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Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989

Robert A. Collins & Robert Latham

First published 1990
Publisher Meckler
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages ix+624
Price $65.00
ISBN 0887363695

  • No statement of edition or printing.
  • No stated date of publication, only the copyright year. OCLC dates it as 1990, {{Reginald3}} as 1989, and Locus1 dates it as December 1989, but received in March 1990. Because the introduction in dated "November 1989", it would appear that 1990 would be the more likely year of publication.
  • Issued without dustjacket in green cloth covered boards with gold titles, approximately 24 cm. in height.
  • Title page credits: "Edited by Robert A. Collins and Robert Latham" (over) "Associate Editor Catherine Fisher" (over) "Contributing Editors:", "Michael Levy, Science Fiction", "Charles de Lint, Fantasy", "Michael Morrison, Horror" and "Neil Barron, Research & Scholarship".
  • Pages 160 - 573 contain approximately 500 review which will be entered eventually.
  • Pages 574 - 622 is a Title Index, and pages 623 - 624 is an Index to Contributors.

Year Reviewer Publication
1990 Russell Letson Locus, #353 June 1990

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Controversy and Confusion: The Year in Science Fiction, 1988 Michael M. Levy Essay
21 Green SF and Ecofeminism Michael M. Levy Essay
22 Adulthood Rites Michael M. Levy & Octavia E. Butler Review
22 An Alien Light Michael M. Levy & Nancy Kress Review
23 The Gate to Women's Country Michael M. Levy & Sheri S. Tepper Review
23 Venus of Shadows Michael M. Levy & Pamela Sargent Review
26 An Interview with Bruce Sterling Bruce Sterling & Takayuki Tatsumi Interview
46 Series Dominate the Field: The Year in Fantasy: 1988 Charles de Lint Essay
57 Women Dominate Debuts: The Year's New Fantasy Writers William Senior Essay
63 Jane Yolen: "The Flame Never Repeats Itself" Sherwood Smith Essay
69 Quantity is Up, But Quality?: The Year in Horror, 1988 Stefan Dziemianowicz & Michael A. Morrison Essay
95 Up from the Pulps: The Evolution of the Horror Short Story Michael A. Morrison Essay
96 Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors Michael A. Morrison & Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg Review
97 The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Michael A. Morrison & Edward L. Ferman & Anne Jordan Review
99 The Best of Shadows Michael A. Morrison & Charles L. Grant Review
100 Prime Evil Michael A. Morrison & Douglas E. Winter Review
102 Silver Scream Michael A. Morrison & David J. Schow Review
104 Dennis Etchison and the American Nightmare Michael A. Morrison Essay
110 An Examination Round the Factification: A Critical Survey of Fantastic Literature and Film Scholarship in 1988 Neil Barron Essay
139 Gunn Misfires: Nicholls Still the Standard Rob Latham Essay
139 The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Rob Latham & James Gunn Review
153 The Way to Ground Zero Robert A. Collins & Martha Bartter Review
153 War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination Robert A. Collins & H. Bruce Franklin Review
153 We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us Robert A. Collins Essay
157 Award Winners in 1988 uncredited Essay
vii Introduction (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989) Robert A. Collins & Robert Latham Essay