Table of Contents, July 1993

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Table of Contents
A c e ………………………………….10,24
A vo n…………………………………….. 16
Baen………………………… 14, 20, 43
Bantam……………………………34, 35
Borgo Press………………………… 45
Celadon Press………………………44
Classified A d s ………………………53
Peter S. Beagle………………(CNB) 1
Michaela Roessner………. (CNB) 1
David Gerrold……………….. (CNB) 1
Peter S. Beagle………………(CNB) 4
Michaela Roessner………..(CNB) 5
David Gerrold……………….. (CNB) 5
Sarah Zeman,
Andre Norton……………….. (JC) 6
Parke Godwin…………………….(JJ) 8
Ashley McConnell…………….. (JJ) 8
William Gibson……………… (CNB) 8
Emma Bull, Lorraine Garland (F) 8
Rachel E. Holmen, Marion Zimmer
Bradley, Lisa Waters…….. (MJ) 9
The Stars Our Destination
Anniversary……………………… (F) 9
Hydracon, 1 9 5 0 …………… (JKK) 58
Tricon 1 96 6 ………………… (CNB) 59
INDEX TO ADS
DC Comics…………………………….2
Del Rey……………………………12, 67
Interzone………………………………..45
Locus……………………………………. 66
L W. Currey, Inc……………………40
Penguin Roc………………………….18
PHOTO LISTING
Lester del Rey,
Judy-Lynn del Rey………… (F) 59
Bob Tucker, Pat Cadigan,
Lester del R e y ……………….. (F) 59
Lester del Rey, Marion
Zimmer Bradley………..(CNB) 59
Jack L. Chalker, Judy-Lynn
del Rey, G. Harry Stine,
Lester del R ey …………. (CNB) 59
Lester del Rey,
Frank Herbert………….. (REH) 59
Lester del Rey,
Terry Brooks……………..(CNB) 59
Terry Brooks,
Lester del R e y ………….. (CNB) 59
Lester del Rey,
David Eddings………………(JJ) 59
Rattlesnake Publishing………..42
SF-TH Inc………………………………46
S t Martin’s Press………………..26
T o r …………………………….22, 41, 68
Worlds of Wonder………………. 42
Owen Lock, Lester del Rey,
Veronica Chapman …. (CNB) 59
Lester del R e y ……………. (CNB) 59
Avram Davidson………….(CNB) 60
Avram Davidson…………..(JKK) 60
Avram Davidson…………. (CNB) 60
Avram Davidson……………. (BG) 60
Norwescon 1 9 8 7 …………(CNB) 60
Kirsten Gong-Wong………….. (F) 62
Carolyn Cushman…………… (F) 62
Scott Winnett…………………… (F) 62
Mark R. Kelly……………………..(F) 62
Marianne Jablon……………….(F) 62
Charles N. Brown…………(JKK) 62
Cezarija Abartis,
Russell Letson………………..(F) 62
Gary K. W o lfe …………………….(F) 62
Faren Miller……………………… (F) 62
PHOTO CREDITS: (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (JC) Joe Casey, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (MJ) Marianne Jablon, (JKK) Jay
Kay Klein, (F) Furnished, (REH) Rachel E. Holmen, (BG) Beth Gwinn.
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LOCUS July 1993/3
MAIN STORIES
ABA in Miami………………………………………………6
Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency Opens … 6
V.C. Andrews™ Imbroglio……………………………6
SF Bookstore Crime Wave…………………………….6
Philip K. Dick Award Judges………………………….6
Chesley Awards Nominees…………………………….6
Andre Norton Scholarship Award…………………. 6
British Publishing Problems…………………………..7
Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Merge…………..7
Baen Invades United Kingdom………………………7
MZB Double Birthday…………………………………. 9
Chicago Bookstore Celebrates 5th Anniversary 9
THE DATA FILE
Publishing News……………………………………………7
Bookstore News…………………………………………… 7
Announcements…………………………………………… 7
First Amendment News…………………………………7
Worldcon U pdate………………………………………… 7
Market News…………………………………………………7
Magazine News…………………………………………….. 7
Book News……………………………………………………7
Contest News………………………………………………57
Awards News………………………………………………57
Rights & Options……………………………………….. 57
Publications Received………………………………….57
INTERVIEWS
Peter S. Beagle: Juggler on a Tightrope……….. 4
Michaela Roessner Masks & Metaphors….. . . 5
David Gerrold: A Growing Experience…..5
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing……………………………………..8
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox…………………………………………..11
Locus Letters………………………………………………61
Steve Fahnestalk; Michael H. Payne; Gary Kuris;
Ellen Datlow; Jennifer Roberson; Bruce Hartford.
Editorial Matters………………… ………………………62
LOCUS LOOKS AX BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews
by Mark R. Kelly:…….. . ………………………… 15
Amazing 7/93; Analog 7/93; Analog 8/93; Asimov’s
8/93; F&SF 5/93; F&SF 6/93; Interzone 6/93; Omni
6/93; Omni 7/93.
Reviews by Faren Miller:……………………………..19
Ring of Swords, Eleanor Arnason; Personal Darkness,
Tanith Lee; Heart-Beast, Tanith Lee;
Crybbe [aka Curfew], Phil Rickman; Virtual Light,
William Gibson; Crashcourse, Wilhelmina Baird;
Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories, Rebecca
Ore; The Far Kingdoms, Chrish Bunch & Allan
Cole.
Reviews by Edward Bryant:………………………….23
Shadowman, Dennis Etchison; Wet Work, Philip
Nutman; The Werewolf’s Touch, Cheri Scotch;
SHORT TAKES: Bestsellers Guaranteed, Joe
R. Lansdale; Jerk, Dennis Cooper, The Best of D.
F.Lewis, D.F.Lewis;Ghosttide,ClaudiaO’Keefe,
ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:…………………………..27
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Sixth Annual
Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling,
eds.; Strange Dreams: Unforgettable Fantasy
Stories, Stephen R. Donaldson, ed.; Nomansland,
D.G. Compton; The Children of Men, P.D. James;
Testing, Charles Oberndorf ; PITFCS: Proceedings
of the Institute for Twenty-First Century
Studies, Theodore R. Cogswell, ed.; SHORT
TAKES: Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized
Autobiography Robert Bloch; The Island
of Dr. Moreau: A Variorum Text, H.G. Wells;
Fantastic, Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature
Catalog, Braulio Tavares, ed.; Hawk’s
Author’s Pseudonyms for Book Collectors: A
Collector’s Reference of Modem Author’s Pseudonyms,
Pa t Hawk.
Reviews by Russell Letson:…………………………..29
Red Dust, Paul J. McAuley; The Year’s Best
Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection,
Gardner Dozois, ed.; Nebula Awards 27, James
Morrow, ed.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:……………………..31
Virtual Girl, Amy Thomson; A Night in the Lonesome
October, Roger Zelazny; Bright Islands in
a Dark Sea, L. Warren Douglas; The Fifth Sacred
Thing, Starhawk; The Element of Fire, Martha
Wells; The Wizard’s Shadow, Susan Dexter, YA
BOOKS: Haphazard House, Mary Wesley; The
Giver, Lois Lowry; Escape From Exile, Robert
Levy; SHORT TAKES: The Transylvanian Library:
A Consumer’s Guide to Vampire Fiction,
Greg Cox; Honor Harrington: The Honor of the
Queen, David Weber; Greendaughter, Anne
Logston; Mage Quest, C. Dale Brittain.
Short Reviews by Scott W innett:………………….33
Brothers of the Dragon, Robin Wayne Bailey;
The Vampire Encyclopedia, Mathew Bunson;
The Horses of the Night, Michael Cadnum; Underground,
Mark Chadbourn; The Transylvanian
Library: A Consumer’s Guide to Vampire Fiction,
Greg Cox; Narrow Houses, Peter Crowther,
ed.; The Unfinished, Jay B. Laws; The Good
Fairies of New York, Martin Millar, Merlin and
the Last Trump, Collin Webber.
LISTINGS
Convention Listings……………………………………. 36
Magazines Received — May…………………………38
Books Received — May………………………………. 39
British Books — April…………………………………. 51
Bestsellers………………………………………………….. 56
OBITUARIES
Lester del Rey: In Memoriam
Appreciation by Terry Brooks…………………..58
Appreciation by Gordon R. Dickson…………58
Avram Davidson: In Memoriam
Appreciation by Grania Davis…………………..60
Appreciation by Gordon R. Dickson…………60
Appreciation by Bruce Byfield………………….61
L. Jerome Stanton……………………………………….61