Table of Contents, January 1995
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January 1995
Table of Contents v o l . 34 no. 1
M a in S t o r ies
Pagel Leaving Barnes & Noble/
B.Dalton……………………………… 7
Kmart Kills Walden Book
Company Name …………………. 7
Lauriat’s Buys Encore……………. 7
Chain Financial Figures…………. 7
Star Wars Countdown…………… 8
Yanks Dominate UPC Awards . 8
Online SF………………………………. 8
1995 Nebula Judges Named … 8
T h e D a ta Fil e
Multimedia Rights Battle……………………9
Readings & Signings…………………………9
Announcements………………………………..9
Other Media Announcements…………… 9
Awards & Contests……………………………9
Court Cases………………………………………9
Rushdie Update…………………………………9
Book News………………………………………..9
Bookstore News………………………………..9
Financial News………………………………..67
Magazine News……………………………….67
Market News……………………………………67
Other Media Received……………………..67
Publications Received……………………..67
Catalogs Received…………………………..67
Interviews
H appy Holidays
f rom the Locus Staff
back row: Carolyn Cushman, Faren Miller;
front row: Kirsten Gong-Wong,
Charles N. Brown, Marianne S. Jablon
International
EuroCon Report………………………………44
International Book Reviews……………. 45
SF in Southeast Asia……………………….70
SF in Croatia……………………………………71
SF in Australia…………………………………71
SF in New Zealand…………………………..72
SF in Brazil………………………………………72
Listings
C onvent ions
1994 World Fantasy Convention…….. 40
Magazines Received – November….. 46
Books Received – November………… 47
British Books – October………………… 58
Bestsellers……………………………………….64
Photo Listing……………………………………74
C o lumn s & D e p a r t m e n t s
People & Publishing………………………..10
Report from the Electronic Frontier
by Tom Maddox……………………………13
QuotePage………………………………………37
Editorial Matters………………………………66
Locus Letters…………………………………..66
Locus Looks a t Books
-15-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
F&SF 12/94; Analog mid-12/94; Interzone 11/94;
Galaxy 11-12/94; Radius 11/94; Realms of Fantasy
12/94; Pulphouse Issue 17; Tomorrow 12/94;
Omni 12/94; New Yorker 10/31 /94.
-19-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Remake,
Connie Willis; Science Fiction in the 20th Century,
Edward James; Silent Interviews: On Language,
Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some
Comics, Samuel R. Delany; SHORT TAKES: Ship
of Dreams, Dean Morrissey; Night of the Gargoyles,
Eve Bunting; The Secret Oceans, Betty
Ballantine; Virgil Finlay’s Far Beyond; The
Worlds of TSR: A Pictorial Journey Through
the Landscape of the Imagination, Marlys
Heeszel, ed.
-23-
Reviews by Faren Miller:
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Brother
to Dragons, Companion to Owls, Jane Lindskold;
Riding the Unicorn, Paul Kearney; Re
make, Connie Willis; Archangel, Mike Conner
Atlantis: Model 1924, Samuel R. Delany; Little
Deaths, Ellen Datlow, ed.; SHORT TAKES
Xanadu 3, Jane Yolen, ed.; New Worlds 4, David
Garnett, ed.
-27-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
One King’s Way, Harry Harrison & John Holm;
Archangel, Mike Conner; Of Tangible Ghosts,
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
-31-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Everville, Clive Barker; The Jericho Iteration,
Allen Steele; Butcher, Rex Miller; Geckos, Carrie
Richerson; SHORT TAKES; Jonah Hex: Two-gun
Mojo, Joe R. Lansdale; The Star Dwarves Travesty,
David J. Richardson; Bizarre Sex, Stan Tal, ed.
-35-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
Voima, C. Dale Brittain; The Unicorn Hunt, Elaine
Cunningham; The Sherwood Game, Esther
Friesner; Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey; For the
Crown & the Dragon, Stephen Hunt; The Book
of Earth, Marjorie B. Kellogg; Rogues to Riches,
J. Robert King; The Secular Wizard, Christopher
Stasheff; Profiteer, S. Andrew Swann; Oath of
Swords, David Weber; Northlight, Deborah
Wheeler.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to:
locus@genie.geis.com, or by fax to 510-339-
8144.
Publisher & Edrtor-in-Chief: Charles N. Brown; Managing Editor: Marianne S. Jablon; Editors: Faren C. Miller, Carolyn F. Cushman;
Assistant Editor: Kirsten Gong-Wong; Contributing Editors: Edward Bryant, Mark R. Kelly, Russell Letson, Tom Maddox,
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
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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 Subscription Agent. Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box 2708X, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001,
Australia. Bookseller discounts available. Display advertising rates on request.c 1995 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 January 1995 / 3
Tad Williams:
Talespinner’s Song………………… 4
P h oto S to r i e s
Norton Receives First Fandom Award .8
Necronomicon 13 Wildlife………………….8
Barnstorming Barnes…………………………8
Editorial Toons……………………………….11
O b itu a r ie s
J.I.M. Stewart…………………………………..66
Julian Symons…………………………………66
George Starbird……………………………….66
Table of Contents v o l . 34 no. 1
M a in S t o r ies
Pagel Leaving Barnes & Noble/
B.Dalton……………………………… 7
Kmart Kills Walden Book
Company Name …………………. 7
Lauriat’s Buys Encore……………. 7
Chain Financial Figures…………. 7
Star Wars Countdown…………… 8
Yanks Dominate UPC Awards . 8
Online SF………………………………. 8
1995 Nebula Judges Named … 8
T h e D a ta Fil e
Multimedia Rights Battle……………………9
Readings & Signings…………………………9
Announcements………………………………..9
Other Media Announcements…………… 9
Awards & Contests……………………………9
Court Cases………………………………………9
Rushdie Update…………………………………9
Book News………………………………………..9
Bookstore News………………………………..9
Financial News………………………………..67
Magazine News……………………………….67
Market News……………………………………67
Other Media Received……………………..67
Publications Received……………………..67
Catalogs Received…………………………..67
Interviews
H appy Holidays
f rom the Locus Staff
back row: Carolyn Cushman, Faren Miller;
front row: Kirsten Gong-Wong,
Charles N. Brown, Marianne S. Jablon
International
EuroCon Report………………………………44
International Book Reviews……………. 45
SF in Southeast Asia……………………….70
SF in Croatia……………………………………71
SF in Australia…………………………………71
SF in New Zealand…………………………..72
SF in Brazil………………………………………72
Listings
C onvent ions
1994 World Fantasy Convention…….. 40
Magazines Received – November….. 46
Books Received – November………… 47
British Books – October………………… 58
Bestsellers……………………………………….64
Photo Listing……………………………………74
C o lumn s & D e p a r t m e n t s
People & Publishing………………………..10
Report from the Electronic Frontier
by Tom Maddox……………………………13
QuotePage………………………………………37
Editorial Matters………………………………66
Locus Letters…………………………………..66
Locus Looks a t Books
-15-
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:
F&SF 12/94; Analog mid-12/94; Interzone 11/94;
Galaxy 11-12/94; Radius 11/94; Realms of Fantasy
12/94; Pulphouse Issue 17; Tomorrow 12/94;
Omni 12/94; New Yorker 10/31 /94.
-19-
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Remake,
Connie Willis; Science Fiction in the 20th Century,
Edward James; Silent Interviews: On Language,
Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some
Comics, Samuel R. Delany; SHORT TAKES: Ship
of Dreams, Dean Morrissey; Night of the Gargoyles,
Eve Bunting; The Secret Oceans, Betty
Ballantine; Virgil Finlay’s Far Beyond; The
Worlds of TSR: A Pictorial Journey Through
the Landscape of the Imagination, Marlys
Heeszel, ed.
-23-
Reviews by Faren Miller:
The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Brother
to Dragons, Companion to Owls, Jane Lindskold;
Riding the Unicorn, Paul Kearney; Re
make, Connie Willis; Archangel, Mike Conner
Atlantis: Model 1924, Samuel R. Delany; Little
Deaths, Ellen Datlow, ed.; SHORT TAKES
Xanadu 3, Jane Yolen, ed.; New Worlds 4, David
Garnett, ed.
-27-
Reviews by Russell Letson:
One King’s Way, Harry Harrison & John Holm;
Archangel, Mike Conner; Of Tangible Ghosts,
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
-31-
Reviews by Edward Bryant:
Everville, Clive Barker; The Jericho Iteration,
Allen Steele; Butcher, Rex Miller; Geckos, Carrie
Richerson; SHORT TAKES; Jonah Hex: Two-gun
Mojo, Joe R. Lansdale; The Star Dwarves Travesty,
David J. Richardson; Bizarre Sex, Stan Tal, ed.
-35-
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:
Voima, C. Dale Brittain; The Unicorn Hunt, Elaine
Cunningham; The Sherwood Game, Esther
Friesner; Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey; For the
Crown & the Dragon, Stephen Hunt; The Book
of Earth, Marjorie B. Kellogg; Rogues to Riches,
J. Robert King; The Secular Wizard, Christopher
Stasheff; Profiteer, S. Andrew Swann; Oath of
Swords, David Weber; Northlight, Deborah
Wheeler.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to:
locus@genie.geis.com, or by fax to 510-339-
8144.
Publisher & Edrtor-in-Chief: Charles N. Brown; Managing Editor: Marianne S. Jablon; Editors: Faren C. Miller, Carolyn F. Cushman;
Assistant Editor: Kirsten Gong-Wong; Contributing Editors: Edward Bryant, Mark R. Kelly, Russell Letson, Tom Maddox,
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 Subscription Agent. Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box 2708X, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001,
Australia. Bookseller discounts available. Display advertising rates on request.c 1995 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 January 1995 / 3
Tad Williams:
Talespinner’s Song………………… 4
P h oto S to r i e s
Norton Receives First Fandom Award .8
Necronomicon 13 Wildlife………………….8
Barnstorming Barnes…………………………8
Editorial Toons……………………………….11
O b itu a r ie s
J.I.M. Stewart…………………………………..66
Julian Symons…………………………………66
George Starbird……………………………….66
