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TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 1999 Issue 465 Vol. 43 No.4
32nd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1999 Hugo Awards Winners/9 Aussiecon Three Report/9
HarperCollins/Avon Reorganization Announced/10 Hasbro Buys Wizards/10
DC May Lose Superman Rights/10 1998 Chesley Awards Winners/10
Dragons Take Flight/11 CBS Joins Viacom/11
THE DATA FILE
Smithsonian/WSFA SF Seminar/11
Subterranean Signs Lansdale/11
Clarion West 2000 Announced/11 Awards/11
International Awards/65 Announcements/65
Bookstore News/66 Readings & Signings/66
Worldcon Update/66 Magazine News/66 Financial News/66
INTERVIEWS
Maureen E McHugh: Family Matters/6
Katie Waitman: Outsider’s World/8
SPECIAL
1999 Hugo Awards Ceremony/30
Complete Hugo Voting/32
INTERNATIONAL
SF Celebrates the Last Eclipse/35
SF in Japan/38
OBITUARIES
James White/62 James White: An Appreciation by John Kenny/62
David Karp/62 [John] Andrew Keith/62
LISTINGS
Conventions/40 Magazines Received: August/44
Books Received: August/45 British Books: July/55
Bestsellers/60 Photo Listing/69 Index to Ads/69
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Editorial Matters/63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 5
Analog 9/99; Playboy 9/99; Asimov’s 9/99.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Centaurus:The Best of Australian Science Fiction,
David G. Hartwell and Damien Broderick, eds.; Strange
Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction,
Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, and Sean McMullen;
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The
Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, Edward L. Ferman
and Gordon Van Gelder, eds.; The Silk Code, Paul
Levinson; Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle; Fantasy and Horror:
A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature,
Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet, Neil
Barron, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Mr. X, Peter Straub; Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle; On
Blue’s Waters, Gene Wolfe; Sea Dragon Heir, Storm
Constantine; World’s End, Mark Chadbourne; 999:
New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al Sarrantonio,
ed.; SHORT TAKES: Antique Futures: The Best of
Terry Dowling, Terry Dowling.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
A Good Old-Fashioned Future, Bruce Sterling; The
Martians, Kim Stanley Robinson.
Edward Bryant / 25
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al
Sarrantonio, ed.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold; World’s
End, Mark Chadbourn; Ties of Power, Julie E.
Czerneda; Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson; The
Heart of Myrial, Maggie Furey; Rhapsody, Elizabeth
Haydon; The Stone and the Maiden, Dennis Jones;
The Thief’s Gamble, Juliet E. McKenna; The Radon
File, Denise Vitola.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ i sher & Editor-in-Chief
MARK R. KELLY
Electroni c Editor-in-Chief
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tors
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editorial Trainee
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont ribut ing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Specia l Project s
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
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October 1999 Issue 465 Vol. 43 No.4
32nd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1999 Hugo Awards Winners/9 Aussiecon Three Report/9
HarperCollins/Avon Reorganization Announced/10 Hasbro Buys Wizards/10
DC May Lose Superman Rights/10 1998 Chesley Awards Winners/10
Dragons Take Flight/11 CBS Joins Viacom/11
THE DATA FILE
Smithsonian/WSFA SF Seminar/11
Subterranean Signs Lansdale/11
Clarion West 2000 Announced/11 Awards/11
International Awards/65 Announcements/65
Bookstore News/66 Readings & Signings/66
Worldcon Update/66 Magazine News/66 Financial News/66
INTERVIEWS
Maureen E McHugh: Family Matters/6
Katie Waitman: Outsider’s World/8
SPECIAL
1999 Hugo Awards Ceremony/30
Complete Hugo Voting/32
INTERNATIONAL
SF Celebrates the Last Eclipse/35
SF in Japan/38
OBITUARIES
James White/62 James White: An Appreciation by John Kenny/62
David Karp/62 [John] Andrew Keith/62
LISTINGS
Conventions/40 Magazines Received: August/44
Books Received: August/45 British Books: July/55
Bestsellers/60 Photo Listing/69 Index to Ads/69
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Editorial Matters/63
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly /1 5
Analog 9/99; Playboy 9/99; Asimov’s 9/99.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
Centaurus:The Best of Australian Science Fiction,
David G. Hartwell and Damien Broderick, eds.; Strange
Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction,
Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, and Sean McMullen;
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The
Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, Edward L. Ferman
and Gordon Van Gelder, eds.; The Silk Code, Paul
Levinson; Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle; Fantasy and Horror:
A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature,
Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet, Neil
Barron, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Mr. X, Peter Straub; Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle; On
Blue’s Waters, Gene Wolfe; Sea Dragon Heir, Storm
Constantine; World’s End, Mark Chadbourne; 999:
New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al Sarrantonio,
ed.; SHORT TAKES: Antique Futures: The Best of
Terry Dowling, Terry Dowling.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 23
A Good Old-Fashioned Future, Bruce Sterling; The
Martians, Kim Stanley Robinson.
Edward Bryant / 25
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al
Sarrantonio, ed.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold; World’s
End, Mark Chadbourn; Ties of Power, Julie E.
Czerneda; Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson; The
Heart of Myrial, Maggie Furey; Rhapsody, Elizabeth
Haydon; The Stone and the Maiden, Dennis Jones;
The Thief’s Gamble, Juliet E. McKenna; The Radon
File, Denise Vitola.
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ i sher & Editor-in-Chief
MARK R. KELLY
Electroni c Editor-in-Chief
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi tors
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editorial Trainee
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont ribut ing Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Specia l Project 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-
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: $53.00 for 12 issues, $95.00 for 24
issues. In Canada: $56.00 for 12 issues, $100.00 for 24
issues. Individual overseas subscriptions are $48.00 for
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subscriptions to Europe o r South America via air m ail are
$70.00 for 12 issues, $120.00 for 24 issues. Individual
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S80.00 for 12 issues, $135.00 for 24 issues. Lifetime subscriptions
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us immediately. Periodical mail is not forwarded; it is either
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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. © 1999 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.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
LOCUS October 1999/3
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