Table of Contents, September 1985
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD
ISSN-0047-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren Miller
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Donna Burriston
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Norman Spinrad
Richard Curtis
Fritz Leiber
Debbie Notkin
Dan Chow
Locus, ISSN-0047-4959, The Newspaper of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS. Editorial address: 34 Ridgewood
Lane, Oakland, CA 94611; telephone (415) 339-9196.
Please send all mail to Locus Publications, P.O. Box
13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Individual copies are $2.50. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $24.00 for 12 issues, $45.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $32.00 for 12 issues,
$61.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $45.00 for 12 issues, $85.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $50.00 for 12 issues,
$95.00 for 24 issues. Institutional subscriptions are
$3.00 extra per year. Make all checks payable to
Locus Publications. All subscriptions, including
Canadian, are payable directly in U.S. funds only. When
converting from second class to first class delivery,
please convert all remaining issues on your present
subscription (75c per issue). The number after your
name on the mailing label is that of the last issue on
your present subscription. We do not send notices
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your address, please notify us immediately. Second
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or destroyed. We subtract one issue from your subscription
for each returned copy. We keep expired
addresses on file for one year, so tell us if your
subscription is a renewal or completely new.
British Subscription Agent:
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P.O. Box 23, Upwell
Wisbech, CAMBS PE14 9BU
Australian Subscription Agent:
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Melbourne, 3000, Victoria
Japanese Subscription Agent:
Takumi Shibano
700 Ninomiya Ninomiya-machi
Naka-gun Kanagawa-ken
259-01 Japan
Subscriptions accepted at current exchange rate.
Display advertising rates on request. Contact Donna
Burriston at (415) 339-3182.
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Contents copyright 1985 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Contents
Pohl Wins Campbell Memorial Award…p.1
Jack Gaughan Dies…………………. 1
Appreciation, Jon Gustafson……..51
I Remember Jack Gaughan,
Charles N. B r o w n ………… 51
John Varley: The Master…………….1
World Fantasy Awards Nominations……1
Editorial Matters…………………. 3
James Tiptree, Jr. Rebounds……….. 4
Publishing Notes………………….. 4
Book Notes………………………… 4
Artist Awards Nominations…………. 4
British Imports Provoke Lawsuit…….5
The Data File……………………… 5
SF Gaming…………………………. 5
The Outer Limits……………………5
People & Publishing……………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis……..9
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber..11
Locus Looks at Books, Faren Miller…13
Locus Looks at More Books, Dan Chow..15
Loc u s Looks at More Books,
Debbie Notkin……………….. 17
On the Screen, Craig Miller………. 19
SFRA Honors Delany……………….. 23
Hatcon…………………………… 24
Disclave…………………………. 25
DeepSouthCon 23………………….. 26
Necon……………………………..27
Texas Totem………………………. 27
More on the Movie Beat, Faren Miller.29
Along Publishers Row……………… 30
Convention Listings………………. 36
Books Received — July………………39
Magazines Received— July…………. 42
Classified Ads…………………….44
Bestseller Lists…………………. 48
Around the Bookstores……………..50
Obituaries: Bill Evans, Dr. Jack
Haldeman……………………..51
Ad Index
Ace……………………………..p.35
Baen………………………….. 47 , 49
Bantam………………….. 14,20,21,33
Berkley…………………………….6
Blue jay………………………….. 53
Classified Ad s …………………….44
Contact………………………….. 41
D AW………………………………. 16
Del Rey……………………….. 38,55
Maclay…………………………….37
Mayfair Games……………………..16
Nebula Books………………………40
Prestige Art Gallery………………28
Questar………………………….. 10
RPB………………………………. 3 4
Scream/Press………………………43
Science Fiction Shop………………40
Signet…………………………… 18
Tor……………………..2,8,12,22,56
ISSUE #296 – VOL. 18, NO. 9 * SEPTEMBER 1985 Mailing date: August 22,1985
I always feel panicky when I’m not
around to complete an issue of Locus.
I’m off to Australia tomorrow and it
will be up to Faren as editor and Donna
as production manager, with help from
Carolyn (see below) to finish it, get
it to the printer, and mail it. I
won’t even see a finished copy until
after most of you have read it. This
has happened several times in the last
15 years, and I’m sure the staff can
handle it, but emotionally I still feel
like an anxious parent sending my child
off to school for the first time. I’m
also sure I’ll enjoy myself down under
and I should be fine as soon as I get
off the plane, but I get the jitters
just thinking about leaving the house
for three weeks. I hope to see many of
you in Austin.
CONVENTION CRAZIES
Speaking of Austin, I’m disturbed by
the number of conventions going on the
same weekend as NASFiC as well as those
up against the worldcon. Up until a
few years ago, fandom was united (and
friendly) enough so that the unwritten
law of never programming a con opposite
either (except for relaxacons) was
honored. I just checked our convention
calendar, and there are three U.S. cons
opposite the worldcon and three against
NASFiC. I realize it’s no longer po s sible
to find an open weekend for a
con, but the NASFiC/worldcon convention
should be kept.
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Carolyn Cushman is our newest e m ployee,
replacing Dawn Atkins. C a r o lyn,
28, is a graduate of Western Washington
University with a degree in
English, and has been a science fiction
reader all her life. She grew up in
the Seattle area but had more of a
rural childhood than the usual innercity
one, she still reads bad sf and
fantasy with pleasure, has gone to some
conventions but has not been active in
fandom, loves sugar, chocolate, and
classical music, and was shocked to
find herself three months behind the
day she started. She is the editorial
assistant in charge of everything no
one else wants to do.
NOLL AND WEIRD
We have received several queries from
our readers regarding two publications
mentioned in past issues of Locus. The
Wizard edition of NULL-A THREE by A.E.
van Vogt, which had a full-page ad in
issue #291, has apparently not a p peared;
would-be buyers have had their
checks cashed but heard nothing from
(Continued on page 50)
CHARLES N. BROWN & CAROLYN CUSHMAN
LOCUS September 1985 / 3
ISSN-0047-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren Miller
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Donna Burriston
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Norman Spinrad
Richard Curtis
Fritz Leiber
Debbie Notkin
Dan Chow
Locus, ISSN-0047-4959, The Newspaper of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS. Editorial address: 34 Ridgewood
Lane, Oakland, CA 94611; telephone (415) 339-9196.
Please send all mail to Locus Publications, P.O. Box
13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Individual copies are $2.50. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $24.00 for 12 issues, $45.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $32.00 for 12 issues,
$61.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $45.00 for 12 issues, $85.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $50.00 for 12 issues,
$95.00 for 24 issues. Institutional subscriptions are
$3.00 extra per year. Make all checks payable to
Locus Publications. All subscriptions, including
Canadian, are payable directly in U.S. funds only. When
converting from second class to first class delivery,
please convert all remaining issues on your present
subscription (75c per issue). The number after your
name on the mailing label is that of the last issue on
your present subscription. We do not send notices
when subscriptions are about to expire. If you change
your address, please notify us immediately. Second
class mail is not usually forwarded. It is either returned
or destroyed. We subtract one issue from your subscription
for each returned copy. We keep expired
addresses on file for one year, so tell us if your
subscription is a renewal or completely new.
British Subscription Agent:
Fantast (Medway) Ltd.
P.O. Box 23, Upwell
Wisbech, CAMBS PE14 9BU
Australian Subscription Agent:
Space Age Books
305-307 Swanston St.
Melbourne, 3000, Victoria
Japanese Subscription Agent:
Takumi Shibano
700 Ninomiya Ninomiya-machi
Naka-gun Kanagawa-ken
259-01 Japan
Subscriptions accepted at current exchange rate.
Display advertising rates on request. Contact Donna
Burriston at (415) 339-3182.
Booksellers discounts available.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright 1985 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Contents
Pohl Wins Campbell Memorial Award…p.1
Jack Gaughan Dies…………………. 1
Appreciation, Jon Gustafson……..51
I Remember Jack Gaughan,
Charles N. B r o w n ………… 51
John Varley: The Master…………….1
World Fantasy Awards Nominations……1
Editorial Matters…………………. 3
James Tiptree, Jr. Rebounds……….. 4
Publishing Notes………………….. 4
Book Notes………………………… 4
Artist Awards Nominations…………. 4
British Imports Provoke Lawsuit…….5
The Data File……………………… 5
SF Gaming…………………………. 5
The Outer Limits……………………5
People & Publishing……………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis……..9
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber..11
Locus Looks at Books, Faren Miller…13
Locus Looks at More Books, Dan Chow..15
Loc u s Looks at More Books,
Debbie Notkin……………….. 17
On the Screen, Craig Miller………. 19
SFRA Honors Delany……………….. 23
Hatcon…………………………… 24
Disclave…………………………. 25
DeepSouthCon 23………………….. 26
Necon……………………………..27
Texas Totem………………………. 27
More on the Movie Beat, Faren Miller.29
Along Publishers Row……………… 30
Convention Listings………………. 36
Books Received — July………………39
Magazines Received— July…………. 42
Classified Ads…………………….44
Bestseller Lists…………………. 48
Around the Bookstores……………..50
Obituaries: Bill Evans, Dr. Jack
Haldeman……………………..51
Ad Index
Ace……………………………..p.35
Baen………………………….. 47 , 49
Bantam………………….. 14,20,21,33
Berkley…………………………….6
Blue jay………………………….. 53
Classified Ad s …………………….44
Contact………………………….. 41
D AW………………………………. 16
Del Rey……………………….. 38,55
Maclay…………………………….37
Mayfair Games……………………..16
Nebula Books………………………40
Prestige Art Gallery………………28
Questar………………………….. 10
RPB………………………………. 3 4
Scream/Press………………………43
Science Fiction Shop………………40
Signet…………………………… 18
Tor……………………..2,8,12,22,56
ISSUE #296 – VOL. 18, NO. 9 * SEPTEMBER 1985 Mailing date: August 22,1985
I always feel panicky when I’m not
around to complete an issue of Locus.
I’m off to Australia tomorrow and it
will be up to Faren as editor and Donna
as production manager, with help from
Carolyn (see below) to finish it, get
it to the printer, and mail it. I
won’t even see a finished copy until
after most of you have read it. This
has happened several times in the last
15 years, and I’m sure the staff can
handle it, but emotionally I still feel
like an anxious parent sending my child
off to school for the first time. I’m
also sure I’ll enjoy myself down under
and I should be fine as soon as I get
off the plane, but I get the jitters
just thinking about leaving the house
for three weeks. I hope to see many of
you in Austin.
CONVENTION CRAZIES
Speaking of Austin, I’m disturbed by
the number of conventions going on the
same weekend as NASFiC as well as those
up against the worldcon. Up until a
few years ago, fandom was united (and
friendly) enough so that the unwritten
law of never programming a con opposite
either (except for relaxacons) was
honored. I just checked our convention
calendar, and there are three U.S. cons
opposite the worldcon and three against
NASFiC. I realize it’s no longer po s sible
to find an open weekend for a
con, but the NASFiC/worldcon convention
should be kept.
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Carolyn Cushman is our newest e m ployee,
replacing Dawn Atkins. C a r o lyn,
28, is a graduate of Western Washington
University with a degree in
English, and has been a science fiction
reader all her life. She grew up in
the Seattle area but had more of a
rural childhood than the usual innercity
one, she still reads bad sf and
fantasy with pleasure, has gone to some
conventions but has not been active in
fandom, loves sugar, chocolate, and
classical music, and was shocked to
find herself three months behind the
day she started. She is the editorial
assistant in charge of everything no
one else wants to do.
NOLL AND WEIRD
We have received several queries from
our readers regarding two publications
mentioned in past issues of Locus. The
Wizard edition of NULL-A THREE by A.E.
van Vogt, which had a full-page ad in
issue #291, has apparently not a p peared;
would-be buyers have had their
checks cashed but heard nothing from
(Continued on page 50)
CHARLES N. BROWN & CAROLYN CUSHMAN
LOCUS September 1985 / 3
