Table of Contents, April 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 1996 Issue #423 Vol. 36 No. 4
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Analog and Asimov’s Sold to Penny Press/8 Ray Bradbury Moves to Avon/8
Publishers Weekly 1995 Bestsellers/8 British Book Summary 1995/8
Was Onstage in Chicago/9 New HarperCollins Head/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 International News/9 Publishing News/9
Award News/9 Contest News/59 Financial News/59 Book News/59
Magazine News/59 Court Cases/59 On-Line News/59 Media News/59
Market Update/70 Rights & Options/70 Publications Received/71
Multi-Media Received/71 Catalogs Received/71
INTERVIEWS
Stephen Baxter: Back to the Wells/4
Robert Holdstock: Lost Landscapes, Grand Obsessions/6
OBITUARIES
H.L. Gold/62 Gold on Galaxy/ 62 Frederik Pohl on Horace Gold/66
Appreciations by: Robert Silverberg, Philip Klass, Robert Sheckley/67
Richard Powers/63 Appreciations by: Vincent Di Fate, David G. Hartwell/63
Sam Merwin, J r ./64 Evangeline Walton/65 Brian Daley/65
Pam Stampf Conrad/65 Daniel Tomas Streib/65 Caio Fernando Abreu/65
Neil Hudner/65 Danny Curran/65
LISTINGS
International Books & Magazines Received/39 Convention Listings/42
Magazines Received: February/44 Books Received: February/45
British Books: January/55 Bestsellers/60
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/69 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Omni Online 2/96; F&SF 3/96; Asimov’s 4/96; Asimov’s
5/96; Interzone 1/96; Interzone 2/96; SF Age 3/96;
Realms of Fantasy 2/96; TransVersions #4.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Pirates of the Universe, Terry Bisson; None So Blind,
Joe Haldeman; Distress, Greg Egan; Starborne, Robert
Silverberg; The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse,
Jack Zipes, trans.; MEDIUM TAKE: Film, Horror, and
the Body Fantastic, Linda Badley.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Judas Glass, Michael Cadnum; Arcady, Michael
Williams; Ancient Echoes, Robert Holdstock; Lorien
Lost, Michael King; The Gates of Twilight, Paula
Volsky; Magnificat, Julian May.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Inheritor, C.J. Cherryh; Celestial Matters, Richard
Garfinkle; The Tranquility Alternative, Allen Steele; Virtual
Destruction, Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 29
Lunatics, Bradley Denton; It Came From the Drive-In,
Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; The 37th
Mandala, Marc Laidlaw; The Children’s Hour, Douglas
Clegg; SHORT TAKE: Weird Wild West, Mike Olson, ed.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 33
Shards of Empire, Susan Shwartz; Archangel, Sharon
Shinn; The Two Georges, Richard Dreyfuss & Harry
Turtledove; Commencement, Roby James.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
& Monica Simmons/ 35
The China Garden, Liz Berry; Orca, Stephen Brust;
Crystal Enchantment, Saranne Dawson; City of Diamond,
Jane Emerson; Fisherman’s Hope, David
Feintuch; Kipton and the Ovoid, Charles L. Fontenay;
Season of Storms, Ellen Foxxe; Instrument of Fate,
Christie Golden; The Immortals, Tracy Hickman; Prototype,
Brian Hodge; Shadowflow, Teresa Kao; The
Itinerant Exorcist, Ashley McConnell; Breath of Magic,
Teresa Medeiros; Works of Thy Hands, Gyla Beth Seal
& January Taylor; Dreamfall, Joan D. Vinge.
LOCUS April 1996/3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editor s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
MONICA A. SIMMONS
Editorial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
C ont r ibu t in g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Project s
BETH GWINN
P h o to g r ap h e r
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April 1996 Issue #423 Vol. 36 No. 4
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Analog and Asimov’s Sold to Penny Press/8 Ray Bradbury Moves to Avon/8
Publishers Weekly 1995 Bestsellers/8 British Book Summary 1995/8
Was Onstage in Chicago/9 New HarperCollins Head/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 International News/9 Publishing News/9
Award News/9 Contest News/59 Financial News/59 Book News/59
Magazine News/59 Court Cases/59 On-Line News/59 Media News/59
Market Update/70 Rights & Options/70 Publications Received/71
Multi-Media Received/71 Catalogs Received/71
INTERVIEWS
Stephen Baxter: Back to the Wells/4
Robert Holdstock: Lost Landscapes, Grand Obsessions/6
OBITUARIES
H.L. Gold/62 Gold on Galaxy/ 62 Frederik Pohl on Horace Gold/66
Appreciations by: Robert Silverberg, Philip Klass, Robert Sheckley/67
Richard Powers/63 Appreciations by: Vincent Di Fate, David G. Hartwell/63
Sam Merwin, J r ./64 Evangeline Walton/65 Brian Daley/65
Pam Stampf Conrad/65 Daniel Tomas Streib/65 Caio Fernando Abreu/65
Neil Hudner/65 Danny Curran/65
LISTINGS
International Books & Magazines Received/39 Convention Listings/42
Magazines Received: February/44 Books Received: February/45
British Books: January/55 Bestsellers/60
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/69 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
Omni Online 2/96; F&SF 3/96; Asimov’s 4/96; Asimov’s
5/96; Interzone 1/96; Interzone 2/96; SF Age 3/96;
Realms of Fantasy 2/96; TransVersions #4.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Pirates of the Universe, Terry Bisson; None So Blind,
Joe Haldeman; Distress, Greg Egan; Starborne, Robert
Silverberg; The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse,
Jack Zipes, trans.; MEDIUM TAKE: Film, Horror, and
the Body Fantastic, Linda Badley.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Judas Glass, Michael Cadnum; Arcady, Michael
Williams; Ancient Echoes, Robert Holdstock; Lorien
Lost, Michael King; The Gates of Twilight, Paula
Volsky; Magnificat, Julian May.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Inheritor, C.J. Cherryh; Celestial Matters, Richard
Garfinkle; The Tranquility Alternative, Allen Steele; Virtual
Destruction, Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 29
Lunatics, Bradley Denton; It Came From the Drive-In,
Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; The 37th
Mandala, Marc Laidlaw; The Children’s Hour, Douglas
Clegg; SHORT TAKE: Weird Wild West, Mike Olson, ed.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 33
Shards of Empire, Susan Shwartz; Archangel, Sharon
Shinn; The Two Georges, Richard Dreyfuss & Harry
Turtledove; Commencement, Roby James.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
& Monica Simmons/ 35
The China Garden, Liz Berry; Orca, Stephen Brust;
Crystal Enchantment, Saranne Dawson; City of Diamond,
Jane Emerson; Fisherman’s Hope, David
Feintuch; Kipton and the Ovoid, Charles L. Fontenay;
Season of Storms, Ellen Foxxe; Instrument of Fate,
Christie Golden; The Immortals, Tracy Hickman; Prototype,
Brian Hodge; Shadowflow, Teresa Kao; The
Itinerant Exorcist, Ashley McConnell; Breath of Magic,
Teresa Medeiros; Works of Thy Hands, Gyla Beth Seal
& January Taylor; Dreamfall, Joan D. Vinge.
LOCUS April 1996/3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editor s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
MONICA A. SIMMONS
Editorial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
C ont r ibu t in g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Project s
BETH GWINN
P h o to g r ap h e r
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN
0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.50 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. Email:
locusmag @aol.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via
second class mail. In Canada: $48.00 for 12 issues,
$90.00 for 24 issues via second class mail. First class
individual subscriptions in the US or Canada are $53.00
for 12 issues, $95.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas
subscriptions are $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for 24
issues via sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or
South America via air mail are $70.00 for 12 issues,
$ 120.00 for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or Africa via air mail are $80.00 for 12 issues,
$135.00 for 24 issues. Lifetime subscriptions are
ten times the one-year rate. Institutional subscriptions
are $3.00 extra per year. Make checks payable to Locus
Publications. All subscriptions payable directly in US
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When converting from second class to first class
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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, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo,
145, Japan; Australian Subscription Agent: Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box 2708X,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts
available. Oisplay advertising rates on request. ®
1996 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.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to: locusmag@aol.com or by
fax to 510-339-8144.
