• Publication: The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2015Publication Record # 505182 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney
• Date: 2015-02-00
• Publisher: Burrowing Wombat Press
• Price:
  $2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
• Pages: 32
• Format:
  ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Notes: "Number 318 / Vol. 27, No. 5" "Special Super-Science Issue" Kris Dikeman and Avram Grumer, Managing Editors. David G. Hartwell, Reviews and Features Editor. Kevin J. Maroney, Publisher. Data from the PDF format, published on March 4, 2015. Also available in MOBI and EPUB formats. The title page erroneously states Vol. 27, No. 8.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Epic Fantasy: Necessary Literature • essay by Stephen R. Donaldson
• 1 • A, B, C, Three Early Science Fiction Novels: A Foreword • essay by Samuel R. Delany
• 11 • "Let's hunt some orc!": Reevaluating the Monstrosity of Orcs • essay by A. P. Canavan
• 14 •   Review: Requiem in La Paz by Jonna Gjevre • review by Michael M. Levy [as by Michael Levy]
• 15 •   Review: Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales by Gavin J. Grant and Kelly Link • review by Karen Burnham
• 17 • Violence in Epics Ancient and Fantastic: A Primer • essay by Ian C. Esslemont
• 19 • The Trouble with Orgasm: Unsatisfying Endings • essay by Brian Staveley
• 21 • The Hollow in Balzac's Cane: Another Instance of Interesting Unhistory • essay by Brian Stableford [as by Olympe Chambrionne]
• 27 •   Review: Hidden Folk by Eleanor Arnason • review by Sandra J. Lindow [as by Sandra Lindow]
• 30 • The Dragon Griaule/Beautiful Blood: A Timeline of the French Publication • essay by
  Jean-Daniel Brèque^?Jean-Daniel Breque
• 32 • Into the Fantastic • [NYRSF Editorials] • essay by The Editors and Kevin J. Maroney