Table of Contents, October 1990

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Table of Contents
STORIES
1990 Chesley Awards Winners…………………………….4
Lovecraft Centennial Celebration……………………….4
Sci-Fi Channel Update ………………………………………. 4
The Satanic Verses, Part XIV …………………………….4
Bantam Revamps Mass Market Line ………………….5
Warner Drops Popular L ibrary…………………………..5
Tor Drops Horror L ine………………………………………. 5
Library of Congress Wants S F …………………………….5
Dune Dollar Debacle………………………………………….. 5
1990 Clarion West Workshop …………………………….6
TIIE DATA FILE
Publishing News…………………………………………………. 9
Court Cases………………………………………………………….9
Announcements ……………………………………………….. 67
Market News…………………………………………………….. 67
Awards……………………………………………………………….67
Book News………………………………………………………… 68
Bookstore News ……………………………………………….. 68
SF/Fantasy Art …………………………………………………. 68
INTERVIEW
David Wingrove: Eight Years in Hell ………………….6
SPECIAL FEATURES
Hugo Voting Re su lts………………………………………… 34
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………………. 7
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis…………………………11
Moons & Stars & Stuff ……………………………………..13
Locus Letters …………………………………………………… 64
Editorial Matters ……………………………………………… 66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller: ………………………………….15
The Witching Hour, Anne Rice; Chernovog, C.
J. Cherryh; Eric, Terry Prachett & Josh Kirby;
Moving Pictures, Terry Pratchett; Keepers of
the Peace, Keith Brooke.
Reviews by Russell Letson:………………………………..19
In the Country of the Blind, Michael Flynn; The
Ghost from the Grand Banks, Arthur C. Clarke;
Nightfall, Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg;
Raising the Stones, Sheri S. Tepper.
Reviews by Dan Chow: ……………………………………..21
The Atrocity Exhibition, J. G. Ballard; War Fever,
J. G. Ballard; Kalimantan, Lucius Shepard;
Winterlong, Elizabeth Hand; The Ghost from
the Grand Banks, Arthur C. Clarke; Nightfall,
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: ………………………………23
Four Past Midnight, Stephen King; The Stand,
Stephen King; Prayers to Broken Stones, Dan
Simmons; Temptor, Nancy A. Collins. SHORT
TAKES: Nightmare People, Lawrence Watt-
Evans; October, Al Sarrantonio; Bloodletting,
Concrete Blonde.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: ……………………….. 27
In Pursuit of the Greeen Lion, Judith Merkle
Riley; The Fire’s Stone, Tanya Huff; Phoenix,
Steven Brust; Fly by Night, Jenny Jones; The
Schizogenic Man, Raymond Harris; A Time of
Darkness, Sherryl Jordan. SHORT TAKES:
Forever In Time, Janice Bennett; A Timely
Affair, Janice Bennett; Warrior’s Woman,
Johanna Lindsey; Forever and Beyond, Penelope
Neri.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore: …………………………… 29
Keepers of the Peace, Keith Brooke; AK, Peter
Dickinson; Ghostwood, Charles de Lint; The
Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual
Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: ……………………. 31
The Jekyll Legacy, Robert Bloch & Andre
Norton; Tempter, Nancy A. Collins; Midsummer,
Matthew Costello; Lord Conrad’s Lady,
Leo Frankowski; Tracker, Ron Stillman; Gundam
Mobil Suit I: Awakening, Yoshiyuki
Tomino; Dark Dreamers: Conversations With
the Masters of Horror, Stanley Wiater.
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………. 33
Heads, Greg Bear; Black Cocktail, Jonathan
Carroll; Kalimantan, Lucius Shepard; After
Magic, Bruce Boston; Analog 9/90; Analog 10/
90, Asimov’s 10/90; Asimov’s 11/90; F&SF 9/90;
Amazing 11/90; Interzone 8/90, Aboriginal SF 9-
10/90.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
ConFiction R e p o r t………………………………………….. 37
INTERNATIONAL SF
SF in the Soviet U n io n …………………………………….. 40
SF in France…………………………………………………….. 43
SF in Spain………………………………………………………. 44
SF in A rgentina……………………………………………….. 45
SF in Brazil………………………………………………………. 46
SF in China………………………………………………………. 47
SF in Hungary …………………………………………………. 48
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — August…………………………. 49
Books Received—August ……………………………….. 50
British Books—July ………………………………………… 56
Bestsellers ………………………………………………………. 63
OBITUARIES
Manuel de Ped ro lo ………………………………………….. 64
Lester Anderson ……………………………………………… 64
B. Klib an ………………………………………………………….. 64
Hugo Winners 1989 ………….. (J J ) 1
Chesley Awards Winners (SRC) 4
Lovecraft Celebration ……… (BG) 4
David Win grove………………. (CNB) 6
Clarion West Workshoppers (LH) 6
Peter Straub ……………………… (BG) 7
Shun Kijima……………………………. (F) 7
James Cowan, H.R. Giger …. (F) 7
Edd Cartier ……………………… (CNB) 8
Christopher Schilling …………..(JJ)8
Hugo Awards Ceremony .. (JJ) 37
Spirit of Hugo Gernsback,
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro .. (JJ) 37
David Langford, Suzy McKee
Charnas, Charles N. Brown,
Gardner Dozois, Robert
Silverberg ……………………… (JJ) 37
Svyatoslav Loginov, Boris
Strugatsky, Boris Gurevitch,
Natalya Nikitayskaya .. (DG) 40
Aleksandr Sidorovich, Vyacheslav
Rybakov, Andrei Nikolaev,
Andrei Stolyarov, Andrei
C h e rtk o v ……………………… (DG) 40
Igor Sharapov,
Aleksandr Schegolev .. (DG) 40
Irina Tibilova,
Aleksandr Tyu rin………… (DG) 41
Andrei Stolyarov,__________________
PHOTO LISTING
Boris Romanovsky ……. (DG) 41
Mikhail Gayokha, Sergei
Pereslegin, Nikolay Yutanov,
Dmitri Karalis………………. (DG) 41
Andrei Karapetyan,
Yuri Fleishuan……………. (DG) 41
Scott Baker,
Norman S p in ra d ……… (NLW) 43
Salon du L iv re ………………. (NLW) 43
Serge Brussolo ……………. (NLW) 44
Jacques Chambon ……… (NLW) 44
Francis Be rthelot………….. (NLW) 44
Juan Carlos Planells,
Antoni G a rc e s …………….. (ML) 44
Transcon D in n e r …………….. (ML) 44
Joan Manel Ortiz, Roberto R.
Toyos, Juan Jose Parera, Miquel
Mas, Miquel Barcelo, Miguel
Angel Martinez ………….. (ML) 44
Fernando Julia,
Frederik P o h l………………….(AV) 45
Argentine SF F an s ……………. (AV) 45
Pierluigi Piazzi, Gumercindo
R. Dorea, Silvio A. F. Neto,
Ronaldo De Biasi………….. (RSC) 46
Jose dos Santos Fernandes,
Henrique V. Flory …… (CNB) 46
Silvio A. F. N e to ……………. (RSC) 46
R.C. Nascimento, Marcello
S. Branco, Carlos A. Mores,
Braulio T a v a re s ……….. (SAN) 47
Gumercindo Rocha Dorea,
Braulio T a v a re s ……….. (CNB) 47
Manuel de Pedrolo ……….. (GP) 64
B. Kliban……………………………. (PN) 64
Debra Gray Co ok………….. (NKH) 67
Anne McCaffre y………………… (JJ) 68
Suzy McKee Charnas ……… (JJ) 68
Toni Weisskopf ………………… (JJ) 68
Robert Silverberg,
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro .. (JJ) 68
C. Howard Wilkins,
Lou Aro n ic a …………………… (JJ) 68
Forrest J Ackerman,
J.K. Klein ………………………..(JJ) 69
Roger Sims, Rusty Hevelin (JJ) 69
Ray Beam, Algis Budrys …. (JJ) 69
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Stanley
Schmidt, Jack L Chalker (JJ) 69
Moshe F e d e r …………………….. (JJ) 69
Catherine Jackson……………. (JJ) 69
Fred Isaacs ……………………….. (JJ) 69
Rick Katze …………………………. (JJ) 69
Gardner D o z o is ………………… (JJ) 69
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,
Charles N. Brown ……….. (JJ) 69
David Langford ………………… (JJ) 69
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (RSC) Roberto de Sousa Causo, (F) Furnished,
(DG) Dmitri Grigoryev, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (NKH) Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (LH) Leslie Howle, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (ML) Manel
Larriba, (PN) Paul Nelson, (SAN) Silvio A F. Neto, (GP) Guillermina Puig, (AV) Alberto Vallini, (NLW) N. Lee Wood
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