Table of Contents, November 1998
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ ishe r & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Electro nic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Edi t o r s
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Edi torial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Spe c i a l Proj e c t s
BETH GWINN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 1998 Issue 454 Vol. 41 No. 5
31 st Year of Publication 20-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Iran “Ends” Rushdie Death Threat/8
Bertelsmann Buys Stake in barnesandnoble.com/8
Saramago Wins Nobel Prize/8
Wightman & Marquis Win $4,000 Hubbard Prizes/8
Aurora Awards Winners/9
THE DATA FILE
Macmillan Bids for Cassell/9 Half the Best are SF?/9 Clarion Call/9
Announcements/9 Calls for Papers/9 Worldcon News/9
Readings & Signings/68 Awards News/68 International Awards News/68
Contest News/68 Legal News/68 Book News/68 Market News/68
Rights & Options/68 Publications Received/68 Catalogs Received/70
INTERVIEWS
P.D. Cacek: Seeing the Shadows/4
Lucy Taylor: The Enemy Within/6
INTERNATIONAL
SF in Southern Africa/32
SF in Australia 1998/36 SF in Brazil/37
OBITUARIES
Henrik Altov/66 Frank D. McSherry, Jr./66
Julien Green/66 James M. Rogers/66 Gaird Wallig/66
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/40 Magazines Received: September/44
Books Received: September/45 British Books: August/59
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
COMMENTARY
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Describing Our Field by Rob Chilson/29
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, Nicola
Griffith & Stephen Pagel, eds.; F&SF Oct/Nov 1998;
Asimov’s 9/98; Interzone 9/98; Realms of Fantasy
10/98; Popular Science 8/98; Event Horizon 9/98, Event
Horizon 10/98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Mission Child, Maureen F. McHugh; Blue Light, Walter
Mosley; Tea From an Empty Cup, Pat Cadigan; Mockingbird,
Sean Stewart; Proxies, Laura J. Mixon; Starlight
2, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed.; Spectrum 5:The
Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner
& Arnie Fenner, eds.; Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines:
A Fable, Ray Bradbury.
Reviews by Faren Miller /1 9
Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959, Kim
Newman; The Physiognomy, Jeffery Ford; Blue
Light, Walter Mosley; Messiah, Andrei Codrescu; The
Gilded Chain, Dave Duncan; Playing God, Sarah
Zettel.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Distraction, Bruce Sterling; Starfarers, Poul Anderson;
Stinger, Nancy Kress.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
Galilee, Clive Barker; Spree, Lucy Taylor; Inhuman
Beings, Jerry Jay Carroll; The Boar, Joe R. Lansdale;
SHORT TAKES: Noise & Other Night Terrors, Newton
E. Streeter; The Adventures of Threadwell the
Tailor, or Alterations Made While You Wait, P.D.
Cacek; Yours Truly, Jackie the Stripper, Edo van
Belkom.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
Once Upon a Time, Anonymous, ed.; Green Rider,
Kristen Britain; The Door in the Lake, Nancy Butts;
Beholder’s Eye, Julie E. Czerneda; Krondor the Betrayal,
Raymond E. Feist; Among the Hidden, Margaret
Peterson Haddix; Blue Moon, Laurell K. Hamilton;
The Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones;
Rules of Engagement, Elizabeth Moon; Under the
Cat’s Eye, Gillian Rubinstein; Playing God, Sarah
Zettel.
LOCUS November 1998/3
Publ ishe r & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
MARK R. KELLY
Electro nic Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Edi t o r s
JEFFREY PRUCHER
Edi torial As s i s tant
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Spe c i a l Proj e c t s
BETH GWINN
Photogr 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-
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Library 15, and maybe oth e r places.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 1998 Issue 454 Vol. 41 No. 5
31 st Year of Publication 20-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Iran “Ends” Rushdie Death Threat/8
Bertelsmann Buys Stake in barnesandnoble.com/8
Saramago Wins Nobel Prize/8
Wightman & Marquis Win $4,000 Hubbard Prizes/8
Aurora Awards Winners/9
THE DATA FILE
Macmillan Bids for Cassell/9 Half the Best are SF?/9 Clarion Call/9
Announcements/9 Calls for Papers/9 Worldcon News/9
Readings & Signings/68 Awards News/68 International Awards News/68
Contest News/68 Legal News/68 Book News/68 Market News/68
Rights & Options/68 Publications Received/68 Catalogs Received/70
INTERVIEWS
P.D. Cacek: Seeing the Shadows/4
Lucy Taylor: The Enemy Within/6
INTERNATIONAL
SF in Southern Africa/32
SF in Australia 1998/36 SF in Brazil/37
OBITUARIES
Henrik Altov/66 Frank D. McSherry, Jr./66
Julien Green/66 James M. Rogers/66 Gaird Wallig/66
LISTINGS
Convention Listings/40 Magazines Received: September/44
Books Received: September/45 British Books: August/59
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/74 Index to Ads/74
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/66 Editorial Matters/67
COMMENTARY
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Describing Our Field by Rob Chilson/29
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 3
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, Nicola
Griffith & Stephen Pagel, eds.; F&SF Oct/Nov 1998;
Asimov’s 9/98; Interzone 9/98; Realms of Fantasy
10/98; Popular Science 8/98; Event Horizon 9/98, Event
Horizon 10/98.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
Mission Child, Maureen F. McHugh; Blue Light, Walter
Mosley; Tea From an Empty Cup, Pat Cadigan; Mockingbird,
Sean Stewart; Proxies, Laura J. Mixon; Starlight
2, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, ed.; Spectrum 5:The
Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner
& Arnie Fenner, eds.; Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines:
A Fable, Ray Bradbury.
Reviews by Faren Miller /1 9
Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959, Kim
Newman; The Physiognomy, Jeffery Ford; Blue
Light, Walter Mosley; Messiah, Andrei Codrescu; The
Gilded Chain, Dave Duncan; Playing God, Sarah
Zettel.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Distraction, Bruce Sterling; Starfarers, Poul Anderson;
Stinger, Nancy Kress.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
Galilee, Clive Barker; Spree, Lucy Taylor; Inhuman
Beings, Jerry Jay Carroll; The Boar, Joe R. Lansdale;
SHORT TAKES: Noise & Other Night Terrors, Newton
E. Streeter; The Adventures of Threadwell the
Tailor, or Alterations Made While You Wait, P.D.
Cacek; Yours Truly, Jackie the Stripper, Edo van
Belkom.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
Once Upon a Time, Anonymous, ed.; Green Rider,
Kristen Britain; The Door in the Lake, Nancy Butts;
Beholder’s Eye, Julie E. Czerneda; Krondor the Betrayal,
Raymond E. Feist; Among the Hidden, Margaret
Peterson Haddix; Blue Moon, Laurell K. Hamilton;
The Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones;
Rules of Engagement, Elizabeth Moon; Under the
Cat’s Eye, Gillian Rubinstein; Playing God, Sarah
Zettel.
LOCUS November 1998/3
