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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 ASSISTANT
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Ricia Mainhardt
Frank M. Robinson
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
Locus, ISSN-0047-4959, The Newspaper of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
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Table of Contents
STORIES
1988 Nebula Awards Winners………………………….. 1
SF’s Spring Break …………………………………………… 1
1989 Hugo Awards Nominations …………………….. 4
Satanic Verses: The Continuing Story……………… 5
SF Angle on House Ethics Probes…………………… 5
Asimov’s Apparel …………………………………………… 5
Awards, Awards, Awards! ………………………………. 5
Rucker, McAuley Share Dick Award……………. 5
Rachel Pollack Wins Clarke Award……………… 5
Elizabeth Moon Wins Crook Award ……………. 5
Stephen King: Over the Transom…………………….. 6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News …………………………………………….. 9
Court Cases……………………………………………………. 9
Book News……………………………………………………. 63
Announcements…………………………………………….. 63
Bookstore News …………………………………………… 63
Convention News …………………………………………. 64
Awards ………………………………………………………… 64
Rights & Options …………………………………………. 64
Film News……………………………………………………… 64
Publications Received……………………………………64
SF Opera News…………………………………………….. 64
Catalogs Received…………………………………………. 64
INTERVIEWS
Joe Haldeman: Exploring New Territory …………. 6
PHOTO STORIES
Dave Duncan Duo …………………………………………. 6
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis …………………….. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………… 13
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson …………… 31
Locus Bulletin Board……………………………………. 33
Locus Letters………………………………………………… 60
Editorial Matters…………………………………………… 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren M ille r………………………………. 15
Out on Blue Six, Ian McDonald; Novelty, John
Crowley; The Folk of the Fringe, Orson Scott
Card; Salvage Rites, Ian Watson; Forests of the
Night, Tanith Lee; Women as Demons, Tanith
Lee. SHORT TAKES: The Nexus, Mike
McQuay; The Mace of Souls, Bruce Fergusson;
Old Tin Sorrows, Glen Cook; Paradise: A
Chronicle of a Distant World, Mike Resnick;
Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters,
Anne K. Mellor.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………….19
A Matter For Men, David Gerrold; A Day For
Damnation, David Gerrold; A Rage For Revenge,
David Gerrold; The Brothers Grimm:
From Enchanted Forests to the Modern
World, Jack Zipes; Snow White and Rose Red,
Patricia C. Wrede; The Cockroaches of Stay
More, Donald Harington; Light Raid, Connie
Willis & Cynthia Felice; The Hidden Ones,
Gwyneth Jones; Monkey Station, Ardath Mayhar
& Ron Fortier, Feather Stroke, Sydney J.
Van Scyoc. SHORT TAKES : Piper at the
Gate, Mary Stanton; The Star Scroll, Melanie
Rawn.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore…………………………… 23
Buying Time, Joe Haldeman; Phases of Gravity,
Dan Simmons; Paradise: A Chronicle of a
Distant World, Mike Resnick; Solomon’s
Knife, Victor Koman.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………..25
Black Milk, Robert Reed; The Nexus, Mike
McQuay; The Way to Ground Zero: The
Atomic Bomb in American Science Fiction,
Martha A. Bartter, The Shapers, Robert R.
Chase; The Eight, Katherine Neville.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly…………………………………29
Amazing 5/89; Amazing 7/89; Analog 5/89;
IASFM 5/89; F&SF 4/89; Interzone 3-4/89; New
Destinies VII, Jim Baen, ed; Omni 5/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Conference on the Fantastic…………………………. 34
Lunacon 1989 ……………………………………………….36
LISTINGS
International Books and Magazines………………..38
Convention Listings………………………………………40
Magazines Received—March ……………………….44
Books Received —March …………………………….. 45
British Books — February…………………………….. 53
Bestsellers …………………………………………………… 58
OBITUARIES
Hans Helmut Kirst ………………………………………..60
Norman Saunders ………………………………………..60
PHOTO INDEX
Joe Haldeman…………………… 1
Julie Palumbo, Charles N.
Brown, Michaela Roessner 1
Milton Wolf, Ellen Datlow,
David Hartwell……………… 1
Rudy Rucker…………………….. 5
Rachel Pollack…………………… 5
Elizabeth Moon…………………. 5
Joe Haldeman…………………… 6
Dave Duncan,
David Duncan……………….. 6
Stephen King…………………….. 6
C. J. Cherryh…………………….. 7
Octavia E. Butler ……………… 7
Chris Miller………………………. 7
Ellen Kushner…………………… 7
Juanita Coulson ……………….. 7
Rebecca O r e …………………….. 7
Nick Webb………………………… 9
Jim Baen……………………………. 9
John Jarrold………………………. 9
Fritz L eiber………………………. 13
Marshall Tymn, Robert
Collins …………………………..34
Michael J. Collins……………… 34
Marshall Tymn …………………. 34
Rusty Hevelin, F. M. Busby…. 34
Brian Aldiss, Darlene Tymn .. 34
Michaela Roessner, William
Senior…………………………….34
Julie Palumbo, Ellen Datlow,
Michaela Roessner………….34
Joe Haldeman, Milton Wolf,
Karen Haber, Ricia Mainhardt,
Doris Lessing, Robert
Silverberg……………………….34
Jules Zanger, Bud F o o te …….35
Gary K. Wolfe, David Hartwell,
Robert Collins……………….. 35
Colin Manlove…………………… 35
Stephen R. Donaldson,
Patricia A McKillip………..35
Robert Silverberg, Brian
Aldiss …………………………….35
All Page 1 Photos by C.N. Brown
ISSUE #340 VOL 22 NO 5 May 1989 Mailing Date: April 28 1989
LOCUS May 1989/3
IAFA Banquet Head Table …. 35
Roger Zelazny,
Chris Monroe………………..36
Ian Randall Strock, Charles
Ardal…………………………… 36
Roger Zelazny………………….36
Tess Kissinger, Peter J. Heck 36
Gordon Van Gelder, Martha
Soukup ………………………… 36
Hal Clement, Moshe Feder,
John Douglas………………..37
Ginjer Buchanan, Jacqueline
Lichtenberg, Roger Zelazny,
Sharon Green, Jack
L. Chalker……………………..37
Ron Walotsky……………………37
Joe Haldeman……………………61
Brian Aldiss, Doris Lessing,
Marshall Tymn………………65
Orson Scott Card, Tom
Doherty, Brian Aldiss…….65
ISSN-0049-4959
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE
Pamela F. Troy
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Ricia Mainhardt
Frank M. Robinson
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
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
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via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
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returned copy. We keep expired addresses on file for
one year, so tell us if your subscription is a renewal
or completely new.
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P.O. Box 23, Upwell
Wisbech, CAMBS PE14 9BU
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700 Ninomiya Ninomiya-machi
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available. For information call (415) 339-9198.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright © 1989 by Locus Publications.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Table of Contents
STORIES
1988 Nebula Awards Winners………………………….. 1
SF’s Spring Break …………………………………………… 1
1989 Hugo Awards Nominations …………………….. 4
Satanic Verses: The Continuing Story……………… 5
SF Angle on House Ethics Probes…………………… 5
Asimov’s Apparel …………………………………………… 5
Awards, Awards, Awards! ………………………………. 5
Rucker, McAuley Share Dick Award……………. 5
Rachel Pollack Wins Clarke Award……………… 5
Elizabeth Moon Wins Crook Award ……………. 5
Stephen King: Over the Transom…………………….. 6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News …………………………………………….. 9
Court Cases……………………………………………………. 9
Book News……………………………………………………. 63
Announcements…………………………………………….. 63
Bookstore News …………………………………………… 63
Convention News …………………………………………. 64
Awards ………………………………………………………… 64
Rights & Options …………………………………………. 64
Film News……………………………………………………… 64
Publications Received……………………………………64
SF Opera News…………………………………………….. 64
Catalogs Received…………………………………………. 64
INTERVIEWS
Joe Haldeman: Exploring New Territory …………. 6
PHOTO STORIES
Dave Duncan Duo …………………………………………. 6
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis …………………….. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………… 13
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson …………… 31
Locus Bulletin Board……………………………………. 33
Locus Letters………………………………………………… 60
Editorial Matters…………………………………………… 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren M ille r………………………………. 15
Out on Blue Six, Ian McDonald; Novelty, John
Crowley; The Folk of the Fringe, Orson Scott
Card; Salvage Rites, Ian Watson; Forests of the
Night, Tanith Lee; Women as Demons, Tanith
Lee. SHORT TAKES: The Nexus, Mike
McQuay; The Mace of Souls, Bruce Fergusson;
Old Tin Sorrows, Glen Cook; Paradise: A
Chronicle of a Distant World, Mike Resnick;
Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters,
Anne K. Mellor.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………….19
A Matter For Men, David Gerrold; A Day For
Damnation, David Gerrold; A Rage For Revenge,
David Gerrold; The Brothers Grimm:
From Enchanted Forests to the Modern
World, Jack Zipes; Snow White and Rose Red,
Patricia C. Wrede; The Cockroaches of Stay
More, Donald Harington; Light Raid, Connie
Willis & Cynthia Felice; The Hidden Ones,
Gwyneth Jones; Monkey Station, Ardath Mayhar
& Ron Fortier, Feather Stroke, Sydney J.
Van Scyoc. SHORT TAKES : Piper at the
Gate, Mary Stanton; The Star Scroll, Melanie
Rawn.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore…………………………… 23
Buying Time, Joe Haldeman; Phases of Gravity,
Dan Simmons; Paradise: A Chronicle of a
Distant World, Mike Resnick; Solomon’s
Knife, Victor Koman.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………..25
Black Milk, Robert Reed; The Nexus, Mike
McQuay; The Way to Ground Zero: The
Atomic Bomb in American Science Fiction,
Martha A. Bartter, The Shapers, Robert R.
Chase; The Eight, Katherine Neville.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly…………………………………29
Amazing 5/89; Amazing 7/89; Analog 5/89;
IASFM 5/89; F&SF 4/89; Interzone 3-4/89; New
Destinies VII, Jim Baen, ed; Omni 5/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Conference on the Fantastic…………………………. 34
Lunacon 1989 ……………………………………………….36
LISTINGS
International Books and Magazines………………..38
Convention Listings………………………………………40
Magazines Received—March ……………………….44
Books Received —March …………………………….. 45
British Books — February…………………………….. 53
Bestsellers …………………………………………………… 58
OBITUARIES
Hans Helmut Kirst ………………………………………..60
Norman Saunders ………………………………………..60
PHOTO INDEX
Joe Haldeman…………………… 1
Julie Palumbo, Charles N.
Brown, Michaela Roessner 1
Milton Wolf, Ellen Datlow,
David Hartwell……………… 1
Rudy Rucker…………………….. 5
Rachel Pollack…………………… 5
Elizabeth Moon…………………. 5
Joe Haldeman…………………… 6
Dave Duncan,
David Duncan……………….. 6
Stephen King…………………….. 6
C. J. Cherryh…………………….. 7
Octavia E. Butler ……………… 7
Chris Miller………………………. 7
Ellen Kushner…………………… 7
Juanita Coulson ……………….. 7
Rebecca O r e …………………….. 7
Nick Webb………………………… 9
Jim Baen……………………………. 9
John Jarrold………………………. 9
Fritz L eiber………………………. 13
Marshall Tymn, Robert
Collins …………………………..34
Michael J. Collins……………… 34
Marshall Tymn …………………. 34
Rusty Hevelin, F. M. Busby…. 34
Brian Aldiss, Darlene Tymn .. 34
Michaela Roessner, William
Senior…………………………….34
Julie Palumbo, Ellen Datlow,
Michaela Roessner………….34
Joe Haldeman, Milton Wolf,
Karen Haber, Ricia Mainhardt,
Doris Lessing, Robert
Silverberg……………………….34
Jules Zanger, Bud F o o te …….35
Gary K. Wolfe, David Hartwell,
Robert Collins……………….. 35
Colin Manlove…………………… 35
Stephen R. Donaldson,
Patricia A McKillip………..35
Robert Silverberg, Brian
Aldiss …………………………….35
All Page 1 Photos by C.N. Brown
ISSUE #340 VOL 22 NO 5 May 1989 Mailing Date: April 28 1989
LOCUS May 1989/3
IAFA Banquet Head Table …. 35
Roger Zelazny,
Chris Monroe………………..36
Ian Randall Strock, Charles
Ardal…………………………… 36
Roger Zelazny………………….36
Tess Kissinger, Peter J. Heck 36
Gordon Van Gelder, Martha
Soukup ………………………… 36
Hal Clement, Moshe Feder,
John Douglas………………..37
Ginjer Buchanan, Jacqueline
Lichtenberg, Roger Zelazny,
Sharon Green, Jack
L. Chalker……………………..37
Ron Walotsky……………………37
Joe Haldeman……………………61
Brian Aldiss, Doris Lessing,
Marshall Tymn………………65
Orson Scott Card, Tom
Doherty, Brian Aldiss…….65
