Table of Contents, April 1994
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Table of Contents vol. 32 no. 4
M ain Stories
Realms of Fantasy New
Magazine……………………………… 7
HarperPrism Launch
Announced; Schelling Hired .7
Weird Tales Changes Name…..8
British Author Accused of
Copying…………………………………8
Clarke Outlines Earthquake
Disaster Novel…………………….. 8
Ziesing to Publish King First
Edition………………………………….. 8
R.A. Salvatore Books to Del Rey . 8
Writers of the Future Contest
10th Anniversary………………….8
Butler Book to be Warner
Lead………………………………………8
British Book Summary – 1993 ..8
Morrow Avon Sale Off Again …8
Record Number Top Sellers for
Fourth Year…………………………..9
Son of Forthcoming Books……9
T h e D a t a File
New National Bestseller L is t………….. 9
SF Online………………………………………….9
Bookstore News……………………………….9
Awards News…………………………………… 9
Financial News…………………………………9
Announcements……………………………..58
Peter Pan Loses Out……………………… 58
The Power of the Written Word……..58
Convention News………………………….. 58
Rights & Options…………………………….61
Multimedia Update………………………… 61
Publications Received……………………61
Catalogs Received………………………… 61
O b i tu a r ie s
Robert Shea……………………………. 60
Verna Smith Trestrail……………… 60
Appreciation by Frederik Pohl .60
Dr. Richard G. Van Gelder………. 60
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Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Future Boston, David Alexander Smith, ed.; Interzone
2/94; Universe 3, Robert Silverberg &
Karen Haber, eds.; Asimov’s 4/94.
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Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
Mysterium, Robert Charles Wilson; Flux, Stephen
Baxter; Anti-Ice, Stephen Baxter; Parable of the
AS THE SF
WORLD TURNS…
Reporting on current science fictional
doings around the globe:
French-Language SF:
France, Canada, &
Switzerland………………….. 38
Bulgaria…………………………..39
Spain……………………………… 40
Brazil………………………………. 40
China……………………………… 41
Czech Republic……………… 42
Letter from Portugal………..42
I n t e r v i e w s
Mary Rosenblum: A Chameleon
L ife ………………………………………. 4
Patricia Anthony: A Voyage of
Discovery…………………………….. 5
Listings
International Books & Magazines
Received………………………………43
Magazines Received – February ..46
Books Received – February…….. 47
British Books – January………….. 54
Bestsellers………………………………58
Photo Listing………………………….. 66
C olumns & D epartments
People & Publishing………………..10
QuotePage………………………………35
Locus Letters………………………….60
Editorial Matters………………………66
Sower, Octavia E. Butler; SHORT TAKES: Roger
Zelazny, Jane M. Lindskold; Wordsmiths of
Wonder: Fifty Interviews with Writers of the
Fantastic, Stan Nicholls.
– 21-
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Larque on the Wing, Nancy Springer; Metal Angel,
Nancy Springer; Pigs Don’t Fly, Mary Brown;
Witch and Wombat, Carolyn Cushman;
Hexwood, Diana Wynne Jones; Mysterium, Robert
Charles Wilson; Throne of Isis, Judith Tarr.
-23-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
Vurt, Jeff Noon; The Opoponax Invasion, John
Brosnan; Agent of Byzantium, Harry Turtledove;
Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey A. Carver.
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Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Unnatural Acts & Other Stories, Lucy Taylor;
The Woman Between the Worlds, F. Gwynplaine
MacIntyre; Darkman: The Hangman, Randall
Boyll; Deadweight, Robert Devereaux.
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Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
The Firstworld Chronicles 2: The Legend of
Shadd’s Torment, Philip G. Williamson; The
Firstworld Chronicles 3: From Enchantery,
Philip G. Williamson; The Golden Horde, Peter
Morwood; A Different Kingdom, Paul Kearney;
Cloud Castles, Michael Scott Rohan; The Western
Wizard, Mickey Zucker Reichert.
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Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
The Forest House, Marion Zimmer Bradley; Spell
of Apocalypse, Mayer Alan Brenner; Speak Daggers
to Her, Rosemary Edghill; Aurian, Maggie
Furey; Cat Scratch Fever, Tara K. Harper;
Dagger’s Edge, Anne Logston; An Angel for the
Earl, Barbara Metzger; The Magic and the Healing,
Nick O’Donohoe.
-31-
Short Reviews by Jean Lamb:
The Grail and the Ring, Teresa Edgerton; The
Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, Harry
Harrison; Finn Mac Cool, Morgan Llywelyn; A
Two-Edged Sword, Thomas K. Martin; Inferno:
A Chronicle of a Distant World, Mike Resnick;
Hour of the Octopus, Joel Rosenberg; Once a
Hero, Michael Stackpole; Out of This World,
Lawrence Watt-Evans.
-33-
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:
Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Glen Cook; The Exploits
of Solar Pons, Basil Copper; Witch and
Wombat, Carolyn Cushman; Summer King, Winter
Fool, Lisa Goldstein; Sacred Ground,
Mercedes Lackey; A Cast of Corbies, Mercedes
Lackey & Josepha Sherman; We Open on Venus,
Christopher Stasheff.
Editor & Publisher: Charles N. Brown; Associate Editor: Faren C. Miller; Assistant Editors: Marianne S. Jablon, Carolyn F. Cushman;
Editorial Assistant. Kirsten Gong-Wong; Contributing Editors: Edward Bryant, Mark R. Kelly, Russell Letson, Tom Maddox,
Scott Winnett, Gary K. Wolfe; Special Projects: William G. Contento; Photographer: Beth Gwinn.
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN 0047-4959), is published monthly, at $3.95 per copy, by Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland CA 94611. Please send all mail to:
Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA94661. Telephone (510) 339-9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-8144. Individual subscriptions in the US: $38.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. In Canada: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via second class mail. First class individual subscription in the US or Canada are $50.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for 24 issues.
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Table of Contents vol. 32 no. 4
M ain Stories
Realms of Fantasy New
Magazine……………………………… 7
HarperPrism Launch
Announced; Schelling Hired .7
Weird Tales Changes Name…..8
British Author Accused of
Copying…………………………………8
Clarke Outlines Earthquake
Disaster Novel…………………….. 8
Ziesing to Publish King First
Edition………………………………….. 8
R.A. Salvatore Books to Del Rey . 8
Writers of the Future Contest
10th Anniversary………………….8
Butler Book to be Warner
Lead………………………………………8
British Book Summary – 1993 ..8
Morrow Avon Sale Off Again …8
Record Number Top Sellers for
Fourth Year…………………………..9
Son of Forthcoming Books……9
T h e D a t a File
New National Bestseller L is t………….. 9
SF Online………………………………………….9
Bookstore News……………………………….9
Awards News…………………………………… 9
Financial News…………………………………9
Announcements……………………………..58
Peter Pan Loses Out……………………… 58
The Power of the Written Word……..58
Convention News………………………….. 58
Rights & Options…………………………….61
Multimedia Update………………………… 61
Publications Received……………………61
Catalogs Received………………………… 61
O b i tu a r ie s
Robert Shea……………………………. 60
Verna Smith Trestrail……………… 60
Appreciation by Frederik Pohl .60
Dr. Richard G. Van Gelder………. 60
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
-13-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Future Boston, David Alexander Smith, ed.; Interzone
2/94; Universe 3, Robert Silverberg &
Karen Haber, eds.; Asimov’s 4/94.
-17-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
Mysterium, Robert Charles Wilson; Flux, Stephen
Baxter; Anti-Ice, Stephen Baxter; Parable of the
AS THE SF
WORLD TURNS…
Reporting on current science fictional
doings around the globe:
French-Language SF:
France, Canada, &
Switzerland………………….. 38
Bulgaria…………………………..39
Spain……………………………… 40
Brazil………………………………. 40
China……………………………… 41
Czech Republic……………… 42
Letter from Portugal………..42
I n t e r v i e w s
Mary Rosenblum: A Chameleon
L ife ………………………………………. 4
Patricia Anthony: A Voyage of
Discovery…………………………….. 5
Listings
International Books & Magazines
Received………………………………43
Magazines Received – February ..46
Books Received – February…….. 47
British Books – January………….. 54
Bestsellers………………………………58
Photo Listing………………………….. 66
C olumns & D epartments
People & Publishing………………..10
QuotePage………………………………35
Locus Letters………………………….60
Editorial Matters………………………66
Sower, Octavia E. Butler; SHORT TAKES: Roger
Zelazny, Jane M. Lindskold; Wordsmiths of
Wonder: Fifty Interviews with Writers of the
Fantastic, Stan Nicholls.
– 21-
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Larque on the Wing, Nancy Springer; Metal Angel,
Nancy Springer; Pigs Don’t Fly, Mary Brown;
Witch and Wombat, Carolyn Cushman;
Hexwood, Diana Wynne Jones; Mysterium, Robert
Charles Wilson; Throne of Isis, Judith Tarr.
-23-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
Vurt, Jeff Noon; The Opoponax Invasion, John
Brosnan; Agent of Byzantium, Harry Turtledove;
Neptune Crossing, Jeffrey A. Carver.
-25-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Unnatural Acts & Other Stories, Lucy Taylor;
The Woman Between the Worlds, F. Gwynplaine
MacIntyre; Darkman: The Hangman, Randall
Boyll; Deadweight, Robert Devereaux.
-27-
Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
The Firstworld Chronicles 2: The Legend of
Shadd’s Torment, Philip G. Williamson; The
Firstworld Chronicles 3: From Enchantery,
Philip G. Williamson; The Golden Horde, Peter
Morwood; A Different Kingdom, Paul Kearney;
Cloud Castles, Michael Scott Rohan; The Western
Wizard, Mickey Zucker Reichert.
-29-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
The Forest House, Marion Zimmer Bradley; Spell
of Apocalypse, Mayer Alan Brenner; Speak Daggers
to Her, Rosemary Edghill; Aurian, Maggie
Furey; Cat Scratch Fever, Tara K. Harper;
Dagger’s Edge, Anne Logston; An Angel for the
Earl, Barbara Metzger; The Magic and the Healing,
Nick O’Donohoe.
-31-
Short Reviews by Jean Lamb:
The Grail and the Ring, Teresa Edgerton; The
Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, Harry
Harrison; Finn Mac Cool, Morgan Llywelyn; A
Two-Edged Sword, Thomas K. Martin; Inferno:
A Chronicle of a Distant World, Mike Resnick;
Hour of the Octopus, Joel Rosenberg; Once a
Hero, Michael Stackpole; Out of This World,
Lawrence Watt-Evans.
-33-
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:
Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Glen Cook; The Exploits
of Solar Pons, Basil Copper; Witch and
Wombat, Carolyn Cushman; Summer King, Winter
Fool, Lisa Goldstein; Sacred Ground,
Mercedes Lackey; A Cast of Corbies, Mercedes
Lackey & Josepha Sherman; We Open on Venus,
Christopher Stasheff.
Editor & Publisher: Charles N. Brown; Associate Editor: Faren C. Miller; Assistant Editors: Marianne S. Jablon, Carolyn F. Cushman;
Editorial Assistant. Kirsten Gong-Wong; Contributing Editors: Edward Bryant, Mark R. Kelly, Russell Letson, Tom Maddox,
Scott Winnett, Gary K. Wolfe; Special Projects: William G. Contento; Photographer: Beth Gwinn.
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN 0047-4959), is published monthly, at $3.95 per copy, by Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland CA 94611. Please send all mail to:
Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA94661. Telephone (510) 339-9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-8144. Individual subscriptions in the US: $38.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
via second class mail. In Canada: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via second class mail. First class individual subscription in the US 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. Institutional subscriptions are $3.00 extra per year. Make checks payable to Locus
Publications. All subscriptions payable directly in US funds only. Overseas checks must be drawn on a US 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, UK. Japanese Subscription Agent. Takumi Shibano, 700 Ninomiya Ninomiya-machi, Naka-gun Kanagawa-ken, 259-01 Japan; Australian Subscription Agent Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O. Box 2708X, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available. Display advertising rates on request. © 1994 by Locus Publications. We take no
responsibility for unsolicited submissions. Second class postage paid at Oakland, California. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
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