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No. 4 (Vol 2.1 1996)

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Table of Contents

  • This Issue and The Next, pp 3 – 5
    Victor W. Reinking

     

    “Cities of the Future” – Essays

  • Theme Parks and Urban Growths, pp 6 – 9
    Brian Attebery
  • Washington Transformed, pp 10 – 16
    Greg Bear
  • The Valley of the Kings, pp 16 – 18
    Steve Brown
  • “City” and “Urban Fantasy,” pp 19 – 26
    John Clute
  • A Future Narrative of Cities, pp 27 – 29
    Samuel R. Delany
  • Cities of the Future? pp 30 – 35
    Kathleen Ann Goonan
  • Layered Cities, pp 36 – 40
    Nicola Griffith
  • Smoke and Mirrors: Creating the City, pp 41 – 42
    Eileen Gunn
  • Cities of Science Fiction, pp 43
    David Hartwell
  • Cities in the Overshoot , pp 44 – 45
    Kim Stanley Robinson
  • The Virtual City, pp 46 – 60
    Bruce Sterling
  • Junk Art City, pp 61 – 72
    Takayuki Tatsumi
  • Cities of the Future, pp 73 – 80
    Elisabeth Vonarburg
  • Once and Future Cities, pp 81 – 83
    Richard Woods

     

    Articles

  • “Solus Solo” The Monster Self: Solipsism in Peer Gynt, Grendel, Perfume, pp 84 – 109
    Marilyn Jurich
  • True Heroes That Never Were, pp 110 – 119
    Jacques Chouleur

     

    Dialogue

  • Overdetermined Indeterminacy, pp 120 – 128
    James Winchell
  • Uncanny Self-Reflexivity, pp 129 – 133
    Michael Arnzen

     

    Reviews

  • Women of Women of Wonder, pp 134 – 137
    Brian Attebery

     

    Diverse

  • SFRA Pilgrim Award Presentation, pp 138 – 139
    Brian Attebery
  • 1995 SFRA Pilgrim Award Acceptance, pp 140 – 142
    Vivian Sobchack