Table of Contents, December 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 1999 Issue 467 Vol. 43 No.6
32nd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1998 World Fantasy Awards Winners/7
Carr and King Adopt Unusual Formats/8
Asimov’s & Analog e-Versions/8
1999 World Fantasy Awards Judges/8
Millennium Fantasy Masterworks/8
Crichton Gets $1.00/8
Warner Aspect’s New First Novel Contest/8
Ballantine to Move/9
THE DATA FILE
Harry’s Magic Bandwagon/9 Genre Titles on “Best” Lists/9
Internet Sales Tax Question/9 Global Volunteers for SETI/9
Publishing News/9 Announcements/71 Legal News/71
Readings & Signings/71 International Awards News/71
Contest News/71 Book News/71 Financial News/73
e-Books Received/73 Publications Received/73 Catalogs Received/73
PHOTO STORIES
SIGMA Visits Sandia/9
Virtual Guests Join SF Seminar/9
INTERVIEWS
Terry Pratchett: Discworld & Beyond/4
Louise Marley: Worlds of Song/6
OBITUARIES
Howard Browne/68 Walt Willis/68
Morris West/69 John [Charles Heywood] Hadfield/69
Appreciations of Marion Zimmer Bradley
by Grania Davis, Rachel Holmen, Patricia Mathews/69
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/32 British Forthcoming Books/42
Conventions/46 Magazines Received: October/48
Books Received: October/49 British Books: September/61
Bestsellers/66 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/69 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 15
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad; Miracle and
Other Christmas Stories, Connie Willis; SHORT AND
MEDIUM TAKES, Nonfiction and Reference: Science
Fiction Culture, Camille Bacon-Smith; The Fantasy
Literature of England, Colin Manlove; Science Fiction,
Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-
1998), Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento; The
Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998), Charles
N. Brown & William G. Contento, combined with Index
to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, William
G. Contento.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
Better Angels, Howard V. Hendrix; The Eternal Footman,
James Morrow; The Fifth Elephant, Terry
Pratchett; The Singer and the Sea, Michael Scott
Rohan; The Veiled Web, Catherine Asaro.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad; Bios, Robert
Charles Wilson; The Fantasies of Robert A.
Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
A Midsummer Night’s Faery Tale, Terri Windling &
Wendy Fraud; AII Tomorrow’s Parties, William Gibson;
SHORT TAKES: Sips of Blood, Mary Ann Mitchell.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories about the Future, Michael
Cart, ed.; Obsidian Butterfly, Laurell K. Hamilton;
Miss Treadwell’s Talent, Barbara Metzger; Song
Quest, Katherine Roberts; Boltzmon!, William Sleator;
There’s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around,
Vivian Vande Velde; Stardoc, S.L. Viehl; The Shining
Court, Michelle West; Miracle and Other Christmas
Stories, Connie Willis.
Not-So-Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 29
The Martian Race, Gregory Benford; Precursor, C.J.
Cherryh; The Nameless Day, Sara Douglass; The
Ivory Trail, Victor Kelleher; Silver Screen, Justina
Robson; Futures Past, A.E. van Vogt.
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
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editorial Assistant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Computer Proje c ts
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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December 1999 Issue 467 Vol. 43 No.6
32nd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1998 World Fantasy Awards Winners/7
Carr and King Adopt Unusual Formats/8
Asimov’s & Analog e-Versions/8
1999 World Fantasy Awards Judges/8
Millennium Fantasy Masterworks/8
Crichton Gets $1.00/8
Warner Aspect’s New First Novel Contest/8
Ballantine to Move/9
THE DATA FILE
Harry’s Magic Bandwagon/9 Genre Titles on “Best” Lists/9
Internet Sales Tax Question/9 Global Volunteers for SETI/9
Publishing News/9 Announcements/71 Legal News/71
Readings & Signings/71 International Awards News/71
Contest News/71 Book News/71 Financial News/73
e-Books Received/73 Publications Received/73 Catalogs Received/73
PHOTO STORIES
SIGMA Visits Sandia/9
Virtual Guests Join SF Seminar/9
INTERVIEWS
Terry Pratchett: Discworld & Beyond/4
Louise Marley: Worlds of Song/6
OBITUARIES
Howard Browne/68 Walt Willis/68
Morris West/69 John [Charles Heywood] Hadfield/69
Appreciations of Marion Zimmer Bradley
by Grania Davis, Rachel Holmen, Patricia Mathews/69
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/32 British Forthcoming Books/42
Conventions/46 Magazines Received: October/48
Books Received: October/49 British Books: September/61
Bestsellers/66 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/69 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 15
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad; Miracle and
Other Christmas Stories, Connie Willis; SHORT AND
MEDIUM TAKES, Nonfiction and Reference: Science
Fiction Culture, Camille Bacon-Smith; The Fantasy
Literature of England, Colin Manlove; Science Fiction,
Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-
1998), Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento; The
Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998), Charles
N. Brown & William G. Contento, combined with Index
to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, William
G. Contento.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 19
Better Angels, Howard V. Hendrix; The Eternal Footman,
James Morrow; The Fifth Elephant, Terry
Pratchett; The Singer and the Sea, Michael Scott
Rohan; The Veiled Web, Catherine Asaro.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad; Bios, Robert
Charles Wilson; The Fantasies of Robert A.
Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 23
A Midsummer Night’s Faery Tale, Terri Windling &
Wendy Fraud; AII Tomorrow’s Parties, William Gibson;
SHORT TAKES: Sips of Blood, Mary Ann Mitchell.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories about the Future, Michael
Cart, ed.; Obsidian Butterfly, Laurell K. Hamilton;
Miss Treadwell’s Talent, Barbara Metzger; Song
Quest, Katherine Roberts; Boltzmon!, William Sleator;
There’s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around,
Vivian Vande Velde; Stardoc, S.L. Viehl; The Shining
Court, Michelle West; Miracle and Other Christmas
Stories, Connie Willis.
Not-So-Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 29
The Martian Race, Gregory Benford; Precursor, C.J.
Cherryh; The Nameless Day, Sara Douglass; The
Ivory Trail, Victor Kelleher; Silver Screen, Justina
Robson; Futures Past, A.E. van Vogt.
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
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Editorial Assistant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Computer Proje c ts
BETH GWINN
Photographer
Locus, The N ewspaper o f 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) 3 3 9 -9 1 9 8 . FAX (510) 339*8144. E-mail:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $46.00 for 12 issues, $85.00 for 24 issues via periodical
mail. In Canada: $50.00 for 12 issues, $95.00 for
24 issues via periodical mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the US: $56.00 for 12 issues, $100.00 for 24
issues. In Canada: $58.00 for 12 issues, $105.00 for 24
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-pired 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
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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.
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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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