Table of Contents, August 1994
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August 1994
Table of Contents vol. 33 n o . 2
M ain Sto ries Locus Looks at Books
1994 Locus Aw a rd s ……………….. 7
Cavelos Quits D e ll…………………..8
No Campbell Winner; Johnson
Wins Sturgeon Aw a rd …………. 8
Byron Preiss Multimedia
Goes Public………………………….. 8
Viacom Fires Snyder;
S&S Speculation…………………..8
Authors Buy
Publishing Imprint…………………9
King Tour Plans Progress………9
Klingon Bible S ch ism…………….. 9
T h e D ata F ile
Publishers Pull Out
of ABA Trade Show……………………… 9
Crown Books CEO Resigns……………. 9
BIG Entertainment Mall Kiosks……….9
Publishing News………………………………9
Announcements……………………………….9
Call for Papers…………………………………9
Readings & Signings………………………. 9
Financial News……………………………….73
Legal Briefs……………………………………73
Bookstore News……………………………..73
Market News…………………………………..73
Awards News…………………………………73
Magazine News…………………………….. 73
Electronic News……………………………. 73
Italian SF Library…………………………… 73
Art News………………………………………..73
Overseas Convention Update………..73
Interviews
Charles Sheffield: Future
Nightmares, Future Dreams ..5
S pecial
P hoto Sto ries
Gernsback at Writers Conference … 74
The Stars Our Destination
Sixth Anniversary Bash…………….. 74
1994 Eaton Conference………………….74
Stoker Awards Ceremony…………….. 75
Venice Fantasy Art Exhibit……………. 75
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s
Baycon Birthday…………………………75
-19-
Locus Poll Results……………………… 42
O b ituaries
Gerd Prokop…………………………………..70
Franz Joseph Schnaubelt……………… 70
James Pollack………………………………. 70
Listings
Magazines Received – June………52
Books Received – June…………….53
British Books – May…………………. 63
Bestsellers……………………………….. 68
Photo Listing…………………………….78
C o lumns & D epartments
People & Publishing………………… 10
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox…………………………..13
QuotePage……………………………….. 39
Market Reports………………………….67
Locus Letters……………………………70
Editorial Matters………………………..70
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Inagehi, Jack Cady; Street, Jack Cady; Bibliomen,
Gene Wolfe; Calde of the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe;
Calenture, Storm Constantine; SHORT TAKES:
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett; Time and Time
Again, Dennis Danvers.
-23-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh
Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling,
eds.; The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, Tom
Shippey, ed.; Somewhere East of Life, Brian
Aldiss; Metaworlds: Best Australian Science
Fiction, Paul Collins,ed.; ANNIVERSARY ROUNDUP:
Moon Shot, Alan Shepard & Deke Slayton with
Jay Barbree & Howard Benedict; Deke!, Donald K.
“Deke” Slayton with Michael Cassutt; STAR TREK
ROUNDUP: Star Trek Creator, David Alexander;
Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man
Behind “Star Trek”, Joel Engel; Star Trek Memories,
William Shatner with Chris Kreski; Gene
Roddenberry: The Last Conversation, Yvonne
Fern; All I Really Need to Know I Learned from
Watching Star Trek, Dave Marinaccio.
-27-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
Genetic Soldier, George Turner; Tripoint, C.J.
Cherryh; Furious Gulf, Gregory Benford; Climbing
Olympus, Kevin J. Anderson.
-31-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Northern Frights 2, Don Hutchinson, ed.
Darkman #2: The Price of Fear, Randall Boyll
Sports & Music, Lucius Shepard; SHORT TAKES:
Neuromancer, William Gibson; Reverbstorm 1,
David Britton; “III Met By Moonlight: the Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack”
-33-
Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
The Hidden City, David Eddings; Shadow Sisters,
Stephen Marley; Greylady, Peter Morwood;
The Wolf of Winter, Paula Volsky; Faery in
Shadow, C.J. Cherryh.
-35-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
Painted Devil, Michael Bedard; A Prince Among
Men, Robert N. Charrette; A Midsummer’s Magic,
Mary Chase Comstock; By Honor Betray’d, Debra
Doyle & James D. Macdonald; The Sword of
Maiden’s Tears, Rosemary Edghill; Midshipman’s
Hope, David Feintuch; Shadow of a Dark Queen,
Raymond E. Feist; Memoirs of a Bookbat, Kathryn
Lasky; Wolf-Speaker, Tamora Pierce; The Godmother,
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Specters of
the Dawn, S. Andrew Swann.
-37-
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:
Scream for Jeeves: A Parody, P.H. Cannon,
Shade, David Darke; Dead in the Water, Nancy
Holder; Coyote Blue, Christopher Moore;
Frankenstein’s Children: The Creation, Richard
Pierce; Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies, Mark E.
Rogers; Ripper, Michael Slade; Bizarre Dreams,
Caro Soles & Stanislaus Tal, eds.
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 CA 94661. Telephone (510) 339-9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-8144. Individual subscriptions in the US: $38.00for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues
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LOCUS August 1994/3
APOLLO 11:
A Look Back
Page 46
– 15-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Crank! Spring 94; Analog 7/94; Interzone 6/94; Tomorrow
#9 (6/94); F&SF 7/94; SF Age 7/94; Manifest
Destiny Winter 93; Offworlds Winter 93/94;
Omni 7/94.
Table of Contents vol. 33 n o . 2
M ain Sto ries Locus Looks at Books
1994 Locus Aw a rd s ……………….. 7
Cavelos Quits D e ll…………………..8
No Campbell Winner; Johnson
Wins Sturgeon Aw a rd …………. 8
Byron Preiss Multimedia
Goes Public………………………….. 8
Viacom Fires Snyder;
S&S Speculation…………………..8
Authors Buy
Publishing Imprint…………………9
King Tour Plans Progress………9
Klingon Bible S ch ism…………….. 9
T h e D ata F ile
Publishers Pull Out
of ABA Trade Show……………………… 9
Crown Books CEO Resigns……………. 9
BIG Entertainment Mall Kiosks……….9
Publishing News………………………………9
Announcements……………………………….9
Call for Papers…………………………………9
Readings & Signings………………………. 9
Financial News……………………………….73
Legal Briefs……………………………………73
Bookstore News……………………………..73
Market News…………………………………..73
Awards News…………………………………73
Magazine News…………………………….. 73
Electronic News……………………………. 73
Italian SF Library…………………………… 73
Art News………………………………………..73
Overseas Convention Update………..73
Interviews
Charles Sheffield: Future
Nightmares, Future Dreams ..5
S pecial
P hoto Sto ries
Gernsback at Writers Conference … 74
The Stars Our Destination
Sixth Anniversary Bash…………….. 74
1994 Eaton Conference………………….74
Stoker Awards Ceremony…………….. 75
Venice Fantasy Art Exhibit……………. 75
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s
Baycon Birthday…………………………75
-19-
Locus Poll Results……………………… 42
O b ituaries
Gerd Prokop…………………………………..70
Franz Joseph Schnaubelt……………… 70
James Pollack………………………………. 70
Listings
Magazines Received – June………52
Books Received – June…………….53
British Books – May…………………. 63
Bestsellers……………………………….. 68
Photo Listing…………………………….78
C o lumns & D epartments
People & Publishing………………… 10
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox…………………………..13
QuotePage……………………………….. 39
Market Reports………………………….67
Locus Letters……………………………70
Editorial Matters………………………..70
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Inagehi, Jack Cady; Street, Jack Cady; Bibliomen,
Gene Wolfe; Calde of the Long Sun, Gene Wolfe;
Calenture, Storm Constantine; SHORT TAKES:
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett; Time and Time
Again, Dennis Danvers.
-23-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh
Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling,
eds.; The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, Tom
Shippey, ed.; Somewhere East of Life, Brian
Aldiss; Metaworlds: Best Australian Science
Fiction, Paul Collins,ed.; ANNIVERSARY ROUNDUP:
Moon Shot, Alan Shepard & Deke Slayton with
Jay Barbree & Howard Benedict; Deke!, Donald K.
“Deke” Slayton with Michael Cassutt; STAR TREK
ROUNDUP: Star Trek Creator, David Alexander;
Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man
Behind “Star Trek”, Joel Engel; Star Trek Memories,
William Shatner with Chris Kreski; Gene
Roddenberry: The Last Conversation, Yvonne
Fern; All I Really Need to Know I Learned from
Watching Star Trek, Dave Marinaccio.
-27-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
Genetic Soldier, George Turner; Tripoint, C.J.
Cherryh; Furious Gulf, Gregory Benford; Climbing
Olympus, Kevin J. Anderson.
-31-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Northern Frights 2, Don Hutchinson, ed.
Darkman #2: The Price of Fear, Randall Boyll
Sports & Music, Lucius Shepard; SHORT TAKES:
Neuromancer, William Gibson; Reverbstorm 1,
David Britton; “III Met By Moonlight: the Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack”
-33-
Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
The Hidden City, David Eddings; Shadow Sisters,
Stephen Marley; Greylady, Peter Morwood;
The Wolf of Winter, Paula Volsky; Faery in
Shadow, C.J. Cherryh.
-35-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
Painted Devil, Michael Bedard; A Prince Among
Men, Robert N. Charrette; A Midsummer’s Magic,
Mary Chase Comstock; By Honor Betray’d, Debra
Doyle & James D. Macdonald; The Sword of
Maiden’s Tears, Rosemary Edghill; Midshipman’s
Hope, David Feintuch; Shadow of a Dark Queen,
Raymond E. Feist; Memoirs of a Bookbat, Kathryn
Lasky; Wolf-Speaker, Tamora Pierce; The Godmother,
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Specters of
the Dawn, S. Andrew Swann.
-37-
Short Reviews by Scott Winnett:
Scream for Jeeves: A Parody, P.H. Cannon,
Shade, David Darke; Dead in the Water, Nancy
Holder; Coyote Blue, Christopher Moore;
Frankenstein’s Children: The Creation, Richard
Pierce; Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies, Mark E.
Rogers; Ripper, Michael Slade; Bizarre Dreams,
Caro Soles & Stanislaus Tal, eds.
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 CA 94661. Telephone (510) 339-9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-8144. Individual subscriptions in the US: $38.00for 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 airmail 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. Printed in the United States. Second class postage paid at Oakland, California. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
LOCUS August 1994/3
APOLLO 11:
A Look Back
Page 46
– 15-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Crank! Spring 94; Analog 7/94; Interzone 6/94; Tomorrow
#9 (6/94); F&SF 7/94; SF Age 7/94; Manifest
Destiny Winter 93; Offworlds Winter 93/94;
Omni 7/94.
