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Foundation [#60, Spring 1994] ed. Edward James & Gary Westfahl (The Science Fiction Foundation, £3.50, 128pp, A5, cover by Frank R. Paul) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Science Fiction Scholarship Revisited · James Gunn · ar 9 · A Few Words about Science Fiction Criticism · R. D. Mullen · ar 10 · Working on SF: “Observation with Extensive View” · Donald M. Hassler · ar 13 · Collecting: A Form of Residual Research · Sam Moskowitz · ar 21 · Necessary Constraints: Samuel R. Delany on Science Fiction · David N. Samuelson · ar [Samuel R. Delany] 42 · Sociobiology, Science Fiction and the Future · Brett Cooke · ar 51 · It’s Not “About” Science, It’s “About” Fiction, and It’s “About” About · George McKay · ar 58 · Searoad Chronicles of Klatsand as a Pathway toward New Directions in Feminist Science Fiction: Or, Who’s Afraid of Connecting Ursula Le Guin to Virginia Woolf? · Marleen S. Barr · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin] 67 · The Politically Correct Book of Science Fiction: Le Guin’s Norton Anthology · George Slusser · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin] 84 · The Undiscovered Country: The Finished and Unfinished Business of Science Fiction Research and Criticism · Gary Westfahl · ar 94 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _94 · [letter] · John Radford · lt _95 · [letter] · Angus Taylor · lt _96 · [letter] · George McKay · lt 97 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _97 · Nightside the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe · Paul Park · br _97 · Lake of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe · Paul Park · br _99 · Red Dust, by Paul J. McAuley · Colin Greenland · br _102 · Lord Kelvin’s Machine, by James Blaylock · Dave Langford · br _104 · Virtual Light, by William Gibson · Gwyneth Jones · br _108 · Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction, by Scott Bukatman · Frances Bonner · br _112 · The Search for E.T. Bell, Also Known as John Taine, by Constance Reid & Eric Temple Bell · Brian Stableford · br _116 · A Philosophical Investigation, by Philip Kerr · Kim Newman · br _118 · Full Spectrum 4, by Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell · Gary Westfahl · br _121 · The Aliens of Earth, by Nancy Kress · Simon Ings · br _123 · Beautiful Soup, by Harvey Jacobs · Andrew M. Butler · br _125 · A Dangerous Energy, by John Whitbourn · K. V. Bailey · br _127 · Popes and Phantoms, by John Whitbourn · K. V. Bailey · br

Foundation [#61, Summer 1994] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £3.50, 128pp, A5) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 45: Sparks in the Dark · Jack Dann · bg; portions first published in a different form as “A Few Sparks in the Dark” (Starship, November 1982). 36 · The Critique of America in Contemporary Science Fiction · Tom Shippey · ar; revised from the Mexicon lecture, May 1993. 50 · Extraterrestrial Intelligence: the Neglected Experiment · Stephen R. L. Clark · ar 66 · A Progressive End: Arthur C. Clarke and Teilhard de Chardin · John Connolly · ar [Arthur C. Clarke] 77 · Some Notes on the Pitfalls Attendant on Universal Creation · C. N. Gilmore · ar 85 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _85 · [letter] · Alan Myers · lt _85 · [letter] · Alexei & Cory Panshin · lt _86 · [letter] · Gary Westfahl · lt _87 · [letter] · Peter Nicholls · lt _89 · [letter] · K. V. Bailey · lt 90 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _90 · Vurt, by Jeff Noon · Geoff Ryman · br _92 · The Innkeeper’s Song, by Peter S. Beagle · Wendy M. Grossman · br _94 · Against a Dark Background, by Iain Banks · Chris Gilmore · br _96 · Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson · Frances Bonner · br _98 · Moving Mars, by Greg Bear · Charles Stross · br _100 · The Iron Dragon’s Daughter, by Michael Swanwick · Roz Kaveney · br _103 · Timelike Infinity, by Stephen Baxter · Neal Tringham · br _103 · Anti-Ice, by Stephen Baxter · Neal Tringham · br _106 · The Golden, by Lucius Shepard · Robert Irwin · br _108 · The Opoponax Invasion, by John Brosnan · Peter Wright · br _110 · Dead Girls, by Richard Calder · Michael Bristow · br _112 · Nomansland, by D.G. Compton · Simon Ings · br _114 · State of the Fantastic, by Nicholas Ruddick · Robert Irwin · br _118 · Battlestation, Book One, by David Drake & Bill Fawcett · Gary Westfahl · br _118 · Battlestation, Book Two: Vanguard, by David Drake & Bill Fawcett · Gary Westfahl · br _122 · Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF, by Terry Dowling & Van Ikin · Cyril Simsa · br

Foundation [#62, Winter 1994/95] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £3.50, 128pp, A5, cover by Ron Walotsky) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 10 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 46: Grinding Axes [Judith Moffett] · Farah Mendlesohn · iv 22 · Space, Time and Gender: The Impact of Cybernetics on the Feminist Utopia · Jenny Wolmark · ar 31 · Voltaire, Science and Fiction: A Tercentenary Tribute · W. M. S. Russell · ar 47 · “It Felt Good to Kill”: Schoolboy Dreams in the Novels of James Herbert · Mary Talbot · ar [James Herbert] 64 · The Moorcock/Hawkwind Connection: Science Fiction and Rock’n’Roll Culture · Michel Delville · ar [Michael Moorcock] 70 · The Genre That Evolved: On Science Fiction as Children’s Literature · Gary Westfahl · ar 75 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _75 · [letter] · Donald M. Hassler · lt _76 · [letter] · Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. · lt _78 · [letter] · Robert Irwin · lt _79 · [letter] · Damon Knight · lt _79 · [letter] · Matthew Spencer · lt _80 · [letter] · Jim England · lt _81 · [letter] · M. Hammerton · lt 82 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _82 · The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF, by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · Ursula K. Le Guin · br _89 · Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism, by Jenny Wolmark · Frances Bonner · br _93 · Love & Sleep, by John Crowley · Gregory Feeley · br _95 · Aestival Tide, by Elizabeth Hand · Jennifer Swift · br _98 · Dark Dance, by Tanith Lee · Mavis Haut · br _98 · Personal Darkness, by Tanith Lee · Mavis Haut · br _98 · Darkness, I, by Tanith Lee · Mavis Haut · br _98 · Nightshades, by Tanith Lee · Mavis Haut · br _98 · Eva Fairdeath, by Tanith Lee · Mavis Haut · br _103 · Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture, by Mark Dery · Andy Sawyer · br _106 · The Hidden Huxley, by David Bradshaw · David Seed · br _106 · Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley · David Seed · br _106 · Brave New World Revisited, by Aldous Huxley · David Seed · br _106 · The Human Situation, by Aldous Huxley · David Seed · br _109 · Fantastic Voyages, by Leroy Dubeck, Suzanne Moshier & Judith E. Boss · Peter R. Wright · br _111 · Unconquered Countries, by Geoff Ryman · Gregory Feeley · br _113 · Engineman, by Eric Brown · Dave Langford · br _115 · Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction, by Nicholas Ruddick · John Clute · br _118 · Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Chris Gilmore · br _118 · Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson · Chris Gilmore · br _122 · The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, by Anne McCaffrey · Peter R. Wright · br _124 · First Contact, by Nigel Robinson · Farah Mendlesohn · br _126 · Random Factor, by Jessica Palmer · Farah Mendlesohn · br _127 · Obernewtyn, by Isobelle Carmody · Farah Mendlesohn · br

Foundation [#63, Spring 1995] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £4.95, 128pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Alice James Raccoona Tiptree Sheldon Jr: Textual Personas in the Short Fiction of Alice Sheldon · Amanda Boulter · ar [James Tiptree, Jr.] 32 · An Archaeology of the Future: Ursula Le Guin and Anarcho-Primitivism · John Moore · ar [Ursula K. Le Guin] 40 · Spindly Mazes, Dead Men and Doppels: Frederik Pohl’s Gateway Creations · K. V. Bailey · ar [Frederik Pohl] 56 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 47: Inspiration and Research · Stephen Baxter · ar 61 · Futuretracks: The Juvenile Science Fiction of Robert Westall · John Newsinger · ar [Robert Westall] 68 · Poetry, Poets, and the Rest of the World: An Interview with Steve Sneyd · Catherine Mintz · iv 74 · Frankenstein’s French Counterpart: Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s L’Eve Future · Pedro Gallardo-Torrano · ar [Villiers de l’Isle-Adam] 81 · Dr. Gustáv Maurícius Reuss: The First Slovak Literary Fantasist · Vlado Srpoň; translated by Cyril Simsa · ar [Gustáv Maurícius Reuss] 85 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _85 · [letter] · David A. Drake · lt 86 · The Brains of Female Hyena Twins: On the Future of Gender · Gwyneth Jones · ar 94 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _94 · Sideshow, by Sheri S. Tepper · Gwyneth Jones · br _95 · Plague of Angels, by Sheri S. Tepper · Gwyneth Jones · br _97 · Shadow’s End, by Sheri S. Tepper · Gwyneth Jones · br _99 · Lucky’s Harvest, by Ian Watson · Neal Tringham · br _99 · The Fallen Moon, by Ian Watson · Neal Tringham · br _100 · The Coming of Vertumnus, by Ian Watson · Neal Tringham · br _101 · Calenture, by Storm Constantine · Mavis Haut · br _103 · Romanian SF Anthology: Nemira ’94, by Romulus Barbulescu & George Anania · Andy Sawyer · br _105 · Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature 1975-1991, by Robert Reginald · Andrew M. Butler · br _107 · The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith, by Peter Carey · K. V. Bailey · br _110 · Temporary Agency, by Rachel Pollack · K. V. Bailey · br _111 · Feersum Endjinn, by Iain M. Banks · Jack Cohen · br _113 · Voices of the Light, by Sean McMullen · Paul J. McAuley · br _115 · The Barber of Aldebaran, by William Moy Russell · Brian Stableford · br _117 · A Tupolev Too Far and Other Stories, by Brian Aldiss · Chris Gilmore · br _117 · Somewhere East of Life, by Brian Aldiss · Chris Gilmore · br _121 · A Bridge of Years, by Robert Charles Wilson · Jennifer Swift · br _123 · Fantasy, the Bomb, and the Greening of Britain: Romantic Protest, 1945-1980, by Meredith Veldman · Edward James · br

Foundation [#64, Summer 1995] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £4.95, 128pp, digest) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 48: Approaching Babylon · J. Michael Straczynski · ar 20 · Reading Masculinities in the “Post-Patriarchal” Space of Red Dwarf · Elyce Rae Helford · ar 32 · The Mechanics of the US Anime and Manga Industry · Jonathan Clements · ar 45 · Extracts from The Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film · Gary Westfahl · ar 70 · More Than Metaphor: Double Vision in Lang’s Metropolis · Andy Sawyer · ar 82 · Return of Forbidden Planet? · John Trushell · ar 90 · Audio Books: A New Medium for SF? · Farah Mendlesohn · ar 97 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _97 · [letter] · Arthur B. Evans · lt _98 · [letter] · Arthur C. Clarke · lt _99 · [letter] · Jack Dann · lt 101 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _101 · Star Trek Creator, by David Alexander & Gene Roddenberry · Robert Irwin · br _102 · Asimov: The Unauthorized Life, by Michael White & Isaac Asimov · Robert Irwin · br _104 · The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction, by Roger Fulton · Kim Newman · br _106 · Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Doctor Who and Star Trek, by John Tulloch & Henry Jenkins · Frances Bonner · br _110 · Otherness, by David Brin · Chris Gilmore · br _112 · New Worlds 3, by David Garnett · Cyril Simsa · br _113 · New Worlds 4, by David Garnett · Cyril Simsa · br _114 · Utopian and Science Fiction by Women: Worlds of Difference, by Jane L. Donawerth & Carol A. Kolmerten · Elizabeth Sourbut · br _117 · Left to His Own Devices, by Mary Gentle · Neal Tringham · br _119 · To Build Jerusalem, by John Whitbourn · Chris Gilmore · br _121 · Pollen, by Jeff Noon · Chris Gilmore · br _124 · Paris au XXe Siècle, by Jules Verne · T. W. Bartel · br

Foundation [#65, Autumn 1995] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £4.95, 128pp, A5, cover by Les Edwards) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 6 · The Time Machine and Wells’s Social Trajectory · John Huntington · ar [H. G. Wells] 16 · The Time Traveller’s Utopian Books and His Reading of the Future · Stephen Derry · ar [H. G. Wells] 24 · Time Before and After The Time Machine · W. M. S. Russell · ar [H. G. Wells] 41 · Further Visions: Sequels to The Time Machine · Stephen Baxter · ar [H. G. Wells] 50 · What Makes We a Science Fiction Classic? What Makes a Classic? · Eric S. Rabkin · ar [Yevgeny Zamyatin] 61 · Flesh and Metal: Marriage and Female Emancipation in the Science Fiction of Wei Yahua · Jonathan Clements · ar [Wei Yahua] 81 · “Are You a Fucking Mutant?”: Total Recall’s Fantastic Hesitations · R. J. Ellis · ar [Philip K. Dick] 98 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _98 · [letter] · Stephen R. L. Clark · lt _99 · [letter] · John D. Rickett · lt _100 · [letter] · Alan Myers · lt _100 · [letter] · Matthew Spencer · lt _102 · [letter] · Marcus L. Rowland · lt 103 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _103 · HG: The History of Mr. Wells, by Michael Foot & H.G. Wells · Stephen Baxter · br _103 · Shadows of the Future: H.G. Wells, Science Fiction and Prophecy, by Patrick Parrinder & H.G. Wells · Stephen Baxter · br _109 · The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter · Jack Cohen · br _115 · Alien Influences, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch · Gwyneth Jones · br _120 · Idlewild or Everything Is Subject to Change, by Mark Lawson · Kim Newman · br _123 · Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future, by Robert Crossley · Paul Marrow · br _125 · La Science-Fiction Française au XXe Siècle (1900-1968), by Jean-Marc Gouanvic · David Seed · br _126 · Necroville, by Ian McDonald · Neal Tringham · br

Foundation [#66, Spring 1996] ed. Edward James (The Science Fiction Foundation, £4.95, 128pp, A5) Subtitled “The Review of Science Fiction”. 3 · Editorial · Edward James · ed 5 · Gene Wolfe at the Lake of Birds · Michael Andre-Driussi · ar [Gene Wolfe] 13 · God-Games: Cosmic Conspiracies and Narrative Sleights in Gene Wolfe’s “The Fictions of the New Sun” · Peter Wright · ar [Gene Wolfe] 39 · Grasping the God-Games: Metafictional Keys to the Interpretation of Gene Wolfe’s “The Fictions of the New Sun” · Peter Wright · ar [Gene Wolfe] 59 · Shifting Frontiers: Mapping Cyberpunk and the American South · John Moore · ar 69 · Don’t Fly Us to the Moon: The American Public and the Apollo Program · David E. Nye · ar 82 · How to Ruin a Novel, Or, Modernism, Realism and the Fantastic · Graham Dunstan Martin · ar 93 · The Composite Novel in Science Fiction · Eric S. Rabkin · ar 101 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _101 · [letter] · Kent Hägglund · lt _101 · [letter] · Robert Day · lt _103 · [letter] · Andy Mills · lt _104 · [letter] · Alan Myers · lt 105 · Reviews · [Various] · rc _105 · The Secret of This Book, by Brian Aldiss · K. V. Bailey · br _107 · Twelve: a Romanian Science-Fiction Anthology, by Cornel Robu · Andy Sawyer · br _107 · Romanian SF Anthology Nemira ’95, by Romulus Barbulescu & George Anania · Andy Sawyer · br _110 · Systems of Romance, by Paul Harland & Paul Evenblij · Andy Sawyer · br _111 · Reading by Starlight, by Damien Broderick · Andrew M. Butler · br _114 · The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914, by I.F. Clarke · Chris N. Gilmore · br _119 · How to Live Forever, by Stephen R.L. Clark · Paul Kincaid · br _122 · World Brain: H.G. Wells on the Future of Education, by H.G. Wells · George Hay · br _124 · Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human, by K.W. Jeter & Philip K. Dick · Peter Wright · br