Table of Contents, October 1988
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION 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 TRAINEE
Susannah Redelfs
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber, Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Frank M. Robinson
Tom Whitmore
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn, Jane Jewell
Ricia Mainhardt
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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Display advertising rates on request. Booksellers discounts
available. For information call (415) 339-9198.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright © 1988 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
STORIES
1988 Hugo Awards Winners………………………….. 1
Nolacon II ………………………….. ………………………… 1
Clarion 1988: The Wild Bunch………………………. 4
Clarion C a ll……………………………………………………. 4
Preiss Publications New P ackages…………………. 4
Publishing N o te s…………………………………………….. 4
A Great Month for Sf Franchises…………………… 5
The Data File………………………………………………….. 5
Store N ews………………………………………………….. 5
Changes of Address…………………………………… 5
Announcements …………………………………………. 5
A w ard s……………………………………………………… 80
Markets ……………………………………………………. 80
Booknotes ………………………………………………… 80
Publiscations Received ……………………………. 80
Audio R eceived…………………………………………. 80
Rights and Options…………………………………….80
Gaming……………………………………………………… 81
Books into F ilm…………………………………………. 81
Spawn of Outer L imits……………………………… 81
Catalogs Received …………………………………….81
Conspiracy ’87: View from the Soviet Union .. 38
LOCUS SPECIAL
1988 Locus Survey Results ………………………….. 40
INTERVIEWS
Octavia E. Butler: Sf in the Age of Anxiety ….. 5
Pat Murphy: Magnificent Obsessions ……………. 7
Frank K. Kelly Still Looks to the F u tu re ……… 39
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Editorial Matters…………………………………………….. 3
People & Publishing……………………………………….. 6
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis …………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………. 13
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson …………27
Locus Bulletin B o a rd …………………………………….33
Locus L etters………………………………………………… 76
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………… 15
Lavondyss, Robert Holdstock; There Are
Doors, Gene Wolfe; Dictionary of the Khazars:
A Lexicon Novel, Milorad Pavic; Cabal,
Clive Barker; Ivory, Mike Resnick; Spirits of
Cavern and Hearth, M. Coleman Easton .
Welcome to issue 333 – perhaps not as significant
as the bestial 666, but still an interest –
Charles N. Brown
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: ……………………. 17
T he H e a le r’s War, Elizabeth A.
Scarborough; Gondar, Nicholas Luard ;
Once O n a Time, A .A . Milne; The Crystal
Palace, Phyllis Eisenstein; The Rehumanization
of Jade Darcy, Book One: Jade Darcy
and the Affair of Honor, Stephen Goldin
and Mary Mason; Euryale, Kara Dalkey.
Reviews by Tom W hitmore:…………………………..21
The Armor of Light, Melissa Scott and Lisa
Barnett; The Company Man, Joe Clifford
Faust; The Wine-Dark Sea, Robert
Aickman; Unknown, Stanley Schmidt, ed.;
The Annotated Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien;
Liavek: Spells of Binding, Will Shetterly and
Emma Bull, eds.; First Maitz, Don Maitz.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………. 23
Pioneers, Philip Mann; Other Americas,
Norman Spinrad; Hello America, J.G.
Ballard; Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime II:
Maelstrom, Paul Preuss; The Home Planet,
Kevin W. Kelley, ed.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark Kelly……………………………………………..31
CONVENTIONS
DeepSouthCon 2 6 ………………………………………… 42
Stoker Awards Weekend ………………………………43
SFRA C onference………………………………………… 44
Boreal 10………………………………………………………..44
Fourth Street Fantasy Convention………………..45
INTERNATIONAL SF
Sf in France…………………………………………………….47
Syncon 1988: Conviction ………………………………48
Sf in Japan………………………………………………………49
LISTINGS
Along Publishers’ Row — U.K………………………..50
International Books Received……………………….53
Magazines Received — August……………………….56
Books Received — August …………………………….58
British Books — July …………………………………….. 65
Bestsellers………………………………………………………74
OBITUARIES
Neil R. Jones …………………………………………………76
Leonard N. Isaacs ………………………………………… 76
ing numeral. With the 16 pages of color inserts
(not counted in the pagination), it’s also the
first 100-page issue. The original Locus was
conceived as a one-sheet very frequent newsletter.
The one-sheet idea lasted less than 10
issues, although we kept it to 12 pages for most
o f a decade, and the magazine stayed bi-weekly
or better through 1974, when we reduced the
type and went back to four pages. We went
monthly in 1978. If any passing time travellers
told me I would eventually be doing a 100-page
monthly magazine, I would have laughed at
them and accused them o f fraud.
I spent several hours looking at old Loci
(hence the above paragraph), looking up what
the Editorial We said after winning earlier
Hugos. Thank you again for voting for us.
Even though it’s our 13th win, we never take it
for granted. I was very nervous, as usual, sitting
and waiting for the awards ceremony. Locus
becomes more and more of a team effort as it
gets bigger, and there are just too many people
to thank by name – the staff, the columnists,
the collators, and especially the readers who
think we’re still worth their time and money.
Continued on page 78
ISSUE #333 VOL 21, NO 10 October 1988 Mailing Date: September 29 1988
LOCUS October 1988/3
Editorial Matters
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION 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 TRAINEE
Susannah Redelfs
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber, Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Frank M. Robinson
Tom Whitmore
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn, Jane Jewell
Ricia Mainhardt
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. 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. For information call (415) 339-9198.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright © 1988 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
STORIES
1988 Hugo Awards Winners………………………….. 1
Nolacon II ………………………….. ………………………… 1
Clarion 1988: The Wild Bunch………………………. 4
Clarion C a ll……………………………………………………. 4
Preiss Publications New P ackages…………………. 4
Publishing N o te s…………………………………………….. 4
A Great Month for Sf Franchises…………………… 5
The Data File………………………………………………….. 5
Store N ews………………………………………………….. 5
Changes of Address…………………………………… 5
Announcements …………………………………………. 5
A w ard s……………………………………………………… 80
Markets ……………………………………………………. 80
Booknotes ………………………………………………… 80
Publiscations Received ……………………………. 80
Audio R eceived…………………………………………. 80
Rights and Options…………………………………….80
Gaming……………………………………………………… 81
Books into F ilm…………………………………………. 81
Spawn of Outer L imits……………………………… 81
Catalogs Received …………………………………….81
Conspiracy ’87: View from the Soviet Union .. 38
LOCUS SPECIAL
1988 Locus Survey Results ………………………….. 40
INTERVIEWS
Octavia E. Butler: Sf in the Age of Anxiety ….. 5
Pat Murphy: Magnificent Obsessions ……………. 7
Frank K. Kelly Still Looks to the F u tu re ……… 39
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Editorial Matters…………………………………………….. 3
People & Publishing……………………………………….. 6
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis …………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………. 13
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson …………27
Locus Bulletin B o a rd …………………………………….33
Locus L etters………………………………………………… 76
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………… 15
Lavondyss, Robert Holdstock; There Are
Doors, Gene Wolfe; Dictionary of the Khazars:
A Lexicon Novel, Milorad Pavic; Cabal,
Clive Barker; Ivory, Mike Resnick; Spirits of
Cavern and Hearth, M. Coleman Easton .
Welcome to issue 333 – perhaps not as significant
as the bestial 666, but still an interest –
Charles N. Brown
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: ……………………. 17
T he H e a le r’s War, Elizabeth A.
Scarborough; Gondar, Nicholas Luard ;
Once O n a Time, A .A . Milne; The Crystal
Palace, Phyllis Eisenstein; The Rehumanization
of Jade Darcy, Book One: Jade Darcy
and the Affair of Honor, Stephen Goldin
and Mary Mason; Euryale, Kara Dalkey.
Reviews by Tom W hitmore:…………………………..21
The Armor of Light, Melissa Scott and Lisa
Barnett; The Company Man, Joe Clifford
Faust; The Wine-Dark Sea, Robert
Aickman; Unknown, Stanley Schmidt, ed.;
The Annotated Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien;
Liavek: Spells of Binding, Will Shetterly and
Emma Bull, eds.; First Maitz, Don Maitz.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………. 23
Pioneers, Philip Mann; Other Americas,
Norman Spinrad; Hello America, J.G.
Ballard; Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime II:
Maelstrom, Paul Preuss; The Home Planet,
Kevin W. Kelley, ed.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark Kelly……………………………………………..31
CONVENTIONS
DeepSouthCon 2 6 ………………………………………… 42
Stoker Awards Weekend ………………………………43
SFRA C onference………………………………………… 44
Boreal 10………………………………………………………..44
Fourth Street Fantasy Convention………………..45
INTERNATIONAL SF
Sf in France…………………………………………………….47
Syncon 1988: Conviction ………………………………48
Sf in Japan………………………………………………………49
LISTINGS
Along Publishers’ Row — U.K………………………..50
International Books Received……………………….53
Magazines Received — August……………………….56
Books Received — August …………………………….58
British Books — July …………………………………….. 65
Bestsellers………………………………………………………74
OBITUARIES
Neil R. Jones …………………………………………………76
Leonard N. Isaacs ………………………………………… 76
ing numeral. With the 16 pages of color inserts
(not counted in the pagination), it’s also the
first 100-page issue. The original Locus was
conceived as a one-sheet very frequent newsletter.
The one-sheet idea lasted less than 10
issues, although we kept it to 12 pages for most
o f a decade, and the magazine stayed bi-weekly
or better through 1974, when we reduced the
type and went back to four pages. We went
monthly in 1978. If any passing time travellers
told me I would eventually be doing a 100-page
monthly magazine, I would have laughed at
them and accused them o f fraud.
I spent several hours looking at old Loci
(hence the above paragraph), looking up what
the Editorial We said after winning earlier
Hugos. Thank you again for voting for us.
Even though it’s our 13th win, we never take it
for granted. I was very nervous, as usual, sitting
and waiting for the awards ceremony. Locus
becomes more and more of a team effort as it
gets bigger, and there are just too many people
to thank by name – the staff, the columnists,
the collators, and especially the readers who
think we’re still worth their time and money.
Continued on page 78
ISSUE #333 VOL 21, NO 10 October 1988 Mailing Date: September 29 1988
LOCUS October 1988/3
Editorial Matters
