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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
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
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,
FAX (415) 339-8144. Please send all mail to Locus
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Table of Contents
STORIES
Vintage Philip K. D ick ………………………………………. 4
UFO Fiction Convinces Strieber………………………. 4
Clarke Award J u r y ……………………………………………. 4
Chesley Awards Nominations……………………………. 4
The Satanic Verses: Part XIII ………………………….. 4
Bram Stoker Awards Winners ………………………….. 5
Heinlein Requiem………………………………………………. 5
Milking the Pigs………………………………………………….. 5
Ballard Receives Chandler Memorial Award……. 5
SF Encyclopedia to Be Updated ………………………. 5
Baen Books Flees City………………………………………. 5
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ……………………………………………….. 9
Court Ca ses……………………………………………………….. 9
Bookstore News ………………………………………………… 9
Awards………………………………………………………………. 9
Contests…………………………………………………………… 62
Announcements ……………………………………………… 62
Rights & O p tio n s……………………………………………. 62
Book News……………………………………………………….. 62
SF Opera …………………………………………………………. 62
Publications Received …………………………………….. 62
Catalogs Received ………………………………………….. 62
SF & Fantasy Calendars …………………………………. 63
INTERVIEWS
Robert Silverberg: Call Me an SF W riter…………. 6
Mike Resnick: Out of Africa……………………………… 6
SPECIAL FEATURES
Gregory Benford: The Odyssey Galactic ……….. 43
Launchings [photo story]…………………………………. 63
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing………………………………………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis ………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff…………………………………….. 13
Locus Bulletin Boa rd………………………………………. 33
Editorial Matters ……………………………………………. 60
Locus Letters……………………………………………………. 60
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:…………………………………. 15
Use of Weapons, Iain M. Banks; Houses Without
Doors, Peter Straub; A Short, Sharp Shock,
Kim Stanley Robinson; Heads, Greg Bear;
Rynosseros, Terry Dowling; Through the Arc of
the Rain Forest, Karen Tei Yamashita; Red
Spider, While Web, Misha; The Animal Wife,
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; All the Visions/
Space Baltic, Rudy Rucker/Anselm Hollo; The
Women Who Walk Through Fire: Women’s
Fantasy & SF, Vol. 2, Susanna J. Sturgis, ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: ……………………………. 19
Skin of the Soul, Lisa Tuttle, ed.; Pulphouse:
The Hardback Magazine Issue 7, Horror,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ed. SHORT TAKES:
The SeaHarp Hotel, Charles L. Grant, ed..
Reviews by Russell Letson:……………………………… 21
Down the Stream of Stars, Jeffrey A. Carver;
Golden Fleece, Robert J. Sawyer; N-Space,
Larry Niven; Lion Time in Timbuctoo, Robert
Silverberg.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:………………………… 25
The Rowan, Anne McCaffrey; Black Trillium,
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, & Andre
Norton; Dealing With Dragons, Patricia C.
Wrede; Wren to the Rescue, Sherwood Smith;
Mattimeo, Brian Jacques; Hidden Turnings,
Diana Wynne Jones, ed.; Rounded With Sleep,
Rob Chilson; Nocturne, Louise Cooper; The
Lost King, Margaret Weis; Queen of the Summer
Stars, Persia Wooley; Hawk & Fisher,
Simon Green; M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action, Robert
Asprin.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore: …………………………….27
The Shield of Time, Poul Anderson; Lion Time
in Timbuctoo, Robert Silverberg; The Bear
Flag, Cecilia Holland; Fire on the Border, Kevin
O’Donnell, Jr. SHORT TAKES: Phule’s Company,
Robert Asprin.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….29
In the Country of the Blind, Michael Flynn;
Uranian Worlds: A Reader’s Guide to Alternative
Science Fiction and Fantasy, Eric Garber &
Lynn Paleo; Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies,
Craig Shaw Gardner; The Death of Sleep, Anne
McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye; Kaduna Memories,
Jack McKinney; The Night Mayor, Kim
Newman; The Colors of Hell, Michael Paine;
Walford’s Oak, Jill M. Phillips; The Gentle Seduction,
Marc Stiegler.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:……………………………………….31
A Short, Sharp Shock, Kim Stanley Robinson;
Lion Time in Timbuctoo, Robert Silverberg;
IASFM 8/90; IASFM 9/90; Interzone 7/90; F&SF
8/90; Amazing 9/90; Writers of the Future Volume
VI, Algis Budrys, ed.; Drabble II — Double
Century, Rob Meades & David B. Wake, eds.;
Omni 7/90.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
SF at the A B A …………………………………………………. 39
1990 LOCUS POLL RESULTS
Best Science Fiction Novel ………………………………34
Best Fantasy Novel ………………………………………….. 34
Best Horror/Dark Fantasy N ovel……………………. 34
Best First Novel……………………………………………….. 35
Best Novella…………………………………………………….. 35
Best Novelette…………………………………………………. 35
Best Short Story……………………………………………….. 35
Best Non-Fiction……………………………………………… 35
Best Artist………………………………………………………….36
Best Magazine …………………………………………………. 36
Best E d ito r………………………………………………………..36
Best Collection…………………………………………………. 37
Best Book Publisher………………………………………… 37
Best Anthology ……………………………………………….. 37
Bests of the Year Contents ………………………………37
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — J u n e ………………………………46
Books Received—Ju n e ……………………………………..47
British Books —May …………………………………………53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
David Rappoport……………………………………………… 60
Jose D u ran d ………………………………………………………60
Morgan Lane Bostick………………………………………. 60
Gregory Benford …………………. (F) 1
Mike Resnick……………………… (F)1
Robert Silverberg ………….(CNB) 6
Mike Resnick…………………… (BG) 6
Katharine K err…………………. (BG) 7
Susan Shwartz…………………….. (F) 7
Kim Stanley Robinson……(CNB) 7
Steve Jones, James
Herbert …………………………… (F) 7
Fritz Leiber…………………………. (F) 13
ABA Floor …………………… (SRC) 39
Owen Lock, David Eddings,
Eleanor Wood, Leigh
Eddings…………………… (CNB) 40
Kathy Jo Camacho, Dean Koontz,
Scot Stadalsky, Paul Mikol,
Ann Cameron Williams (SRC) 40
PHOTO LISTING
DAW Bacchanal………………….(F) 40
Edward Bryant…………….. (SRC) 41
Jean Naggar, Jean Auel (CNB) 41
1990 Illustrators of the
Future & Judges …….. (SRC) 41
1990 Writers of the Future
Winners & Judges………….(F) 41
W. Michael Gear, Kathleen
O’Neal Gear…………….. (SRC) 42
Carol Baron ………………….(CNB) 42
Dean R. Koontz …………… (SRC) 42
Jane Yolen…………………… (SRC) 42
David Cook …………………. (SRC) 42
Anne Rice……………………… (SRC) 42
Christopher Pike …………. (SRC) 42
Mary Kirchoff……………….. (SRC) 42
Betsy Wollheim, C.S. Friedman,
Melanie Rawn, Sheila Gilbert
Tad Williams …………… (CNB) 42
Shelly Rae Clift, Scott Winnett,
Edward Bryant, Trevin Matlock,
William G. Contento,
Charles N. Brown………. (CV) 42
Gregory Benford …………… (GB) 43
Fred Hoyle, Gregory Benford,
Martin Rees ………………..(GB) 43
Gregory Benford, Stephen
Hawkings…………………… (GB) 43
Gregory Benford …………… (GB) 43
David Rappoport ………….(CNB) 60
Pan Authors ……………………… (F)63
Terry Dowling, Philip Gore.. (F) 63
Gregory Benford ……………(GB) 64
Bill Kaufmann………………….(GB) 64
PHOTO CREDITS: (GB) Gregory Benford, (CR) Carol Resnick, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (F) Furnished, (BG) Beth
Gwinn, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (CV) Christine Valada.
ISSUE #355, VOL 25 NO. 2, August 1990, Mailing Date: July 25, 1990
LOCUS August 1990/3
(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
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Mark R. Kelly
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
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,
FAX (415) 339-8144. Please send all mail to Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Individual copies are $3.50. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $32.00 for 12 issues, $60.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $37.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $45.00 for 12 issues,
$80.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $37.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $60.00 for 12 issues, $100.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $70.00 for 12 issues,
$110.00 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
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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 c 1990 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
Vintage Philip K. D ick ………………………………………. 4
UFO Fiction Convinces Strieber………………………. 4
Clarke Award J u r y ……………………………………………. 4
Chesley Awards Nominations……………………………. 4
The Satanic Verses: Part XIII ………………………….. 4
Bram Stoker Awards Winners ………………………….. 5
Heinlein Requiem………………………………………………. 5
Milking the Pigs………………………………………………….. 5
Ballard Receives Chandler Memorial Award……. 5
SF Encyclopedia to Be Updated ………………………. 5
Baen Books Flees City………………………………………. 5
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ……………………………………………….. 9
Court Ca ses……………………………………………………….. 9
Bookstore News ………………………………………………… 9
Awards………………………………………………………………. 9
Contests…………………………………………………………… 62
Announcements ……………………………………………… 62
Rights & O p tio n s……………………………………………. 62
Book News……………………………………………………….. 62
SF Opera …………………………………………………………. 62
Publications Received …………………………………….. 62
Catalogs Received ………………………………………….. 62
SF & Fantasy Calendars …………………………………. 63
INTERVIEWS
Robert Silverberg: Call Me an SF W riter…………. 6
Mike Resnick: Out of Africa……………………………… 6
SPECIAL FEATURES
Gregory Benford: The Odyssey Galactic ……….. 43
Launchings [photo story]…………………………………. 63
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing………………………………………….. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis ………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff…………………………………….. 13
Locus Bulletin Boa rd………………………………………. 33
Editorial Matters ……………………………………………. 60
Locus Letters……………………………………………………. 60
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:…………………………………. 15
Use of Weapons, Iain M. Banks; Houses Without
Doors, Peter Straub; A Short, Sharp Shock,
Kim Stanley Robinson; Heads, Greg Bear;
Rynosseros, Terry Dowling; Through the Arc of
the Rain Forest, Karen Tei Yamashita; Red
Spider, While Web, Misha; The Animal Wife,
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; All the Visions/
Space Baltic, Rudy Rucker/Anselm Hollo; The
Women Who Walk Through Fire: Women’s
Fantasy & SF, Vol. 2, Susanna J. Sturgis, ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: ……………………………. 19
Skin of the Soul, Lisa Tuttle, ed.; Pulphouse:
The Hardback Magazine Issue 7, Horror,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ed. SHORT TAKES:
The SeaHarp Hotel, Charles L. Grant, ed..
Reviews by Russell Letson:……………………………… 21
Down the Stream of Stars, Jeffrey A. Carver;
Golden Fleece, Robert J. Sawyer; N-Space,
Larry Niven; Lion Time in Timbuctoo, Robert
Silverberg.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:………………………… 25
The Rowan, Anne McCaffrey; Black Trillium,
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, & Andre
Norton; Dealing With Dragons, Patricia C.
Wrede; Wren to the Rescue, Sherwood Smith;
Mattimeo, Brian Jacques; Hidden Turnings,
Diana Wynne Jones, ed.; Rounded With Sleep,
Rob Chilson; Nocturne, Louise Cooper; The
Lost King, Margaret Weis; Queen of the Summer
Stars, Persia Wooley; Hawk & Fisher,
Simon Green; M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action, Robert
Asprin.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore: …………………………….27
The Shield of Time, Poul Anderson; Lion Time
in Timbuctoo, Robert Silverberg; The Bear
Flag, Cecilia Holland; Fire on the Border, Kevin
O’Donnell, Jr. SHORT TAKES: Phule’s Company,
Robert Asprin.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….29
In the Country of the Blind, Michael Flynn;
Uranian Worlds: A Reader’s Guide to Alternative
Science Fiction and Fantasy, Eric Garber &
Lynn Paleo; Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies,
Craig Shaw Gardner; The Death of Sleep, Anne
McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye; Kaduna Memories,
Jack McKinney; The Night Mayor, Kim
Newman; The Colors of Hell, Michael Paine;
Walford’s Oak, Jill M. Phillips; The Gentle Seduction,
Marc Stiegler.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:……………………………………….31
A Short, Sharp Shock, Kim Stanley Robinson;
Lion Time in Timbuctoo, Robert Silverberg;
IASFM 8/90; IASFM 9/90; Interzone 7/90; F&SF
8/90; Amazing 9/90; Writers of the Future Volume
VI, Algis Budrys, ed.; Drabble II — Double
Century, Rob Meades & David B. Wake, eds.;
Omni 7/90.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
SF at the A B A …………………………………………………. 39
1990 LOCUS POLL RESULTS
Best Science Fiction Novel ………………………………34
Best Fantasy Novel ………………………………………….. 34
Best Horror/Dark Fantasy N ovel……………………. 34
Best First Novel……………………………………………….. 35
Best Novella…………………………………………………….. 35
Best Novelette…………………………………………………. 35
Best Short Story……………………………………………….. 35
Best Non-Fiction……………………………………………… 35
Best Artist………………………………………………………….36
Best Magazine …………………………………………………. 36
Best E d ito r………………………………………………………..36
Best Collection…………………………………………………. 37
Best Book Publisher………………………………………… 37
Best Anthology ……………………………………………….. 37
Bests of the Year Contents ………………………………37
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — J u n e ………………………………46
Books Received—Ju n e ……………………………………..47
British Books —May …………………………………………53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
David Rappoport……………………………………………… 60
Jose D u ran d ………………………………………………………60
Morgan Lane Bostick………………………………………. 60
Gregory Benford …………………. (F) 1
Mike Resnick……………………… (F)1
Robert Silverberg ………….(CNB) 6
Mike Resnick…………………… (BG) 6
Katharine K err…………………. (BG) 7
Susan Shwartz…………………….. (F) 7
Kim Stanley Robinson……(CNB) 7
Steve Jones, James
Herbert …………………………… (F) 7
Fritz Leiber…………………………. (F) 13
ABA Floor …………………… (SRC) 39
Owen Lock, David Eddings,
Eleanor Wood, Leigh
Eddings…………………… (CNB) 40
Kathy Jo Camacho, Dean Koontz,
Scot Stadalsky, Paul Mikol,
Ann Cameron Williams (SRC) 40
PHOTO LISTING
DAW Bacchanal………………….(F) 40
Edward Bryant…………….. (SRC) 41
Jean Naggar, Jean Auel (CNB) 41
1990 Illustrators of the
Future & Judges …….. (SRC) 41
1990 Writers of the Future
Winners & Judges………….(F) 41
W. Michael Gear, Kathleen
O’Neal Gear…………….. (SRC) 42
Carol Baron ………………….(CNB) 42
Dean R. Koontz …………… (SRC) 42
Jane Yolen…………………… (SRC) 42
David Cook …………………. (SRC) 42
Anne Rice……………………… (SRC) 42
Christopher Pike …………. (SRC) 42
Mary Kirchoff……………….. (SRC) 42
Betsy Wollheim, C.S. Friedman,
Melanie Rawn, Sheila Gilbert
Tad Williams …………… (CNB) 42
Shelly Rae Clift, Scott Winnett,
Edward Bryant, Trevin Matlock,
William G. Contento,
Charles N. Brown………. (CV) 42
Gregory Benford …………… (GB) 43
Fred Hoyle, Gregory Benford,
Martin Rees ………………..(GB) 43
Gregory Benford, Stephen
Hawkings…………………… (GB) 43
Gregory Benford …………… (GB) 43
David Rappoport ………….(CNB) 60
Pan Authors ……………………… (F)63
Terry Dowling, Philip Gore.. (F) 63
Gregory Benford ……………(GB) 64
Bill Kaufmann………………….(GB) 64
PHOTO CREDITS: (GB) Gregory Benford, (CR) Carol Resnick, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (F) Furnished, (BG) Beth
Gwinn, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (CV) Christine Valada.
ISSUE #355, VOL 25 NO. 2, August 1990, Mailing Date: July 25, 1990
LOCUS August 1990/3
