Table of Contents, November 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 2000 Issue 478 Vol. 45 No.5
33rd Year of Publication 22-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Van Gelder Buys F&SF/10 New YA Lines Appearing/10
Gollancz Becomes SF Imprint/10 Williamson Endows Chair/10
GalaxyOnline Buys Amazing/10 Atlanta’s SF Store Saved/11
Bertelsmann Goes Random/11
THE DATA FILE
Stealth Appears/11 New Ellison Imprint/11
Flint for Free/11 Harry Martinson in the News/11
Lewis Carroll Letters Surface/11 Oz vs. Indians/11
Narnia Revisited/11 Rushdie Moves to NY/71
More King/71 More Potter/72 Online Writing Workshops, Llc/72
Announcements/72 Worldcon Update/72
Awards News/72 International Awards News/72
Contest News/72 Readings & Signings/73 Magazine News/73
Legal News/73 Book News/73 Financial News/73
Print-on-Demand News/73 e-Book News/74
International Rights Sales/74 Other Rights Sales/74
Publications Received/74 Other Media Received/74
Catalogs Received/74
INTERVIEWS
Ben Bova: Molding the Future/6
Linda Nagata: Moving Forward/8
CHICON 2000
Complete Hugo Voting/30
General Report/32 Gary K. Wolfe/33
Russell Letson/34 Mark R. Kelly/34 Mike Glyer/36
Chicon 2000 Masquerade Awards/38
OBITUARIES
Keith Roberts/68
Keith Roberts: A Remembrance by Jim Goddard/68
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: September/48
Books Received: September/48 British Books: August/62
Bestsellers/66 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/68 Editorial Matters/69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
F&SF 9/00; Asimov’s 8/00; Spectrum SF 3, 7/00;
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science, Gregory
Benford & George Zebrowski, eds.; Tales of Old
Earth, Michael Swanwick; The Perseids and Other
Stories, Robert Charles Wilson; GalaxyOnline 7/00;
SciFiction 7/00; SciFiction 8/00.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin; The Book
of Ash #3: The Wild Machines, Mary Gentle; The
Book of Ash #4: Lost Burgundy, Mary Gentle;
Gilgamesh, Stephan Grundy with Melodi Lammond
Grundy; Outlaw School, Rebecca Ore.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
Zeitgeist, Bruce Sterling; Colony Fleet, Susan R.
Matthews.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil, Nancy Atherton; Simply
Human, L. Warren Douglas; Deadhouse Gates,
Steven Erikson; Black Eagle Rising, Kate Jacoby;
Against the Odds, Elizabeth Moon; The Amber Spyglass,
Philip Pullman; When the King Comes Home,
Caroline Stevermer.
Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 27
Space: Manifold 2 (in the US as Manifold: Space),
Stephen Baxter; Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories,
James P. Blaylock; The Coming, Joe Haldeman;
Distance Haze, Jamil Nasir; Salt, Adam Roberts;
Terminal Visions, Richard Paul Russo.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ isher & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Edi tor-in-Chi ef
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editor
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editori al As s i stant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
MARIANNE JABLON
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Computer Proj e ct s
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
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November 2000 Issue 478 Vol. 45 No.5
33rd Year of Publication 22-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Van Gelder Buys F&SF/10 New YA Lines Appearing/10
Gollancz Becomes SF Imprint/10 Williamson Endows Chair/10
GalaxyOnline Buys Amazing/10 Atlanta’s SF Store Saved/11
Bertelsmann Goes Random/11
THE DATA FILE
Stealth Appears/11 New Ellison Imprint/11
Flint for Free/11 Harry Martinson in the News/11
Lewis Carroll Letters Surface/11 Oz vs. Indians/11
Narnia Revisited/11 Rushdie Moves to NY/71
More King/71 More Potter/72 Online Writing Workshops, Llc/72
Announcements/72 Worldcon Update/72
Awards News/72 International Awards News/72
Contest News/72 Readings & Signings/73 Magazine News/73
Legal News/73 Book News/73 Financial News/73
Print-on-Demand News/73 e-Book News/74
International Rights Sales/74 Other Rights Sales/74
Publications Received/74 Other Media Received/74
Catalogs Received/74
INTERVIEWS
Ben Bova: Molding the Future/6
Linda Nagata: Moving Forward/8
CHICON 2000
Complete Hugo Voting/30
General Report/32 Gary K. Wolfe/33
Russell Letson/34 Mark R. Kelly/34 Mike Glyer/36
Chicon 2000 Masquerade Awards/38
OBITUARIES
Keith Roberts/68
Keith Roberts: A Remembrance by Jim Goddard/68
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: September/48
Books Received: September/48 British Books: August/62
Bestsellers/66 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/68 Editorial Matters/69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
F&SF 9/00; Asimov’s 8/00; Spectrum SF 3, 7/00;
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science, Gregory
Benford & George Zebrowski, eds.; Tales of Old
Earth, Michael Swanwick; The Perseids and Other
Stories, Robert Charles Wilson; GalaxyOnline 7/00;
SciFiction 7/00; SciFiction 8/00.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin; The Book
of Ash #3: The Wild Machines, Mary Gentle; The
Book of Ash #4: Lost Burgundy, Mary Gentle;
Gilgamesh, Stephan Grundy with Melodi Lammond
Grundy; Outlaw School, Rebecca Ore.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
Zeitgeist, Bruce Sterling; Colony Fleet, Susan R.
Matthews.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil, Nancy Atherton; Simply
Human, L. Warren Douglas; Deadhouse Gates,
Steven Erikson; Black Eagle Rising, Kate Jacoby;
Against the Odds, Elizabeth Moon; The Amber Spyglass,
Philip Pullman; When the King Comes Home,
Caroline Stevermer.
Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 27
Space: Manifold 2 (in the US as Manifold: Space),
Stephen Baxter; Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories,
James P. Blaylock; The Coming, Joe Haldeman;
Distance Haze, Jamil Nasir; Salt, Adam Roberts;
Terminal Visions, Richard Paul Russo.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ isher & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Edi tor-in-Chi ef
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editor
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editori al As s i stant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
MARIANNE JABLON
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Computer Proj e ct s
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
Locus, The Newspaper of the S cience Fiction Field (ISSN
0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.95 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:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $46.00 for 12 issues, $85.00 for 24 issues via periodical
mail. In Canada: $50.00 for 12 issues, $95.00 for
24 issues via periodical mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the US: $56.00 for 12 issues, $100.00 for 24
issues. In Canada: $58.00 for 12 issues, $105.00 for 24
issues. Individual overseas subscriptions are $50.00 for
12 issues, $95.00 for 24 issues via sea mail. Individual
subscriptions to Europe o r South America via air mail are
$75.00 for 12 issues, $125.00 for 24 issues. Individual
subscriptions to Australia, Asia, or Africa via air mail are
$85.00 for 12 issues, $140.00 for 24 issues. Lifetime subscriptions
are ten times the one-year rate. Institutional
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to Locus Publications. All subscriptions payable directly
in US funds only Overseas checks must be drawn
on a US bank and include computer encoding numbers
at bottom. When converting from periodical mail to first
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the mailing label is that of the last issue on your present
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us immediately. Periodical mail is not forwarded; it is either
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your subscription for each returned copy. We keep expired
addresses on file tor 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. ©2000 by
Locus Publications. We take no responsibility for unsolicited
submissions. Printed in the United States. Periodical
postage paid at Oakland, California. POSTMASTER: Send
address changes to Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305,
Oakland CA 94661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent via e-mail to locus@locusmag.com or
by fax to 510-339-8144. Subscriptions by phone are
available at 510-339-9198; 9:30AM to 5:00PM PST,
Monday – Friday.
Official Locus Website: www.Locusmag.com; Locus
Index to Science Fiction, Fantasy & H o rro r 1984-
1999: www.Locusmag.com/index/; The L ocus Index
to Science Fiction Awards is at www.Locusmag.com/
SFAwards/.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
LOCUS November 2000 / 3
