Table of Contents, March 1998
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chi ef
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Mana ging Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Editor s
EDWARD BRYANT
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributin g Editors
JONATHAN STRAHAN
Vi si ting Editor
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Spec i a l Pr oject s
BETH GWINN
Photog r aphe r
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 1998 Issue 446 Vol. 40 No. 3
31 st Year o f Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Clarke Denies Tabloid Accusations/8
Amazing Stories Revival/8
Tor Gains Status/8
Stoker Changes and Awards Banquet/8
Tor Gets Legends/8
BSFA Awards Nominations/9
1997 Nebula Awards Final Ballot/9
Leisure Settles Lawsuit/9
British Book Summary 1997/9
THE DATA FILE
New French Magazine Appears/9 Aesop Revisited/9
Wyndham Estate Wanted/9 Announcements/9
Worldcons Update/73 Magazine News/73
Call for Papers/73 Readings & Signings/73
Crawford Award/73 Prometheus Award Judges/73
Awards News/73 Publishing News/73
Legal News/73 Book News/73
Financial News/73 Rights & Options/74
Publications Received/74 Catalogs Received/74
INTERVIEWS
Tim Powers: In Praise of Paranoia/4
Michael Swanwick: Of All Plausible Worlds/6
OBITUARIES
Jo Clayton/70 Lawrence Sanders/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/34 British Forthcoming Books/44
Convention Listings/50 Magazines Received: January/54
Books Received: January/55 British Books: December/63
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
Interzone 1/98; Asimov’s 4/98; F&SF 2/98; Analog 3/98;
Analog 4/98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Foundation and Chaos, Greg Bear; Outpost, Scott
Mackay; Halfway Human, Carolyn Ives Gilman; The
First Immortal, James L. Halperin.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Shadow Eater, A.A. Attanasio; The Plague Saint,
Rita Donovan; Flesh and Gold, Phyllis Gotlieb; Exile’s
Return, Kate Jacoby; Dragon’s Winter, Elizabeth A.
Lynn; SHORT TAKE: Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems
and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, var. artists.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Children of God, Mary Doria Russell; Rogue Star,
Michael Flynn; Ports of Call, Jack Vance; SHORT
TAKE: Vance Space, Michael Andre-Driussi.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Burning Bright, Jay S. Russell; The Tooth Fairy, Graham
Joyce; The Best of Cemetery Dance, Richard
Chizmar, ed.; SHORT TAKE: The Ten Ounce Siesta,
Norman Partridge.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
Daughter of the Blood, Anne Bishop; Bloodsport,
William R. Burkett, Jr.; The Enchantresses, Vera
Chapman; Fortress of Eagles, C.J. Cherryh; Exile’s
Return, Kate Jacoby; Oathblood, Mercedes Lackey;
The War God’s Own, David Weber; More than Honor,
David Weber, David Drake & S.M. Stirling.
LOCUS March 1998/3
Publisher & Editor-in-Chi ef
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Mana ging Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Editor s
EDWARD BRYANT
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributin g Editors
JONATHAN STRAHAN
Vi si ting Editor
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Spec i a l Pr oject s
BETH GWINN
Photog r aphe r
Locus, The Newspaper of the S cience Fiction Field (ISSN
0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.95 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
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
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must be drawn on a US bank and include computer encoding
numbers at bottom. When converting from periodical
mail to first class delivery, please convert all remaining
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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.
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 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. 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: h ttp://
w w w .L o c u sm a g .c om ; L o c u s P oll 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/. Unofficial Web Site: Index to
Locus’s book reviews, interviews and obituaries from
4 /8 7 to 6/96: h ttp ://o u rw o rld .c om p u s e rv e .c om /
homepages/carycwt or CompuServe at GOSFLIT,
L ibrary 15. and maybe other places.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 1998 Issue 446 Vol. 40 No. 3
31 st Year o f Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Clarke Denies Tabloid Accusations/8
Amazing Stories Revival/8
Tor Gains Status/8
Stoker Changes and Awards Banquet/8
Tor Gets Legends/8
BSFA Awards Nominations/9
1997 Nebula Awards Final Ballot/9
Leisure Settles Lawsuit/9
British Book Summary 1997/9
THE DATA FILE
New French Magazine Appears/9 Aesop Revisited/9
Wyndham Estate Wanted/9 Announcements/9
Worldcons Update/73 Magazine News/73
Call for Papers/73 Readings & Signings/73
Crawford Award/73 Prometheus Award Judges/73
Awards News/73 Publishing News/73
Legal News/73 Book News/73
Financial News/73 Rights & Options/74
Publications Received/74 Catalogs Received/74
INTERVIEWS
Tim Powers: In Praise of Paranoia/4
Michael Swanwick: Of All Plausible Worlds/6
OBITUARIES
Jo Clayton/70 Lawrence Sanders/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/34 British Forthcoming Books/44
Convention Listings/50 Magazines Received: January/54
Books Received: January/55 British Books: December/63
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
Interzone 1/98; Asimov’s 4/98; F&SF 2/98; Analog 3/98;
Analog 4/98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Foundation and Chaos, Greg Bear; Outpost, Scott
Mackay; Halfway Human, Carolyn Ives Gilman; The
First Immortal, James L. Halperin.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Shadow Eater, A.A. Attanasio; The Plague Saint,
Rita Donovan; Flesh and Gold, Phyllis Gotlieb; Exile’s
Return, Kate Jacoby; Dragon’s Winter, Elizabeth A.
Lynn; SHORT TAKE: Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems
and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, var. artists.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Children of God, Mary Doria Russell; Rogue Star,
Michael Flynn; Ports of Call, Jack Vance; SHORT
TAKE: Vance Space, Michael Andre-Driussi.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Burning Bright, Jay S. Russell; The Tooth Fairy, Graham
Joyce; The Best of Cemetery Dance, Richard
Chizmar, ed.; SHORT TAKE: The Ten Ounce Siesta,
Norman Partridge.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
Daughter of the Blood, Anne Bishop; Bloodsport,
William R. Burkett, Jr.; The Enchantresses, Vera
Chapman; Fortress of Eagles, C.J. Cherryh; Exile’s
Return, Kate Jacoby; Oathblood, Mercedes Lackey;
The War God’s Own, David Weber; More than Honor,
David Weber, David Drake & S.M. Stirling.
LOCUS March 1998/3
