Table of Contents, February 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 1996 Issue #421 Vol. 36 No. 2
M A IN S T O R IE S
Kim Stanley Robinson at the South Pole/4 Liang Heads Del Rey/8
1995 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees/8 Clarke Award Nominees/8
Maison d’Ailleurs in Trouble/8 UPC Awards/8
1995 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot /8
Nebula Award Judges Named/8 White Wolf Cuts Staff/8
’95 Chain Bestsellers/9 1995 British Paperback Bestsellers/9
ABA Sues Random House/9
T H E D A T A F IL E
Jules Verne Strikes Again/9 A Talent for War/9 Announcements/9
Publishing News/9 Award News/9 Contest News/80
Worldcon Update/80 Financial News/80 Court Cases/80
On-Line News/81 Market Update/81 Rights & Options/81
Publications Received/81 Catalogs Received/81
IN T E R V IEW S
Alexander Jablokov: Social Choices/6
1995 TH E Y EA R IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading: by Charles N. Brown/38;
by Gary K. Wolfe/38; by Russell Letson/39; by Faren C. Miller/40;
by Edward Bryant/40; by Shira Daemon/41; by Gardner Dozois/42;
by Mark Rich/42; by Mark R. Kelly/42
1995 Recommended Reading List/44 1995 Book Summary/47
1995 Magazine Summary/50 1995 Cinema Summary/54
O B IT U A R IE S
Walter M. Miller, Jr./78 Appreciation by Joe Haldeman/78
Ross Thomas/79 Robie Macauley/79
L I S T IN G S
Conventions/57 Magazines Received: December/59
Books Received: December/60 British Books: November/70
Bestsellers/76 Index to Ads/84 Photo Listing/84
C O LU M N S & D E P A R TM E N T S
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/79 Editorial Matters/79
L O C U S LO O K S A T BO O K S
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology,
John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, & Richard Butner,
eds.; SF Age 1/96; Asimov’s 2/96; F&SF 1/96;
Realms of Fantasy 12/95; Bibliomen, Gene Wolfe.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson; The Bones of
Time, Kathleen Ann Goonan; Our Vampires, Ourselves,
Nina Auerbach; From the Beast to the
Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, Marina
Warner; SHORT TAKES: A Case of Conscience,
James Blish; With All of Love: Selected
Poems, James Blish; Hard Curves: The Fantasy
Art of Julie Bell, Nigel Suckling, text.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Whiteout, Sage Walker; Royal Assassin, Robin
Hobb; Reigning Cats and Dogs, Tanith Lee;
Oaths and Miracles, Nancy Kress.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
A Land Fit for Heroes, Vol. 3: The Dragon Wakes,
Phillip Mann; A Land Fit for Heroes, Vol. 4: The
Burning Forest, Phillip Mann; Oaths and Miracles,
Nancy Kress; Grolier Science Fiction: The Multimedia
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Intensity, Dean Koontz; Desmodus, Melanie Tem;
Paint It Black, Nancy A. Collins; deadrush,
Yvonne Navarro; The X-Files: Ground Zero,
Kevin J. Anderson.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Expiration Date, Tim Powers; River of Dust,
Alexander Jablokov; The Memory Cathedral,
Jack Dann; The Bones of Time, Kathleen Ann
Goonan.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 35
Time Scout, Robert Asprin & Linda Evans; One
for the Morning Glory, John Barnes; Steal the
Dragon, Patricia Briggs; Master of Many Treasures,
Mary Brown; Cetaganda, Lois McMaster
Bujold; The True Knight, Susan Dexter; Two
Crowns for America, Katherine Kurtz; Sing the
Light, Louise Marley; Monsters in the Attic, Dian
Curtis Regan; Partisan, S. Andrew Swann; Looking
for the Mahdi, N. Lee Wood.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JA B LO N
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRST EN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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February 1996 Issue #421 Vol. 36 No. 2
M A IN S T O R IE S
Kim Stanley Robinson at the South Pole/4 Liang Heads Del Rey/8
1995 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees/8 Clarke Award Nominees/8
Maison d’Ailleurs in Trouble/8 UPC Awards/8
1995 Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot /8
Nebula Award Judges Named/8 White Wolf Cuts Staff/8
’95 Chain Bestsellers/9 1995 British Paperback Bestsellers/9
ABA Sues Random House/9
T H E D A T A F IL E
Jules Verne Strikes Again/9 A Talent for War/9 Announcements/9
Publishing News/9 Award News/9 Contest News/80
Worldcon Update/80 Financial News/80 Court Cases/80
On-Line News/81 Market Update/81 Rights & Options/81
Publications Received/81 Catalogs Received/81
IN T E R V IEW S
Alexander Jablokov: Social Choices/6
1995 TH E Y EA R IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading: by Charles N. Brown/38;
by Gary K. Wolfe/38; by Russell Letson/39; by Faren C. Miller/40;
by Edward Bryant/40; by Shira Daemon/41; by Gardner Dozois/42;
by Mark Rich/42; by Mark R. Kelly/42
1995 Recommended Reading List/44 1995 Book Summary/47
1995 Magazine Summary/50 1995 Cinema Summary/54
O B IT U A R IE S
Walter M. Miller, Jr./78 Appreciation by Joe Haldeman/78
Ross Thomas/79 Robie Macauley/79
L I S T IN G S
Conventions/57 Magazines Received: December/59
Books Received: December/60 British Books: November/70
Bestsellers/76 Index to Ads/84 Photo Listing/84
C O LU M N S & D E P A R TM E N T S
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/79 Editorial Matters/79
L O C U S LO O K S A T BO O K S
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology,
John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, & Richard Butner,
eds.; SF Age 1/96; Asimov’s 2/96; F&SF 1/96;
Realms of Fantasy 12/95; Bibliomen, Gene Wolfe.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson; The Bones of
Time, Kathleen Ann Goonan; Our Vampires, Ourselves,
Nina Auerbach; From the Beast to the
Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, Marina
Warner; SHORT TAKES: A Case of Conscience,
James Blish; With All of Love: Selected
Poems, James Blish; Hard Curves: The Fantasy
Art of Julie Bell, Nigel Suckling, text.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Whiteout, Sage Walker; Royal Assassin, Robin
Hobb; Reigning Cats and Dogs, Tanith Lee;
Oaths and Miracles, Nancy Kress.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
A Land Fit for Heroes, Vol. 3: The Dragon Wakes,
Phillip Mann; A Land Fit for Heroes, Vol. 4: The
Burning Forest, Phillip Mann; Oaths and Miracles,
Nancy Kress; Grolier Science Fiction: The Multimedia
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Intensity, Dean Koontz; Desmodus, Melanie Tem;
Paint It Black, Nancy A. Collins; deadrush,
Yvonne Navarro; The X-Files: Ground Zero,
Kevin J. Anderson.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Expiration Date, Tim Powers; River of Dust,
Alexander Jablokov; The Memory Cathedral,
Jack Dann; The Bones of Time, Kathleen Ann
Goonan.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 35
Time Scout, Robert Asprin & Linda Evans; One
for the Morning Glory, John Barnes; Steal the
Dragon, Patricia Briggs; Master of Many Treasures,
Mary Brown; Cetaganda, Lois McMaster
Bujold; The True Knight, Susan Dexter; Two
Crowns for America, Katherine Kurtz; Sing the
Light, Louise Marley; Monsters in the Attic, Dian
Curtis Regan; Partisan, S. Andrew Swann; Looking
for the Mahdi, N. Lee Wood.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JA B LO N
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRST EN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field
(ISSN 0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.50
per copy, by Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane,
Oakland CA 94611. Please send all mail to: Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
Telephone (510) 339-9196 ; (510) 339-9198. FAX
(510) 339-8144. E-mail: tocusmag @aol.com or
locus@genie.com. Individual subscriptions in the US:
$43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via second
class mail. In Canada: $48.00 for 12 issues,
$90.00 for 24 issues via second class mail. First class
individual subscriptions in the US or Canada are $53.00
for 12 issues, $95.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas
subscriptions are $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00
for 24 issues via sea mail. Individual subscriptions to
Europe or South America via air mail are $70.00 for
12 issues, $120.00 for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions
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us immediately. Second class mail is not usually forwarded;
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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, UK. Japanese Subscription Agent: Yoshio
Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo,
145, Japan; Australian Subscription Agent: Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box 2708X,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts
available. Display advertising rates on request.
® 1996 by Locus Publications. We take no responsibility
for unsolicited submissions. Printed in the United
States. Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
3 / LOCUS February 1996
