Table of Contents, July 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 1998 Issue 450 Vol. 41 No. 1
31 st Year of Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Editors
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Editorial Assistant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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0047*4959), is published monthly, at $4.95 per copy, by
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror 1984-1996: http:/
/www.sff.net/locus/. Unofficial Web Site: Index to
Locus’s book reviews, interviews and obituaries from
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homepages/carycwt or CompuServe at GOSFLIT,
Library 15, and maybe other places.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
Author Arrested in Bolivia/8 Russell Wins Clarke Award/8
Stoker Awards/8 BDD/Random Merger OK’d/8
Amazing Contents/8
THE DATA FILE
Portable E-Books Coming Soon/9 Coming Events/9 Worldcon Woes/9
Riggio Attacks ABA/9 Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Awards News/68 International Awards/68 Legal News/68
Finanacial News/68 Magazine News/69
Book News/69 Online Bookselling/69
Market News/69 Rights & Options/69
INTERVIEWS
Stephen Baxter: Future Dilemmas/4
Tricia Sullivan: Facing the Music/6
CONVENTIONS
1998 World Horror Convention/38
1998 BookExpo America/39
INTERNATIONAL
SF in France: Galaxiales ’98/41
Alan D. Williams/66 Alan D. Williams: An Appreciation by Stephen King/66
Wolf Mankowitz/66 Hammond Innes/66 Dame Catherine Cookson/66
Ardis Waters/66 Wally Gonser/66 Mary Elizabeth Grenander/66
Roy Walter Burgess/66 DEATH ANNOUNCED: Alfred Saunders/66
OBITUARIES
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/44 Magazines Received: May/46
Books Received: May/47 British Books:April/59
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/67 Editorial Matters/67
COMMENTARY
The Truman Show by Gary K. Wolfe/35
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 5
F&SF 6/98; Interzone 5/98; This is the Year Zero, Andrew
Weiner (two stories); One Day Closer to Death,
Bradley Denton (one story).
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 9
Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper; Darwinia, Robert
Charles Wilson; Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo
Hopkinson; Full Tide of Night, J.R. Dunn; Accidental
Creatures, Anne Harris.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
The Iron Bridge, David Morse; Kirinya, Ian McDonald;
Land of the Golden Clouds, Archie Weller; Girl in
Landscape, Jonathan Lethem; Inhuman Beings, Jerry
Jay Carroll; Cocaine Nights, J.G. Ballard; SHORT
TAKE: Kissing the Beehive, Jonathan Carroll.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 27
The Centurion’s Empire, Sean McMullen; Factoring
Humanity, Robert J. Sawyer; Starswarm, Jerry
Pournelle; O Pioneer!, Frederik Pohl.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 29
The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard, Jack Ketchum;
Five Worlds #3: Return, Al Sarrantonio; SHORT
TAKES: Horror:The 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones
& Kim Newman, eds.; Curse of the Magazine Killers,
Gary Jonas; Expiry Date, Carol Anne Davis; The Case
of the Police Officer’s Cock Ring and the Piano
Player Who Had No Fingers, Ed Lee & John Pelan.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
The Door Through Washington Square, Elaine
Bergstrom; The Sum of All Men aka The Runelords,
David Farland; Holiday in Death, J.D. Robb; The Compass
of the Soul, Sean Russell; The Islander, Cynthia
Rylant; Heroes Die, Matthew Woodring Stover; The
Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire, S.A. Swiniarski; Echoes
of Honor, David Weber; Fool’s Joust, Crystal Wood.
Short Reviews by Preston Grassmann / 33
Full Tide of Night, J.R. Dunn; Deepdrive, Alexander
Jablokov; Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes; Berserkers:
The Beginning, Fred Saberhagen; Girl in
Landscape, Jonathan Lethem.
LOCUS July 1998 / 3
July 1998 Issue 450 Vol. 41 No. 1
31 st Year of Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Editors
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Editorial Assistant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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
payable directly in US funds only. Overseas checks
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
issues on your present subscription ($1.00 per
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 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. RO. 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.RO. 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, PO. 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
Locus’s 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.
Author Arrested in Bolivia/8 Russell Wins Clarke Award/8
Stoker Awards/8 BDD/Random Merger OK’d/8
Amazing Contents/8
THE DATA FILE
Portable E-Books Coming Soon/9 Coming Events/9 Worldcon Woes/9
Riggio Attacks ABA/9 Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9
Awards News/68 International Awards/68 Legal News/68
Finanacial News/68 Magazine News/69
Book News/69 Online Bookselling/69
Market News/69 Rights & Options/69
INTERVIEWS
Stephen Baxter: Future Dilemmas/4
Tricia Sullivan: Facing the Music/6
CONVENTIONS
1998 World Horror Convention/38
1998 BookExpo America/39
INTERNATIONAL
SF in France: Galaxiales ’98/41
Alan D. Williams/66 Alan D. Williams: An Appreciation by Stephen King/66
Wolf Mankowitz/66 Hammond Innes/66 Dame Catherine Cookson/66
Ardis Waters/66 Wally Gonser/66 Mary Elizabeth Grenander/66
Roy Walter Burgess/66 DEATH ANNOUNCED: Alfred Saunders/66
OBITUARIES
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/44 Magazines Received: May/46
Books Received: May/47 British Books:April/59
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/67 Editorial Matters/67
COMMENTARY
The Truman Show by Gary K. Wolfe/35
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 5
F&SF 6/98; Interzone 5/98; This is the Year Zero, Andrew
Weiner (two stories); One Day Closer to Death,
Bradley Denton (one story).
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 9
Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper; Darwinia, Robert
Charles Wilson; Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo
Hopkinson; Full Tide of Night, J.R. Dunn; Accidental
Creatures, Anne Harris.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
The Iron Bridge, David Morse; Kirinya, Ian McDonald;
Land of the Golden Clouds, Archie Weller; Girl in
Landscape, Jonathan Lethem; Inhuman Beings, Jerry
Jay Carroll; Cocaine Nights, J.G. Ballard; SHORT
TAKE: Kissing the Beehive, Jonathan Carroll.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 27
The Centurion’s Empire, Sean McMullen; Factoring
Humanity, Robert J. Sawyer; Starswarm, Jerry
Pournelle; O Pioneer!, Frederik Pohl.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 29
The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard, Jack Ketchum;
Five Worlds #3: Return, Al Sarrantonio; SHORT
TAKES: Horror:The 100 Best Books, Stephen Jones
& Kim Newman, eds.; Curse of the Magazine Killers,
Gary Jonas; Expiry Date, Carol Anne Davis; The Case
of the Police Officer’s Cock Ring and the Piano
Player Who Had No Fingers, Ed Lee & John Pelan.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
The Door Through Washington Square, Elaine
Bergstrom; The Sum of All Men aka The Runelords,
David Farland; Holiday in Death, J.D. Robb; The Compass
of the Soul, Sean Russell; The Islander, Cynthia
Rylant; Heroes Die, Matthew Woodring Stover; The
Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire, S.A. Swiniarski; Echoes
of Honor, David Weber; Fool’s Joust, Crystal Wood.
Short Reviews by Preston Grassmann / 33
Full Tide of Night, J.R. Dunn; Deepdrive, Alexander
Jablokov; Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes; Berserkers:
The Beginning, Fred Saberhagen; Girl in
Landscape, Jonathan Lethem.
LOCUS July 1998 / 3
