books Reference Collins, Robert A. & Rob Latham, eels. Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual, 1989. Meckler, December. Covell, Ian. An Index to DAW Books. Benson/Stephensen-Payne, 1989 (P). History & Criticism Graham. Kenneth W., ed. Gothic Fictions: Prohibition/Transgres­ sion. AMS Press, fall. , ed. "Vathek" and the Escape from Time: Bicentary Evalu­ ---aITons. AMS Press, fall. Hearne, Betsy. Beauty and the Beast: ViSions and Revisions of an Old Tale. University of Chicago, November. Heinlein, Robert A. Grumbles from the Grave, ed. Virginia Heinlein Ballantine, Jan. 1990. Inge, M. Thomas. Comics as Culture. Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jan. 1990. Levine, George. Darwin and the Novelists; Patterns of Science in Vic­ torian Fiction. Harvard, 1988 (P). Matthew, Robert.Japanese Science Fiction: A View of a Changing Society. Routledge, June. McCord, William. Voyages to Utopia; from Monas­ tery to Commune-the Search for the Perfect. Norton, January 1990. Wagar, W. Warren. A Short History of the Future. Univ. of Chicago, Nov. Zool, M.H. Bloomsbury. Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy. Bloomsbury (UK), Aug. 4 SFRA Newsletter, No. 171, October 1989 Author Studies Benson, Gordon, Jr. & Phil Stephensen-Payne. Booklet-length "working bibliographies" of Poul Anderson, Michael Bishop, Philip K. Dick, Anne McCaffrey, C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner (3d rev ed), Frederik Pohl, Bob Shaw (all P). {Carroll}. Lovett, Charles C. Alice on Stage. Meckler, September. {Carroll}. Lovett, Charles L. & Stephanie B. Lovett. Lewis Carroll's Alice: An Annotated Checklist of the Lovett Collection, 1965- 1988. Meckler, 1989. {Heinlein}. Thorner, J. Lincoln. A guide Through the Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. Gryphon Books, summer (P). {James}. Tintner, Adeline R. The Pop World of Henry James: From Fairy Tales to Science Fiction. UMI Research, spring. {King}. Beam, George, ed. The Stephen King Companion. An drews & McNeel, September. {King}. Underwood, Time & Chuck Miller, eds. Feast of of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King. Underwood-Miller, July; McGraw, November. {Oates}. Milazzo, Lee, ed. Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates. Univ Pressof Mississippi, Oct. {Pynchon}. Mead, Clifford. Thomas Pynchon: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials. Dalkey Archive Press, summer (P). {Serling}. Engel, Joel. Rod Serling: The Dreams and Nightmares of Life in the Twilight Zone.