Table of Contents, December 1992

This is the scanned Table of Contents for the issue, embedded as a PDF. It is searchable and includes all of the titles reviewed in the month. These issues are not available digitally yet, but most can be ordered by contacting the Locus offices. Locus-ToC-1992-12

Table of Contents
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD
(ISSN-0047-4959)
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marianne S. Jablon
Carolyn F. Cushman
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Dorothy A. Taylor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Dan Chow
Mark R. Kelly
Russell Letson
Tom Maddox
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 $3.95. Individual subscriptions in
the U.S. are $38.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in
Canada are $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the U.S. or Canada are $50.00 for 12 issues,
$90.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via
sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South
America via air mail are $67.00 for 12 issues, $114.00
for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $78.00 for 12 issues,
$130.00 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 © 1992 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
1992 World Fantasy Awards W inners…………… 6
1993 Nebula Banquet, Nebula Jury Announced 6
Bantam Spectra Cuts……………………………………. 6
1993 World Fantasy Awards Judges Named…..6
Budrys Drops Review Columns…………………….. 6
Pulphouse Publishing Cutbacks Continue………6
PHOTO STORIES
The Unveiling of the Shrike…………………………..7
Judith Merril Honored…………………………………. 9
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News…………………………………………….7
Bookstore News…………………………………………….7
Rushdie U pdate………………………………………….. 69
Awards & Contests……………………………………… 69
Announcements………………………………………….. 70
Book News…………………………………………………..70
Rights & Options…………………………………………70
Publications Received…………………………………. 70
Video Received……………………………………………70
Catalogs Received………………………………………. 70
INTERVIEWS
Lucius Shepard: The Cockroach Syndrome……4
Nancy Kress: The Children’s H o u r……………….. 5
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox……………………………………………11
Locus Letters………………………………………………68
Editorial Matters………………………………………… 69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:……………………………………. 13
The Ultimate Dinosaur, Byron Preiss & Robert
Silverberg, eds.; Interzone 11/92; Asimov’s 12/92;
Analog 12/92; Pulphouse 9-10/92; Amazing 12/92;
Aboriginal Science Fiction Winter/92; Playboy 11/
92.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………..17
Skin, Kathe Koja; Elvissey, Jack Womack; The
Course of the Heart, M. John Harrison; The Thief
of Always, Clive Barker; Lord of the Two Lands,
Judith Tarr; New Worlds 2, David Garnett, ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………….19
Valentine, S.P. Somtow; Slightly Off Center, Neal
Barrett, Jr.; Sabine’s Notebook, Nick Bantock.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:…………………………..21
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature
by Women, Vol. 1, A. Susan Williams, ed.; Modern
Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers
a.k.a. The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The
Twentieth Century: Volume 2, Richard Dalby,
ed.; Belladonna, Michael Stewart; Tales of the
Lovecraft Mythos, Robert M. Price, ed.; The Ugly
Little Boy, a.k.a. Child of Time, Isaac Asimov &
Robert Silverberg; SHORT TAKES: Haunting
the House of Fiction: Feminist Perspectives on
Ghost Stories by American Women, Lynette
Carpenter & Wendy K. Kolmar, eds.; Forbidden
Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian
Women Writers, Nina Auerbach & U.C.
Knoepflmacher, eds.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………. 25
The Weigher, Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin;
Mutagenesis, Helen Collins; Omni Best Science
Fiction One, Ellen Datlow, ed.
Reviews by Dan Chow:……………………………….. 27
Ammonite, Nicola Griffith; Destroying Angel,
Richard Paul Russo; The Multiplex Man, James
P. Hogan.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………..29
Agyar, Steven Brust; Mind Light, Margaret Davis;
Way Up High, Roger Zelazny; Here There be
Dragons, Roger Zelazny; A Strange and Ancient
Name, Josepha Sherman; Domes of Fire, David
Eddings; The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan;
Hellflower #3: Archangel Blues, Eluki bes Shahar;
SHORT TAKES: Slay and Rescue, John Moore;
The Clan of the Warlord, Elizabeth H. Boyer.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:………………….33
Boneman, Lisa W. Cantrell; The Venom Trees of
Sunga, L. Sprague de Camp; Short Circuits: Thirteen
Shocking Stories by Outstanding Writers
for Young Adults, Donald R. Gallo, ed.; Jumper,
Steven Gould; Christmas Bestiary, Rosalind M.
Greenberg & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; The
Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez, Simon Hawke;
Best New Horror 3, Stephen Jones & Ramsey
Campbell, eds.; Fantastique, Marvin Kaye;
Whatdunits, Mike Resnick & Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; The Year’s Best Horror Stories:
XX, Karl Edward Wagner, ed.
INTERNATIONAL SF
1992 Salon du Livre……………………………………. 45
Freucon/1992 World SF Meeting………………… 46
SF in Spain………………………………………………… 47
SF in R ussia………………………………………………. 48
SF in Brazil………………………………………………… 48
SF in Japan………………………………………………… 48
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books…………………………………….36
British Forthcoming Books………………………… 42
International Books & Magazines Received….49
Magazines Received — October…………………..50
Books Received — October………………………….51
British Books — September………………………….61
Bestsellers………………………………………………….. 67
OBITUARIES
Jack Sharkey………………………………………………. 68
Desmond W. Hall………………………………………..68
Eric K ramer………………………………………………. 68
Mary Potter B ia s…………………………………………68
A c e ……………………………………. 10.73
Avon…………………………………………66
Baen…………………………….20, 30, 32
Ballantine Del R e y …………………. 26
Bantam Spectra………………..34, 35
Books Fantastique………………….24
Capital City………………………………76
INDEX TO ADS
Clarion……………………………………. 50
Classified A d s ……………………….. 63
D AW ………………………………………..75
Futures Past……………………………. 53
Grove Press…………………………….55
Locus……………………………………….74
Locus Back Issues………………….65
Penguin Roc………………………….. 14
Science Fiction A g e ………………..56
T o r………………………………….2, 16, 22
Warner Questar………………………28
Mark V. Ziesing……………………….41
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F)furnished, (RC) Ricard de la Casa,
(NLW) N. Lee Wood, (EB) Edward Bryant, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (ASF) Albert S. Frank.
ISSUE #383, VOL 29 NO. 6, DECEMBER 1992, Mailing Date: November 30,1992
LOCUS December 1992 / 3
1992 World Fantasy
Awards W inners…………… (BG)1
Lucius Shepard………………..(BG) 1
Nancy Kress………………………(BG) 1
Lucius Shepard………………..(BG)4
Nancy Kress………………………(BG)5
Clee Richeson, Shrike,
Dan Simmons………………..(EB)7
Linda G re y ……………………………(F)8
Garry Kilworth………………… (CNB)8
Sherry M. Gottlieb…………..(SRC)8
Lynn S. Hightower……………….(F)8
Amy Stout,
Christopher Schelling … (CNB)8
S.P. Somtow……………………….. (F)8
Judith Merril, Jeanne Robinson,
Spider Robinson………… (ASF)9
Jacques Goimard……….. (NLW)45
PHOTO LISTING
Francis Berthelot,
Jacques Chambon…..(NLW)45
Norman Spinrad,
Jacques Chambon…..(NLW)45
Norman Spinrad, James P. Hogan,
John Brunner,
Li Brunner………………… (NLW)46
N. Lee Wood,
James P. H ogan……… (NLW)46
Richard A. Knaak, Erik Simon,
James P. H ogan……… (NLW)46
lain Banks, Ann Banks,
Norman Spinrad……… (NLW)46
Robert Quaglia……………. (NLW)46
Dr. Florian F. Marzin, Achim Sturm,
Hermann Ritter…………(NLW)46
Elia Barcelo,
Domingo Santos………….(RC)47
Joan Manel Ortiz,
Angelica Gorodischer…. (RC)47
Terry Pratchett,
Richard de la C a s a …….. (RC)47
Pedro Jorge Romero,
Gay Haldeman, Joe Haldeman,
Domingo Santos,
Miquel Barcelo……………. (RC)47
Juan Miguel Aguilera,
Miquel Barcelo, Javier Redal,
Luis Uigil, Carlos Saiz Cidoncha,
Domingo Santos………….(RC)47
Norman Spinrad,
Vitali Babenko…………..(NLW)48
Takayuki Tatsumi,
Mari Kotani……………………..(F)48