• Publication: Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989Publication Record # 309601
• Authors: Robert A. Collins, Robert Latham
• Date: 1990-00-00
• ISBN: 0-88736-369-5 [978-0-88736-369-6]
• Publisher: Meckler
• Price:
  $65.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: ix+624
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Notes:

  • 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.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 988034303
  • Reginald-3: 20333

Contents (view Concise Listing)

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