Table of Contents, September 1994
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September 1994
Table of Contents v o l . 33 no. 3
M ain Sto r ie s
1994 World Fantasy Awards
Nominations……………………….. 7
MagiCon Passes Along
$50,000 ……………………………….. 7
Moving Majipoor…………………….8
Willis Goes Victorian……………..8
Longmeadow Options Ellison ..8
Games, Movies, Books…………..8
King of the Road…………………….9
T h e D ata F i le
Censorship News……………………9
Announcements……………………..9
Readings & Signings……………..9
Calls for Papers……………………..9
Book News ……………………………. 9
Bookstore News……………………..9
Awards & Contests………………79
Rights & Options…………………79
Publications Received………… 79
S p ec ia l F eatures
1994 Locus Survey Results …56
Moon Landing
by Mary Rosenblum…………. 78
Photo F e a tu re
Kij Johnson Wins
Sturgeon Award…………………. 7
I nterviews
Greg Bear: Planet Mover………. 4
O b i tu a r ie s
Robin C o o k ………………………….78
Morris Scott Dollens…………….78
Sean Spacher……………………….78
Locus Looks a t Books
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Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Tomorrow #10 (8/94); Asimov’s 8/94, 9/94; Analog
8/94, 9/94; F&SF 8/94; Interzone 7/94; Amazing
Spring/94; Whole Earth Review Summer/94; Omni
8/94; Playboy 8/94.
Typical Locus Reader??
See Survey on page 56.
Listings
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Beggars and Choosers, Nancy Kress; Vurt, Jeff
Noon; ClipJoint, Wilhelmina Baird; Half the Day
Is Night, Maureen F. McHugh; Necroville, Ian
McDonald; Fires of Eden, Dan Simmons; The
Warrior’s Tale, Allan Cole & Chris Bunch; SHORT
TAKES: Mr. Vertigo, Paul Auster.
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Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art, Cathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner, eds.; Future
Primitive, Kim Stanley Robinson, ed.; Future
Quartet, Charles Sheffield, ed.; Peace on Earth,
Stanislaw Lem; This Side of Judgment, J R.
Dunn; SHORT TAKES: The Dystopian Impulse
in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism,
M. Keith Booker; Dystopian Literature: A
Theory & Research Guide, M. Keith Booker;
Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation
of Utopian Thought in North American Science
Fiction, 1965-1982, Hoda M. Zaki; Utopias for a
Dying World: Contemporary German Science
Fiction’s Plea for a New Ecological Awareness,
Amy Stapleton; Science Fiction before 1900:
Imagination Discovers Technology, Paul K.
Alkon; Writing the New World: Imaginary Voyages
& Utopias of the Great Southern Land,
David Fausett; The Southern Land, Known,
Gabriel de Foigny; Wilderness Visions: The
Western Theme in Science Fiction Literature,
David Mogen.
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Reviews by Russell Letson:
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling; Mars Plus,
Frederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas; Man-Kzin
Wars VI, Larry Niven, ed.
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Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Dark Rivers of the Heart, Dean Koontz; Wild
Blood, Nancy A. Collins; The Flesh Artist, Lucy
Taylor; Deus-X, Joseph A. Citro; SHORT TAKES:
Mysteries of the Word, Stanley Wiater; Savant,
Rex Miller.
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Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
Whistler, Roger Taylor; Riding the Unicorn, Paul
Kearney; The Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey;
Sorcerer’s Ward, Barbara Hambly; That Way Lies
Camelot, Janny Wurts.
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Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
A Dusk of Demons, John Christopher; Above the
Lower Sky, Tom Dietz; The Law of Becoming,
Kate Elliott; Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story,
Mary Downing Hahn; Storm Warning, Mercedes
Lackey; Knights of the Blood: At Sword’s Point,
Scott MacMillan; The Dolphins of Pern, Anne
McCaffrey; Field of Dishonor, David Weber.
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. E-mail: locus@genie.geis.com. Individual subscriptions in the US: $38.00
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13305, Oakland CA 94661. _____________
LOCUS September 1994 / 3
Convention Listings…………………. 9
Forthcoming Books………………… 38
British Forthcoming Books…….. 50
Magazines Received – July……… 58
Books Received – July…………….. 59
British Books – June……………….. 71
Bestsellers………………………………76
Photo Listing…………………………..86
C o I umns & D e pa r tm e n t s
People & Publishing……………….. 10
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox…………………………13
Locus Letters………………………….78
Editorial Matters………………………78
Table of Contents v o l . 33 no. 3
M ain Sto r ie s
1994 World Fantasy Awards
Nominations……………………….. 7
MagiCon Passes Along
$50,000 ……………………………….. 7
Moving Majipoor…………………….8
Willis Goes Victorian……………..8
Longmeadow Options Ellison ..8
Games, Movies, Books…………..8
King of the Road…………………….9
T h e D ata F i le
Censorship News……………………9
Announcements……………………..9
Readings & Signings……………..9
Calls for Papers……………………..9
Book News ……………………………. 9
Bookstore News……………………..9
Awards & Contests………………79
Rights & Options…………………79
Publications Received………… 79
S p ec ia l F eatures
1994 Locus Survey Results …56
Moon Landing
by Mary Rosenblum…………. 78
Photo F e a tu re
Kij Johnson Wins
Sturgeon Award…………………. 7
I nterviews
Greg Bear: Planet Mover………. 4
O b i tu a r ie s
Robin C o o k ………………………….78
Morris Scott Dollens…………….78
Sean Spacher……………………….78
Locus Looks a t Books
-15- -19-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
Tomorrow #10 (8/94); Asimov’s 8/94, 9/94; Analog
8/94, 9/94; F&SF 8/94; Interzone 7/94; Amazing
Spring/94; Whole Earth Review Summer/94; Omni
8/94; Playboy 8/94.
Typical Locus Reader??
See Survey on page 56.
Listings
Reviews by Faren Miller:
Beggars and Choosers, Nancy Kress; Vurt, Jeff
Noon; ClipJoint, Wilhelmina Baird; Half the Day
Is Night, Maureen F. McHugh; Necroville, Ian
McDonald; Fires of Eden, Dan Simmons; The
Warrior’s Tale, Allan Cole & Chris Bunch; SHORT
TAKES: Mr. Vertigo, Paul Auster.
-23-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art, Cathy Burnett & Arnie Fenner, eds.; Future
Primitive, Kim Stanley Robinson, ed.; Future
Quartet, Charles Sheffield, ed.; Peace on Earth,
Stanislaw Lem; This Side of Judgment, J R.
Dunn; SHORT TAKES: The Dystopian Impulse
in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism,
M. Keith Booker; Dystopian Literature: A
Theory & Research Guide, M. Keith Booker;
Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation
of Utopian Thought in North American Science
Fiction, 1965-1982, Hoda M. Zaki; Utopias for a
Dying World: Contemporary German Science
Fiction’s Plea for a New Ecological Awareness,
Amy Stapleton; Science Fiction before 1900:
Imagination Discovers Technology, Paul K.
Alkon; Writing the New World: Imaginary Voyages
& Utopias of the Great Southern Land,
David Fausett; The Southern Land, Known,
Gabriel de Foigny; Wilderness Visions: The
Western Theme in Science Fiction Literature,
David Mogen.
-27-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
Heavy Weather, Bruce Sterling; Mars Plus,
Frederik Pohl & Thomas T. Thomas; Man-Kzin
Wars VI, Larry Niven, ed.
-29-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Dark Rivers of the Heart, Dean Koontz; Wild
Blood, Nancy A. Collins; The Flesh Artist, Lucy
Taylor; Deus-X, Joseph A. Citro; SHORT TAKES:
Mysteries of the Word, Stanley Wiater; Savant,
Rex Miller.
-33-
Reviews by Wendy Bradley:
Whistler, Roger Taylor; Riding the Unicorn, Paul
Kearney; The Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey;
Sorcerer’s Ward, Barbara Hambly; That Way Lies
Camelot, Janny Wurts.
-35-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
A Dusk of Demons, John Christopher; Above the
Lower Sky, Tom Dietz; The Law of Becoming,
Kate Elliott; Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story,
Mary Downing Hahn; Storm Warning, Mercedes
Lackey; Knights of the Blood: At Sword’s Point,
Scott MacMillan; The Dolphins of Pern, Anne
McCaffrey; Field of Dishonor, David Weber.
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. E-mail: locus@genie.geis.com. 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. Yoshio Kobayashi, 1-29*13-707 Sangenjaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154, Japan; Australian Subscripthn 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 September 1994 / 3
Convention Listings…………………. 9
Forthcoming Books………………… 38
British Forthcoming Books…….. 50
Magazines Received – July……… 58
Books Received – July…………….. 59
British Books – June……………….. 71
Bestsellers………………………………76
Photo Listing…………………………..86
C o I umns & D e pa r tm e n t s
People & Publishing……………….. 10
Reports from the Electronic Frontier,
Tom Maddox…………………………13
Locus Letters………………………….78
Editorial Matters………………………78
