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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE F IC T IO N FIELD
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marianne S. Jablon
Carolyn F. Cushman
EDITORIAL TRAINEE
Paula Knippa
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
Tom Whitmore
Scott Winnett
Gary K. Wolfe
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 (510) 339-9196
FAX (510) 339-8144
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via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
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$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. California Residents please
add 8% sales tax. Institutional subscriptions are $3.00
extra per year. Make all checks payable to Locus
Publications. All subscriptions, including Canadian,
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one year, so tell us if your subscription is a renewal or
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available. For information call (510) 339-9198.
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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
MAIN STORIES
1991 World Fantasy Awards………………………………. 1
Quality SF Book Club Suspended………………………. 6
Asimov Quits Column………………………………………….6
Heinlein Library D edicated………………………………… 6
Another K in g ………………………………………………………. 6
Doubleday Book Club Awards P resented……………6
Savoy Books R a id ed …………………………………………….7
1992 Nebula Awards Weekend…………………………… 7
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News………………………………………………….. 7
Bookstore N ew s………………………………………………….. 7
Announcements…………………………………………………… 7
Market News……………………………………………………….. 7
Book N ews……………………………………………………………7
Rights & Options………………………………………………… 7
Video News……………………………………………………….. 72
Publications Received………………………………………..72
Audio News……………………………………………………….. 72
Catalogs Received………………………………………………72
INTERVIEWS
Lisa Goldstein:
Astonishments & Strange D evices…………………….. 4
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………….8
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis………………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber………………….13
Locus L e tters…………………………………………………….. 70
Editorial Matters………………………………………………..71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………………15
The Fetch, Robert Holdstock; Dark Dance,
Tanith Lee; The Grail of Hearts, Susan Shwartz;
Flying in Place, Susan Palwick; Jack the Bodiless,
Julian May.
Reviews by Russell L etso n :………………………………. 17
Remaking History, Kim Stanley Robinson; Playgrounds
of the Mind, Larry Niven; Man-Kzin
Wars IV, Larry Niven, ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………………. 21
The Waste Lands, Stephen King; Clive Barker’s
Shadows in Eden, Stephen Jones, ed.; The Official
Splatter Movie Guide Volume II, John
McCarty; Going After the Rubber Chicken, Dan
Simmons; Cold Shocks, Tim Sullivan, ed.; The
Year’s Best Horror Stories: XIX, Karl Edward
Wagner, ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:…………………………………25
The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of
Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan and Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; On Stage: A Chrestomathy of
His Plays, Ray Bradbury.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………………..27
China M ountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh;
Two-Bit Heroes, Doris Egan; Aunt Maria, Diana
Wynne Jones; Searching for Dragons, Patricia
Wrede; A Plague of Sorcerers, Mary Frances
Zambreno; Bardic Voices, Mercedes Lackey;
SHORT TAKES: TekLab, William Shatner;
The Pharaoh Contract, Ray Aldridge; The Emperor
of Everything, Ray Aldridge; A Christmas
Charade, Karla Hocker; A Christmas Keepsake;
Janice Bennett.
Reviews by Dan Chow:……………………………………… 31
The Kindness of Women, J. G. Ballard; The
Trinity Paradox, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug
Beason; Our Angry Earth, Isaac Asimov and
Frederik Pohl; Lunar Justice, Charles L. Harness.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….33
Alien Blues, Lynn S. Hightower; Avalon, Mary J.
Jones; Jinx High, Mercedes Lackey; Letters
From Home, Sarah Lefanu, ed.; The Mountain
Made of Light, Edward Meyers; Flying in Place,
Susan Palwick; Prism of the Night: A Biography
of Anne Rice, Katherine Ramsland; New Life for
the Dead, Alan Rodgers; A Box of Tricks, Hugh
Scott; The Vampire Diaries Volume III: The
Fury, L.J. Smith; Pish Posh, Said Hieronymous
Bosch, Nancy Willard; F&SF 10-11/91; F&SF
12/91.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Volgacon:
Part 1 by Terry Bisson & Paul Pa rk ………………… 46
Part 2 by Christopher S tasheff…………………………47
LISTINGS
Forthcoming B o o k s……………………………………………34
British Forthcoming B o o k s……………………………….42
Statement of Ownership……………………………………. 45
Magazines Received-October……………………………48
Books Rece ived-October…………………………………50
British Books—September…………………………………59
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….. 66
OBITUARIES
Gene R oddenberry…………………………………………… 67
Appreciation by Arthur C. Clarke……………………69
Arkady Strugatsky………………………………………………67
Robert Maxwell………………………………………………….69
Irwin A llen…………………………………………………………. 70
Martha McElroy Fischer……………………………………70
Will Henry…………………………………………………………. 70
Scott Holton……………………………………………………….70
A c e …………………………………… 2,26
Avon……………………………………. 10
B a e n ………………………….. 18,73,75
Bantam…………………………… 38,39
Carroll & G ra f……………………. 32
Clarion………………………………… 56
Classifieds…………………………… 62
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (F) furnished, (AF)
Albert Frank, (CS) Christopher Stasheff, (TB) Terry Bisson, (CC) Carolyn Cushman.
ISSUE #371, VOL 27 NO. 6, December 1991, Mailing Date: November 27,1991
LOCUS December 1991 / 3
INDEX TO ADS
D AW …………………………………… 28
Del R e y ……………………………….. 14
Duke University Press…………..52
L o cu s……………………………………74
Locus P re ss…………………………. 41
NESFA Press………………………. 55
Penguin R o c ……………………….. 22
Phage P re s s ………………………… 54
Serendipity B ooks……………… 65
T o r ………………………… 16,20,24,30
Visions of Sp ace…………………..76
Warner Q u e s ta r…………………. 12
World Fantasy Awards
Winners……………………(CNB) 1
Lisa Goldstein……………..(BG) 1
Lisa Goldstein………………(BG) 4
World Fantasy Awards
Winners………………………(BG) 5
Neil Gaiman,
James Morrow…………….(BG) 5
Mark V. Ziesing……………(BG) 5
David Hartwell,
Carol Emshwiller………..(BG) 5
Anne McCaffrey,
Ralph Vicinanza,
Virginia Heinlein……………(JJ) 6
Julian May………………………. (JJ) 8
Pauline D u n n ……………..(CNB) 8
Malcolm Edwards…….. (CNB) 8
Nick Sayers…………………….. (JJ) 8
PHOTO LISTING
Kathy Gale, Jo Fletcher …. (JJ) 8
Robin McKinley……………….(F) 9
Peter D ickinson………….(CNB) 9
Robert Petitt,Christine
Rutherford, Sidney
Williams…………………………. (F) 9
Judith Merril, P.C.Hodgell(AF) 9
Fritz L e ib e r……………………(F) 13
Alexander B olnykh…….. (CS) 46
Boris Zelinsky………………(CS) 46
Ron Clarke, Christopher
Stasheff, Chris Chivers . (CS) 46
Christopher Stasheff….. (CS) 46
Dealers R o om …………….(TB) 46
Terry B isson………………..(TB) 46
Christopher Stasheff,
Vladimir Gakov……….. (TB) 46
Terry Bisson, Christopher
Stasheff………………………(TB) 47
Irene (editor from Minsk) &
frie n d …………………………(TB) 47
Vladimir Gakov, Je a n ….(TB) 47
James P. Hogan,
Japanese f a n …………….(TB) 47
Leonid Tchachuk……….. (TB) 47
Boris Zavgorodny………. (TB) 47
Paul Park, Terry Bisson . (TB) 47
Gene Roddenberry……….. (F) 67
Arkady Strugatsky…………. (F) 67
Arkady Strugatsky…………. (F) 68
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris
Strugatsky, C.N. Brown (CC)68
Gene Roddenberry,
Majel B arrett Roddenberry,
Star Trek model……. (CNB) 69
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE F IC T IO N FIELD
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marianne S. Jablon
Carolyn F. Cushman
EDITORIAL TRAINEE
Paula Knippa
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Richard Curtis
Fritz Leiber
Russell Letson
Tom Whitmore
Scott Winnett
Gary K. Wolfe
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 (510) 339-9196
FAX (510) 339-8144
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. California Residents please
add 8% sales tax. 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 (510) 339-9198.
FAX (510) 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
MAIN STORIES
1991 World Fantasy Awards………………………………. 1
Quality SF Book Club Suspended………………………. 6
Asimov Quits Column………………………………………….6
Heinlein Library D edicated………………………………… 6
Another K in g ………………………………………………………. 6
Doubleday Book Club Awards P resented……………6
Savoy Books R a id ed …………………………………………….7
1992 Nebula Awards Weekend…………………………… 7
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News………………………………………………….. 7
Bookstore N ew s………………………………………………….. 7
Announcements…………………………………………………… 7
Market News……………………………………………………….. 7
Book N ews……………………………………………………………7
Rights & Options………………………………………………… 7
Video News……………………………………………………….. 72
Publications Received………………………………………..72
Audio News……………………………………………………….. 72
Catalogs Received………………………………………………72
INTERVIEWS
Lisa Goldstein:
Astonishments & Strange D evices…………………….. 4
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………….8
Agent’s Corner, Richard C u rtis………………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber………………….13
Locus L e tters…………………………………………………….. 70
Editorial Matters………………………………………………..71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………………15
The Fetch, Robert Holdstock; Dark Dance,
Tanith Lee; The Grail of Hearts, Susan Shwartz;
Flying in Place, Susan Palwick; Jack the Bodiless,
Julian May.
Reviews by Russell L etso n :………………………………. 17
Remaking History, Kim Stanley Robinson; Playgrounds
of the Mind, Larry Niven; Man-Kzin
Wars IV, Larry Niven, ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………………. 21
The Waste Lands, Stephen King; Clive Barker’s
Shadows in Eden, Stephen Jones, ed.; The Official
Splatter Movie Guide Volume II, John
McCarty; Going After the Rubber Chicken, Dan
Simmons; Cold Shocks, Tim Sullivan, ed.; The
Year’s Best Horror Stories: XIX, Karl Edward
Wagner, ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:…………………………………25
The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of
Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan and Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; On Stage: A Chrestomathy of
His Plays, Ray Bradbury.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:…………………………..27
China M ountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh;
Two-Bit Heroes, Doris Egan; Aunt Maria, Diana
Wynne Jones; Searching for Dragons, Patricia
Wrede; A Plague of Sorcerers, Mary Frances
Zambreno; Bardic Voices, Mercedes Lackey;
SHORT TAKES: TekLab, William Shatner;
The Pharaoh Contract, Ray Aldridge; The Emperor
of Everything, Ray Aldridge; A Christmas
Charade, Karla Hocker; A Christmas Keepsake;
Janice Bennett.
Reviews by Dan Chow:……………………………………… 31
The Kindness of Women, J. G. Ballard; The
Trinity Paradox, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug
Beason; Our Angry Earth, Isaac Asimov and
Frederik Pohl; Lunar Justice, Charles L. Harness.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:……………………….33
Alien Blues, Lynn S. Hightower; Avalon, Mary J.
Jones; Jinx High, Mercedes Lackey; Letters
From Home, Sarah Lefanu, ed.; The Mountain
Made of Light, Edward Meyers; Flying in Place,
Susan Palwick; Prism of the Night: A Biography
of Anne Rice, Katherine Ramsland; New Life for
the Dead, Alan Rodgers; A Box of Tricks, Hugh
Scott; The Vampire Diaries Volume III: The
Fury, L.J. Smith; Pish Posh, Said Hieronymous
Bosch, Nancy Willard; F&SF 10-11/91; F&SF
12/91.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Volgacon:
Part 1 by Terry Bisson & Paul Pa rk ………………… 46
Part 2 by Christopher S tasheff…………………………47
LISTINGS
Forthcoming B o o k s……………………………………………34
British Forthcoming B o o k s……………………………….42
Statement of Ownership……………………………………. 45
Magazines Received-October……………………………48
Books Rece ived-October…………………………………50
British Books—September…………………………………59
Bestsellers………………………………………………………….. 66
OBITUARIES
Gene R oddenberry…………………………………………… 67
Appreciation by Arthur C. Clarke……………………69
Arkady Strugatsky………………………………………………67
Robert Maxwell………………………………………………….69
Irwin A llen…………………………………………………………. 70
Martha McElroy Fischer……………………………………70
Will Henry…………………………………………………………. 70
Scott Holton……………………………………………………….70
A c e …………………………………… 2,26
Avon……………………………………. 10
B a e n ………………………….. 18,73,75
Bantam…………………………… 38,39
Carroll & G ra f……………………. 32
Clarion………………………………… 56
Classifieds…………………………… 62
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (F) furnished, (AF)
Albert Frank, (CS) Christopher Stasheff, (TB) Terry Bisson, (CC) Carolyn Cushman.
ISSUE #371, VOL 27 NO. 6, December 1991, Mailing Date: November 27,1991
LOCUS December 1991 / 3
INDEX TO ADS
D AW …………………………………… 28
Del R e y ……………………………….. 14
Duke University Press…………..52
L o cu s……………………………………74
Locus P re ss…………………………. 41
NESFA Press………………………. 55
Penguin R o c ……………………….. 22
Phage P re s s ………………………… 54
Serendipity B ooks……………… 65
T o r ………………………… 16,20,24,30
Visions of Sp ace…………………..76
Warner Q u e s ta r…………………. 12
World Fantasy Awards
Winners……………………(CNB) 1
Lisa Goldstein……………..(BG) 1
Lisa Goldstein………………(BG) 4
World Fantasy Awards
Winners………………………(BG) 5
Neil Gaiman,
James Morrow…………….(BG) 5
Mark V. Ziesing……………(BG) 5
David Hartwell,
Carol Emshwiller………..(BG) 5
Anne McCaffrey,
Ralph Vicinanza,
Virginia Heinlein……………(JJ) 6
Julian May………………………. (JJ) 8
Pauline D u n n ……………..(CNB) 8
Malcolm Edwards…….. (CNB) 8
Nick Sayers…………………….. (JJ) 8
PHOTO LISTING
Kathy Gale, Jo Fletcher …. (JJ) 8
Robin McKinley……………….(F) 9
Peter D ickinson………….(CNB) 9
Robert Petitt,Christine
Rutherford, Sidney
Williams…………………………. (F) 9
Judith Merril, P.C.Hodgell(AF) 9
Fritz L e ib e r……………………(F) 13
Alexander B olnykh…….. (CS) 46
Boris Zelinsky………………(CS) 46
Ron Clarke, Christopher
Stasheff, Chris Chivers . (CS) 46
Christopher Stasheff….. (CS) 46
Dealers R o om …………….(TB) 46
Terry B isson………………..(TB) 46
Christopher Stasheff,
Vladimir Gakov……….. (TB) 46
Terry Bisson, Christopher
Stasheff………………………(TB) 47
Irene (editor from Minsk) &
frie n d …………………………(TB) 47
Vladimir Gakov, Je a n ….(TB) 47
James P. Hogan,
Japanese f a n …………….(TB) 47
Leonid Tchachuk……….. (TB) 47
Boris Zavgorodny………. (TB) 47
Paul Park, Terry Bisson . (TB) 47
Gene Roddenberry……….. (F) 67
Arkady Strugatsky…………. (F) 67
Arkady Strugatsky…………. (F) 68
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris
Strugatsky, C.N. Brown (CC)68
Gene Roddenberry,
Majel B arrett Roddenberry,
Star Trek model……. (CNB) 69
