Table of Contents, October 1996
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ isher & Editor -in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Edi tor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assi stant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi tors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Proj ects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 1996 Issue 429 Vol. 37 No. 4
29th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Hugo Awards Winners/7 1946 Retrospective Hugo Awards Winners/7
Taylor and the SWAT/8 L.A.con III Draws 6,667/8 Masters of Fantasy/8
Jane Yolen Books Cancelled/8 1995 Chesley Awards Winners/8
ABA Show Changes Hands/9 After the King/9 Beagle’s New Unicorn/9
THE DATA FILE
Awards, Awards/9 Magic Millions/9 Announcements/9
Call for Papers/71 Readings & Signings/71 Publishing News/72
Financial News/72 Court Cases/72 Markets/72 Book News/72
Magazine News/72 Rights & Options/72 On-Line News/72
Multi-Media News/73 Publications Received/73 Catalogs Received/73
INTERVIEWS
Frederik Pohl: Fascinated Skeptic/4
Jack Williamson: A Thousand Wonders/4
SPECIAL
Complete Hugo Voting/34 1996 Hugo Awards Ceremony/36
Complete Retrospective Hugo Voting/75
INTERNATIONAL
SF in Portugal/42 SF in Croatia/42 SF in Israel/43
“Speaking Science Fiction” in Liverpool/45
OBITUARIES
Barbara Doherty/70 Gordon Benson, Jr./70
Gordon Benson, Jr.: An Appreciation by Phil Stephensen-Payne/70
Mayo Mohs/70 Og Mandino/70 Anti-Obituaries/70
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: August/48 Books Received: August/49
British Books: July/62 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
F&SF 9/96; Asimov’s 10-11 /96; Interzone 8/96; SF Age
9/96.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 17
Idoru, William Gibson; Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott;
The Other End of Time, Frederik Pohl.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Idoru, William Gibson; Humpty Dumpty: An Oval,
Damon Knight; Blade Runner: Replicant Night, K.W.
Jeter; Spectrum III: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art, Cathy Burnett, Arnie Fenner, & Jim Loehr,
eds.; Little Sister, Kara Dalkey.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
Beggars Ride, Nancy Kress; Nadya, Pat Murphy; Brand
New Cherry Flavor, Todd Grimson; Stalking Tender
Prey, Storm Constantine; Scenting Hallowed Blood,
Storm Constantine; Mage Heart, Jane Routley; SHORT
TAKE: The Price of Blood and Honor, Elizabeth Willey.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Ticktock, Dean Koontz; Darkside: Horror for the Next
Millennium, John Pelan, ed.; Black Night, S.J.
Strayhorn; SHORT TAKES: The Mountain King, Rick
Hautala; Goon, Edward Lee & John Pelan.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 29
The Wood Wife, Terri Windling; The Golden Key,
Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, & Kate Elliott;
Nadya, Pat Murphy; Circle of One, Eric James
Fullilove.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
The Death Prayer, David Bowker; The Baby and Fly
Pie, Melvin Burgess; Cloud’s Rider, C.J. Cherryh;
Mageworlds: The Long Hunt, Debra Doyle & James
D. Macdonald; Luck in the Shadows, Lynn Flewelling;
Mr. Was, Pete Hauptman; The Time of the Ghost,
Diana Wynne Jones; A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan;
Storm Breaking, Mercedes Lackey; DreamWeaver,
Louise Lawrence; Kingmaker’s Sword, Ann
Marston; More Minds, Carol Mata7s & Perry Nodelman;
No One Noticed the Cat, Anne McCaffrey; Callahan’s
Legacy, Spider Robinson; Mage Heart, Jane Routley;
Welcome to the Ark, Stephanie S. Tolan; Wheel of
Dreams, Salinda Tyson; Quantum Moon, Denise
Vitola; Mennyms Alone, Sylvia Waugh.
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Publ isher & Editor -in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Edi tor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assi stant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi tors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Proj ects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 1996 Issue 429 Vol. 37 No. 4
29th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 Hugo Awards Winners/7 1946 Retrospective Hugo Awards Winners/7
Taylor and the SWAT/8 L.A.con III Draws 6,667/8 Masters of Fantasy/8
Jane Yolen Books Cancelled/8 1995 Chesley Awards Winners/8
ABA Show Changes Hands/9 After the King/9 Beagle’s New Unicorn/9
THE DATA FILE
Awards, Awards/9 Magic Millions/9 Announcements/9
Call for Papers/71 Readings & Signings/71 Publishing News/72
Financial News/72 Court Cases/72 Markets/72 Book News/72
Magazine News/72 Rights & Options/72 On-Line News/72
Multi-Media News/73 Publications Received/73 Catalogs Received/73
INTERVIEWS
Frederik Pohl: Fascinated Skeptic/4
Jack Williamson: A Thousand Wonders/4
SPECIAL
Complete Hugo Voting/34 1996 Hugo Awards Ceremony/36
Complete Retrospective Hugo Voting/75
INTERNATIONAL
SF in Portugal/42 SF in Croatia/42 SF in Israel/43
“Speaking Science Fiction” in Liverpool/45
OBITUARIES
Barbara Doherty/70 Gordon Benson, Jr./70
Gordon Benson, Jr.: An Appreciation by Phil Stephensen-Payne/70
Mayo Mohs/70 Og Mandino/70 Anti-Obituaries/70
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: August/48 Books Received: August/49
British Books: July/62 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
F&SF 9/96; Asimov’s 10-11 /96; Interzone 8/96; SF Age
9/96.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 17
Idoru, William Gibson; Night Sky Mine, Melissa Scott;
The Other End of Time, Frederik Pohl.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Idoru, William Gibson; Humpty Dumpty: An Oval,
Damon Knight; Blade Runner: Replicant Night, K.W.
Jeter; Spectrum III: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic
Art, Cathy Burnett, Arnie Fenner, & Jim Loehr,
eds.; Little Sister, Kara Dalkey.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
Beggars Ride, Nancy Kress; Nadya, Pat Murphy; Brand
New Cherry Flavor, Todd Grimson; Stalking Tender
Prey, Storm Constantine; Scenting Hallowed Blood,
Storm Constantine; Mage Heart, Jane Routley; SHORT
TAKE: The Price of Blood and Honor, Elizabeth Willey.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Ticktock, Dean Koontz; Darkside: Horror for the Next
Millennium, John Pelan, ed.; Black Night, S.J.
Strayhorn; SHORT TAKES: The Mountain King, Rick
Hautala; Goon, Edward Lee & John Pelan.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 29
The Wood Wife, Terri Windling; The Golden Key,
Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, & Kate Elliott;
Nadya, Pat Murphy; Circle of One, Eric James
Fullilove.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
The Death Prayer, David Bowker; The Baby and Fly
Pie, Melvin Burgess; Cloud’s Rider, C.J. Cherryh;
Mageworlds: The Long Hunt, Debra Doyle & James
D. Macdonald; Luck in the Shadows, Lynn Flewelling;
Mr. Was, Pete Hauptman; The Time of the Ghost,
Diana Wynne Jones; A Crown of Swords, Robert Jordan;
Storm Breaking, Mercedes Lackey; DreamWeaver,
Louise Lawrence; Kingmaker’s Sword, Ann
Marston; More Minds, Carol Mata7s & Perry Nodelman;
No One Noticed the Cat, Anne McCaffrey; Callahan’s
Legacy, Spider Robinson; Mage Heart, Jane Routley;
Welcome to the Ark, Stephanie S. Tolan; Wheel of
Dreams, Salinda Tyson; Quantum Moon, Denise
Vitola; Mennyms Alone, Sylvia Waugh.
LOCUS October 1996/3
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. E-mail:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via periodical
mail. In Canada: $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for
24 issues via periodical 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
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via air mail are $80.00 for 12 issues, $135.00 for 24 issues.
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on file for one year, so tell us if your subscription
is a renewal or completely new. British Subscription Agent:
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CAMBS PE14 9BU, UK. Japanese Subscription Agent:
\toshio Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku,
Tokyo, 145, Japan; Australian Subscription Agent: Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box2708X, Melbourne,
Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available.
Display advertising rates on request. ©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
offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Loeus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to Locus@Locusmag.com or
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