Table of Contents, January 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 1997 Issue 432 Vol. 38 No. 1
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Dean Koontz New Super-Deal/8 Putnam Berkley Sold to Penguin/8
Elizabeth A. Lynn Returns to Fantasy/8 US Leads Global Book Market/8
THE DATA FILE
Idoru Comes Early: Japan’s Virtual Popstar/9
Swedish SF Shop Rides Fantasy Boom/9 US Chain Store Sales Rise/9
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Publishing News/9
Legal News/9 Worldcon Update/70 Magazine News/70
International Awards/70 Award News/70 Contest News/70
Recommended Reading/70 Rights/70 Online Update/70
Publications Received/70 Audio Received/70 Catalogs Received/70
INTERVIEWS
Connie Willis: Serious Funny Business/4
Bradley Denton: Riding the Line/6
CONVENTIONS
1996 World Fantasy Convention: Reports by: Gary K. Wolfe/30
Russell Letson/33 Mark R. Kelly/71 Edward Bryant/72
INTERNATIONAL
SF in China/35 SF in Brazil/36 SF in Australia/37
SF in Iberia: Convention Reports by: Charles N. Brown/38
Gay Haldeman/38 Joan Manel Ortiz/39
OBITUARIES
Cheri Lynn “ Tomi” Lewis/66
Appreciations by: Edward Bryant/66 Norman Partridge/66 Joe R. Lansdale/66
Joni Stopa/66
LISTINGS
International Book & Magazines Received/42 Convention Listings/44
Magazines Received: November/46 Books Received: November/47
British Books: October/58 Bestsellers/64
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Realms of Fantasy 10/96; Realms of Fantasy 12/96;
Terra Incognita Issue #1, Winter 96/97; Interzone
11/96; Asimov’s 2/97; Quicker Than the Eye, Ray
Bradbury.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Corrupting Dr. Nice, John Kessel; Black Wine, Candas
Jane Dorsey; Standard Candles, Jack McDevitt; Blue
Limbo, Terence M. Green.
Reviews by Faren Miller /1 9
Assassin’s Quest, Robin Hobb; Present Tense, Dave
Duncan; The Seer King, Chris Bunch; Trader, Charles
de Lint; The Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex; The Venetian’s
Wife, Nick Bantock; A City in Winter, Mark Helprin.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Deception Well, Linda Nagata; The Billion Dollar Boy,
Charles Sheffield; Blue Limbo, Terence M. Green.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
The Pavilion of Frozen Women, S.P. Somtow; Cage
of Night, Ed Gorman; Atomic Chili, Joe R. Lansdale;
SHORT TAKES: Forest Plains, Peter Crowther.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 25
Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey; Sabriel, Garth Nix;
Faraday’s Orphans, N. Lee Wood; SHORT TAKES:
The Sweetheart Season, Karen Joy Fowler; The Soprano
Sorceress, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 27
Mathemagics, Margaret Ball; Scale of Dragon Tooth
of Wolf; Sue Isle; The Forging of the Shadows, Oliver
Johnson; Firebird, Mercedes Lackey; Once a Hero,
Elizabeth Moon; First Dawn, Mike Moscoe; The Ship
Errant, Jody Lynn Nye; Dry Water, Eric S. Nylund; The
Mask of Caliban, Michael Pryor; Waterbound, Jane
Stemp; The Marvellous Land of Snergs, E.A. Wyke-
Smith.
LOCUS January 1997 / 3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ i she r & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tor 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 ibutin g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Speci al Proj e ct s
BETH GWINN
P h o to g r a p he r
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January 1997 Issue 432 Vol. 38 No. 1
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Dean Koontz New Super-Deal/8 Putnam Berkley Sold to Penguin/8
Elizabeth A. Lynn Returns to Fantasy/8 US Leads Global Book Market/8
THE DATA FILE
Idoru Comes Early: Japan’s Virtual Popstar/9
Swedish SF Shop Rides Fantasy Boom/9 US Chain Store Sales Rise/9
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Publishing News/9
Legal News/9 Worldcon Update/70 Magazine News/70
International Awards/70 Award News/70 Contest News/70
Recommended Reading/70 Rights/70 Online Update/70
Publications Received/70 Audio Received/70 Catalogs Received/70
INTERVIEWS
Connie Willis: Serious Funny Business/4
Bradley Denton: Riding the Line/6
CONVENTIONS
1996 World Fantasy Convention: Reports by: Gary K. Wolfe/30
Russell Letson/33 Mark R. Kelly/71 Edward Bryant/72
INTERNATIONAL
SF in China/35 SF in Brazil/36 SF in Australia/37
SF in Iberia: Convention Reports by: Charles N. Brown/38
Gay Haldeman/38 Joan Manel Ortiz/39
OBITUARIES
Cheri Lynn “ Tomi” Lewis/66
Appreciations by: Edward Bryant/66 Norman Partridge/66 Joe R. Lansdale/66
Joni Stopa/66
LISTINGS
International Book & Magazines Received/42 Convention Listings/44
Magazines Received: November/46 Books Received: November/47
British Books: October/58 Bestsellers/64
Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Realms of Fantasy 10/96; Realms of Fantasy 12/96;
Terra Incognita Issue #1, Winter 96/97; Interzone
11/96; Asimov’s 2/97; Quicker Than the Eye, Ray
Bradbury.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Corrupting Dr. Nice, John Kessel; Black Wine, Candas
Jane Dorsey; Standard Candles, Jack McDevitt; Blue
Limbo, Terence M. Green.
Reviews by Faren Miller /1 9
Assassin’s Quest, Robin Hobb; Present Tense, Dave
Duncan; The Seer King, Chris Bunch; Trader, Charles
de Lint; The Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex; The Venetian’s
Wife, Nick Bantock; A City in Winter, Mark Helprin.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Deception Well, Linda Nagata; The Billion Dollar Boy,
Charles Sheffield; Blue Limbo, Terence M. Green.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
The Pavilion of Frozen Women, S.P. Somtow; Cage
of Night, Ed Gorman; Atomic Chili, Joe R. Lansdale;
SHORT TAKES: Forest Plains, Peter Crowther.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 25
Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey; Sabriel, Garth Nix;
Faraday’s Orphans, N. Lee Wood; SHORT TAKES:
The Sweetheart Season, Karen Joy Fowler; The Soprano
Sorceress, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 27
Mathemagics, Margaret Ball; Scale of Dragon Tooth
of Wolf; Sue Isle; The Forging of the Shadows, Oliver
Johnson; Firebird, Mercedes Lackey; Once a Hero,
Elizabeth Moon; First Dawn, Mike Moscoe; The Ship
Errant, Jody Lynn Nye; Dry Water, Eric S. Nylund; The
Mask of Caliban, Michael Pryor; Waterbound, Jane
Stemp; The Marvellous Land of Snergs, E.A. Wyke-
Smith.
LOCUS January 1997 / 3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ i she r & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tor 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 ibutin g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Speci al Proj e ct s
BETH GWINN
P h o to g r a p he 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. E-mail:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via periodical
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24 issues via periodical mail. First class individual subscriptions
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Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available.
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