Table of Contents, May 1991
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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
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Marianne S. Jablon
EDITORIAL TRAINEE
Christopher R. Marler
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
Tom Whitmore
Scott Winnett
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
Lion of Macedon, David Gemmell; Mairelon the
Magician, Patricia C. Wrede; Enter Three Witches,
Kate Gilmore; Wizard’s Hall, Jane Yolen; Hellflower,
Elukibes Shahar, The Dream Compass,
Jeff Bredenberg; The Paradise War, Stephen
Lawhead; Hawk’s Flight, Carol Chase. SHORT
TAKES: Redemption of Light, Kathleen M.
O’Neal; Mission of Magic, Julie Dean Smith;
Castle Murders, John DeChancie.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:………………………………29
Bone Dance, Emma Bull; The Host, Peter
Emshwiller; Xenocide, Orson Scott Card; Outside
the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll; How
to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, Orson
Scott Card; Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy,
Gardner Dozois et a, eds.; Science Fiction
Writers of America Handbook: The Professional
Writer’s Guide to Writing Professionally,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley
Smith, eds. SHORT TAKES: Writing for Social
Scientists, Howard S. Becker.
Nonfiction Review by Gregory Benford: …………. 31
Close Encounters? — Science and Science
Fiction, Lambourne, Shallis, & Shortland.
Short Reviews by Scott W innett:……………………… 33
The Planets, James Finney Boylan; S t Peter’s
Wolf, Michael Cadnum; Heroes, Inc., Kyle
Crocco; Specters, J.M. Dillard; Hawaiian
U.F.O. Aliens, Mel Gilden; Fire Mask, Charles
L. Grant; The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction,
David Pringle; Street Magic, Michael
Reaves; Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine,
Issue 10, Special Issue, Kristine Kathryn
Rusch, ed.; Phantom Banjo, Elizabeth Scarborough;
Fatal Exposure, Michael Tobias.
French Reviews by Pascal J. T homas:………………. 35
Rivage des Intouchables, Francis Berthelot;
Swap-Swap, Richard Canal; Le Temps du
Twist, Joel Houssin.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
1991 Conference on the Fantastic in the A r ts …..38
1991 World Horror Convention ……………………….40
LISTINGS
Conventions ………………………………………………………41
Magazines Received—M a rc h …………………………….44
Books Received—Ma rch ……………………………………45
British Books—February…………………………………… 53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
Jo h n Be llairs………………………………………………………60
Graham G re e n e …………………………………………………60
Dave P edneau…………………………………………………….60
Sarah Gourley Shaw………………………………………….. 60
Ace………………………………
Atheneum……………………………………
Avon………………………………………….. 20
Baen ……………………………………. 14,22
Bantam ………………………….. 36,3 7,6 7
Carroll & Graf…………………………….
Classifieds……………………………….. 55
Dan Simmons…………………. (SRC) 1
Bruce Sterling,
William Gibson …………. (CNB) 1
Dan Simmons…………………. (SRC) 4
Bruce Sterling,
William Gibson …………… (CNB) 5
Robert Gleason………………..(CNB) 6
Maggie Noach, Colin Greenland,
Jane Johnson ……………….. (RR) 6
Pat Murphy ………………………….. (JJ) 6
Raymond Harris,
Algis Budrys……………………. (PC) 6
Michael F. Flynn ……………….. (IRS) 7
Orson Scott Card & family .. (BG) 8
Patricia Kennealy …………………. (F) 9
Patricia Kennealy,
Jim Morrison …………………. (JC) 9
Philip Jose & Bette Farmer.. (DW) 9
INDEX TO ADS
Cleveland State University………..
L.W. Currey ……………………………… 5 0
DAW………………………………………….. 1 0
DC Comics ……………………………… 2 4
Del Rey ……………………………………. 1 2
Robert Gavora …………………………..
PHOTO LISTING
Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison,
Sam Lundwall ……………….. (GH) 9
Fritz Leiber…………………………….(F) 13
Gene Wolfe, Gay Haldeman,
Bruce Sterling …………… (CNB) 38
Susan Shwartz, Andre Norton,
Roger Schlobin ………….(CNB) 38
Brian Attebery …………………. (LH) 38
Brian Aldiss & Scuttlers…. (CNB) 38
Roger Corman,
Leonard Heldreth…………. (LH) 38
Tom Maddox, Joe Haldeman,
Charles N. Brown, David Hartwell,
Kathryn Cramer, Brian Aldiss,
Donald Palumbo ………….(DW) 38
Joe Haldeman, DeDe Weil, Joan
Gordon, Jack Haldeman,
Johns Hopkins Univ. Pres s…….. 4 6
Locus……………………………………….. 6 5
Locus Press……………………………… 5 8
T o r…………………………………………
Warner Questar……………………….. 16
WCS Books ……………………………… 4 7
Worlds of Wonder……………………… 49
Russell Letson…………….. (DW) 38
Creation Lodge……………….. (DW) 39
Peter M aq u a ………………………(LH) 39
Carl Yoke, Stephen R.
Donaldson………………………(LH) 39
Joe Haldeman, Marilyn Lunde,
David Lunde …………….. (CNB) 39
Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman,
Brian Aldiss, Kathryn Cramer,
Gary K. Wolfe, Jane Yolen,
Russell Letson…………… (CNB) 39
Brian & Jane Stableford……(LH) 39
Peter Malekin, Bud Foote …. (LH) 39
Patricia McKillip,
Donald Palumbo………. (CNB) 39
Ginjer Buchanan,
Stanley J. Wiater…………. (BG) 40
Continued on page 63
PHOTO CREDITS: (SRC) Shelly R. Clift, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (RR) Roger Robinson, (PC) Peter Citrak, (IRS)
Ian Randal Strock, (JC) Janice Coughlin, (GH) Gay Haldeman, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (F) furnished, (LH) Leonard
Heldreth, (DW) DeDe Weil, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (RJ) Raymond Jones.
______ ISSUE #364, VOL 26 NO. 5, May 1991, Mailing Date: April 22,1991
LOCUS May 1991 / 3
MAIN STORIES
Gleason New T or Editor-In-Chief…………………….. 6
Greenland Wins A rthur C. Clarke Award ……….. 6
Murphy Wins Philip K. Dick Award …………………. 6
Hoffman Leaves Waldenbooks………………………….. 6
Morrow, Avon Combine SF Lines;
Hartwell Leaves …………………………………………….. 7
Flynn Wins Crook Award ………………………………….. 7
UK Publishing Massacre……………………………………. 7
SPECIAL FEATURES
Patricia Kennealy: 20 Years Ago ………………………. 9
Farmers Celebrate 5 0 th ……………………………………… 9
Lundwall Reaches 5 0 …………………………………………. 9
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ………………………………………………… 7
Book N ews…………………………………………………………. 7
Bookstore News ………………………………………………… 7
Court Ca se s……………………………………………………… 63
Magazine News………………………………………………… 63
Awards……………………………………………………………… 63
Market News……………………………………………………. 63
Video N ew s……………………………………………………… 63
Rights & O p tio n s…………………………………………….. 63
Sf/Fantasy T h e a te r…………………………………………… 63
Publications Received ……………………………………… 63
Catalogs Received …………………………………………… 63
INTERVIEWS
Dan Simmons: Born-Again Vacationist ……………. 4
Gibson & Sterling: On the Virtual Chicken Circuit 5
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………… 8
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………….. 13
Locus L etters……………………………………………………. 60
Editorial Matters …………………………………………….. 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:………………………………….. 15
Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett; Hunting the
Ghost Dancer, A.A. Attanasio; The M.D.: A
Horror Story, Thomas M. Disch; The Last Voyage
of Somebody the Sailor, John Barth; The
Revenge of the Rose, Michael Moorcock; Mirage,
Pauline Gedge. SHORT TAKES: Hero!,
Dave Duncan; Omni 5/91.
Reviews by Russell Letson:………………………………. 19
Synners, Pat Cadigan; Ecce and Old Earth, Jack
Vance; Serpent Catch, Dave Wolverton.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: ……………………………. 23
Bones, Joyce Thompson; American Psycho, Bret
Easton Ellis; Sliver, Ira Levin; Psycho-paths,
Robert Bloch, ed.; Something Out There,
Ronald Kelly; Unearthed, Ashley McConnell;
Wurm, Matthew J. Costello.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:………………………… 27
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Shelly Rae Clift
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Marianne S. Jablon
EDITORIAL TRAINEE
Christopher R. Marler
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Carolyn F. Cushman
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
Tom Whitmore
Scott Winnett
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. Please send all mail to Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661.
Telephone (415) 339-9196
FAX (415) 339-8144
Please note, after September 2, 1991 area code
becomes 510.
Individual copies are $3.50. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $35.00 for 12 issues, $65.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $40.00 for 12 issues, $75.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $48.00 for 12 issues,
$85.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $40.00 for 12 issues, $75.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $64.00 for 12 issues, $108.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $75.00 for 12 issues,
$125.00 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
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.
FAX (415) 339-8144
We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Contents copyright © 1991 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
Lion of Macedon, David Gemmell; Mairelon the
Magician, Patricia C. Wrede; Enter Three Witches,
Kate Gilmore; Wizard’s Hall, Jane Yolen; Hellflower,
Elukibes Shahar, The Dream Compass,
Jeff Bredenberg; The Paradise War, Stephen
Lawhead; Hawk’s Flight, Carol Chase. SHORT
TAKES: Redemption of Light, Kathleen M.
O’Neal; Mission of Magic, Julie Dean Smith;
Castle Murders, John DeChancie.
Reviews by Tom Whitmore:………………………………29
Bone Dance, Emma Bull; The Host, Peter
Emshwiller; Xenocide, Orson Scott Card; Outside
the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll; How
to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, Orson
Scott Card; Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy,
Gardner Dozois et a, eds.; Science Fiction
Writers of America Handbook: The Professional
Writer’s Guide to Writing Professionally,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley
Smith, eds. SHORT TAKES: Writing for Social
Scientists, Howard S. Becker.
Nonfiction Review by Gregory Benford: …………. 31
Close Encounters? — Science and Science
Fiction, Lambourne, Shallis, & Shortland.
Short Reviews by Scott W innett:……………………… 33
The Planets, James Finney Boylan; S t Peter’s
Wolf, Michael Cadnum; Heroes, Inc., Kyle
Crocco; Specters, J.M. Dillard; Hawaiian
U.F.O. Aliens, Mel Gilden; Fire Mask, Charles
L. Grant; The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction,
David Pringle; Street Magic, Michael
Reaves; Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine,
Issue 10, Special Issue, Kristine Kathryn
Rusch, ed.; Phantom Banjo, Elizabeth Scarborough;
Fatal Exposure, Michael Tobias.
French Reviews by Pascal J. T homas:………………. 35
Rivage des Intouchables, Francis Berthelot;
Swap-Swap, Richard Canal; Le Temps du
Twist, Joel Houssin.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
1991 Conference on the Fantastic in the A r ts …..38
1991 World Horror Convention ……………………….40
LISTINGS
Conventions ………………………………………………………41
Magazines Received—M a rc h …………………………….44
Books Received—Ma rch ……………………………………45
British Books—February…………………………………… 53
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….59
OBITUARIES
Jo h n Be llairs………………………………………………………60
Graham G re e n e …………………………………………………60
Dave P edneau…………………………………………………….60
Sarah Gourley Shaw………………………………………….. 60
Ace………………………………
Atheneum……………………………………
Avon………………………………………….. 20
Baen ……………………………………. 14,22
Bantam ………………………….. 36,3 7,6 7
Carroll & Graf…………………………….
Classifieds……………………………….. 55
Dan Simmons…………………. (SRC) 1
Bruce Sterling,
William Gibson …………. (CNB) 1
Dan Simmons…………………. (SRC) 4
Bruce Sterling,
William Gibson …………… (CNB) 5
Robert Gleason………………..(CNB) 6
Maggie Noach, Colin Greenland,
Jane Johnson ……………….. (RR) 6
Pat Murphy ………………………….. (JJ) 6
Raymond Harris,
Algis Budrys……………………. (PC) 6
Michael F. Flynn ……………….. (IRS) 7
Orson Scott Card & family .. (BG) 8
Patricia Kennealy …………………. (F) 9
Patricia Kennealy,
Jim Morrison …………………. (JC) 9
Philip Jose & Bette Farmer.. (DW) 9
INDEX TO ADS
Cleveland State University………..
L.W. Currey ……………………………… 5 0
DAW………………………………………….. 1 0
DC Comics ……………………………… 2 4
Del Rey ……………………………………. 1 2
Robert Gavora …………………………..
PHOTO LISTING
Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison,
Sam Lundwall ……………….. (GH) 9
Fritz Leiber…………………………….(F) 13
Gene Wolfe, Gay Haldeman,
Bruce Sterling …………… (CNB) 38
Susan Shwartz, Andre Norton,
Roger Schlobin ………….(CNB) 38
Brian Attebery …………………. (LH) 38
Brian Aldiss & Scuttlers…. (CNB) 38
Roger Corman,
Leonard Heldreth…………. (LH) 38
Tom Maddox, Joe Haldeman,
Charles N. Brown, David Hartwell,
Kathryn Cramer, Brian Aldiss,
Donald Palumbo ………….(DW) 38
Joe Haldeman, DeDe Weil, Joan
Gordon, Jack Haldeman,
Johns Hopkins Univ. Pres s…….. 4 6
Locus……………………………………….. 6 5
Locus Press……………………………… 5 8
T o r…………………………………………
Warner Questar……………………….. 16
WCS Books ……………………………… 4 7
Worlds of Wonder……………………… 49
Russell Letson…………….. (DW) 38
Creation Lodge……………….. (DW) 39
Peter M aq u a ………………………(LH) 39
Carl Yoke, Stephen R.
Donaldson………………………(LH) 39
Joe Haldeman, Marilyn Lunde,
David Lunde …………….. (CNB) 39
Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman,
Brian Aldiss, Kathryn Cramer,
Gary K. Wolfe, Jane Yolen,
Russell Letson…………… (CNB) 39
Brian & Jane Stableford……(LH) 39
Peter Malekin, Bud Foote …. (LH) 39
Patricia McKillip,
Donald Palumbo………. (CNB) 39
Ginjer Buchanan,
Stanley J. Wiater…………. (BG) 40
Continued on page 63
PHOTO CREDITS: (SRC) Shelly R. Clift, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (RR) Roger Robinson, (PC) Peter Citrak, (IRS)
Ian Randal Strock, (JC) Janice Coughlin, (GH) Gay Haldeman, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (F) furnished, (LH) Leonard
Heldreth, (DW) DeDe Weil, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (RJ) Raymond Jones.
______ ISSUE #364, VOL 26 NO. 5, May 1991, Mailing Date: April 22,1991
LOCUS May 1991 / 3
MAIN STORIES
Gleason New T or Editor-In-Chief…………………….. 6
Greenland Wins A rthur C. Clarke Award ……….. 6
Murphy Wins Philip K. Dick Award …………………. 6
Hoffman Leaves Waldenbooks………………………….. 6
Morrow, Avon Combine SF Lines;
Hartwell Leaves …………………………………………….. 7
Flynn Wins Crook Award ………………………………….. 7
UK Publishing Massacre……………………………………. 7
SPECIAL FEATURES
Patricia Kennealy: 20 Years Ago ………………………. 9
Farmers Celebrate 5 0 th ……………………………………… 9
Lundwall Reaches 5 0 …………………………………………. 9
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News ………………………………………………… 7
Book N ews…………………………………………………………. 7
Bookstore News ………………………………………………… 7
Court Ca se s……………………………………………………… 63
Magazine News………………………………………………… 63
Awards……………………………………………………………… 63
Market News……………………………………………………. 63
Video N ew s……………………………………………………… 63
Rights & O p tio n s…………………………………………….. 63
Sf/Fantasy T h e a te r…………………………………………… 63
Publications Received ……………………………………… 63
Catalogs Received …………………………………………… 63
INTERVIEWS
Dan Simmons: Born-Again Vacationist ……………. 4
Gibson & Sterling: On the Virtual Chicken Circuit 5
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………… 8
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis………………………. 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r……………….. 13
Locus L etters……………………………………………………. 60
Editorial Matters …………………………………………….. 63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:………………………………….. 15
Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett; Hunting the
Ghost Dancer, A.A. Attanasio; The M.D.: A
Horror Story, Thomas M. Disch; The Last Voyage
of Somebody the Sailor, John Barth; The
Revenge of the Rose, Michael Moorcock; Mirage,
Pauline Gedge. SHORT TAKES: Hero!,
Dave Duncan; Omni 5/91.
Reviews by Russell Letson:………………………………. 19
Synners, Pat Cadigan; Ecce and Old Earth, Jack
Vance; Serpent Catch, Dave Wolverton.
Reviews by Edward Bryant: ……………………………. 23
Bones, Joyce Thompson; American Psycho, Bret
Easton Ellis; Sliver, Ira Levin; Psycho-paths,
Robert Bloch, ed.; Something Out There,
Ronald Kelly; Unearthed, Ashley McConnell;
Wurm, Matthew J. Costello.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:………………………… 27
