SFRA NEWSLETTER

   US DIGEST-format magazine, the official newsletter, mostly monthly, of the SCIENCE FICTION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION; founded 1971, current, 215 issues to Jan/Feb 1995, ed Fred Lerner (1971-4), Beverly Friend (1974-8), Roald Tweet (1978-81), Elizabeth Anne Hull (1981-4), Richard W. Miller(1984-7), Robert A. Collins (1987-9), Betsy Harfst (1989-92), Daryl F. MALLETT (1993-94) and Amy Sisson (1994-). Aside from news of specific interest to SFRA's mostly academic members, the newsletter has published much material of general interest, including PILGRIM-AWARD speeches, but is most obviously of use for its book reviews, which, though very intermittent to Aug 1987, became a regular feature from the Sep 1987 issue (\#151) onward. Books about sf and fantasy are covered very fully and well;reviews of sf are variable in quality, but still useful. Collected reviews from SFRAN form a substantial part of those published in SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK REVIEW ANNUAL (begun 1988), whose editors, Robert A.Collins and Robert Latham, have been stalwarts of SFRAN. Other important SFRAN contributors have been Neil BARRON and Michael Klossner. From \#194, Jan/Feb 1992, the magazine changed its name to SFRA Review, which better describes its function.

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