Table of Contents, October 1985

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Contents
1985 Hugo Awards……………….. p.1
Worldcon Coverage………………… 1
Masquerade, Marjii Ellers…… 26
Aussiecon Report, Jane Jewell…28
Editorial Matters………………… 3
Publishing Notes…………………. 4
The 1985 Clarion Report……………4
Stardate Appears, To the Stars
Delayed…………………….. 4
The Data File……………………. 4
Book Notes………………………. 5
Locus Letters……………………. 5
Lee Hardings Beyond Tomorrow for
Australian SF……………….. 5
Pinnacle Folds, Fires Staff………. 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 French Books,
Pascal J. Thomas…………….15
Report From France, Pascal J. Thomas.17
Hugo Voting…………………….. 22
Books Received— September……….. 35
Magazines Received— September……. 42
Convention Listings………………43
Classified Ads…………………..48
Bestseller Lists…………………52
Obituaries: Evgenii P. Brandis,
Janusz Zajdel, Taylor Caldwell,
Sara Jane Campbell…………. 54
Masquerade Winners……………….58
Ad Index
Ace………………………….. p.27
Author Services, Inc……………..40
Baen………………………… 14,55
Bantam………………….. 2,20,21,33
Berkley……………………… 12,29
Bluejay……………………… 10,53
Bridge…………………………. 34
Classified Ads………………….. 48
Corben Studios………………….. 37
Crown………………………….. 47
L.W. Currey, Inc………………… 19
Dark Harvest……………………. 32
DAW…………………………. 18,38
Del Rey………………………. 6,51
Locus Press…………………….. 47
Mayfair Games…………………… 45
Nelson Graphics………………….43
Oryx Press……………………… 42
Phantasia Press………………….36
Questar………………………… 44
Scream/Press……………………. 39
Science Fiction Shop……………. 41
Titan………………………….. 45
Tor……………………….. 8,25,60
Triton Books……………………. 46
Viking…………………………. 16
I got my first look at the September
issue after I came back from Australia.
It was fine, and I have no complaints
on how the staff handled it. The
printer had some slowdowns because of
vacations, and it went out on August 26
instead of August 22 as marked. This
issue, in many ways, was more trouble.
I got back from NASFiC tired and with
some sort of flu, and writing was even
harder than usual. Donna got sick
during paste-up week, and relatively
inexperienced Carolyn had to take over.
She did fine. Visiting Locusphotoperson
Jane Jewell was pressed into service
as a production assistant. I’ll be
in Europe during the final work on next
issue and have every confidence the
staff can handle it. I probably won’t
call more than once a day.
NEXT ISSUE
We tried to get the whole report on
the Australian worldcon in this issue
and didn’t quite succeed. We’ll definitely
finish next issue, with reports
from Jane Jewell, Elizabeth Anne Hull,
and Amy Thomson, as well as my own
thoughts and lots of photos. We might
even have enough room to cover the
Austin NASFiC. The various review
columns will also be back.
AUSTRALIA
I spent the better part of a week on
the Great Barrier Reef being seduced by
coral. It was the first vacation I’ve
taken in years, and I fell in love with
snorkeling, reefs, etc. It was tempting
to just lay out in the tropical sun
and forget the convention, but duty
called. I waved goodbye to the Reef,
and it waved back!
Aussiecon will probably be known as
the convention that covered a continent.
There were fans on my flight to
Hawaii, to Cairns, to Brisbane, to
Melbourne, and on the trip home. I
kept meeting familiar faces on the
Barrier Reef, in restaurants, in museums,
in bars, etc. My neighbor, Bob
Silverberg, greeted me as I got out of
the taxi at the Southern Cross Hotel.
The Americans didn’t really outnumber
the 12 million Australians, but it
seemed that way.
The convention itself was very familiar
— almost too familiar. In retrospect,
it’s obvious that the Australians
wanted to see as many Americans as
possible on the program, but it was
still somewhat horrifying to be on the
same panels with the same people I see
at nearly every convention. We have
tried to make up for this by reporting
mostly on Australian items and running
photos of Australians. The Americans
should get their chance next issue.
(Continued on page 56)
THE ED ITOR FEEDS W ALLABIES WHILE AN EMU LOOKS ON
LOCUS October 1985 / 3