Table of Contents, May 2000
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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ isher & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARK R. KELLY
El ect ronic Editor-in-Chi ef
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Edi torial A s s i stant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
MARIANNE JABLON
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributin g Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Comput er Proj e c t s
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 2000 Issue 472 Vol. 44 No.5
33rd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
2000 Hugo Awards Nominations/9
Baen Books Moving to North Carolina/10
Baxter Wins Philip K. Dick Award/10
AOL/Bertelsmann?/10
1999 Stoker Awards Nominations/10
1999 Chesley Awards Nominations/10
2000 Asimov Award Winners/10
THE DATA FILE
Penguin Buys DK/11 King Hacked/11
Tolkien Tops Star Wars/11 Rowling Revisited/11
Money, Money/11 SFWA and the Pirates, Part II/ 11
Random Buys Part of Xlibris/11
1999 Publishers Weekly Bestsellers/58
1999 Tiptree Lists/58 Announcements/58
Awards News/60 Legal News/61
Readings & Signings/61 Financial News/62
Magazine News/62 Market News/62
International Rights/62 Publications Received/62
Multi-Media Received/62 Catalogs Received/62
INTERVIEWS
Guy Gavriel Kay: Lord of Fantasy/6
Sean McMullen: Alien Australia/8
CONVENTIONS
2000 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts/30
OBITUARIES
Karel Thole/54 Karel Thole: An Appreciation by Charles N. Brown/54
Catherine de Camp/54 Edward Gorey/55
Edward Gorey: An Appreciation by Jamie Blackman/55
Jean Karl/56 Jean Karl: An Appreciation by Patricia A. McKillip/56
Joseph H. Delaney/56 Alex Comfort/56 Martyn Godfrey/56
Death Announced: Erskine Longrigg/56
LISTINGS
Conventions/36 Magazines Received: March/40
Books Received: March/41 British Books: February/49
Bestsellers/52 Photo Listing/66 Index to Ads/66
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/57 Editorial Matters/57
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
F&SF 3/2000; Asimov’s 4/2000; SF Age 5/2000.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
The Fountains of Youth, Brian Stableford; Evolution’s
Darling, Scott Westerfeld; In the Upper Room and
Other Likely Stories, Terry Bisson.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
The Gate of Fire, Thomas Harlan; The Princess of
Dhagabad, Anna Kashina; Wild Life, Molly Gloss.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Eater, Gregory Benford; Lodestar, Michael Flynn.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Welcome Back to the Night, Elizabeth Massie; Skull
Full of Spurs, Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham, eds.;
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume
Ten, Stephen Jones, ed.; SHORTTAKES: An Antique
Vintage, John Pelan; The Pop-up Book of Phobias,
Gary Greenberg, Balvis Rubess & Matthew Reinhart.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 29
Fortress of Dragons, C.J. Cherryh; Hunted, James
Alan Gardner; Utterly Charming, Kristine Grayson;
Empire of Unreason, J. Gregory Keyes; The
Glasswright’s Apprentice, Mindy L. Klasky; Under
the Overtree, James A. Moore; The Burning City,
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; Witness in Death, J.D.
Robb; Broken Time, Maggy Thomas.
LOCUS May 2000 / 3
Publ isher & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARK R. KELLY
El ect ronic Editor-in-Chi ef
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Edi torial A s s i stant
EDWARD BRYANT
KAREN HABER
MARIANNE JABLON
RUSSELL LETSON
JONATHAN STRAHAN
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributin g Edi t o r s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Comput er Proj e c t s
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
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) 339-8144. 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
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issues. In Canada: $58.00 for 12 issues, $105.00 for 24
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Agent: Yoshio Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku,
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Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O. Box 2708X,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts
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Locus Publications. We take no responsibility for unsolicited
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www.sff.net/lo cus/.
This magazine is printed on recycled paper
using soy-based inks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 2000 Issue 472 Vol. 44 No.5
33rd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
2000 Hugo Awards Nominations/9
Baen Books Moving to North Carolina/10
Baxter Wins Philip K. Dick Award/10
AOL/Bertelsmann?/10
1999 Stoker Awards Nominations/10
1999 Chesley Awards Nominations/10
2000 Asimov Award Winners/10
THE DATA FILE
Penguin Buys DK/11 King Hacked/11
Tolkien Tops Star Wars/11 Rowling Revisited/11
Money, Money/11 SFWA and the Pirates, Part II/ 11
Random Buys Part of Xlibris/11
1999 Publishers Weekly Bestsellers/58
1999 Tiptree Lists/58 Announcements/58
Awards News/60 Legal News/61
Readings & Signings/61 Financial News/62
Magazine News/62 Market News/62
International Rights/62 Publications Received/62
Multi-Media Received/62 Catalogs Received/62
INTERVIEWS
Guy Gavriel Kay: Lord of Fantasy/6
Sean McMullen: Alien Australia/8
CONVENTIONS
2000 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts/30
OBITUARIES
Karel Thole/54 Karel Thole: An Appreciation by Charles N. Brown/54
Catherine de Camp/54 Edward Gorey/55
Edward Gorey: An Appreciation by Jamie Blackman/55
Jean Karl/56 Jean Karl: An Appreciation by Patricia A. McKillip/56
Joseph H. Delaney/56 Alex Comfort/56 Martyn Godfrey/56
Death Announced: Erskine Longrigg/56
LISTINGS
Conventions/36 Magazines Received: March/40
Books Received: March/41 British Books: February/49
Bestsellers/52 Photo Listing/66 Index to Ads/66
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/57 Editorial Matters/57
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
F&SF 3/2000; Asimov’s 4/2000; SF Age 5/2000.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
The Fountains of Youth, Brian Stableford; Evolution’s
Darling, Scott Westerfeld; In the Upper Room and
Other Likely Stories, Terry Bisson.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
The Gate of Fire, Thomas Harlan; The Princess of
Dhagabad, Anna Kashina; Wild Life, Molly Gloss.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Eater, Gregory Benford; Lodestar, Michael Flynn.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Welcome Back to the Night, Elizabeth Massie; Skull
Full of Spurs, Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham, eds.;
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume
Ten, Stephen Jones, ed.; SHORTTAKES: An Antique
Vintage, John Pelan; The Pop-up Book of Phobias,
Gary Greenberg, Balvis Rubess & Matthew Reinhart.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 29
Fortress of Dragons, C.J. Cherryh; Hunted, James
Alan Gardner; Utterly Charming, Kristine Grayson;
Empire of Unreason, J. Gregory Keyes; The
Glasswright’s Apprentice, Mindy L. Klasky; Under
the Overtree, James A. Moore; The Burning City,
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; Witness in Death, J.D.
Robb; Broken Time, Maggy Thomas.
LOCUS May 2000 / 3
