Table of Contents, August 1996

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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chi e f
MARIANNE S. JA B LO N
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
As s i s t ant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibut ing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Speci al Proj ect s
BETH GWINN
Photog r aphe r
TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 1996 Issue 427 Vol. 37 No. 2
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Locus Awards Winners/7 Locus Awards Presented/7
Changes at the Top/8 Silbersack Moves Up/8
White Wolf Rediscoveries/8 Zack Starts New Agency/8
Goosebumps Adds Calories/8 Anne Rice Bus Tour/8
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Award News/9 Financial News/9 Book News/9
Bookstore News/9 Rights & Options/67 Online News/67
Multi-Media Received/68 Publications Received/68 Catalogs Received/68
INTERVIEWS
John Barnes: Raising the Bar/4
Ray Bradbury: Views of a Grand Master/6
SPECIAL FEATURE
Locus Poll Results/36
CONVENTIONS
1996 HWA Banquet/42
1996 ABA Draws 38,000/44
OBITUARIES
Leigh Richmond/66 Robert Spencer Carr/66
David Vern/66 Paul Frederick Corey/66
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/48 Books Received: June/49
British Books: May/58 Bestsellers/64 Convention Listings/69
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Guthridge; Future Noir: the Making of Blade Run-
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13 ner, Paul M. Sammon; Dradin In Love, Paul
Starlight 1, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed.; Interzone 5/ Vandermeer; The Psychotronic Video Guide, Michael
96; Interzone 6/96; Asimov’s 9/96. J. Weldon.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Before …12:01 …and After, Richard Lupoff; Metal Fatigue,
Sean Williams; Glory’s People, Alfred Coppel;
Murder in the Solid State, Wil McCarthy; The Fall of
Sirius, Wil McCarthy.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Genellan: In the Shadow of the Moon, Scott B. Gier;
RETRO REVIEWS: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,
Robert A. Heinlein; Vaneglory, George Turner; Lest
Darkness Fall & To Bring the Light, L. Sprague de
Camp & David Drake.
Reviews by Edward Bryant/ 25
Sacrament, Clive Barker; Exquisite Corpse, Poppy
Z. Brite; The Green Mile #5: Night Journey, Stephen
King; Hot Blood: Fear the Fever, Jeff Gelb & Michael
Garrett, eds.; SHORT TAKES: The Bloodletter, George
Reviews by Faren Miller / 29
Clouds End, Sean Stewart; Attila’s Treasure, Stephan
Grundy; Sacrament, Clive Barker; Servant of the
Bones, Anne Rice; Children of the Mind, Orson Scott
Card; Treasure Box, Orson Scott Card; SHORTTAKE:
Blake: A Biography, Peter Ackroyd.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott; King and Goddess,
Judith Tarr; The Pillow Friend, Lisa Tuttle; SHORT
TAKES: Let’s Put the Future Behind Us, Jack
Womack; The Warding of Witch World , Andre Norton.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 33
Glenraven, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Holly Lisle; Anvil
of the Sun, Anne Lesley Groell; The Moorchild,
Eloise McGraw; The Golden Key, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer
Roberson & Kate Elliott; Dreamfall, Joan D. Vinge.
3 / LOCUS August 1996
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