Table of Contents, February 1993
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marianne S. Jablon
Carolyn F. Cushman
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Mark R. Kelly
Russell Letson
Tom Maddox
Scott Winnett
Gary K. Wolfe
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Beth Gwinn
Jane Jewell
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Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS
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Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
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Table of Contents
MAIN STORIES
1992 Preliminary Nebula Ballot…………………….6
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees……………………. 6
Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominations……………6
Planet 10 Bankruptcy…………………………………… 6
Nebula Banquet Redux………………………………… 6
New Star Trek Editor…………………………………… 7
Amazing Gets National Distributor………………. 7
1993 Hugo Nominations Ballot…………………….. 7
California Magazine Tax Dropped………………… 7
Rusch & Smith Marry………………………………….. 9
THE DATA FILE
Kmart Turns Basset into Borders………………….. 7
World Fantasy Judge Change………………………..7
First Amendment News…………………………………7
Announcements……………………………………………7
Bookstore News…………………………………………. 74
Book News………………………………………………….74
Rights & Options……………………………………….. 74
Video News…………………………………………………74
Market News……………………………………………….74
Publications Received………………………………….74
INTERVIEWS
Ron Goulart: Stand-Up Writing……………………. 4
Vincent Di Fate: The Mind’s Eye………………….. 5
1992 IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading
by Charles N. B rown………………………………..34
by Faren Miller……………………………………….. 34
by Edward Bryant…………………………………… 35
by Mark R. Kelly (Short Fiction)…………….. 36
by Gary K. Wolfe……………………………………. 37
by Russell Letson……………………………………. 40
by Carolyn Cushman………………………………..71
by Scott W innett…………………………………….. 72
1992 Recommended Reading L ist………………. 38
1992 Book Summary………………………………….. 41
1992 Magazine Summary……………………………..44
1992 Cinema Summary, Frank M. Robinson … 47
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People and Publishing………………………………….. 8
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox………………………………………….. 11
Locus Letters………………………………………………69
Editorial Matters………………………………………… 69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:……………………………………. 15
New Worlds 2, David Garnett, ed;Pulphouse
11/92; Deus X, Norman Spinrad; Chronicles of
the Mutant Rain Forest, Robert Frazier & Bruce
Boston; Amazing 1/93; Asimov’s 1/93; Fantasy &
Science Fiction 1/93; Fantasy & Science Fiction
2/93; Interzone 1/93; Science Fiction Age 1/93.
Reviews by Faren Mille r……………………………..19
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress; Dream of Glass,
Jean Mark Gawron; The Destiny Makers, George
Turner, Full Spectrum 4, Lou Aronica, Amy
Stout, & Betsy Mitchell, eds.; Lords and Ladies,
Terry Pratchett.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………….21
Blackburn, Bradley Denton; Predators, Ed
Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; Unmasking,
Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Home By the Sea, Pat
Cadigan; Dragon Tears, Dean Koontz.
Reviews by Gary K. W olfe:…………………………..25
The Singularity Project, F.M. Busby; Red Mars,
Kim Stanley Robinson; Beautiful Soup: A Novel
for the 21st Century, Harvey Jacobs; SHORT
TAKES: The Profession of Science Fiction: SF
Writers on Their Craft and Ideas, Maxim
Jakubowski & Edward James, eds.; Adventures
in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations
of Several Ancient Legends, Avram
Davidson.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………..29
The Destiny Makers, George Turner; Beggars in
Spain, Nancy Kress; The Gripping Hand, Larry
Niven & Jerry Pournelle; SHORT TAKES: Take
Back Your Government!: A Practical Handbook
for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy
to Work, Robert A. Heinlein.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………..31
To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams; Adventures
in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual
Foundations of Several Ancient Legends, Avram
Davidson; Anne Inez McCaffrey: Forty Years of
Publishing, An Inte rn a tio n a l Biography,
Mathew D. Hargreaves; Damia’s Children, Anne
McCaffrey; Witch of the North, Courtway Jones;
SHORT TAKES: Dragon’s Plunder, Brad
Strickland; Wren’s Quest, Sherwood Smith; A
Wizard in Absentia, Christopher Stasheff.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:………………….33
The Haunting of Lamb House, Joan Aiken;
Truimph, Ben Bova; Name of the Beast, Daniel
Easterman; Predators, Ed Gorman & Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; Acquainted with the Night,
Sollace Hotze; The Things That Are Not There,
Robert Morgan; Journeys to the Twilight Zone,
Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; The
Essential Dracula, Leonard Wolf, ed.
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — December………………..49
Books Received – December………………………52
Bestsellers………………………………………………….. 67
British Books — November………………………… 60
OBITUARIES
Kobo Abe ………………………………………………….. 68
Gerry de la Ree
Appreciation by Sam Moskowitz………………. 68
Eleanor Hibbert…………………………………………..68
Robert Sampson………………………………………….68
Margo Skinner…………………………………………….68
T.L. Parkinson…………………………………………….69
Roger Weddall…………………………………………….69
Georgia F. Adams……………………………………….69
A ce …………………………………….. 18,24
Avon ………………………………………..16
Baen ……………………………..14,32,66
Bantam……………………………… 50,51
Capital C ity ……………………………..76
Clarion……………………………………. 56
Clarion West……………………………56
PHOTO CREDITS: (CFC) Carolyn F. Cushman, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F)
furnished, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (JO) Jerry Oltion, (DGH) David G. Hartwell
ISSUE #385, VOL 30 NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1993, Mailing Date: February 2,1993
LOCUS February 1993/3
INDEX TO ADS
Classifieds……………………………… 63
Crown…………………………………….. 53
DAW…………………………………………10
Del R e y ……………………………… 26,75
Mathew D. Hargreaves………….. 62
Locus……………………………………… 74
Pocket…………………………………….28
Putnam……………………………… 20,55
Silver Salamander Press……… 52
T o r …………………………………..2,12,22
Twilight Publishing Co……………54
1992 Books………………….. (CFC)1
Ron Goulart………………… (CNB)4
Vincent Di F a te ……………….(BG)5
Elizabeth H an d …………………. (F)8
John Sladek…………………….. (JJ)8
Lisa Mason…………………….(SRC)8
Robert J. Sawyer……………….(F)8
Dafydd ab Hugh. John Vornholt
PHOTO LISTING
Ashley Grayson,
Lana Dean James…………. (F) 8
Nicola Griffith,
Kelley Eskridge…………… (JJ) 8
Elsbeth Lindner………….. (CNB)9
Rusch & Smith Wedding
Guests…………………………. (JO) 9
Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Dean Wesley Smith…….. (JO)9
Kobo A b e ………………………… (F)68
Gerry de la Ree,
Helen de la R ee …….. (DGH)68
Margo Skinner,
Fritz Leiber……………….(CNB)68
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Charles N. Brown
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Faren C. Miller
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Marianne S. Jablon
Carolyn F. Cushman
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Edward Bryant
Mark R. Kelly
Russell Letson
Tom Maddox
Scott Winnett
Gary K. Wolfe
SPECIAL PROJECTS
William G. Contento
PHOTOGRAPHERS
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
1992 Preliminary Nebula Ballot…………………….6
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees……………………. 6
Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominations……………6
Planet 10 Bankruptcy…………………………………… 6
Nebula Banquet Redux………………………………… 6
New Star Trek Editor…………………………………… 7
Amazing Gets National Distributor………………. 7
1993 Hugo Nominations Ballot…………………….. 7
California Magazine Tax Dropped………………… 7
Rusch & Smith Marry………………………………….. 9
THE DATA FILE
Kmart Turns Basset into Borders………………….. 7
World Fantasy Judge Change………………………..7
First Amendment News…………………………………7
Announcements……………………………………………7
Bookstore News…………………………………………. 74
Book News………………………………………………….74
Rights & Options……………………………………….. 74
Video News…………………………………………………74
Market News……………………………………………….74
Publications Received………………………………….74
INTERVIEWS
Ron Goulart: Stand-Up Writing……………………. 4
Vincent Di Fate: The Mind’s Eye………………….. 5
1992 IN REVIEW
Recommended Reading
by Charles N. B rown………………………………..34
by Faren Miller……………………………………….. 34
by Edward Bryant…………………………………… 35
by Mark R. Kelly (Short Fiction)…………….. 36
by Gary K. Wolfe……………………………………. 37
by Russell Letson……………………………………. 40
by Carolyn Cushman………………………………..71
by Scott W innett…………………………………….. 72
1992 Recommended Reading L ist………………. 38
1992 Book Summary………………………………….. 41
1992 Magazine Summary……………………………..44
1992 Cinema Summary, Frank M. Robinson … 47
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People and Publishing………………………………….. 8
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox………………………………………….. 11
Locus Letters………………………………………………69
Editorial Matters………………………………………… 69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:……………………………………. 15
New Worlds 2, David Garnett, ed;Pulphouse
11/92; Deus X, Norman Spinrad; Chronicles of
the Mutant Rain Forest, Robert Frazier & Bruce
Boston; Amazing 1/93; Asimov’s 1/93; Fantasy &
Science Fiction 1/93; Fantasy & Science Fiction
2/93; Interzone 1/93; Science Fiction Age 1/93.
Reviews by Faren Mille r……………………………..19
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress; Dream of Glass,
Jean Mark Gawron; The Destiny Makers, George
Turner, Full Spectrum 4, Lou Aronica, Amy
Stout, & Betsy Mitchell, eds.; Lords and Ladies,
Terry Pratchett.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………….21
Blackburn, Bradley Denton; Predators, Ed
Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; Unmasking,
Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Home By the Sea, Pat
Cadigan; Dragon Tears, Dean Koontz.
Reviews by Gary K. W olfe:…………………………..25
The Singularity Project, F.M. Busby; Red Mars,
Kim Stanley Robinson; Beautiful Soup: A Novel
for the 21st Century, Harvey Jacobs; SHORT
TAKES: The Profession of Science Fiction: SF
Writers on Their Craft and Ideas, Maxim
Jakubowski & Edward James, eds.; Adventures
in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual Foundations
of Several Ancient Legends, Avram
Davidson.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………..29
The Destiny Makers, George Turner; Beggars in
Spain, Nancy Kress; The Gripping Hand, Larry
Niven & Jerry Pournelle; SHORT TAKES: Take
Back Your Government!: A Practical Handbook
for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy
to Work, Robert A. Heinlein.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………..31
To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams; Adventures
in Unhistory: Conjectures on the Factual
Foundations of Several Ancient Legends, Avram
Davidson; Anne Inez McCaffrey: Forty Years of
Publishing, An Inte rn a tio n a l Biography,
Mathew D. Hargreaves; Damia’s Children, Anne
McCaffrey; Witch of the North, Courtway Jones;
SHORT TAKES: Dragon’s Plunder, Brad
Strickland; Wren’s Quest, Sherwood Smith; A
Wizard in Absentia, Christopher Stasheff.
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:………………….33
The Haunting of Lamb House, Joan Aiken;
Truimph, Ben Bova; Name of the Beast, Daniel
Easterman; Predators, Ed Gorman & Martin H.
Greenberg, eds.; Acquainted with the Night,
Sollace Hotze; The Things That Are Not There,
Robert Morgan; Journeys to the Twilight Zone,
Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; The
Essential Dracula, Leonard Wolf, ed.
LISTINGS
Magazines Received — December………………..49
Books Received – December………………………52
Bestsellers………………………………………………….. 67
British Books — November………………………… 60
OBITUARIES
Kobo Abe ………………………………………………….. 68
Gerry de la Ree
Appreciation by Sam Moskowitz………………. 68
Eleanor Hibbert…………………………………………..68
Robert Sampson………………………………………….68
Margo Skinner…………………………………………….68
T.L. Parkinson…………………………………………….69
Roger Weddall…………………………………………….69
Georgia F. Adams……………………………………….69
A ce …………………………………….. 18,24
Avon ………………………………………..16
Baen ……………………………..14,32,66
Bantam……………………………… 50,51
Capital C ity ……………………………..76
Clarion……………………………………. 56
Clarion West……………………………56
PHOTO CREDITS: (CFC) Carolyn F. Cushman, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (BG) Beth Gwinn, (F)
furnished, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (JO) Jerry Oltion, (DGH) David G. Hartwell
ISSUE #385, VOL 30 NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1993, Mailing Date: February 2,1993
LOCUS February 1993/3
INDEX TO ADS
Classifieds……………………………… 63
Crown…………………………………….. 53
DAW…………………………………………10
Del R e y ……………………………… 26,75
Mathew D. Hargreaves………….. 62
Locus……………………………………… 74
Pocket…………………………………….28
Putnam……………………………… 20,55
Silver Salamander Press……… 52
T o r …………………………………..2,12,22
Twilight Publishing Co……………54
1992 Books………………….. (CFC)1
Ron Goulart………………… (CNB)4
Vincent Di F a te ……………….(BG)5
Elizabeth H an d …………………. (F)8
John Sladek…………………….. (JJ)8
Lisa Mason…………………….(SRC)8
Robert J. Sawyer……………….(F)8
Dafydd ab Hugh. John Vornholt
PHOTO LISTING
Ashley Grayson,
Lana Dean James…………. (F) 8
Nicola Griffith,
Kelley Eskridge…………… (JJ) 8
Elsbeth Lindner………….. (CNB)9
Rusch & Smith Wedding
Guests…………………………. (JO) 9
Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Dean Wesley Smith…….. (JO)9
Kobo A b e ………………………… (F)68
Gerry de la Ree,
Helen de la R ee …….. (DGH)68
Margo Skinner,
Fritz Leiber……………….(CNB)68
