Table of Contents, August 1996
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chi e f
MARIANNE S. JA B LO N
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
As s i s t ant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibut ing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Speci al Proj ect s
BETH GWINN
Photog r aphe r
TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 1996 Issue 427 Vol. 37 No. 2
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Locus Awards Winners/7 Locus Awards Presented/7
Changes at the Top/8 Silbersack Moves Up/8
White Wolf Rediscoveries/8 Zack Starts New Agency/8
Goosebumps Adds Calories/8 Anne Rice Bus Tour/8
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Award News/9 Financial News/9 Book News/9
Bookstore News/9 Rights & Options/67 Online News/67
Multi-Media Received/68 Publications Received/68 Catalogs Received/68
INTERVIEWS
John Barnes: Raising the Bar/4
Ray Bradbury: Views of a Grand Master/6
SPECIAL FEATURE
Locus Poll Results/36
CONVENTIONS
1996 HWA Banquet/42
1996 ABA Draws 38,000/44
OBITUARIES
Leigh Richmond/66 Robert Spencer Carr/66
David Vern/66 Paul Frederick Corey/66
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/48 Books Received: June/49
British Books: May/58 Bestsellers/64 Convention Listings/69
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Guthridge; Future Noir: the Making of Blade Run-
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13 ner, Paul M. Sammon; Dradin In Love, Paul
Starlight 1, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed.; Interzone 5/ Vandermeer; The Psychotronic Video Guide, Michael
96; Interzone 6/96; Asimov’s 9/96. J. Weldon.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Before …12:01 …and After, Richard Lupoff; Metal Fatigue,
Sean Williams; Glory’s People, Alfred Coppel;
Murder in the Solid State, Wil McCarthy; The Fall of
Sirius, Wil McCarthy.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Genellan: In the Shadow of the Moon, Scott B. Gier;
RETRO REVIEWS: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,
Robert A. Heinlein; Vaneglory, George Turner; Lest
Darkness Fall & To Bring the Light, L. Sprague de
Camp & David Drake.
Reviews by Edward Bryant/ 25
Sacrament, Clive Barker; Exquisite Corpse, Poppy
Z. Brite; The Green Mile #5: Night Journey, Stephen
King; Hot Blood: Fear the Fever, Jeff Gelb & Michael
Garrett, eds.; SHORT TAKES: The Bloodletter, George
Reviews by Faren Miller / 29
Clouds End, Sean Stewart; Attila’s Treasure, Stephan
Grundy; Sacrament, Clive Barker; Servant of the
Bones, Anne Rice; Children of the Mind, Orson Scott
Card; Treasure Box, Orson Scott Card; SHORTTAKE:
Blake: A Biography, Peter Ackroyd.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott; King and Goddess,
Judith Tarr; The Pillow Friend, Lisa Tuttle; SHORT
TAKES: Let’s Put the Future Behind Us, Jack
Womack; The Warding of Witch World , Andre Norton.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 33
Glenraven, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Holly Lisle; Anvil
of the Sun, Anne Lesley Groell; The Moorchild,
Eloise McGraw; The Golden Key, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer
Roberson & Kate Elliott; Dreamfall, Joan D. Vinge.
3 / LOCUS August 1996
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c 1996 by Locus Publications. We take no responsibility
for unsolicited submissions. Printed in the United States.
Periodical postage paid at Oakland, California and additional
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Publisher & Editor-in-Chi e f
MARIANNE S. JA B LO N
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
As s i s t ant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibut ing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Speci al Proj ect s
BETH GWINN
Photog r aphe r
TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 1996 Issue 427 Vol. 37 No. 2
29th Year of Publication 17-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Locus Awards Winners/7 Locus Awards Presented/7
Changes at the Top/8 Silbersack Moves Up/8
White Wolf Rediscoveries/8 Zack Starts New Agency/8
Goosebumps Adds Calories/8 Anne Rice Bus Tour/8
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Award News/9 Financial News/9 Book News/9
Bookstore News/9 Rights & Options/67 Online News/67
Multi-Media Received/68 Publications Received/68 Catalogs Received/68
INTERVIEWS
John Barnes: Raising the Bar/4
Ray Bradbury: Views of a Grand Master/6
SPECIAL FEATURE
Locus Poll Results/36
CONVENTIONS
1996 HWA Banquet/42
1996 ABA Draws 38,000/44
OBITUARIES
Leigh Richmond/66 Robert Spencer Carr/66
David Vern/66 Paul Frederick Corey/66
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/48 Books Received: June/49
British Books: May/58 Bestsellers/64 Convention Listings/69
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/66
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction Guthridge; Future Noir: the Making of Blade Run-
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13 ner, Paul M. Sammon; Dradin In Love, Paul
Starlight 1, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed.; Interzone 5/ Vandermeer; The Psychotronic Video Guide, Michael
96; Interzone 6/96; Asimov’s 9/96. J. Weldon.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Before …12:01 …and After, Richard Lupoff; Metal Fatigue,
Sean Williams; Glory’s People, Alfred Coppel;
Murder in the Solid State, Wil McCarthy; The Fall of
Sirius, Wil McCarthy.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Genellan: In the Shadow of the Moon, Scott B. Gier;
RETRO REVIEWS: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,
Robert A. Heinlein; Vaneglory, George Turner; Lest
Darkness Fall & To Bring the Light, L. Sprague de
Camp & David Drake.
Reviews by Edward Bryant/ 25
Sacrament, Clive Barker; Exquisite Corpse, Poppy
Z. Brite; The Green Mile #5: Night Journey, Stephen
King; Hot Blood: Fear the Fever, Jeff Gelb & Michael
Garrett, eds.; SHORT TAKES: The Bloodletter, George
Reviews by Faren Miller / 29
Clouds End, Sean Stewart; Attila’s Treasure, Stephan
Grundy; Sacrament, Clive Barker; Servant of the
Bones, Anne Rice; Children of the Mind, Orson Scott
Card; Treasure Box, Orson Scott Card; SHORTTAKE:
Blake: A Biography, Peter Ackroyd.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott; King and Goddess,
Judith Tarr; The Pillow Friend, Lisa Tuttle; SHORT
TAKES: Let’s Put the Future Behind Us, Jack
Womack; The Warding of Witch World , Andre Norton.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 33
Glenraven, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Holly Lisle; Anvil
of the Sun, Anne Lesley Groell; The Moorchild,
Eloise McGraw; The Golden Key, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer
Roberson & Kate Elliott; Dreamfall, Joan D. Vinge.
3 / LOCUS August 1996
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN
0047 4959), is published m o n th ly , at $ 4 .5 0 per copy,
by Locus Publications, 3 4 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland
CA 94611. Please send all mail to : Locus Publications,
P.O. Box 1 3305, Oakland CA 9 4 6 6 1 . Telephone (510)
339-9196 ; (510) 3 3 9 -9 1 9 8 . FAX (510) 3 3 9 -8 1 4 4 . Email:
locusmag@aol.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 fo r 12 issues, $ 8 0 .0 0 for 24 issues via
periodical mail. In Canada: $ 4 8 .0 0 for 12 issues, $ 90.00
for 24 issues via p eriod ica l mail. First class individual
subscriptions in the US or Canada are $ 5 3 .0 0 fo r 12
issues, $95 .00 fo r 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $ 4 8 .0 0 fo r 1 2 issues, $ 9 0 .0 0 for 2 4 issues
via sea mail. Ind iv id u al su bs c riptio n s to Europe or
South America via air mail are $ 7 0 .0 0 fo r 12 issues,
$120.00 for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia,
Asia, or A fric a via air mail are $ 8 0 .0 0 fo r 12 is sues,
$135.00 fo r 2 4 issues. L ifetime subscriptions are
ten times the one-year rate. Ins titu tio n a l subscriptions
are $3.00 extra per year. Make checks payable to Locus
Publications. All su b s c rip tio n s payable d ire c tly in US
funds only. Overseas checks m u s t be d rawn on a US
bank and include com p u te r enco ding numbers at b o ttom.
When converting from periodical mail to firs t class
delivery, please co nve rt all remaining issues on your
present subscription ($ 1 .0 0 per issue). The number a fter
your name on the mailing label is tha t o f the last
issue on your present s u bs c riptio n . If you change your
address, please n otify us immediately. Periodical mail is
not usually forwarded; it is either returned or destroyed.
We subtract one issue from your s u bs c riptio n for each
returned copy. We keep expired addresses on file for
one year, so tell us if your su bscriptio n is a renewal or
completely new. British Subscription Age n t: Fantast
(Medway) Ltd. P.O. Box 23, Upwell Wisbech, CAMBS
PE14 9BU, UK. Japanese Subscription Age n t: Yoshio
Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo,
145, Japan; Australian S ub s c rip tio n A g e n t: J u s tin
A c k ro y d , S low Glass Books G.P.O B ox 2 7 0 8 X ,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller d iscounts
available. Display advertising rates on request.
c 1996 by Locus Publications. We take no responsibility
for unsolicited submissions. Printed in the United States.
Periodical postage paid at Oakland, California and additional
mailing office s. POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to Locus Publications, P.O. Box 133 05 , Oakland
CA 9 4661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to locusmag@aol.com or by
fax to 5 1 0 -3 3 9 -8 1 4 4 .
