Table of Contents, May 1990
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
Locus, (IS SN-004 7-4 959), The Newspap er of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS Ed itorial a d d re s s : 34 Ridgewood
Lane, Oakland, CA 94611; telephone (415) 339-9196,
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Table of Contents
STORIES
1990 Hugo Awards Nominations………………………..1
Interzone Goes Monthly; Other Magazine News .. 4
Feds Vs. Cyberpunk………………………………………….. .4
Pillaging the Girl Scouts…………………………………….. .4
Montana Agreement U n stu ck ……………………………4
Bram Stoker Awards Nominations………………………4
Russo Wins Philip K. Dick A w ard………………………5
New Dell Horror Line ………………………………………. .5
BOMC Adds SF Category…………………………………. .5
Pantheon Protest Mounts …………………………………. .5
The Satanic Verses: Part XII ……………………………. .5
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ………………………………………………… 9
Court C a se s……………………………………………………….. 9
Bookstore News ……………………………………………….. 9
Announcements ………………………………………………. 62
Awards …………………………………………………………….. 62
Contests …………………………………………………………… 62
Market N ew s……………………………………………………. 62
Magazine News ……………………………………………….. 62
Worldcon News………………………………………………… 62
Book N ews……………………………………………………….. 62
Rights & Permissions………………………………………. 62
Publications Received …………………………………….. 62
INTERVIEWS
Suzy McKee Charnas:
Entering a New S tage…………………. 7
Walter Jon Williams:
Too Wild & Imaginative ……………. 7
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing………………………………………….. 8
Agent’s Comer, Richard Curtis ………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………….. 13
Locus Bulletin B o a rd ………………………………………. 37
Locus L etters……………………………………………………. 61
Editorial Matters………………………………………………. 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:…………………………………. 15
Voyage to the Red Planet, Terry Bisson; Points
of Departure, Pat Murphy; A Pursuit of Miracles,
George Turner; Universe 1, Robert Silverberg
& Karen Haber, eds.; Zenith 2, David S.
Garnett, ed.; The Chymical Wedding, Lindsay
Clarke; The Cloning of Joanna May, Fay Weldon;
At Midnight on the 31st of May, Josephine
Young Case.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………… 19
Lost Angels, David J. Schow; Alien Sex, Ellen
Datlow, ed.; The Unseen, Joseph Citro; Author’s
Choice Monthly Issue 4: Nine Hard
Questions About the Nature of the Universe,
Lewis Shiner.
Reviews by Russell Letson:……………………………… 21
Wolf and Iron, Gordon R. Dickson; The Hemingway
Hoax: A Short Comic Novel of Existential
Terror, Joe Haldeman; Tales from Planet
Earth, Arthur C. Clarke; Beyond the Fall of
Night, Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………….. 23
The World Beyond the Hill, Alexei & Cory
Panshin; Beyond the Fall of Night, Arthur C.
Clarke & Gregory Benford; Mazeway, Jack
Williamson; The Hemingway Hoax: A Short
Comic Novel of Existential Terror, Joe Haldeman.
Special Review by Gregory Benford: ………………. 25
Project Solar Sail, Arthur C. Clarke & David
Brin.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: …………………………27
An Abyss of Light, Kathleen O’Neal; The
Stalking Horse, Constance Ash; The Eternal
Enemy, Michael Berlyn; Shadowplay, Jo Clayton;
Royal Chaos, Dan McGirt; Dragon’s
Teeth, Lee Killough; Mission: Tori, Johanna
M. Bolton; Call of Madness, Julie Dean Smith;
The Shadow Warrior, Pat Zettner; Wolfwalker,
Tara K. Harper,.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:………………………………31
Earth, David Brin; Don’t Tell the Grownups,
Alison Lurie; Drink Down the Moon, Charles
de Lint; Walker of Worlds, Tom De Haven;
Madouc: Lyonesse 3, Jack Vance; The Essence
of Evil, Joe Clifford Faust.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….33
Space Hawks #1 , Sean Dalton; The Wheels of
If/The Pugnacious Peacemaker, L. Sprague de
Camp & Harry Turtledove; Blood Lust, Ron
Dee; The Haunt, John Fogarty; Isaac’s Universe
Volume One: The Diplomacy Guild,
Martin H. Greenberg, ed.; Mummy Stories,
Martin H. Greenberg, ed.; Bill the Galactic
Hero on the Planet of the Bottled Brains, Harry
Harrison & Robert Sheckley; Shoebag, Mary
James; Midas, Wolfgang Jeschke; My Cousin,
My Gastroenterologist, Mark Leyner; The
Revelation, Bentley Little; Illegal Alien, James
Luceno; Virago, Karen Marie Christa Minns;
Morigu: The Dead, Mark C. Perry; Natural History,
Joan Perucho; The Highroad Trilogy Book
Two: Revolution’s Shore, Alis A. Rasmussen;
Kaleidoscope, Harry Turtledove.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………. 35
Universe 1, Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber,
eds.; Interzone 3-4/90; Omni 5/90; Amazing 7/
90; Analog 5/90; Asimov’s 6/90; F&SF 4/90;
F&SF 5/90.
LISTINGS
Conventions …………………………………………………….. 40
Magazines Received —March …………………………..44
Books Received —M a rch ………………………………….45
British Books —February………………………………….53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
Lisa Novak ………………………………………………………..60
Appreciation by Lou Aronica……………………….. 60
Helen Hoke W atts……………………………………………. 60
Donald H u tte r …………………………………………………. 60
Stephen Frances……………………………………………….. 60
Heinz H a b e r…………………………………………………….. 61
A c e ………….. 2,12,28,43
Avon…………………….. 50
B a en ………………….10,32
Bantam………………18,19
Classifieds……………. 55
Collier Nucleus……. 16
L.W. C u rre y …………..63
D AW ……………………..26
Del R e y ………………….24
Donning/Starblaze…. 36
Suzy McKee Charna s ….. (BG) 1
Walter Jon Williams .. (CNB) 1
Richard Paul R u sso ……. (PC) 4
Suzy McKee Charna s ….. (BG) 7
Walter Jon Williams .. (CNB)7
Margaret F a lk ……………….. (F) 8
NAL/Roc …………….. 67
Popular Library .. 18,30
T o r …………….. 22,Insert
U rsu s ……………………..14
Warner ………………….68
PHOTO LISTING
Arthur C. Clarke,
Gregory Benford…………. (F) 8
Jennifer R oberson……….. (BG) 8
Robert R. McCammon.. (BG) 8
Edward Bryant………………..(F) 8
Kathleen O’Neal Gear,
W. Michael G e a r….. (JWB) 9
Fritz Leiber ……………………(F) 13
Lisa Novak………………..(CNB)60
Donald Hutter ………………(F) 60
Bookshop Santa C ru z ……. (F)61
PHOTO CREDITS: (BG) Beth Gwinn, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (PC) Peter Citrak (F) Furnished,
(JWB) Justin W. Bridges/Tor.
ISSUE #352, VOL 24 NO. 5, May 1990, Mailing Date: April 22,1990
LOCUS May 1990/3
INDEX TO ADS
Drunken Dragon …. 54
Robert G av o ra ……. 47
Locus …………………… 66
Locus P re s s …………. 63
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Scott Winnett
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Tom Whitmore
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
CON REPORTERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
Locus, (IS SN-004 7-4 959), The Newspap er of the
Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
PUBLICATIONS Ed itorial a d d re s s : 34 Ridgewood
Lane, Oakland, CA 94611; telephone (415) 339-9196,
FAX (415) 339-8144. Please send all mail to Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Individual copies are $3.50. Individual subscrip tions in
the U.S. are $32.00 for 12 issues, $60.00 for 24 issues
via second c la ss mail. Individual su b s c rip tio n s in
Canada are $37.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual su b s c rip tions
in the U.S. or Canada are $45.00 fo r 12 issues,
$80.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas s u b s c rip tions
are $37.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subs c rip tions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $60.00 for 12 issues, $100.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscrip tions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $70.00 for 12 issues,
$110.00 for 24 issues. Institutional subscrip tions are
$3.00 extra per year. Make all ch e c k s payable to
Locus Publications. All s u b s c r ip tio n s , in c lu d in g
Canadian, are payable d ire c tly 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 subscrip tion 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 d is counts
available. For information call (415) 339-9198.
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright c 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
1990 Hugo Awards Nominations………………………..1
Interzone Goes Monthly; Other Magazine News .. 4
Feds Vs. Cyberpunk………………………………………….. .4
Pillaging the Girl Scouts…………………………………….. .4
Montana Agreement U n stu ck ……………………………4
Bram Stoker Awards Nominations………………………4
Russo Wins Philip K. Dick A w ard………………………5
New Dell Horror Line ………………………………………. .5
BOMC Adds SF Category…………………………………. .5
Pantheon Protest Mounts …………………………………. .5
The Satanic Verses: Part XII ……………………………. .5
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ………………………………………………… 9
Court C a se s……………………………………………………….. 9
Bookstore News ……………………………………………….. 9
Announcements ………………………………………………. 62
Awards …………………………………………………………….. 62
Contests …………………………………………………………… 62
Market N ew s……………………………………………………. 62
Magazine News ……………………………………………….. 62
Worldcon News………………………………………………… 62
Book N ews……………………………………………………….. 62
Rights & Permissions………………………………………. 62
Publications Received …………………………………….. 62
INTERVIEWS
Suzy McKee Charnas:
Entering a New S tage…………………. 7
Walter Jon Williams:
Too Wild & Imaginative ……………. 7
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing………………………………………….. 8
Agent’s Comer, Richard Curtis ………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………….. 13
Locus Bulletin B o a rd ………………………………………. 37
Locus L etters……………………………………………………. 61
Editorial Matters………………………………………………. 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:…………………………………. 15
Voyage to the Red Planet, Terry Bisson; Points
of Departure, Pat Murphy; A Pursuit of Miracles,
George Turner; Universe 1, Robert Silverberg
& Karen Haber, eds.; Zenith 2, David S.
Garnett, ed.; The Chymical Wedding, Lindsay
Clarke; The Cloning of Joanna May, Fay Weldon;
At Midnight on the 31st of May, Josephine
Young Case.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………… 19
Lost Angels, David J. Schow; Alien Sex, Ellen
Datlow, ed.; The Unseen, Joseph Citro; Author’s
Choice Monthly Issue 4: Nine Hard
Questions About the Nature of the Universe,
Lewis Shiner.
Reviews by Russell Letson:……………………………… 21
Wolf and Iron, Gordon R. Dickson; The Hemingway
Hoax: A Short Comic Novel of Existential
Terror, Joe Haldeman; Tales from Planet
Earth, Arthur C. Clarke; Beyond the Fall of
Night, Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford.
Reviews by Dan Chow:…………………………………….. 23
The World Beyond the Hill, Alexei & Cory
Panshin; Beyond the Fall of Night, Arthur C.
Clarke & Gregory Benford; Mazeway, Jack
Williamson; The Hemingway Hoax: A Short
Comic Novel of Existential Terror, Joe Haldeman.
Special Review by Gregory Benford: ………………. 25
Project Solar Sail, Arthur C. Clarke & David
Brin.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: …………………………27
An Abyss of Light, Kathleen O’Neal; The
Stalking Horse, Constance Ash; The Eternal
Enemy, Michael Berlyn; Shadowplay, Jo Clayton;
Royal Chaos, Dan McGirt; Dragon’s
Teeth, Lee Killough; Mission: Tori, Johanna
M. Bolton; Call of Madness, Julie Dean Smith;
The Shadow Warrior, Pat Zettner; Wolfwalker,
Tara K. Harper,.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:………………………………31
Earth, David Brin; Don’t Tell the Grownups,
Alison Lurie; Drink Down the Moon, Charles
de Lint; Walker of Worlds, Tom De Haven;
Madouc: Lyonesse 3, Jack Vance; The Essence
of Evil, Joe Clifford Faust.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….33
Space Hawks #1 , Sean Dalton; The Wheels of
If/The Pugnacious Peacemaker, L. Sprague de
Camp & Harry Turtledove; Blood Lust, Ron
Dee; The Haunt, John Fogarty; Isaac’s Universe
Volume One: The Diplomacy Guild,
Martin H. Greenberg, ed.; Mummy Stories,
Martin H. Greenberg, ed.; Bill the Galactic
Hero on the Planet of the Bottled Brains, Harry
Harrison & Robert Sheckley; Shoebag, Mary
James; Midas, Wolfgang Jeschke; My Cousin,
My Gastroenterologist, Mark Leyner; The
Revelation, Bentley Little; Illegal Alien, James
Luceno; Virago, Karen Marie Christa Minns;
Morigu: The Dead, Mark C. Perry; Natural History,
Joan Perucho; The Highroad Trilogy Book
Two: Revolution’s Shore, Alis A. Rasmussen;
Kaleidoscope, Harry Turtledove.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………. 35
Universe 1, Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber,
eds.; Interzone 3-4/90; Omni 5/90; Amazing 7/
90; Analog 5/90; Asimov’s 6/90; F&SF 4/90;
F&SF 5/90.
LISTINGS
Conventions …………………………………………………….. 40
Magazines Received —March …………………………..44
Books Received —M a rch ………………………………….45
British Books —February………………………………….53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
Lisa Novak ………………………………………………………..60
Appreciation by Lou Aronica……………………….. 60
Helen Hoke W atts……………………………………………. 60
Donald H u tte r …………………………………………………. 60
Stephen Frances……………………………………………….. 60
Heinz H a b e r…………………………………………………….. 61
A c e ………….. 2,12,28,43
Avon…………………….. 50
B a en ………………….10,32
Bantam………………18,19
Classifieds……………. 55
Collier Nucleus……. 16
L.W. C u rre y …………..63
D AW ……………………..26
Del R e y ………………….24
Donning/Starblaze…. 36
Suzy McKee Charna s ….. (BG) 1
Walter Jon Williams .. (CNB) 1
Richard Paul R u sso ……. (PC) 4
Suzy McKee Charna s ….. (BG) 7
Walter Jon Williams .. (CNB)7
Margaret F a lk ……………….. (F) 8
NAL/Roc …………….. 67
Popular Library .. 18,30
T o r …………….. 22,Insert
U rsu s ……………………..14
Warner ………………….68
PHOTO LISTING
Arthur C. Clarke,
Gregory Benford…………. (F) 8
Jennifer R oberson……….. (BG) 8
Robert R. McCammon.. (BG) 8
Edward Bryant………………..(F) 8
Kathleen O’Neal Gear,
W. Michael G e a r….. (JWB) 9
Fritz Leiber ……………………(F) 13
Lisa Novak………………..(CNB)60
Donald Hutter ………………(F) 60
Bookshop Santa C ru z ……. (F)61
PHOTO CREDITS: (BG) Beth Gwinn, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (PC) Peter Citrak (F) Furnished,
(JWB) Justin W. Bridges/Tor.
ISSUE #352, VOL 24 NO. 5, May 1990, Mailing Date: April 22,1990
LOCUS May 1990/3
INDEX TO ADS
Drunken Dragon …. 54
Robert G av o ra ……. 47
Locus …………………… 66
Locus P re s s …………. 63
