Table of Contents, August 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 1997 Issue 439 Vol. 39 No. 2
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1997 Locus Awards Winners/7
McAuley, Kress Win Campbell, Sturgeon Memorial Awards/8
1996 Stoker Awards/8 Wizards Meets TSR Bills/8 UPC SF Contest/8
SF at the SF ALA/8 HarperCollins Cancels Books/9
SFWA Attacks Writers’ Problems/9
THE DATA FILE
Annoucements/9 Call For Papers/9 Readings & Signing/9
On the Web/9 Awards News/9 Financial News/9
Worldcon Update/71 Bookstore News/71 Book News/71
Magazine News/71 Rights & Options/71
Publications Received/71 Catalogs Received/72
INTERVIEWS
Jane Yolen:Telling Tales/4
Steven Gould & Laura J. Mixon:Two by Two/6
LOCUS AWARDS
Locus Awards Banquet/7 Locus Poll Results/34
CONVENTIONS
HWA Annual Meeting/40
PHOTO STORIES
Around the Bookstores/41
OBITUARIES
Mervyn Wall/66 Amos Tutuola/66 Tom Perry/66
Death Announced: Geoffrey Dearmer/66
Robert Hoskins: An Appreciation by Alan Brennert/66
Bob Hoskins: An Appreciation by Dean Koontz/66
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/44
Books Received: June/45 British Books: May/58
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/33 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
SF Age 7/97; F&SF 7/97; Interzone 5/97; Analog 9/97;
Meanjin 1.1997;Omni Online 5/97.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute & John
Grant, eds.; The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, Ellen
Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.; Think Like a Dinosaur
and Other Stories, James Patrick Kelly; Days of Cain,
J.R. Dunn.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Great Wheel, Ian R. MacLeod; Future Indefinite,
Dave Duncan; Earthquake Weather, Tim Powers; A
Song of Stone, lain Banks; The Moon and the Sun,
Vonda N. McIntyre.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Oracle, Ian Watson; Washington’s Dirigible, John
Barnes, Caesar’s Bicycle, John Barnes; Frameshift,
Robert J. Sawyer.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Millennium/Revelations, Douglas E. Winter, ed.;The
Ruby Tear, Rebecca Brand, Don’t Dream, Donald
Wandrei.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 29
The Seven Songs of Merlin, T.A. Barron; The Shadow
Matrix, Marion Zimmer Bradley; The City of Exile,
Deborah Turner Harris; The Barbed Coil, J.V. Jones;
Shade’s Children, Garth Nix; The Subtle Knife, Philip
Pullman; The Conjurer Princess, Vivian Vande Velde;
Opalite Moon, Denise Vitola; Donnerjack, Roger
Zelazny & Jane Lindskold.
Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 31
Winter Tides, James P. Blaylock; Finity’s End, C.J.
Cherryh; Fortress on the Sun, Paul Cook; Dance to
the Sun, William Esrac; Wyrm, Mark Fabi; The Nature
of Smoke, Anne Harris.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
JONATHAN STRAHAN
Visiting Editor
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projec ts
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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LOCUS August 1997/3
August 1997 Issue 439 Vol. 39 No. 2
30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1997 Locus Awards Winners/7
McAuley, Kress Win Campbell, Sturgeon Memorial Awards/8
1996 Stoker Awards/8 Wizards Meets TSR Bills/8 UPC SF Contest/8
SF at the SF ALA/8 HarperCollins Cancels Books/9
SFWA Attacks Writers’ Problems/9
THE DATA FILE
Annoucements/9 Call For Papers/9 Readings & Signing/9
On the Web/9 Awards News/9 Financial News/9
Worldcon Update/71 Bookstore News/71 Book News/71
Magazine News/71 Rights & Options/71
Publications Received/71 Catalogs Received/72
INTERVIEWS
Jane Yolen:Telling Tales/4
Steven Gould & Laura J. Mixon:Two by Two/6
LOCUS AWARDS
Locus Awards Banquet/7 Locus Poll Results/34
CONVENTIONS
HWA Annual Meeting/40
PHOTO STORIES
Around the Bookstores/41
OBITUARIES
Mervyn Wall/66 Amos Tutuola/66 Tom Perry/66
Death Announced: Geoffrey Dearmer/66
Robert Hoskins: An Appreciation by Alan Brennert/66
Bob Hoskins: An Appreciation by Dean Koontz/66
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/44
Books Received: June/45 British Books: May/58
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 QuotePage/33 Editorial Matters/67
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
SF Age 7/97; F&SF 7/97; Interzone 5/97; Analog 9/97;
Meanjin 1.1997;Omni Online 5/97.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute & John
Grant, eds.; The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, Ellen
Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.; Think Like a Dinosaur
and Other Stories, James Patrick Kelly; Days of Cain,
J.R. Dunn.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Great Wheel, Ian R. MacLeod; Future Indefinite,
Dave Duncan; Earthquake Weather, Tim Powers; A
Song of Stone, lain Banks; The Moon and the Sun,
Vonda N. McIntyre.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Oracle, Ian Watson; Washington’s Dirigible, John
Barnes, Caesar’s Bicycle, John Barnes; Frameshift,
Robert J. Sawyer.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Millennium/Revelations, Douglas E. Winter, ed.;The
Ruby Tear, Rebecca Brand, Don’t Dream, Donald
Wandrei.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 29
The Seven Songs of Merlin, T.A. Barron; The Shadow
Matrix, Marion Zimmer Bradley; The City of Exile,
Deborah Turner Harris; The Barbed Coil, J.V. Jones;
Shade’s Children, Garth Nix; The Subtle Knife, Philip
Pullman; The Conjurer Princess, Vivian Vande Velde;
Opalite Moon, Denise Vitola; Donnerjack, Roger
Zelazny & Jane Lindskold.
Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 31
Winter Tides, James P. Blaylock; Finity’s End, C.J.
Cherryh; Fortress on the Sun, Paul Cook; Dance to
the Sun, William Esrac; Wyrm, Mark Fabi; The Nature
of Smoke, Anne Harris.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
JONATHAN STRAHAN
Visiting Editor
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projec ts
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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 o r South America
via air mail are $70.00 for 12 issues, $120.00 for 24 issues.
Individual subscriptions to Australia, Asia, or A frica
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
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numbers at bottom. When converting from periodical
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is that of the last issue on your present subscription. If
you change your address, please notify us immediately.
Periodical 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 BooksG.P.O. Box2708X, Melbourne,
Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available.
Display advertising rates on request. ©1997 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 Locus 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
by fax to 510-339-8144.
Official Locus Web Sites. Locus Web Page: http://
w w w .L o c u sm a g .c om ; L o c u s P o ll D a ta b a s e :
www.sff.net/locus/poll/index.html; Locus index to
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror 1984-1996: http:/
/www.sff.net/locus/. U n officia l Web Site: Index to
Locus’s book reviews, interviews and obituaries from
4/87 to 6/96: h ttp ://h om e .a o l.c om /o n e iro v o x or
CompuServe at GOSFLIT, Library 15, and maybe
other places.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
LOCUS August 1997/3
