Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991

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This is the fourth volume in a series offering critical overviews of the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror for a calendar year, in this case 1990. In addition to the features provided in earlier volumes, this annual adds a survey article reviewing children's science fiction and fantasy. In addition to the surveys, the volume offers review articles on the state-of-the-art of the science fiction short story; the work of the year's major new fantasy authors; the significance and influence of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction; and an analysis of how young adult fiction differs from "adult" literature. Author profiles are provided on Greg Bear, Charles de Lint, David J. Schow and Andre Norton. Following a list of 1990 titles selected for major awards comes the general review section, where more than 500 fiction, young adult fiction, and non-fiction titles are reviewed by more than 100 reviewers. The volume concludes with a title index and an index to contributors.

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This volume, combined with others in the series, provides valuable source material for those who wish to get a feel for the area, as well as for serious students. Given the popularity of all three genres within the imaginative and fabulous literary domain, the volume should find its way onto the shelves of public and academic libraries.-Australian Library Review
"This volume, combined with others in the series, provides valuable source material for those who wish to get a feel for the area, as well as for serious students. Given the popularity of all three genres within the imaginative and fabulous literary domain, the volume should find its way onto the shelves of public and academic libraries."-Australian Library Review

Author Bio

ROBERT A. COLLINS is Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University, where he founded the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in 1980. With Howard Pearce, he edited the first two volumes of essays from the Conference (Scope of the Fantastic, 2 vols., 1985), and with Rob Latham four volumes of Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual, 1988-1991, all from Greenwood Press. He has also edited Fantasy Review, the SFRA Newsletter and IAFN Newsletter, and serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of the Fantasic in the Arts. ROBERT LATHAM teaches at Stanford University. He is the author of various articles in JFA, Utopian Studies, American Book Review, Fantasy Review, Necrofile, SFRA Review, and in various anthologies (Celebration of the Fantastic, The Vampire as Metaphor). With Robert A. Collins, he has edited four volumes of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual, 1988-1991 (Greenwood Press). He has also served as Review Editor for Fantasy Review, SFRA Review, IAFA Newsletter, and other publications.