Table of Contents, January 1993
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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
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
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Contents copyright © 1993 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
Budrys Buys Tomorrow…………………………………….6
Baen To Do Hardcovers…………………………………..6
B. Dalton’s Sense of Wonder……………………………..6
Orion Grows Again………………………………………….6
SFBC at 40………………………………………………………..6
SF Foundation Moving…………………………………….6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News……………………………………………….7
Awards………………………………………………………………7
Clarion News…………………………………………………… 7
Call for Papers………………………………………………….7
Announcements……………………………………………….7
Bookstore News………………………………………………. 7
Book News…………………………………………………….. 61
Rushdie Update……………………………………………..61
Legal News…………………………………………………….. Magazine News……………………………………………….6611
Rights & Options……………………………………………61
Publications Received…………………………………….62
Software Received………………………………………….62
Catalogs Received………………………………………….62
INTERVIEWS
Michael Whelan: Breathing Space…………………..4
C.J. Cherryh: Adjusting the Language……………..5
SPECIAL FEATURES
Arthur C. Clarke 75th Birthday Celebration…..7
Political Science Fiction by Frederik Pohl……. 32
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People and Publishing………………………………………8
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox………………………………………………11
Editorial Matters…………………………………………….60
Locus Letters………………………………………………….60
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………..13
Asimov’s mid-12/92; Interzone 12/92; Analog mid-
12/92; Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
e1n2/c9e2 F; iOctmionni T1w1/o9,2 E; lOlemnnD ia 1t2lo/9w2,;e Od;mG nloi bBaelsH t eSacdi,Bruce
Sterling.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………….17
Nightside the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe; Cold Allies,
Patricia Anthony; Dog Wizard, Barbara
Hambly; The Wealdwive’s Tale, Paul Hazel; Ark
of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction, Lesley Choyce,
ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………19
The Thief of Always, Clive Barker; Souls in Pawn,
George Hatch, ed.; Wilding, Melanie Tem;
SHORT TAKES: Suicide Art, Scott Edelman;
Dead Time, Richard Lee Byers; The Cat Inside,
William S. Burroughs.
ReDvieeuwss Xb,y NGoarrmy Kan. WSpoinlfrea:d..;. ..T…h…e. ..C….a..l. ..o..f.. .E…a..r2th3:
Homecoming, Volume 2, Orson Scott Card;
Kingdoms of the Wall, Robert Silverberg; Live
from Golgotha, Gore Vidal; Et Tu, Babe, Mark
Leyner; Tales of Midnight, R.A. Lafferty; Argo,
R. A. Lafferty; SHORT TAKES: Planets in Peril:
A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy,
David C. Downing; Michael Moorcock: Death is
No Obstacle, Colin Greenland.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………….27
Hard Landing, Algis Budrys; The Positronic Man,
Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg; Assemblers
of Infinity, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………….29
Sky Road, Ann Tonsor Zeddies; Waylander II:
In the Realm of the Wolf, David A Gemmell;
Shadow Dance, Anne Logston; The Oathbound
Wizard, Christopher Stasheff; The Castle of the
Silver Wheel, Theresa Edgerton; Tek Vengeance,
William Shatner; Child of an Ancient City, Tad
Williams and Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
1992 World Fantasy Convention……………………36
LISTINGS
Convention Listings………………………………………. 40
Magazines Received — November…………………42
Books Received — November………………………..43
British Books — October……………………………….52
Bestsellers……………………………………………………….59
A c e …………………………………………… . 3 0
Avon………………………………………….. 1 0
Baen…………………………………….
Bantam………………………………….34,35
Capital City ………………………………….2
Clarion……………………………………….
Classifieds………………………………….55
Michael Whelan (BG)1
C.J. Cherryh (BG)1
Locus Staff (SW)1
Michael Whelan (BG)4
C.J. Cherryh (BG)5
Algis Budrys (BG)6
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)7
Piers Anthony,
Philip Jose Farmer (BG)8
F. Paul Wilson (BG)8
Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Dean Wesley Smith (CNB)8
Joyce Maclay, John Maclay (F)8
Elizabeth Moon (SRC)9
Jennifer Roberson (BG)9
David Lee Jones (TM)9
Terry Dowling (F)9
Angus Wells (LS)9
Michael Bishop, Robert Gould,
Anne McCaffrey,
John Farris (BG)36
Don Maitz, Alan M. Clark,
David Cherry (BG)36
Kay McCauley,
Martin H. Greenberg (BG)36
Brian Lumley, John Farris (BG)36
Darrell Schweitzer (BG)36
Fred Chappell (BG)36
Photo Show (BG)36
Dealer’s Room (BG)36
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (BG)37
W. Paul Ganley (BG)37
PHOTO LISTING
Gordon van Gelder, Lou Aronica,
Ginjer Buchanan, John
Silbersack, John Douglas, Susan
Allison, Serena Powers (BG)37
Ralph Vicinanza, Ginjer Buchanan,
Amy Stout (BG)37
Cecelia Holland,
Andre Norton (CNB)37
Edward Bryant,
F. Paul Wilson (BG)37
Anne McCaffrey,
Todd Johnson (BG)37
Elsie Wollheim,
Marion Zimmer Bradley (BG)37
Steve Pagel, S. P. Somtow (CNB)37
John Farris, John Lee, Robert
Gould, Michael Bishop (BG)37
Richard Curtis,
Poppy Z. Brite (BG)37
WeyrFest (BG)37
Andre Norton,
Anne McCaffrey (BG)38
Charles N. Brown,
Ellen Datlow (BG)38
Melanie Tem,
Jeanne Cavelos (BG)38
Dennis McKiernan,
Lois McMaster Bujold (BG)38
Terri Windling, Jane Yolen (BG)38
Rick Berry (BG)38
Teresa Minambres,
Ricia Mainhardt (BG)38
Chocolate and
Champagne Party (BG)38
Ginjer Buchanan, Joe Stefko,
Tim Powers, Serena Powers,
Tracy Cocoman (BG)38
Art Show (BG)39
Atlanta Radio Theater (BG)39
Censorship Panel (BG)39
Alan Rodgers, David Hartwell,
John Silbersack (BG)39
David Drake, Roy Gainsburg,
Joe Haldeman (BG)39
David Cherry (BG)39
Michael Bishop, Jerri Bishop,
Howard Morhaim,
Stephen R. Donaldson,
Patricia McKillip (BG)39
L Sprague de Camp,
Catherine Crook de Camp (BG)39
Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner,
Ellen Datlow (BG)39
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)62
Clarke Family Photo (CA)63
Paul Swendsen, Fred Clarke(CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke,
Neil McAleer (CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)63
Robert Knecht, Arthur C. Clarke,
Carl Fishmer (CA)63
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F) furnished, (SW) Scott Winnett,
(TM) Terry Miller, (LS) Liz Simcock, (CA) Charles Adams, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift
ISSUE #384, VOL 30 NO. 1, JANUARY 1993, Mailing Date: December 30,1992
LOCUS January 1993/3
INDEX TO ADS
L.W. Currey……………………………..
Del Rey………………………………….1 2 ,2 0
Barry R. Levin…………………………….48
Locus…………………………………………. 66
Locus Back Issues…………………….57
Locus Press………………………………. 28
Omni…………………………………………. 47
Science Fiction Distributors…….
Worlds of W onder……………………. 46
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
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 © 1993 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
Budrys Buys Tomorrow…………………………………….6
Baen To Do Hardcovers…………………………………..6
B. Dalton’s Sense of Wonder……………………………..6
Orion Grows Again………………………………………….6
SFBC at 40………………………………………………………..6
SF Foundation Moving…………………………………….6
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News……………………………………………….7
Awards………………………………………………………………7
Clarion News…………………………………………………… 7
Call for Papers………………………………………………….7
Announcements……………………………………………….7
Bookstore News………………………………………………. 7
Book News…………………………………………………….. 61
Rushdie Update……………………………………………..61
Legal News…………………………………………………….. Magazine News……………………………………………….6611
Rights & Options……………………………………………61
Publications Received…………………………………….62
Software Received………………………………………….62
Catalogs Received………………………………………….62
INTERVIEWS
Michael Whelan: Breathing Space…………………..4
C.J. Cherryh: Adjusting the Language……………..5
SPECIAL FEATURES
Arthur C. Clarke 75th Birthday Celebration…..7
Political Science Fiction by Frederik Pohl……. 32
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People and Publishing………………………………………8
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox………………………………………………11
Editorial Matters…………………………………………….60
Locus Letters………………………………………………….60
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:………………………………………..13
Asimov’s mid-12/92; Interzone 12/92; Analog mid-
12/92; Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
e1n2/c9e2 F; iOctmionni T1w1/o9,2 E; lOlemnnD ia 1t2lo/9w2,;e Od;mG nloi bBaelsH t eSacdi,Bruce
Sterling.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………….17
Nightside the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe; Cold Allies,
Patricia Anthony; Dog Wizard, Barbara
Hambly; The Wealdwive’s Tale, Paul Hazel; Ark
of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction, Lesley Choyce,
ed.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:……………………………19
The Thief of Always, Clive Barker; Souls in Pawn,
George Hatch, ed.; Wilding, Melanie Tem;
SHORT TAKES: Suicide Art, Scott Edelman;
Dead Time, Richard Lee Byers; The Cat Inside,
William S. Burroughs.
ReDvieeuwss Xb,y NGoarrmy Kan. WSpoinlfrea:d..;. ..T…h…e. ..C….a..l. ..o..f.. .E…a..r2th3:
Homecoming, Volume 2, Orson Scott Card;
Kingdoms of the Wall, Robert Silverberg; Live
from Golgotha, Gore Vidal; Et Tu, Babe, Mark
Leyner; Tales of Midnight, R.A. Lafferty; Argo,
R. A. Lafferty; SHORT TAKES: Planets in Peril:
A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy,
David C. Downing; Michael Moorcock: Death is
No Obstacle, Colin Greenland.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………….27
Hard Landing, Algis Budrys; The Positronic Man,
Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg; Assemblers
of Infinity, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………….29
Sky Road, Ann Tonsor Zeddies; Waylander II:
In the Realm of the Wolf, David A Gemmell;
Shadow Dance, Anne Logston; The Oathbound
Wizard, Christopher Stasheff; The Castle of the
Silver Wheel, Theresa Edgerton; Tek Vengeance,
William Shatner; Child of an Ancient City, Tad
Williams and Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
1992 World Fantasy Convention……………………36
LISTINGS
Convention Listings………………………………………. 40
Magazines Received — November…………………42
Books Received — November………………………..43
British Books — October……………………………….52
Bestsellers……………………………………………………….59
A c e …………………………………………… . 3 0
Avon………………………………………….. 1 0
Baen…………………………………….
Bantam………………………………….34,35
Capital City ………………………………….2
Clarion……………………………………….
Classifieds………………………………….55
Michael Whelan (BG)1
C.J. Cherryh (BG)1
Locus Staff (SW)1
Michael Whelan (BG)4
C.J. Cherryh (BG)5
Algis Budrys (BG)6
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)7
Piers Anthony,
Philip Jose Farmer (BG)8
F. Paul Wilson (BG)8
Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Dean Wesley Smith (CNB)8
Joyce Maclay, John Maclay (F)8
Elizabeth Moon (SRC)9
Jennifer Roberson (BG)9
David Lee Jones (TM)9
Terry Dowling (F)9
Angus Wells (LS)9
Michael Bishop, Robert Gould,
Anne McCaffrey,
John Farris (BG)36
Don Maitz, Alan M. Clark,
David Cherry (BG)36
Kay McCauley,
Martin H. Greenberg (BG)36
Brian Lumley, John Farris (BG)36
Darrell Schweitzer (BG)36
Fred Chappell (BG)36
Photo Show (BG)36
Dealer’s Room (BG)36
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling (BG)37
W. Paul Ganley (BG)37
PHOTO LISTING
Gordon van Gelder, Lou Aronica,
Ginjer Buchanan, John
Silbersack, John Douglas, Susan
Allison, Serena Powers (BG)37
Ralph Vicinanza, Ginjer Buchanan,
Amy Stout (BG)37
Cecelia Holland,
Andre Norton (CNB)37
Edward Bryant,
F. Paul Wilson (BG)37
Anne McCaffrey,
Todd Johnson (BG)37
Elsie Wollheim,
Marion Zimmer Bradley (BG)37
Steve Pagel, S. P. Somtow (CNB)37
John Farris, John Lee, Robert
Gould, Michael Bishop (BG)37
Richard Curtis,
Poppy Z. Brite (BG)37
WeyrFest (BG)37
Andre Norton,
Anne McCaffrey (BG)38
Charles N. Brown,
Ellen Datlow (BG)38
Melanie Tem,
Jeanne Cavelos (BG)38
Dennis McKiernan,
Lois McMaster Bujold (BG)38
Terri Windling, Jane Yolen (BG)38
Rick Berry (BG)38
Teresa Minambres,
Ricia Mainhardt (BG)38
Chocolate and
Champagne Party (BG)38
Ginjer Buchanan, Joe Stefko,
Tim Powers, Serena Powers,
Tracy Cocoman (BG)38
Art Show (BG)39
Atlanta Radio Theater (BG)39
Censorship Panel (BG)39
Alan Rodgers, David Hartwell,
John Silbersack (BG)39
David Drake, Roy Gainsburg,
Joe Haldeman (BG)39
David Cherry (BG)39
Michael Bishop, Jerri Bishop,
Howard Morhaim,
Stephen R. Donaldson,
Patricia McKillip (BG)39
L Sprague de Camp,
Catherine Crook de Camp (BG)39
Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner,
Ellen Datlow (BG)39
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)62
Clarke Family Photo (CA)63
Paul Swendsen, Fred Clarke(CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke,
Neil McAleer (CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)63
Arthur C. Clarke (CA)63
Robert Knecht, Arthur C. Clarke,
Carl Fishmer (CA)63
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F) furnished, (SW) Scott Winnett,
(TM) Terry Miller, (LS) Liz Simcock, (CA) Charles Adams, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift
ISSUE #384, VOL 30 NO. 1, JANUARY 1993, Mailing Date: December 30,1992
LOCUS January 1993/3
INDEX TO ADS
L.W. Currey……………………………..
Del Rey………………………………….1 2 ,2 0
Barry R. Levin…………………………….48
Locus…………………………………………. 66
Locus Back Issues…………………….57
Locus Press………………………………. 28
Omni…………………………………………. 47
Science Fiction Distributors…….
Worlds of W onder……………………. 46
