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October  1987  Issue
 
 
Science Fiction and Human Nature

 
SPECIAL REPORT--CRISIS AND DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH KOREA
Introduction
Editor
Can South Korea Make a Peaceful Transition?
Ray S. Cline
Democracy Begins at the Grass Roots
Choi Sung-Il
Can Democracy Work?
Selig S. Harrison
The Two Koreas: What Lies Ahead?
Daryl M. Plunk
Maintaining the 'Korean High'
Edward Neilan

ANALYSIS
Is Time-Out Over for the Philippines?
Roger Fontaine
The International Economic System--Under Stress
Ernest H. Preeg
The Changed Guard in Fiji
W. Theo Roy
Argentine Sickness
Robert Wesson

COMMENTARY
The Soviet Push for Oil Exports
Matthew J. Sagers
Vietnam: Where Is It Headed?
Bui Anh Tuan
A 'Visionary' Proposal for Farmers
Rudy Boschwitz
The ABM Treaty
Sam Nunn, Morton A. Kaplan, James Hackett, and Thomas Moorer

 

 
CHILDREN
Center Ring: Circus Arts Improve Academic and Social Skills
Kathleen Prentice

FASHION
Suiting Oneself
Elgy Gillespie

GOURMET
The Making of a Cajun Chef
Howard Peacock

HOBBY
The Bird Doctors
Tom Nugent

HOME
... And So to Bed
Rosemary G. Rennicke

HUMOR
The Computer Couldn't Say
Herb Greer

TRAVEL
Searching for the Ghost Towns of Abruzzo
Jon Laitin

 

 
FEATURED BOOK: Joseph Frank and David I. Goldstein's Selected Letters of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Introduction
Editor

Dostoyevsky: The Man and the Writer
Edward Wasiolek

Dostoyevsky's 'New Word'
Michael Scammell

REVIEWS
Bringing Down Baby
Thomas Fleming
MISEDUCATION
David Elkind

Psychoanalyzing Society
Larry D. Nachman
A WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS
Edited by Stephen Schlein

Wallace Stevens and the Cycle of Desire
Milton J. Bates
WORDS CHOSEN OUT OF DESIRE
Helen Vendler
WALLACE STEVENS AND POETIC THEORY
B.J. Leggett

Hemingway: A Convincing Portrait
Peter Shaw
HEMINGWAY
Kenneth Lynn

The Strength of a Broken Heart
Linda Bayer
CROOKED HEARTS
Robert Boswell

The Examined Life Examined
Timothy Fuller
SELF-KNOWLEDGE IN PLATO'S PHAEDRUS
Charles L. Griswold, Jr.

Empire and Other Costly Dreams
Dennis J. O'Keeffe
THE PRIDE AND THE FALL
Correlli Barnett

Family Feud
Alexandra Wilhelmsen
CROWNS IN CONFLICT
Theo Aronson

Origins of the Cold War
Alan J. Levine
ARMED TRUCE
Hugh Thomas

The Shaping of Modern American Science
James R. Fleming
THE LAUNCHING OF MODERN AMERICAN SCIENCE, 1846-1876
Robert V. Bruce

Training With Ivan
Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
SECRETS OF SOVIET SPORTS FITNESS AND TRAINING
Michael Yessis with Richard Trubo

Golf Classics Revisited
Bradley S. Klein

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
Ricardo Bofill: The Modern Classicist as Architect
Hugh Aldersey-Williams

ART
The Wyeths: Three Generations of Artists
James F. Cooper

CRAFT & DESIGN
Jerry Williams Carter: Reinterpreting the Art of Mosaic
Jennifer Gibson

DANCE
Modern Dance Breaks Out in France
David Stevens
Australia's Outback Ballet Company Goes Global With Salome
David Wheatley

DESIGN
Wiener Werkstatte: A Revolutionary Design Movement From Vienna
Rosemary G. Rennicke

FILM
The Children of Bunuel: Spanish Cinema Takes Off
Carlos Perellon
Soviet Director and Italian Star Triumph in Dark Eyes
Karen Jaehne

MUSIC
Paul Simon and Zulu A Cappella
William J. Ruhlmann
The Salzburg of the North: The Savolinna Opera Festival
Robert Levine

THEATER
The Glories of the Noh Theater
Kyohei Hayashi
A Truly Shakespearean Antony and Cleopatra
Herb Greer

 

   
AT THE EDGE
High Temperature Superconductors
Charles Sheffield
Combating Malaria
Michael Woods

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
The Pasteur Institute
Albert Delaunay

NATURE WALK
Nature's Feisty Partnerships
Allen M. Young

SCIENCE AND SPIRIT
Objectivity in Science
Donald M. MacKay

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Johann Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics
Stanton Wormley

 

   
CROSSROADS
The Lisu of the Golden Triangle
Claudia Simms and Thomas Tarleton

FOLK WISDOM
Fake Ghosts and 'Pretend' Hell
Gladys-Marie Fry

HERITAGE
The Appalachian Voice
Eli Flam

PEOPLES
The Coffeehouses of Vienna
Agnes Huszar Vardy
The Return of the Immortal Paiwan
Bien Daniel Chiang

 

   
BRITISH HYPE IN AMERICA
The British Are Staying, the British Are Staying
Judith Chettle

CENTRAL AMERICA IN CRISIS
Is Central America Salvageable?
Daniel James

JAMES BURNHAM
The Other Side of Modernism: James Burnham and His Legacy
Samuel T. Francis

PIUS XII AND THE HOLOCAUST
The Silence of Pius XII: Second Thoughts
Robert Herrera

PORTRAIT OF A SCHOLAR
Jacob Neusner and the Jewish Future
Michael Berenbaum

RUSSIA: TODAY AND THEN
Glasnost Before Gorbachev
W. Bruce Lincoln

SCIENCE FICTION AND REALITY
Introduction
Editor
The Factionalization of Science Fiction
George Hay
The Roots of Tomorrow: Science Fiction and Politics
J.R. Dunn
Language and Vocabulary in Science Fiction
Gwyneth Jones
Making Universes: Cosmology in Science Fiction
Ian Watson
The Politics of Near Space
Duncan Lunan

THE MAKING OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
Herbert Croly and the American Promise
John B. Judis

THINKING ABOUT RIGHTS
What Universal Natural Rights?
Anthony Flew

 
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