Locus Online: Locus Magazine profile, August 1999

		L O C U S M A G A Z I N E August 1999 edited by Charles N. Brown
	mailing date: 29 July 1999 last month back issues	The August issue has complete results of the 1999 Locus Poll, with categories for the best books, short fiction, publishers, artists, etc. of 1998, and categories for the all-time best authors polls. (The winners have been posted here.) Other news stories: Editorial cuts at Del Rey; updates on the HarperCollins/Avon and Bantam Dell publishing mergers. Plus, the latest on Stephen King's condition; Borgo press closes; Odyssey magazine folds. This issue's interview is with Neal Stephenson. And there's coverage, with lots of pictures, of the 1999 Stoker Weekend. There are obituaries of Chris Boyce (with an appreciation by Lisanne Norman); Marie Landis; and an appreciation of Clifton Fadiman by Arthur C. Clarke. Plus the usual news, reviews, and listings. To be posted online from this issue: Neal Stephenson interview excerpts Bestsellers New and Notable Books Reviews in the August issue: Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews by Mark R. Kelly Asimov's 7/99 Science Fiction Age 7/99 Interzone 6/99 Amazing Stories Summer '99 F&SF 7/99 Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear The Rift, Walter J. Williams Time: Manifold 1, Stephen Baxter Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Works, 1934-1998, Arthur C. Clarke When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Traditions, Jack Zipes Reviews by Faren Miller The Serpent and the Grail, A.A. Attanasio Prospero's Children, Jan Siegel The Divinity Student, Michael Cisco The Angle Quickest For Flight, Steven Kotler Kaspian Lost, Richard Grant Reviews by Russell Letson Darwin's Radio Greg Bear Shrine of Stars, Paul J. McAuley The Far Shore of Time, Frederik Pohl Reviews by Edward Bryant The Nightmare Chronicles, Douglas Clegg Freezer Burn, Joe R. Lansdale Conspiracies, F. Paul Wilson SHORT TAKE: The Lost Work of Stephen King, Stephen J. Spignesi Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman Dragonne's Eg, Mary Brown The Knight, the Harp, and the Maiden, Anne Kelleher Bush The Brotherhood of the Wolf, David Farland Marigold's Marriages, Sandra Heath Avalon: The Return of King Arthur, Stephen R. Lawhead Plan B, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller The Company of Glass, Valery Leith School of Light, Jody Lynn Nye Protector of the Small: First Test, Tamora Pierce The Chosen, Ricardo Pinto Beyond the Gates, Catherine Wells Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan Mammoth: Book 1 - Silverhair, Stephen Baxter The Rainy Season, James P. Blaylock Stuck in Fast Forward, Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes The Lady of Situations, Stephen Dedman The Harp at Midnight, Caiseal Mór Lord Prestimion, Robert Silverberg