Table of Contents, March 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 1999 Issue 458 Vol. 42 No.3
32nd Year of Publication 20-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1998 Nebula Awards Final Ballot/11
King Pulls a Fast One/10
Amazon.com Ad-mission/10
Tiptree Award Announced/10
1999 Clarke Award Nominations/10
Arthur C. Clarke Centre Planned/10
1998 BSFA Awards Nominations/10
Stoker Awards Weekend/10
1999 Philip K. Dick Award Judges/11
1998 Chain Bestsellers/11
THE DATA FILE
SFWA Meets FTC/11 Aussiecon Three Update/11
Print-on-Demand Expands/11 Legal News/11
Announcements/71 Awards/71
Readings & Signings/71 Contest News/71
Financial News/71 Book News/72 Rights/72
Publications Received/72 Multi-Media Received/72
Catalogs Received/72
INTERVIEWS
Gahan Wilson: Comedy & Horror/4
Sean Stewart: Truths of One/8
OBITUARIES
Frank McConnell/70
Frank McConnell:An Appreciation by Daryl F. Mallett/70
Sarah Delany/70 Gonzalo Torrente Ballester/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/34 British Forthcoming Books/44
Convention Listings/50 Magazines Received: January/52
Books Received: January/53 British Books: December/63
Bestsellers/68 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COMMENTARY
Dead and Buried, Jay Russell/31
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
Amazing Stories Winter ’99; Interzone 1/99; F&SF 1/
99; SF Age 1/99; Asimov’s 1/99; The New Yorker Feb 1
’99; Playboy 2/99.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Dreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb,
eds.; The Dragons of Springplace, Robert Reed;
Dakota Dreamin’, Bill Johnson; reMix, Jon Courtenay
Grimwood.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
Cavalcade, Alison Sinclair; Dragonshadow, Barbara
Hambly; Climb the Wind, Pamela Sargent; Dog Eat
Dog, Jerry Jay Carroll; Minions of the Moon, Richard
Bowes.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Tower of Dreams, Jamil Nasir; Hour of Judgment,
Susan R. Matthews; Finity, John Barnes.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, Ellen Datlow &
Terri Windling, eds.; Storm of the Century, Stephen
King; Biofire, Ray Garton; Lynch: A Gothik Western,
Nancy A. Collins; SHORT TAKE: Day of the Dead: An
Annotated Babylon 5 Script, Neil Gaiman.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman /29
Angels Turn Their Backs, Margaret Buffie; Dark Nadir,
Lisanne Norman; The Shadow of Albion, Andre
Norton & Rosemary Edghill; The Sterkarm Handshake,
Susan Price; Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets, J.K. Rowling; Of Swords and Spells, Delia
Marshall Turner; Never Trust a Dead Man, Vivian
Vande Velde; Black on Black, K.D. Wentworth.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Editor-in-Chief
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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March 1999 Issue 458 Vol. 42 No.3
32nd Year of Publication 20-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1998 Nebula Awards Final Ballot/11
King Pulls a Fast One/10
Amazon.com Ad-mission/10
Tiptree Award Announced/10
1999 Clarke Award Nominations/10
Arthur C. Clarke Centre Planned/10
1998 BSFA Awards Nominations/10
Stoker Awards Weekend/10
1999 Philip K. Dick Award Judges/11
1998 Chain Bestsellers/11
THE DATA FILE
SFWA Meets FTC/11 Aussiecon Three Update/11
Print-on-Demand Expands/11 Legal News/11
Announcements/71 Awards/71
Readings & Signings/71 Contest News/71
Financial News/71 Book News/72 Rights/72
Publications Received/72 Multi-Media Received/72
Catalogs Received/72
INTERVIEWS
Gahan Wilson: Comedy & Horror/4
Sean Stewart: Truths of One/8
OBITUARIES
Frank McConnell/70
Frank McConnell:An Appreciation by Daryl F. Mallett/70
Sarah Delany/70 Gonzalo Torrente Ballester/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/34 British Forthcoming Books/44
Convention Listings/50 Magazines Received: January/52
Books Received: January/53 British Books: December/63
Bestsellers/68 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COMMENTARY
Dead and Buried, Jay Russell/31
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/71
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
Amazing Stories Winter ’99; Interzone 1/99; F&SF 1/
99; SF Age 1/99; Asimov’s 1/99; The New Yorker Feb 1
’99; Playboy 2/99.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Dreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb,
eds.; The Dragons of Springplace, Robert Reed;
Dakota Dreamin’, Bill Johnson; reMix, Jon Courtenay
Grimwood.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
Cavalcade, Alison Sinclair; Dragonshadow, Barbara
Hambly; Climb the Wind, Pamela Sargent; Dog Eat
Dog, Jerry Jay Carroll; Minions of the Moon, Richard
Bowes.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Tower of Dreams, Jamil Nasir; Hour of Judgment,
Susan R. Matthews; Finity, John Barnes.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, Ellen Datlow &
Terri Windling, eds.; Storm of the Century, Stephen
King; Biofire, Ray Garton; Lynch: A Gothik Western,
Nancy A. Collins; SHORT TAKE: Day of the Dead: An
Annotated Babylon 5 Script, Neil Gaiman.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman /29
Angels Turn Their Backs, Margaret Buffie; Dark Nadir,
Lisanne Norman; The Shadow of Albion, Andre
Norton & Rosemary Edghill; The Sterkarm Handshake,
Susan Price; Harry Potter and the Chamber
of Secrets, J.K. Rowling; Of Swords and Spells, Delia
Marshall Turner; Never Trust a Dead Man, Vivian
Vande Velde; Black on Black, K.D. Wentworth.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Editor-in-Chief
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
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 -8 14 4 . 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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must be drawn on a US bank and include computer e n coding
numbers at bottom. When converting from periodical
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last issue on your present subscription. If you change your
address, please notify us immediately. Periodical mail is
not forwarded; it is either returned o r 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 A ckroyd, Slow G lass Books G.P.O.
Box 2708X, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller
discounts available. Display advertising rates on request.
©1999 by Locus Publications. W e 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 L ocus@Locusmag.com or
by fax to 510-339-8144. Subscriptions by phone are
available at 510-339-9198; 9:30AM to 5:00PM PST,
Monday – Friday.
Official Locus Web Sites. Locus Web Page: http ://
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www .sff.net/locus/poll/index.html; Locus index to
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror 1984-1996: http:/
/www. sff.net/locus/.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
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