Table of Contents, December 1987
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Table of Contents
World Fantasy Awards 1
Frankfurt Book Fair 1
Editorial Matters 3
Patrick Tilley; Mutants & Mysticism 4
The Data File 4
SF Grants Available 5
Jane Yolen: 25,50,100 5
Clarion Anniversary 5
Universe Continues 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 More Books, Tom
Whitmore 15
Locus Looks at More Books, Dan Chow 17
Small Wonders, Amy Thomson 19
ISSUE #323 VOL. 20, N 0 12 DECEMBER 1987 Mailing Date: Dec. 1,1987
Ace 32,61
Andron 44
Art of Communication 37
Avon 14
Baen 10,51,59
Bantam 6,12,20,53,55,57
Classified Ads 64
DAW 8
Del Rey 16,38,39
Harmony Books 58
Heinlein Collection 66
Editorial Matters
ISSN-0047-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Pamela F. Troy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Karen Haber
Fritz Leiber
Frank M. Robinson
Amy Thomson
Tom Whitmore
EDITORIAL TRAINEES
Shelly R. Clift
Trevin J. Matlock
Locus, ISSN-0047-4959, The Newspaper of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS, INC. 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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via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $32.00 for 12 issues,
$61.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $45.00 for 12 issues, $85.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $50.00 for 12 issues,
$95.00 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.
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or destroyed. We subtract one issue from your subscription
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Contents copyright © 1987 by Locus Publications.
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For the third time this year, welcome to the
largest issue of Locus ever. At 76 pages plus a
6-page insert, we’re coming even closer to the
limits for saddle stitching and reasonably inexpensive
printing and mailing costs. We’ve
passed the point of being able to do mechanical
paste-up in a reasonable amount of time.
This issue, if we can solve one more problem,
will be run completely on Pagemaker, a desktop
publishing program. Unfortunately,
“compatible” in computer talk or typesetting
talk turns out to be a buzzword. The new type
is supposed to be the same size or bigger than
the old type, but it’s slightly shorter and much
wider instead. The program also gives us a
little more room between lines. Locus used to
be a mixture of 7 and 8 point type; now it’s 8 and
9, and takes up 20% more space. On top of
that, all of last year’s computer equipment and
programs are out of date, and this issue has
been done almost entirely by 98-pound Pam,
instead of our usual three people doing computer
corrections and paste-up. As usual, all of
it is taking longer, is more difficult, and much
more expensive than it was supposed to be.
There’s no way to go back to the old system, so
we have to keep going until it’s all satisfactory
again (then it will be time for the next major
change). This discussion may seem to have too
many minutiae about the inner workings of
Locus, but it looms large for us.
We will most likely raise the price of Locus
in April (for our 20th anniversary), unless
there’s a depression and we convert to apple
selling instead. Subscriptions will be accepted
at current rates until March 15th only. We’re
announcing it this far in advance to give even
our foreign sea mail subscribers a chance to
renew. For those feeling flush, we still offer
lifetime subscriptions at ten times the one-year
rate. Foreign subscribers may find this of
particular interest in these weak dollar days.
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE
It’s been interesting looking at international
publishing this fall. I visited British publishers
before and after worldcon, and then went to
the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. I try to
cover both places at least every other year.
Two years ago, I combined the trips, and it
proved exhausting. This year, I had almost
enough time in between to get back on California
time. I also took Carolyn Cushman with me
to London and Ricia Mainhardt to Frankfurt,
and dumped a lot of the organizing work on
them. It helped to increase what we accomplished,
but not the bank account. Europe has
become very expensive in the last two years —
even more than I thought last month. I
charged most of the German trip before the
stock market crash, and had to pay afterward
with a deflated dollar.
Every time I make an overseas trip, I have to
ask, is it worth it? American sf dominates the
world market. Wouldn’t it be better to save the
money and wear and tear and just concentrate
on the American market? I think that covering
the world gives Locus (and me) a sense of
proportion which helps the magazine, the sf
field, and maybe even world understanding in
Continued on page 74
LOCUS December 1 9 8 7 /3
Kerosina 60
Locus 74
Locus Press 63,71
Magnum Opus Con 50
Phantasia Press 22
Popular Library Questar 69
Byron Preiss Productions 24,25
Texas A&M 43
Tor insert,2,75,76
Walker 52
Index to Ads
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson 21
Locus Bulletin Board 23
Along Publishers’ Row 26
Fantasycon XII 33
NASFiC 1987: CactusCon 34
USSR Writers Union Conference 36
Books Received—October 40
Magazines Received-October 46
Convention Listings 47
Statement of Ownership 54
British Books—September 56
Classified Ads 64
Bestseller Lists 68
Obituaries: Donald Wandrei, Ron Smith,
Richard Delap, Howard Pendray,
Mary Beth Wheeler 70
World Fantasy Awards 1
Frankfurt Book Fair 1
Editorial Matters 3
Patrick Tilley; Mutants & Mysticism 4
The Data File 4
SF Grants Available 5
Jane Yolen: 25,50,100 5
Clarion Anniversary 5
Universe Continues 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 More Books, Tom
Whitmore 15
Locus Looks at More Books, Dan Chow 17
Small Wonders, Amy Thomson 19
ISSUE #323 VOL. 20, N 0 12 DECEMBER 1987 Mailing Date: Dec. 1,1987
Ace 32,61
Andron 44
Art of Communication 37
Avon 14
Baen 10,51,59
Bantam 6,12,20,53,55,57
Classified Ads 64
DAW 8
Del Rey 16,38,39
Harmony Books 58
Heinlein Collection 66
Editorial Matters
ISSN-0047-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Pamela F. Troy
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Karen Haber
Fritz Leiber
Frank M. Robinson
Amy Thomson
Tom Whitmore
EDITORIAL TRAINEES
Shelly R. Clift
Trevin J. Matlock
Locus, ISSN-0047-4959, The Newspaper of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS, INC. 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 $2.50. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $24.00 for 12 issues, $45.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $32.00 for 12 issues,
$61.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $27.00 for 12 issues, $51.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $45.00 for 12 issues, $85.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $50.00 for 12 issues,
$95.00 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 (75c per issue). The number after your
name on the mailing label is that of the last issue on
your present subscription. We do not send notices
when subscriptions are about to expire. 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.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright © 1987 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
For the third time this year, welcome to the
largest issue of Locus ever. At 76 pages plus a
6-page insert, we’re coming even closer to the
limits for saddle stitching and reasonably inexpensive
printing and mailing costs. We’ve
passed the point of being able to do mechanical
paste-up in a reasonable amount of time.
This issue, if we can solve one more problem,
will be run completely on Pagemaker, a desktop
publishing program. Unfortunately,
“compatible” in computer talk or typesetting
talk turns out to be a buzzword. The new type
is supposed to be the same size or bigger than
the old type, but it’s slightly shorter and much
wider instead. The program also gives us a
little more room between lines. Locus used to
be a mixture of 7 and 8 point type; now it’s 8 and
9, and takes up 20% more space. On top of
that, all of last year’s computer equipment and
programs are out of date, and this issue has
been done almost entirely by 98-pound Pam,
instead of our usual three people doing computer
corrections and paste-up. As usual, all of
it is taking longer, is more difficult, and much
more expensive than it was supposed to be.
There’s no way to go back to the old system, so
we have to keep going until it’s all satisfactory
again (then it will be time for the next major
change). This discussion may seem to have too
many minutiae about the inner workings of
Locus, but it looms large for us.
We will most likely raise the price of Locus
in April (for our 20th anniversary), unless
there’s a depression and we convert to apple
selling instead. Subscriptions will be accepted
at current rates until March 15th only. We’re
announcing it this far in advance to give even
our foreign sea mail subscribers a chance to
renew. For those feeling flush, we still offer
lifetime subscriptions at ten times the one-year
rate. Foreign subscribers may find this of
particular interest in these weak dollar days.
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE
It’s been interesting looking at international
publishing this fall. I visited British publishers
before and after worldcon, and then went to
the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. I try to
cover both places at least every other year.
Two years ago, I combined the trips, and it
proved exhausting. This year, I had almost
enough time in between to get back on California
time. I also took Carolyn Cushman with me
to London and Ricia Mainhardt to Frankfurt,
and dumped a lot of the organizing work on
them. It helped to increase what we accomplished,
but not the bank account. Europe has
become very expensive in the last two years —
even more than I thought last month. I
charged most of the German trip before the
stock market crash, and had to pay afterward
with a deflated dollar.
Every time I make an overseas trip, I have to
ask, is it worth it? American sf dominates the
world market. Wouldn’t it be better to save the
money and wear and tear and just concentrate
on the American market? I think that covering
the world gives Locus (and me) a sense of
proportion which helps the magazine, the sf
field, and maybe even world understanding in
Continued on page 74
LOCUS December 1 9 8 7 /3
Kerosina 60
Locus 74
Locus Press 63,71
Magnum Opus Con 50
Phantasia Press 22
Popular Library Questar 69
Byron Preiss Productions 24,25
Texas A&M 43
Tor insert,2,75,76
Walker 52
Index to Ads
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson 21
Locus Bulletin Board 23
Along Publishers’ Row 26
Fantasycon XII 33
NASFiC 1987: CactusCon 34
USSR Writers Union Conference 36
Books Received—October 40
Magazines Received-October 46
Convention Listings 47
Statement of Ownership 54
British Books—September 56
Classified Ads 64
Bestseller Lists 68
Obituaries: Donald Wandrei, Ron Smith,
Richard Delap, Howard Pendray,
Mary Beth Wheeler 70
