Table of Contents, February 1992
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIEN CE 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
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
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Table of Contents
MAIN STORIES
Asimov’s, Analog Sold to D e ll…………………………….. 6
Ackerman Memorabilia to B e rlin ……………………….6
SFWA Changes N am e …………………………………………6
Effinger Medical Fund E stablished…………………….6
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees…………………………. 6
Time Capsule Discovered at T o r………………………… 6
SF Prediction on the Money ………………………………. 7
Bookstores Account for
Only Half of Books S o ld ………………………………….7
1992 SF(F)WA Re cep tio n …………………………………..9
THE DATA FILE
International Copyright Changes……………………….. 7
Publishing News………………………………………………….. 7
Court Ca se s………………………………………………………….7
Awards………………………………………………………………….7
Worldcon U p d a te ……………………………………………….. 7
Announcements………………………………………………….. 7
Satanic Verses Update ………………………………………69
Book N ews………………………………………………………… 69
Audio News………………………………………………………. 69
Video News……………………………………………………….. 69
Rights & Options………………………………………………. 69
Publications Received………………………………………..69
INTERVIEWS
Paul J. McAuley: Not a Movement…………………….4
Allen Steele: Back to S p a c e ………………………………. 5
1991 IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading
by Charles N. Brown………………………………………32
by Faren Miller………………………………………………32
by Ed B ry an t…………………………………………………. 32
by Mark R. Kelly (Short Fiction)…………………..34
by Russell L e tso n …………………………………………..34
by Gary K. Wolfe……………………………………………35
by Tom Whitmore………………………………………….36
by Carolyn Cushman………………………………………36
by Dan Chow…………………………………………………. 37
by Scott Winnett……………………………………………. 37
Recommended Reading List 1991…………………….38
Cinema Summary 1991, Frank M. Ro b in so n …… 40
1991 Book Summary………………………………………….41
1991 Magazine Summary……………………………………44
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………….8
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis………………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r…………………15
Locus L etters…………………………………………………….. 68
Editorial M a tte rs……………………………………………….68
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………..13
Asimov’s 1/92; Interzone 1/92; Playboy 1/92;
Omni 1/92; F&SF 1/92; F&SF 2/92.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………………17
Last Call, Tim Powers; Was, Geoff Ryman;
The Memory of Earth, Orson Scott Card; Wolf
Flow, K. W. Jeter; The Book of the Dead, Tanith
Lee.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………….19
Bad Brains, Kathe Koja; The Vampire’s Apprentice,
Richard Lee Byers; Shock Rock, Jeff
Gelb, ed.; Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti.
SHORT TAKES: Spells of Enchantment,
Jack Zipes, ed.; Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Review Annual 1990, Robert A. Collins
and Robert Latham, eds.
Reviews by Russell L etson:……………………………….23
Russian Spring, Norman Spinrad; Requiem:
New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein
and Tributes to the Grand Master, Yoji
Kondo, ed.; The Remarkables, Robert Reed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:………………………………..25
Sheltered Lives, Charles Oberndorf; There
Won’t Be War, Harry Harrison and Bruce
McAllister, eds.; Worlds Apart: Narratology of
Science Fiction, Carl D. Malmgren; Lafferty
in Orbit, R .A Lafferty.
Reviews by Dan Chow: …………………………………….. 27
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories: Volume
2, Isaac Asimov; Solo, Robert Mason; Transcendence,
Charle s Sheffield; The
Remarkables, Robert Reed.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman……………………………29
Crisis on Doona, Anne McCaffrey and Jody
Lynn Nye; Partnership, Anne McCaffrey and
Margaret Ball; When Dreams Collide, Wm.
Mark Simmons; Nightseer, Laurell K.
Hamilton; Phoenix Fire, Elizabeth Forrest;
SHORT TAKES: Darktraders, Eluki bes
Shahar; Castle Dreams, John DeChancie; One
Land, One Duke, Ru Emerson; Dream Time,
Toss Gascoigne, Jo Goodman, & Margot
Tyrrell, eds.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett………………………..31
Bright Angel, John Blair; Lord Kelvin’s Machine,
James P. Blaylock; In the Blood, Nancy
A. Collins; A Journal of the Flood Year, David
Ely; The Wall, Marlen Haushofer; Mutant
Star, Karen Haber; Lightning’s Daughter,
Mary H. Herbert; The Sheriff of Nottingham,
Richard Kluger; The Wrong Rite, Charlotte
MacLeod; The Last of the Renshai, Mickey
Zucker Reichert.
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — December…………………….47
Books Received — December……………………………50
British Books – November……………………………….60
Bestsellers…………………………………………………………. 67
OBITUARIES
Ernest Gann……………………………………………………….68
Frank Y erby……………………………………………………….68
Stephen Abis………………………………………………………68
Terry Biffel ………………………………………………………..68
Jack T annen……………………………………………………….68
Ac e ……………………………… 14,76
A v o n ………………………………… 24
Baen……………………………. 10,22
Bantam……………………28,48,49
Clario n …………………………….. 54
Clarion W e s t…………………….54
Classifieds………………………… 63
INDEX TO ADS
DAW…………………………………66
Del R e y …………………..12,20,71
Dream Park C o rp ……………..53
Robert Gavora………………….52
Locus……………………………….. 74
Locus P re s s ………………………62
Penguin R o c ……………………..16
P lum e ………………………………. 75
Sunset Productions………….. 52
T o r ……………………………… 18,55
Warner Questar………………….2
Paul J. McAuley……… (CNB) 4
Allen S te e le ……………..(CNB) 5
Ray R ussell……………………(F) 8
Charles D eV e t………………(F) 8
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (NKH) 8
C. Dean Andersson……….(F) 8
PHOTO LISTING
Jennifer Ro berson……….. (F) 8
Frederik Pohl,
Rae L indsay……………..(JJ) 9
Rebecca Ore,
Denise L ittle …………….(JJ) 9
David Hartwell……………..(JJ) 9
Charles Platt,
Jeanne D a n n …………… (JJ) 9
Fritz L e ib e r………………(BG) 15
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) C.N. Brown, (F) furnished, (NKH) N.K. Hoffman, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (BG)
Beth Gwinn.
ISSUE #373, VOL. 28 NO. 2, February 1992, Mailing Date; February 4,1992
LOCUS February 1992/3
(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
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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$85.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
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$125.00 for 24 issues. California Residents please
add 8% sales tax. Institutional subscriptions are $3.00
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Publications. All subscriptions, including Canadian,
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($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
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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.
Table of Contents
MAIN STORIES
Asimov’s, Analog Sold to D e ll…………………………….. 6
Ackerman Memorabilia to B e rlin ……………………….6
SFWA Changes N am e …………………………………………6
Effinger Medical Fund E stablished…………………….6
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees…………………………. 6
Time Capsule Discovered at T o r………………………… 6
SF Prediction on the Money ………………………………. 7
Bookstores Account for
Only Half of Books S o ld ………………………………….7
1992 SF(F)WA Re cep tio n …………………………………..9
THE DATA FILE
International Copyright Changes……………………….. 7
Publishing News………………………………………………….. 7
Court Ca se s………………………………………………………….7
Awards………………………………………………………………….7
Worldcon U p d a te ……………………………………………….. 7
Announcements………………………………………………….. 7
Satanic Verses Update ………………………………………69
Book N ews………………………………………………………… 69
Audio News………………………………………………………. 69
Video News……………………………………………………….. 69
Rights & Options………………………………………………. 69
Publications Received………………………………………..69
INTERVIEWS
Paul J. McAuley: Not a Movement…………………….4
Allen Steele: Back to S p a c e ………………………………. 5
1991 IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading
by Charles N. Brown………………………………………32
by Faren Miller………………………………………………32
by Ed B ry an t…………………………………………………. 32
by Mark R. Kelly (Short Fiction)…………………..34
by Russell L e tso n …………………………………………..34
by Gary K. Wolfe……………………………………………35
by Tom Whitmore………………………………………….36
by Carolyn Cushman………………………………………36
by Dan Chow…………………………………………………. 37
by Scott Winnett……………………………………………. 37
Recommended Reading List 1991…………………….38
Cinema Summary 1991, Frank M. Ro b in so n …… 40
1991 Book Summary………………………………………….41
1991 Magazine Summary……………………………………44
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing…………………………………………….8
Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis………………………… 11
Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L e ib e r…………………15
Locus L etters…………………………………………………….. 68
Editorial M a tte rs……………………………………………….68
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………..13
Asimov’s 1/92; Interzone 1/92; Playboy 1/92;
Omni 1/92; F&SF 1/92; F&SF 2/92.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………………17
Last Call, Tim Powers; Was, Geoff Ryman;
The Memory of Earth, Orson Scott Card; Wolf
Flow, K. W. Jeter; The Book of the Dead, Tanith
Lee.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………….19
Bad Brains, Kathe Koja; The Vampire’s Apprentice,
Richard Lee Byers; Shock Rock, Jeff
Gelb, ed.; Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti.
SHORT TAKES: Spells of Enchantment,
Jack Zipes, ed.; Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Review Annual 1990, Robert A. Collins
and Robert Latham, eds.
Reviews by Russell L etson:……………………………….23
Russian Spring, Norman Spinrad; Requiem:
New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein
and Tributes to the Grand Master, Yoji
Kondo, ed.; The Remarkables, Robert Reed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:………………………………..25
Sheltered Lives, Charles Oberndorf; There
Won’t Be War, Harry Harrison and Bruce
McAllister, eds.; Worlds Apart: Narratology of
Science Fiction, Carl D. Malmgren; Lafferty
in Orbit, R .A Lafferty.
Reviews by Dan Chow: …………………………………….. 27
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories: Volume
2, Isaac Asimov; Solo, Robert Mason; Transcendence,
Charle s Sheffield; The
Remarkables, Robert Reed.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman……………………………29
Crisis on Doona, Anne McCaffrey and Jody
Lynn Nye; Partnership, Anne McCaffrey and
Margaret Ball; When Dreams Collide, Wm.
Mark Simmons; Nightseer, Laurell K.
Hamilton; Phoenix Fire, Elizabeth Forrest;
SHORT TAKES: Darktraders, Eluki bes
Shahar; Castle Dreams, John DeChancie; One
Land, One Duke, Ru Emerson; Dream Time,
Toss Gascoigne, Jo Goodman, & Margot
Tyrrell, eds.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett………………………..31
Bright Angel, John Blair; Lord Kelvin’s Machine,
James P. Blaylock; In the Blood, Nancy
A. Collins; A Journal of the Flood Year, David
Ely; The Wall, Marlen Haushofer; Mutant
Star, Karen Haber; Lightning’s Daughter,
Mary H. Herbert; The Sheriff of Nottingham,
Richard Kluger; The Wrong Rite, Charlotte
MacLeod; The Last of the Renshai, Mickey
Zucker Reichert.
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — December…………………….47
Books Received — December……………………………50
British Books – November……………………………….60
Bestsellers…………………………………………………………. 67
OBITUARIES
Ernest Gann……………………………………………………….68
Frank Y erby……………………………………………………….68
Stephen Abis………………………………………………………68
Terry Biffel ………………………………………………………..68
Jack T annen……………………………………………………….68
Ac e ……………………………… 14,76
A v o n ………………………………… 24
Baen……………………………. 10,22
Bantam……………………28,48,49
Clario n …………………………….. 54
Clarion W e s t…………………….54
Classifieds………………………… 63
INDEX TO ADS
DAW…………………………………66
Del R e y …………………..12,20,71
Dream Park C o rp ……………..53
Robert Gavora………………….52
Locus……………………………….. 74
Locus P re s s ………………………62
Penguin R o c ……………………..16
P lum e ………………………………. 75
Sunset Productions………….. 52
T o r ……………………………… 18,55
Warner Questar………………….2
Paul J. McAuley……… (CNB) 4
Allen S te e le ……………..(CNB) 5
Ray R ussell……………………(F) 8
Charles D eV e t………………(F) 8
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (NKH) 8
C. Dean Andersson……….(F) 8
PHOTO LISTING
Jennifer Ro berson……….. (F) 8
Frederik Pohl,
Rae L indsay……………..(JJ) 9
Rebecca Ore,
Denise L ittle …………….(JJ) 9
David Hartwell……………..(JJ) 9
Charles Platt,
Jeanne D a n n …………… (JJ) 9
Fritz L e ib e r………………(BG) 15
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) C.N. Brown, (F) furnished, (NKH) N.K. Hoffman, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (BG)
Beth Gwinn.
ISSUE #373, VOL. 28 NO. 2, February 1992, Mailing Date; February 4,1992
LOCUS February 1992/3
