Table of Contents, September 1989
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE F IC T IO N FIELD
ISSN-0049-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE
Pamela F. Troy
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
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.
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Contents copyright c 1989 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Table of Contents
STORIES
Bruce Sterling Wins Campbell Award ……………… 1
Meacham Relinquishes Tor Editor-in-Chief Job .. 4
NAL Announces SF Imprint: ROC Books ………..4
Major Changes at Davis Publications……………….. 4
New SF List from Pan Books …………………………..5
The Satanic Verses: Part V II…………………………….5
Miller Signs for Canticle Sequel ………………………. 5
1989 World Fantasy Awards Nominations………….7
THE DATA FILE
Publishing N ews……………………………………………….7
Court Cases…………………………………………………….79
Announcements…………………………………………….. 79
Book News …………………………………………………….79
Bookstore News…………………………………………….. 79
Film News………………………………………………………79
Publications Received……………………………………. 79
Awards………………………………………………………….. 79
Rights & Options…………………………………………… 79
SF Theatre………………………………………………………80
Audio News…………………………………………………….80
Catalogs Received…………………………………………. 81
INTERVIEWS
Lucius Shepard: Pleasurable Irritant ……………….. 1
PHOTO STORIES
Around the Bookstores………………………………….. 72
Zenith Launched…………………………………………… 80
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing ……………………………………….. 8
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis……………………….11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………….. 13
Locus Bulletin Board……………………………………… 35
Locus Letters …………………………………………………76
Editorial Matters ……………………………………………76
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller: ………………………………..11
Grass, Sheri S. Tepper; The Child Garden,
Geoff Ryman; Hyperion, Dan Simmons; The
Last Legends of Earth, AA. Attanasio; Ash
Ock, Christopher Hinz; Rusalka, C.J. Cherryh.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: …………………………….17
The Dark Half, Stephen King; Fury, John
Coyne; Masques III, J.N. Williamson, ed.; Razored
Saddles, Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto,
eds.; The New Frontier, Joe R. Lansdale, ed.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………………21
The Coachman Rat, David Henry Wilson;
Imperial Lady, Andre Norton & Susan Shwartz;
Quest for Apollo, Michael Lahey; Phylum Monsters,
Hayford Peirce; The Unbalanced Earth,
Book II: The Lightless Kingdom, Jonathan
Wylie; The Unbalanced Earth, Book III: The
Age of Chaos, Jonathan Wylie; The Steers-
Lucius Shepard ………..(CNB) 1
Bruce Sterling ……………(EH) 1
Beth Meacham………… (CNB) 4
John Silbersack ………..(CNB) 4
William Battista, Lisa Feerick,
Bruce Chatterton …. (CNB) 4
Dean R. Koontz………..(CNB) 8
Harlan Ellison ………….(CNB) 8
Emma Bull …………………… (F) 8
Ellen Kushner ……………… (F) 8
Sara Stamey …………………. (F) 8
Dan Chow…………………….. (F) 8
Dave Duncan……………… (JD) 9
Jeffrey Carver, Allysen Palmer,
Alexandra Evans Carver (F) 9
Lisa Waters…………………… (F) 9
Raymond E. Feist …….(CNB) 9
Fritz Leiber……………….. (HS) 13
Mike Resnick, Alexei Panshin,
PHOTO INDEX
Lois McMaster Bujold,
Peter Hall……………… (EH)46
Liz Cummins, Joan
Gordon…………………. (EH) 46
Tom Clareson, Frederik
Pohl………………………. (EH) 46
Martha Bartter, Lois
McMaster Bujold,
Joan Slonczewski…….(EH)46
Czech SF Ball……………. (PS) 49
Ondrej N e ff……………… (PS)49
Vlado Srpon, Ondrej Neff,
Pavel Konecny…………… (PS) 49
Sever Gansovsky………..(BZ) 50
Kir Bulychev, Stanislav
Meshavkin ……………..(AB)50
Boris Shter n ……………….(AB)50
Kir Bulychev……………… (AB)50
Vladimir Mikhailov…….(AB)51
Aelita 1989……………….. (AB) 51
Gennady Kazminov, Alexander
Korzhenevsky.. (AB)51
Vladimir Gopman, Vitaly
Babenko, Alexander
Kazantsev……………… (AB)51
Angelica Gorodischer, Claudio
Omar Noguerol ……… (F)54
Alejo Cuervo, Ian Watson,
Albert Sole ……………. (GS)72
Kathy Tyers, Bill Ransom (F) 72
Orson Scott Card ………(JM)72
Ramsey Campbell……… (DJ)72
Robert Charles Wilson,
Garfield Reeves-Stevens,
Judith Reeves-Stevens .. (TR)72
Tanya Huff……………….. (TR)72
Zenith Launched……….. (JP)80
PHOTO CREDITS:, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (EH) Elizabeth Anne Hull, (JD) Janet Duncan, (HS)
Howard Schatz, (BZ), Boris Zavgorodny, (AB) A. Bazavenko, (PS) Pavla Sekyrova, (GS) Gillem Sanchez,
(F) Furnished, (JM) Judy Maynard, (DJ) Dick Jude, (TR) Tom Robe, (JP) J. Porker.
ISSUE #344 VOL. 23 NO. 3 September 1989 Mailing Date: August 25 1989
LOCUS September 1989/ 3
woman, Rosemary Kirstein; The Fortunate
Isles, John Rowe Townsend; The Lake at the
End of the World, Caroline Macdonald; Shaman,
Sandra Miesel.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore……………………………… 25
Falcon, Emma Bull; The Dark Half, Stephen
King; To the Land of the Living, Robert
Silverberg; Hyperion, Dan Simmons; Apartheid,
Superstrings and Mordecai Thubana,
Michael Bishop.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………..27
Crystal Express, Bruce Sterling; Hyperion,
Dan Simmons; The Argus Gambit, David D.
Ross; Reach, Edward Gibson; The Wall
Around Eden, Joan Slonczewski; The Orphan,
Robert Stallman; Science Fiction, Fantasy,
and Horror: 1988, Charles N. Brown & William
G. Contento.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly …………………………………….31
Running Wild, J.G. Ballard; Novelty, John
Crowley; Apartheid, Superstrings and Mordecai
Thubana, Michael Bishop; The Secret Life
of Houses, Scott Bradfield, Critical Mass 1-2/89;
Fantasy Tales Spring/89, Hardware Spring/89;
New Pathways 5/89; On Spec Spring/89; Strange
Plasma # 1 ; Tales o f the Unanticipated, Spring-
Summer/89; Poly: New Speculative Writing,
Lee Ballentine, ed.; Dreams and Nightmares 26-
27; Ice River No.4,6/89; The Magazine o f Speculative
Poetry, 10-12/88; Star*Line, 9-12/88, 1-2/
89,3-4/89,5-6/89; Weird Tales, Fall/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
SFRA in Ohio ……………………………………………….46
INTERNATIONAL SF
SF in Czechoslovakia ……………………………………. 49
SF in the Soviet Union………………………………….. 50
SF in Yugoslavia ……………………………………………54
SF in A rgentina…………………………………………….. 54
LISTINGS
Along Publishers Row ………………………………….. 36
Along Britain’s Publishers Row ……………………..43
International Books & Magazines Received…….47
Convention Listings ………………………………………55
Magazines Received —July…………………………….58
Books Received —July………………………………….. 59
British Books — June……………………………………. 66
Bestsellers…………………………………………………….. 74
OBITUARIES
Donald Barthelme………………………………………….76
Karel Zeman…………………………………………………76
Jose Candido de Carvalho………………………………76
ISSN-0049-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE
Pamela F. Troy
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
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 $2.95. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $28.00 for 12 issues, $52.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $32.00 for 12 issues, $59.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $40.00 for 12 issues,
$75.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $32.00 for 12 issues, $59.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $50.00 for 12 issues, $90.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $55.00 for 12 issues,
$100.00 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.
Overseas checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank and
include computer encoding numbers at bottom. When
converting from second class to first class delivery,
please convert all remaining issues on your present
subscription ($1.00 per issue). The number after your
name on the mailing label is that of the last issue on
your present subscription. 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
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. Booksellers discounts
available. For information call (415) 339-9198.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright c 1989 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Table of Contents
STORIES
Bruce Sterling Wins Campbell Award ……………… 1
Meacham Relinquishes Tor Editor-in-Chief Job .. 4
NAL Announces SF Imprint: ROC Books ………..4
Major Changes at Davis Publications……………….. 4
New SF List from Pan Books …………………………..5
The Satanic Verses: Part V II…………………………….5
Miller Signs for Canticle Sequel ………………………. 5
1989 World Fantasy Awards Nominations………….7
THE DATA FILE
Publishing N ews……………………………………………….7
Court Cases…………………………………………………….79
Announcements…………………………………………….. 79
Book News …………………………………………………….79
Bookstore News…………………………………………….. 79
Film News………………………………………………………79
Publications Received……………………………………. 79
Awards………………………………………………………….. 79
Rights & Options…………………………………………… 79
SF Theatre………………………………………………………80
Audio News…………………………………………………….80
Catalogs Received…………………………………………. 81
INTERVIEWS
Lucius Shepard: Pleasurable Irritant ……………….. 1
PHOTO STORIES
Around the Bookstores………………………………….. 72
Zenith Launched…………………………………………… 80
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing ……………………………………….. 8
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis……………………….11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………….. 13
Locus Bulletin Board……………………………………… 35
Locus Letters …………………………………………………76
Editorial Matters ……………………………………………76
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller: ………………………………..11
Grass, Sheri S. Tepper; The Child Garden,
Geoff Ryman; Hyperion, Dan Simmons; The
Last Legends of Earth, AA. Attanasio; Ash
Ock, Christopher Hinz; Rusalka, C.J. Cherryh.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: …………………………….17
The Dark Half, Stephen King; Fury, John
Coyne; Masques III, J.N. Williamson, ed.; Razored
Saddles, Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto,
eds.; The New Frontier, Joe R. Lansdale, ed.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………………21
The Coachman Rat, David Henry Wilson;
Imperial Lady, Andre Norton & Susan Shwartz;
Quest for Apollo, Michael Lahey; Phylum Monsters,
Hayford Peirce; The Unbalanced Earth,
Book II: The Lightless Kingdom, Jonathan
Wylie; The Unbalanced Earth, Book III: The
Age of Chaos, Jonathan Wylie; The Steers-
Lucius Shepard ………..(CNB) 1
Bruce Sterling ……………(EH) 1
Beth Meacham………… (CNB) 4
John Silbersack ………..(CNB) 4
William Battista, Lisa Feerick,
Bruce Chatterton …. (CNB) 4
Dean R. Koontz………..(CNB) 8
Harlan Ellison ………….(CNB) 8
Emma Bull …………………… (F) 8
Ellen Kushner ……………… (F) 8
Sara Stamey …………………. (F) 8
Dan Chow…………………….. (F) 8
Dave Duncan……………… (JD) 9
Jeffrey Carver, Allysen Palmer,
Alexandra Evans Carver (F) 9
Lisa Waters…………………… (F) 9
Raymond E. Feist …….(CNB) 9
Fritz Leiber……………….. (HS) 13
Mike Resnick, Alexei Panshin,
PHOTO INDEX
Lois McMaster Bujold,
Peter Hall……………… (EH)46
Liz Cummins, Joan
Gordon…………………. (EH) 46
Tom Clareson, Frederik
Pohl………………………. (EH) 46
Martha Bartter, Lois
McMaster Bujold,
Joan Slonczewski…….(EH)46
Czech SF Ball……………. (PS) 49
Ondrej N e ff……………… (PS)49
Vlado Srpon, Ondrej Neff,
Pavel Konecny…………… (PS) 49
Sever Gansovsky………..(BZ) 50
Kir Bulychev, Stanislav
Meshavkin ……………..(AB)50
Boris Shter n ……………….(AB)50
Kir Bulychev……………… (AB)50
Vladimir Mikhailov…….(AB)51
Aelita 1989……………….. (AB) 51
Gennady Kazminov, Alexander
Korzhenevsky.. (AB)51
Vladimir Gopman, Vitaly
Babenko, Alexander
Kazantsev……………… (AB)51
Angelica Gorodischer, Claudio
Omar Noguerol ……… (F)54
Alejo Cuervo, Ian Watson,
Albert Sole ……………. (GS)72
Kathy Tyers, Bill Ransom (F) 72
Orson Scott Card ………(JM)72
Ramsey Campbell……… (DJ)72
Robert Charles Wilson,
Garfield Reeves-Stevens,
Judith Reeves-Stevens .. (TR)72
Tanya Huff……………….. (TR)72
Zenith Launched……….. (JP)80
PHOTO CREDITS:, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (EH) Elizabeth Anne Hull, (JD) Janet Duncan, (HS)
Howard Schatz, (BZ), Boris Zavgorodny, (AB) A. Bazavenko, (PS) Pavla Sekyrova, (GS) Gillem Sanchez,
(F) Furnished, (JM) Judy Maynard, (DJ) Dick Jude, (TR) Tom Robe, (JP) J. Porker.
ISSUE #344 VOL. 23 NO. 3 September 1989 Mailing Date: August 25 1989
LOCUS September 1989/ 3
woman, Rosemary Kirstein; The Fortunate
Isles, John Rowe Townsend; The Lake at the
End of the World, Caroline Macdonald; Shaman,
Sandra Miesel.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore……………………………… 25
Falcon, Emma Bull; The Dark Half, Stephen
King; To the Land of the Living, Robert
Silverberg; Hyperion, Dan Simmons; Apartheid,
Superstrings and Mordecai Thubana,
Michael Bishop.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………..27
Crystal Express, Bruce Sterling; Hyperion,
Dan Simmons; The Argus Gambit, David D.
Ross; Reach, Edward Gibson; The Wall
Around Eden, Joan Slonczewski; The Orphan,
Robert Stallman; Science Fiction, Fantasy,
and Horror: 1988, Charles N. Brown & William
G. Contento.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly …………………………………….31
Running Wild, J.G. Ballard; Novelty, John
Crowley; Apartheid, Superstrings and Mordecai
Thubana, Michael Bishop; The Secret Life
of Houses, Scott Bradfield, Critical Mass 1-2/89;
Fantasy Tales Spring/89, Hardware Spring/89;
New Pathways 5/89; On Spec Spring/89; Strange
Plasma # 1 ; Tales o f the Unanticipated, Spring-
Summer/89; Poly: New Speculative Writing,
Lee Ballentine, ed.; Dreams and Nightmares 26-
27; Ice River No.4,6/89; The Magazine o f Speculative
Poetry, 10-12/88; Star*Line, 9-12/88, 1-2/
89,3-4/89,5-6/89; Weird Tales, Fall/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
SFRA in Ohio ……………………………………………….46
INTERNATIONAL SF
SF in Czechoslovakia ……………………………………. 49
SF in the Soviet Union………………………………….. 50
SF in Yugoslavia ……………………………………………54
SF in A rgentina…………………………………………….. 54
LISTINGS
Along Publishers Row ………………………………….. 36
Along Britain’s Publishers Row ……………………..43
International Books & Magazines Received…….47
Convention Listings ………………………………………55
Magazines Received —July…………………………….58
Books Received —July………………………………….. 59
British Books — June……………………………………. 66
Bestsellers…………………………………………………….. 74
OBITUARIES
Donald Barthelme………………………………………….76
Karel Zeman…………………………………………………76
Jose Candido de Carvalho………………………………76
