Table of Contents, June 1998
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Manag ing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Ele c t ronic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
E d i to r s
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Edi tor ia l As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibu t in g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
S p e c ia l Proje c t s
BETH GWINN
Photog raphe r
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 1998 Issue 449 Vol. 40 No. 6
31 st Year o f Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1997 Nebula Awards Winners/8
Bertelsmann Purchase of Random House Hits Glitch/8
Chesley Awards Nominations/8
Crown’s Future in Doubt/8
Asimov’s and Analog Awards/8
Worldcon Hotel Problems/8
Simon & Schuster Split/9
Amazon.com On the Move/9
THE DATA FILE
Fraudulent Editing Agency Fined/9
Canadian Publisher Commonwealth Vanishes/9
Another SF Hall of Fame/9 Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Awards News/70 Contest News/71 Legal News/71
Publishing News/71 Financial News/71 Magazine News/71
Book News/72 Multi-Media Received/72 Publications Received/72
INTERVIEW
S.P. Somtow: Man of Many Arts/4
CONVENTION
1998 Nebula Awards Weekend/46
OBITUARIES
Jerome Bixby/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/30 British Forthcoming Books/42
Magazines Received: April/50 Books Received: April/51
British Books: March/62 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Commentary: John Clute/27
People & Publishing/10 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
F&SF 5/98; Science Fiction Age 5/98; Analog 6/98; Interzone
4/98; Odyssey#2; Ms. 3-4/98; Omni Online4/
98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Year’s Best SF 3, David G. Hartwell, ed.; The Year’s
Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection,
Gardner Dozois, ed.; The Year’s Best Australian Science
Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 2, Jonathan Strahan
& Jeremy G. Byrne, eds.; The Year’s Best Fantasy
and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow
& Terri Windling, eds.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper; Darwinia, Robert
Charles Wilson; The Innamorati, Midori Snyder; The
Wolf and the Crown, A.A. Attanasio; Daughter of Troy,
Sarah B. Franklin; SHORT TAKE: Kalimantaan, C.S.
Godshalk.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson; Prisoner of Conscience,
Susan R. Matthews; Child of the River, Paul
J. McAuley.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
One of Us, Michael Marshall Smith; Night Prayers,
P.D. Cacek; The Darkest Thirst, Anonymous,ed.;
Carmilla: the Return, Kyle Marffin; The Reel Stuff,
Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; SHORT
TAKE: The Cellar, Richard Laymon.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25
Wit’ch Fire, James Clemens; Bhagavati, Kara Dalkey;
The Heavenward Path, Kara Dalkey; A Chill in the
Blood, P.N. Elrod; Newton’s Cannon, J. Gregory
Keyes; The Second Lady Emily, Allison Lane; The
Painter Knight, Fiona Patton; Circle of Magic: Tris’s
Book, Tamora Pierce; Court Duel, Sherwood Smith.
LOCUS June 1998/3
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Manag ing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Ele c t ronic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
E d i to r s
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Edi tor ia l As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibu t in g Edi tor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
S p e c ia l Proje c t s
BETH GWINN
Photog raphe r
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science 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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Periodical mail is not forwarded; it is either returned or
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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. Box 2708X, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia.
Bookseller discounts available. Display advertising
rates on request. ©1998 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: http://
www.Locusmag.com; Locus Poll Database:
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
Locusts book reviews, interviews and obituaries from
4/87 to 6/96: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/
homepages/carycwt or CompuServe at GOSFLIT,
Library 15. and maybe other places.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 1998 Issue 449 Vol. 40 No. 6
31 st Year o f Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1997 Nebula Awards Winners/8
Bertelsmann Purchase of Random House Hits Glitch/8
Chesley Awards Nominations/8
Crown’s Future in Doubt/8
Asimov’s and Analog Awards/8
Worldcon Hotel Problems/8
Simon & Schuster Split/9
Amazon.com On the Move/9
THE DATA FILE
Fraudulent Editing Agency Fined/9
Canadian Publisher Commonwealth Vanishes/9
Another SF Hall of Fame/9 Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Awards News/70 Contest News/71 Legal News/71
Publishing News/71 Financial News/71 Magazine News/71
Book News/72 Multi-Media Received/72 Publications Received/72
INTERVIEW
S.P. Somtow: Man of Many Arts/4
CONVENTION
1998 Nebula Awards Weekend/46
OBITUARIES
Jerome Bixby/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/30 British Forthcoming Books/42
Magazines Received: April/50 Books Received: April/51
British Books: March/62 Bestsellers/68
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Commentary: John Clute/27
People & Publishing/10 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
F&SF 5/98; Science Fiction Age 5/98; Analog 6/98; Interzone
4/98; Odyssey#2; Ms. 3-4/98; Omni Online4/
98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Year’s Best SF 3, David G. Hartwell, ed.; The Year’s
Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection,
Gardner Dozois, ed.; The Year’s Best Australian Science
Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 2, Jonathan Strahan
& Jeremy G. Byrne, eds.; The Year’s Best Fantasy
and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow
& Terri Windling, eds.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper; Darwinia, Robert
Charles Wilson; The Innamorati, Midori Snyder; The
Wolf and the Crown, A.A. Attanasio; Daughter of Troy,
Sarah B. Franklin; SHORT TAKE: Kalimantaan, C.S.
Godshalk.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson; Prisoner of Conscience,
Susan R. Matthews; Child of the River, Paul
J. McAuley.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
One of Us, Michael Marshall Smith; Night Prayers,
P.D. Cacek; The Darkest Thirst, Anonymous,ed.;
Carmilla: the Return, Kyle Marffin; The Reel Stuff,
Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; SHORT
TAKE: The Cellar, Richard Laymon.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25
Wit’ch Fire, James Clemens; Bhagavati, Kara Dalkey;
The Heavenward Path, Kara Dalkey; A Chill in the
Blood, P.N. Elrod; Newton’s Cannon, J. Gregory
Keyes; The Second Lady Emily, Allison Lane; The
Painter Knight, Fiona Patton; Circle of Magic: Tris’s
Book, Tamora Pierce; Court Duel, Sherwood Smith.
LOCUS June 1998/3
