Table of Contents, August 1989
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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
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
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.
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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
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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 © 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.
STORIES
1989 Locus Awards ……………………………………… 1
Moving in on Spock……………………………………… 5
Tornado Hits F&SF……………………………………… 5
U.K. Marketing B litz ……………………………………. 5
1989 Nebula Judges Announced …………………… 5
Sci-Fi Cable Network……………………………………. 6
Arthur C. Clarke: C.B.E………………………………… 6
The Satanic Verses: Part V I ………………………….. 6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing N ews…………………………………………… 9
Bookstore N ews…………………………………………… 9
Court Cases…………………………………………………..9
Announcements …………………………………………… 9
Magazine News……………………………………………..9
Awards………………………………………………………… 9
Market News…………………………………………………9
Opera News…………………………………………………..9
Gaming News ……………………………………………….9
Book News…………………………………………………..66
Film News …………………………………………………..66
Rights & Options……………………………………….. 66
Publications Received………………………………… 67
Catalogs Received ……………………………………… 67
Audio News…………………………………………………67
SF/Fantasy Calendars for 1990 …………………… 68
INTERVIEWS
Lois McMaster Bujold: Coming Full Circle…….4
Connie Willis: Skeptic in the Choir……………….. 4
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………… 7
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………. 17
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson………….29
Locus Bulletin Board………………………………….. 31
Locus Letters ……………………………………………..64
Editorial Matters ……………………………………….. 66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………… 11
Good News from Outer Space, John Kessel; The
State of the Art, Iain M. Banks; Borders of
Infinity, Lois McMaster Bujold; West of January,
Dave Duncan; Silk Road, Jeanne Larsen;
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Anne
Rice; Pyramids, Terry Pratchett; Tower of Fear,
Glen Cook; The Fortress of the Pearl, Michael
Moorcock.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………….. 15
Arthur, Stephen R. Lawhead; The Eye of the
World, Robert Jordan; Apocalypse, Nancy
Springer; TekWar, William Shatner; Jason
Cosmo, Dan McGirt ; Melusine, Lynne Reid
Banks; Medallion of the Black Hound, Shirley
Rousseau Murphy with Welch Suggs.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:…………………………19
White Jenna, Jane Yolen; A Fire in the Sun,
George Alec Effinger; Dream Park II: The
Barsoom Project, Larry Niven & Steven
Barnes; Angel Station, Walter Jon Williams;
What Might Have Been?, Volume I: Alternate
Empires, Gregory Benford & Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; The Jedera Adventure, Lloyd
Alexander, The Moon in Hiding, Teresa Edgerton.
Reviews by Edward Bryant………………………………. 23
A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger;
Dydeetown World, F. Paul Wilson; Nightside
City, Lawrence Watt-Evans; Tomorrow’s
Crimes, Donald E. Westlake; Fantasma, Thomas
F. Monteleone; Sunglasses After Dark,
Nancy A. Collins.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly………………………………………25
Zenith, David S. Garnett, ed.; Synergy 4,
George Zebrowski, ed.; What Might Have
Been?, Volume 1: Alternate Empires, Gregory
Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; IASFM
8/89; F&SF 8/89; Aboriginal SF 7-8/89; Analog
8/89; Interzone 7-8/89; Omni 8/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Bram Stoker Awards Banquet 1989 ……………….. 32
ABA 1989—Washington D.C…………………………. 34
World SF/Eurocon 1989………………………………… 38
FOREIGN SF
ABA, Parisienne Style…………………………………….41
1989 LOCUS POLL RESULTS
Best Science Fiction Novel…………………………….. 44
Best Fantasy Novel ………………………………………..44
Best Horror Novel………………………………………….44
Best First Novel……………………………………………..45
Best Non-Fiction……………………………………………45
Best Novella…………………………………………………. 45
Best Novelette ……………………………………………….45
Best Short Story……………………………………………..45
Best Magazine ……………………………………………….46
Best Book Publisher ………………………………………46
Best E d ito r…………………………………………………… 46
Best A rtist…………………………………………………….. 47
Best Collection……………………………………………….47
Best Anthology……………………………………………… 47
Bests of the Year Contents…………………………….. 48
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — June…………………………… 49
Books Received —June ………………………………… 50
British Books — May ……………………………………. 57
Bestsellers…………………………………………………….. 62
OBITUARIES
William F. Temple………………………………………….64
An Appreciation by Arthur C. Clarke ………. 64
Sylvia Cassedy…………………………………………………64
ABA Montage
………….(RM) (CNB) (SRC) 1
Lois McMaster Bujold (CNB) 4
Connie Willis……………(CNB) 4
Arthur C. Clarke………(CNB) 6
Karl Edward Wagner …. (BG) 7
Nancy Varian Berberick…. (F) 7
Richard Paul Russo………..(F) 7
Kate Wilhelm……………(CNB) 7
T.E.D. Klein……………… (DG) 7
Fritz Leiber……………… (HS) 17
David Morrell……………… (JJ) 32
R. Chetwynd-Hayes………(JJ)32
Joe R. Lansdale, Robert R.
McCammon……………..(JJ) 32
Joe R. Lansdale,
R. Chetwynd-Hayes …. (JJ) 32
Laurence J. Kirshbaum…. (JJ)32
Kelley Wilde, David Morrell,
R. Chetwynd-Hayes,
Joe R. Lansdale ………(JJ)32
PHOTO INDEX
Kelley Wilde…………………. (JJ)32
Melissa Singer,
Anna Magee …………….. (JJ)33
Jo Fletcher, Kathy Gale,
Stephen Jones …………… (JJ)33
David J. Schow, Robert R.
McCammon,
Craig Spector……………(BG) 33
Ellen Datlow,
Robert Killheffer……….. (JJ)33
Les Daniels, Craig Spector,
Douglas E. Winter, John
Skipp, Joe R. Lansdale,
David J. Schow, Robert R.
McCammon……………..(BG) 33
Michael Seidman…………… (JJ)33
Richard Pini, Wendy Pini (RM)34
James Morrow……………. (RM)34
Shelly R. Clift,
Charles N. Brown…….(RM)34
Charles N. Brown,
Roberta Grossman.. (RM)34
Carole Baron,
Joe Gonnella………….(RM) 34
John Douglas ……………(RM)34
Edgar Winter, Ricia
Mainhardt………….. (CNB)34
David Bischoff, Charles N.
Brown, Owen Lock, John
Silbersack ……………. (RM)34
A .C. Crispin ……………. (RM)35
Chris Miller, Elsie Wollheim,
Martin H. Greenberg (RM)35
Trish Conners,
Kathleen Doherty,
Ralph Arno t e ………(CNB) 35
David Shanks,
Rena Wolner ………..(RM)35
Jennifer Brehl, Isaac Asimov,
Shelly R. Clift………(CNB)35
Continued on page 66
PHOTO CREDITS: (RM) Ricia Mainhardt, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (SRC) Shelly R Clift, (BG) Beth
Gwinn, (F) Furnished, (DG) Donni Gillies, (HS) Howard Schatz, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (EH) Elizabeth Anne
Hull, (NLW) N. Lee Wood.
ISSUE #343 VOL 23 NO 2 August 1989 Mailing Date: July 26 1989
LOCUS August 1989/3
Table of Contents
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
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Karen Haber
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
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
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 subs c riptions , 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. 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 © 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.
STORIES
1989 Locus Awards ……………………………………… 1
Moving in on Spock……………………………………… 5
Tornado Hits F&SF……………………………………… 5
U.K. Marketing B litz ……………………………………. 5
1989 Nebula Judges Announced …………………… 5
Sci-Fi Cable Network……………………………………. 6
Arthur C. Clarke: C.B.E………………………………… 6
The Satanic Verses: Part V I ………………………….. 6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing N ews…………………………………………… 9
Bookstore N ews…………………………………………… 9
Court Cases…………………………………………………..9
Announcements …………………………………………… 9
Magazine News……………………………………………..9
Awards………………………………………………………… 9
Market News…………………………………………………9
Opera News…………………………………………………..9
Gaming News ……………………………………………….9
Book News…………………………………………………..66
Film News …………………………………………………..66
Rights & Options……………………………………….. 66
Publications Received………………………………… 67
Catalogs Received ……………………………………… 67
Audio News…………………………………………………67
SF/Fantasy Calendars for 1990 …………………… 68
INTERVIEWS
Lois McMaster Bujold: Coming Full Circle…….4
Connie Willis: Skeptic in the Choir……………….. 4
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………… 7
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber……………. 17
The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson………….29
Locus Bulletin Board………………………………….. 31
Locus Letters ……………………………………………..64
Editorial Matters ……………………………………….. 66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………… 11
Good News from Outer Space, John Kessel; The
State of the Art, Iain M. Banks; Borders of
Infinity, Lois McMaster Bujold; West of January,
Dave Duncan; Silk Road, Jeanne Larsen;
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, Anne
Rice; Pyramids, Terry Pratchett; Tower of Fear,
Glen Cook; The Fortress of the Pearl, Michael
Moorcock.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………….. 15
Arthur, Stephen R. Lawhead; The Eye of the
World, Robert Jordan; Apocalypse, Nancy
Springer; TekWar, William Shatner; Jason
Cosmo, Dan McGirt ; Melusine, Lynne Reid
Banks; Medallion of the Black Hound, Shirley
Rousseau Murphy with Welch Suggs.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:…………………………19
White Jenna, Jane Yolen; A Fire in the Sun,
George Alec Effinger; Dream Park II: The
Barsoom Project, Larry Niven & Steven
Barnes; Angel Station, Walter Jon Williams;
What Might Have Been?, Volume I: Alternate
Empires, Gregory Benford & Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; The Jedera Adventure, Lloyd
Alexander, The Moon in Hiding, Teresa Edgerton.
Reviews by Edward Bryant………………………………. 23
A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger;
Dydeetown World, F. Paul Wilson; Nightside
City, Lawrence Watt-Evans; Tomorrow’s
Crimes, Donald E. Westlake; Fantasma, Thomas
F. Monteleone; Sunglasses After Dark,
Nancy A. Collins.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly………………………………………25
Zenith, David S. Garnett, ed.; Synergy 4,
George Zebrowski, ed.; What Might Have
Been?, Volume 1: Alternate Empires, Gregory
Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; IASFM
8/89; F&SF 8/89; Aboriginal SF 7-8/89; Analog
8/89; Interzone 7-8/89; Omni 8/89.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Bram Stoker Awards Banquet 1989 ……………….. 32
ABA 1989—Washington D.C…………………………. 34
World SF/Eurocon 1989………………………………… 38
FOREIGN SF
ABA, Parisienne Style…………………………………….41
1989 LOCUS POLL RESULTS
Best Science Fiction Novel…………………………….. 44
Best Fantasy Novel ………………………………………..44
Best Horror Novel………………………………………….44
Best First Novel……………………………………………..45
Best Non-Fiction……………………………………………45
Best Novella…………………………………………………. 45
Best Novelette ……………………………………………….45
Best Short Story……………………………………………..45
Best Magazine ……………………………………………….46
Best Book Publisher ………………………………………46
Best E d ito r…………………………………………………… 46
Best A rtist…………………………………………………….. 47
Best Collection……………………………………………….47
Best Anthology……………………………………………… 47
Bests of the Year Contents…………………………….. 48
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — June…………………………… 49
Books Received —June ………………………………… 50
British Books — May ……………………………………. 57
Bestsellers…………………………………………………….. 62
OBITUARIES
William F. Temple………………………………………….64
An Appreciation by Arthur C. Clarke ………. 64
Sylvia Cassedy…………………………………………………64
ABA Montage
………….(RM) (CNB) (SRC) 1
Lois McMaster Bujold (CNB) 4
Connie Willis……………(CNB) 4
Arthur C. Clarke………(CNB) 6
Karl Edward Wagner …. (BG) 7
Nancy Varian Berberick…. (F) 7
Richard Paul Russo………..(F) 7
Kate Wilhelm……………(CNB) 7
T.E.D. Klein……………… (DG) 7
Fritz Leiber……………… (HS) 17
David Morrell……………… (JJ) 32
R. Chetwynd-Hayes………(JJ)32
Joe R. Lansdale, Robert R.
McCammon……………..(JJ) 32
Joe R. Lansdale,
R. Chetwynd-Hayes …. (JJ) 32
Laurence J. Kirshbaum…. (JJ)32
Kelley Wilde, David Morrell,
R. Chetwynd-Hayes,
Joe R. Lansdale ………(JJ)32
PHOTO INDEX
Kelley Wilde…………………. (JJ)32
Melissa Singer,
Anna Magee …………….. (JJ)33
Jo Fletcher, Kathy Gale,
Stephen Jones …………… (JJ)33
David J. Schow, Robert R.
McCammon,
Craig Spector……………(BG) 33
Ellen Datlow,
Robert Killheffer……….. (JJ)33
Les Daniels, Craig Spector,
Douglas E. Winter, John
Skipp, Joe R. Lansdale,
David J. Schow, Robert R.
McCammon……………..(BG) 33
Michael Seidman…………… (JJ)33
Richard Pini, Wendy Pini (RM)34
James Morrow……………. (RM)34
Shelly R. Clift,
Charles N. Brown…….(RM)34
Charles N. Brown,
Roberta Grossman.. (RM)34
Carole Baron,
Joe Gonnella………….(RM) 34
John Douglas ……………(RM)34
Edgar Winter, Ricia
Mainhardt………….. (CNB)34
David Bischoff, Charles N.
Brown, Owen Lock, John
Silbersack ……………. (RM)34
A .C. Crispin ……………. (RM)35
Chris Miller, Elsie Wollheim,
Martin H. Greenberg (RM)35
Trish Conners,
Kathleen Doherty,
Ralph Arno t e ………(CNB) 35
David Shanks,
Rena Wolner ………..(RM)35
Jennifer Brehl, Isaac Asimov,
Shelly R. Clift………(CNB)35
Continued on page 66
PHOTO CREDITS: (RM) Ricia Mainhardt, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (SRC) Shelly R Clift, (BG) Beth
Gwinn, (F) Furnished, (DG) Donni Gillies, (HS) Howard Schatz, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (EH) Elizabeth Anne
Hull, (NLW) N. Lee Wood.
ISSUE #343 VOL 23 NO 2 August 1989 Mailing Date: July 26 1989
LOCUS August 1989/3
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