Table of Contents, March 2000

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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor- in-chief
MARK R. KELLY
Electronic Editor-in-Chief
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
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Editors
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Editorial Assistant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
MARIANNE JABLON
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contr ibut ing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Computer Projec ts
BETH GWINN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 2000 Issue 470 Vol. 44 No.3
33rd Year o f Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
Science Fiction Age Suspended/10
SF Weekly Sold/10
2000 Clarke Award Nominations/10
British Book Summary 1999/10
1999 Preliminary Stoker Awards Ballot/10
1999 Chain Bestsellers/10
Analog’s 70th Anniversary/11
THE DATA FILE
Rowling, Rowling, Rowling/11
Arkham House to Distribute Fedogan & Bremer/11
Star Wars Fiasco Claims Executive/11 Happy Birthday Mr. Poe/11
More 1999 Bests/11 Announcements/71
Awards News/71 Publishing News/71
Worldcons Updates/71 Legal News/71
Readings & Signings/71 Market News/71
Magazine News/72 Financial News/72
International Rights/72 Publications Received/72
Catalogs Received/72
INTERVIEWS
Robert Jordan: The Name Behind the Wheel/6
OBITUARIES
A.E. van Vogt/8
Appreciations by Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury,
James Gunn, Jack Williamson, Arthur C. Clarke,
Poul Anderson, Jesco von Puttkamer, David G. Hartwell/66
Oliver E. Saari/69 Appreciation by Frank M. Robinson/69
Mary Brown/69 March Laumer/69 Gil Kane/69
Mark Schulzinger/69 Erik Felice/69
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/32 British Forthcoming Books/42
Conventions/48 Magazines Received: January/50
Books Received: January/51 British Books: December/60
Bestsellers/64 Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/69 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 17
Spectrum SF 2/2000; F&SF 2/2000; Amazing Stories
Special Edition; Playboy 2/2000; GalaxyOnline 1/2000.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 21
Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds; Infinity Beach,
Jack McDevitt; The Fourth World, Dennis Danvers.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 25
Lord of Emperors, Guy Gavriel Kay; Jim Morrison’s
Adventures in the Afterlife, Mick Farren; Dark Detectives:
Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths,
Stephen Jones, ed.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 27
The Stone Canal, Ken MacLeod;
Anderson; Infinity Beach, Jack McDevitt.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 29
Aunt Dimity’s Christmas, Nancy Atherton; The Wild
Hunt: Child of Fire, Jocelin Foxe; Legends Walking,
Jane Lindskold; Pegasus in Space, Anne McCaffrey;
The Swordsman’s Oath, Juliet E. McKenna; The Price
of Peace, Mike Moscoe; The Master of All Desires,
Judith Merkle Riley; Ashes of Victory, David Weber.
Not-So-Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 31
Mendoza in Hollywood, Kage Baker; Infinity Beach,
Jack McDevitt; T he Tower at Stony Wood, Patricia A.
McKillip; Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds; Drek
Yarman, Keith Roberts; On Blue’s Waters, Gene
Wolfe.
Genesis, Poul
LOCUS March 2000 / 3