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October 2002 • Issue 501 • Vol. 49 No. 4
35th Year of Publication • 24-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interviews Design by Arnie Fenner
I N T E R V I E W S
Dan Simmons: A Man for All Genres / 6 Jeff VanderMeer: Precious Ambergris / 76
P E O P L E & P U B L I S H I N G / 8
Notes on marriages, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue on Michael Moorcock, Iain Banks, Alan Dean Foster, Catherine Asaro, Elizabeth Hand, Mike Resnick, China Miéville, and many others.
M A I N S T O R I E S / 10
2002 Hugo Awards Winners • ConJosé Draws 5600 • 2002 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards • 2002 Chesley Awards Winners • Clarion Classes of 2002 • Corporate Capers
T H E D A T A F I L E / 13
Interzone Soldiers On • Gaiman’s Gods Causes Copycat Con? • Novel Manipulation Methods • Worldcons Updates • Announcements • Call for Papers • Awards News • Publishing News • Book News • Magazine News • Online News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights
L I S T I N G S
Conventions / 36 Magazines Received: August / 38 Books Received: August / 39 British Books Received: July / 55 Bestsellers / 66
W O R L D C O N
Complete Hugo Voting / 68 Hugo Awards Ceremony 2002 / 70
O B I T U A R I E S / 74
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • Dave Van Arnam • Norman Jolley • Stanley R. Greenberg • John B[arry] Spencer • Tom Ölander • Donn P. Brazier • Marion K. ‘‘Doc’’ Smith • Ian McAuley Hails
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S / 73
Thanks for all the Hugos • Our Worldcon • Teaching in Albuquerque • Staff Changes • This Issue • Next Issue • Subscriptions Going Up
L O C U S L O O K S A T B O O K S
Short Fiction Reviews by Nick Gevers / 14
Asimov’s 9/02; F&SF 10-11/02; Sci Fiction 9/02; Interzone 8/02; Strange But Not A Stranger, James Patrick Kelly.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton / 15
Asimov’s 9/02; Sci Fiction 9/02; Realms of Fantasy 10/02; Analog 10/02; Analog 11/02; Weird Tales Fall ’02; Strange Horizons 8/19/02; Interzone 6-7/02.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 17
The Collected Stories of Greg Bear, Greg Bear; Burning the Ice, Laura J. Mixon; Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, Judith Merril & Emily Pohl-Weary; L. Frank Baum: Creator of Oz, Katharine M. Rogers.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
The Fall of the Kings, Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman; The Summer Country, James A. Hetley; Night Watch, Terry Pratchett; Paragon Lost, Dave Duncan; White Apples, Jonathan Carroll; SHORT TAKE: The Disappeared, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 25
My Work Is Not Yet Done, Thomas Ligotti; The Straw Men, Michael Marshall; Gods in Darkness, Karl Edward Wagner; SHORT TAKES: Jolie Blon’s Bounce, James Lee Burke; Tales of the Lucky Nickel, Ken Rand.
Reviews by Nick Gevers / 27
The Separation, Christopher Priest; Stone, Adam Roberts; Polyphony, Jay Lake, ed.
Reviews by Bill Sheehan / 31
Second Chance, Chet Williamson; Figures in Rain, Chet Williamson; Shadow Puppets, Orson Scott Card; First Meeting: Three Stories from the Enderverse, Orson Scott Card; Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell.
Divers Hands: Reviews by Alyx Dellamonica and Tim Pratt / 35
Star Risk, Ltd., Chris Bunch; Night Blooming, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; The Darkest Part of the Woods, Ramsey Campbell; Masque of Dreams, Bruce Boston.
