Table of Contents, May 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 1996 Issue #424 Vol. 36 No. 5
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Hugo Awards Nominations/7 1995 Nebula Awards Winners/8
Bram Stoker Awards Nominees/8 Vintage Bester/8
1996 World Fantasy Awards Judges/8 1995 Philip K. Dick Award/8
1995 Tiptree Awards/8 McAuley Wins Clarke Award/9
Aboriginal Resurrected/9 Wells Invention Revealed/9 Sten Big in Russia/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/9
Court Cases/67 On-Line News/67 Financial News/67 Book News/68
INTERVIEWS
Bruce Sterling: Unstable Networks/4
Sharon Shinn: Religion & Romance/6
CONVENTIONS
Seventeenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts/36
INTERNATIONAL
Photo Story: Fantastic Europe/11 SF in Russia/40 SF in Brazil/42
SF in Sweden/42 SF in the Czech Republic/43
OBITUARIES
Richard Condon/66 Derrick White/66
Evangeline Walton: An Appreciation by Diana L. Paxson/66
Bob Shaw: An Appreciation by Margaret Tout/66
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/44 Magazines Received: March/46
Books Received: March/47 British Books: February/58 Bestsellers/64
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/33
Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Asimov’s 6/96; F&SF 4/96, F&SF 5/96; Interzone 3/96;
Crank! No. 6; Aboriginal SF Spring ’96; On Spec Spring
’96; Playboy 4/96.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall, Sheri S. Tepper; Firestar,
Michael F. Flynn; Higher Education, Charles Sheffield
& Jerry Pournelle; Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard
Science Fiction, Gary Westfahl; War of the Worlds:
Global Dispatches, Kevin J. Anderson, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Walking the Labyrinth, Lisa Goldstein; Lunatics,
Bradley Denton; Panda Ray, Michael Kandel; Serial
Killer Days, David Prill; Archangel, Sharon Shinn; The
Warrior Returns, Allan Cole; Feet of Clay, Terry
Pratchett; Memory Seed, Stephen Palmer.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 25
The Green Mile #2: The Mouse on the Mile, Stephen
King; Prototype, Brian Hodge; Bad Intentions, Norman
Partridge; Midnight Promises, Richard T. Chizmar;
SHORT TAKE: The Lost World, Michael Crichton.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 29
Gibbon’s Decline & Fall, Sheri S. Tepper; Signs of
Life, Cherry Wilder; Mainline, Deborah Christian; A
Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin; Dreamfall,
Joan D. Vinge.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
Exile’s Song, Marion Zimmer Bradley; The Dream
Warrior, D.J. Conway; Kipton in Wonderland, Charles
L. Fontenay; Deathstalker Rebellion, Simon R. Green;
The Boy with Paper Wings, Susan Lowell; Dusk
Before Dawn, Mickee Madden; Feet of Clay, Terry
Pratchett; The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman; The
Serpent Garden, Judith Merkle Riley; The Night the
Heads Came, William Sleator; Hunter’s Death,
Michelle West.
More Short Reviews by Monica Simmons / 58
Mainline, Deborah Christian; Killjoy, Elizabeth Forrest;
Crota, Owl Goingback; Man O’ War, William Shatner.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Edi tor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tor s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Edi tor
MONICA A. SIMMONS
Editorial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibuting Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Ph o to g r ap h e r
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0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.50 per copy,
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e1996 by Locus Publications. We take no responsibility
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May 1996 Issue #424 Vol. 36 No. 5
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Hugo Awards Nominations/7 1995 Nebula Awards Winners/8
Bram Stoker Awards Nominees/8 Vintage Bester/8
1996 World Fantasy Awards Judges/8 1995 Philip K. Dick Award/8
1995 Tiptree Awards/8 McAuley Wins Clarke Award/9
Aboriginal Resurrected/9 Wells Invention Revealed/9 Sten Big in Russia/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/9
Court Cases/67 On-Line News/67 Financial News/67 Book News/68
INTERVIEWS
Bruce Sterling: Unstable Networks/4
Sharon Shinn: Religion & Romance/6
CONVENTIONS
Seventeenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts/36
INTERNATIONAL
Photo Story: Fantastic Europe/11 SF in Russia/40 SF in Brazil/42
SF in Sweden/42 SF in the Czech Republic/43
OBITUARIES
Richard Condon/66 Derrick White/66
Evangeline Walton: An Appreciation by Diana L. Paxson/66
Bob Shaw: An Appreciation by Margaret Tout/66
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/44 Magazines Received: March/46
Books Received: March/47 British Books: February/58 Bestsellers/64
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/33
Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Asimov’s 6/96; F&SF 4/96, F&SF 5/96; Interzone 3/96;
Crank! No. 6; Aboriginal SF Spring ’96; On Spec Spring
’96; Playboy 4/96.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall, Sheri S. Tepper; Firestar,
Michael F. Flynn; Higher Education, Charles Sheffield
& Jerry Pournelle; Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard
Science Fiction, Gary Westfahl; War of the Worlds:
Global Dispatches, Kevin J. Anderson, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Walking the Labyrinth, Lisa Goldstein; Lunatics,
Bradley Denton; Panda Ray, Michael Kandel; Serial
Killer Days, David Prill; Archangel, Sharon Shinn; The
Warrior Returns, Allan Cole; Feet of Clay, Terry
Pratchett; Memory Seed, Stephen Palmer.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 25
The Green Mile #2: The Mouse on the Mile, Stephen
King; Prototype, Brian Hodge; Bad Intentions, Norman
Partridge; Midnight Promises, Richard T. Chizmar;
SHORT TAKE: The Lost World, Michael Crichton.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 29
Gibbon’s Decline & Fall, Sheri S. Tepper; Signs of
Life, Cherry Wilder; Mainline, Deborah Christian; A
Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin; Dreamfall,
Joan D. Vinge.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
Exile’s Song, Marion Zimmer Bradley; The Dream
Warrior, D.J. Conway; Kipton in Wonderland, Charles
L. Fontenay; Deathstalker Rebellion, Simon R. Green;
The Boy with Paper Wings, Susan Lowell; Dusk
Before Dawn, Mickee Madden; Feet of Clay, Terry
Pratchett; The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman; The
Serpent Garden, Judith Merkle Riley; The Night the
Heads Came, William Sleator; Hunter’s Death,
Michelle West.
More Short Reviews by Monica Simmons / 58
Mainline, Deborah Christian; Killjoy, Elizabeth Forrest;
Crota, Owl Goingback; Man O’ War, William Shatner.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Edi tor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tor s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Edi tor
MONICA A. SIMMONS
Editorial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibuting Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Ph 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 USfor 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
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, 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. Display advertising rates on request.
e1996 by Locus Publications. We take no responsibility
for unsolicited submissions. Printed in the United States.
Second class postage paid at Oakland, California. P0ST-
| MASTER: Send address changes to Locus Publications,
i P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to locusmag@aot.com or by
fax to 510-339-8144.
3 / LOCUS May 1996
