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 Howard Waldrop, Joe Haldeman, John Crowley, Terry Pratchett, Guy Gavriel Kay, Dan Simmons, and many others

C O N J O S É / 10

Convention Report • Innocent Abroad: My First Worldcon by Tim Pratt • Photo Gallery, including the Masquerade Winners

M A I N    S T O R I E S / 10

Sweatman Wins 2002 Sunburst • 2002 British Fantasy Awards Winners • Gaiman Wins on All Counts • Nash to Head Earthlight • Bertelsmann’s Nazi Past

P H O T O    S T O R I E S / 11

Dark Carnival’s Silver Anniversary • Three Old Guys at Paperback Con

T H E    D A T A    F I L E / 13

Ackermansion Yard Sale • MacArthur Genius Grants Announced • Vivendi Gets Breather • Nobel Ghosts • HWA Election Results • Crichton Crises • Potter Reports • King Notes • Pullman Donation • Rushdie Redux • SF in OED • New DragonLance Team • Announcements • Awards News • Legal News • Small-Press Publishing News • Book News • Financial News • Online News • International Rights • Other Rights • Other Media • Publications Received • Catalogs Received

L I S T I N G S

Magazines Received: September / 42    Books Received: September / 43    British Books Received: August / 60    Bestsellers / 70

O B I T U A R I E S / 72

Robert L. Forward • Appreciations by Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, and David Brin • Craig Mills • Wynne Whiteford • Ivor A. Rogers • Raymond T. McNally

E D I T O R I A L    M A T T E R S / 73

A quiet month. Upcoming trips. Armagnac’d. Staff stuff. Corrections. Thanks Arnie!

Asimov’s 10-11/02; Sci Fiction 10/02; Realms of Fantasy 10/02; The Third Alternative Summer ’02; Black Gate Summer ’02; www.brianwaldiss.com 9/02.

Asimov’s 10-11/02; F&SF 10-11/02; Interzone 8/02; On Spec Summer ’02; Sci Fiction 10/16/02; Sci Fiction 10/09/02; The Third Alternative Summer ’02; Oceans of the Mind Fall ’02; Salon 8/28/02; Mars Probes, Peter Crowther, ed.

Light, M. John Harrison; The Omega Expedition, Brian Stableford; Evolution, Stephen Baxter; The American Fantasy Tradition, Brian M. Thomsen, ed.

The Praxis, Walter Jon Williams; Baudolino, Umberto Eco; Fires of the Faithful, Naomi Kritzer; A Fistful of Sky, Nina Kiriki Hoffman; City of the Beasts, Isabel Allende; SHORT TAKE: Tapping the Dream Tree, Charles de Lint.

Probability Space, Nancy Kress; The Devil and Deep Space, Susan R. Matthews.

The Haunted Air, F. Paul Wilson; Shadow Dreams, Elizabeth Massie; SHORT TAKES: Shot, Jenny Siler; One Way Ticket to Midnight, Gary Jonas.

Voyage of the Shadowmoon, Sean McMullen; Phase Space, Stephen Baxter; Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers, Kage Baker; In the Shadow of the Wall, Byron Tetrick, ed.

Abarat, Clive Barker; White Apples, Jonathan Carroll; Night Watch, Terry Pratchett; The Hour Before Dark, Douglas Clegg.

The Rope Trick, Lloyd Alexander; Something M.Y.T.H. Inc., Robert Asprin; Summer Knight, Jim Butcher; A Wizard Alone, Diane Duane; Once Upon a Marigold, Jean Ferris; Dr. Franklin’s Island, Ann Halam; A Parliament of Owls, Beth Hilgartner; Exile’s Honor, Mercedes Lackey; Elvenborn, Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey; Protector of the Small: Lady Knight, Tamora Pierce; The Waterstone, Rebecca Rupp; Parasite Pig, William Sleator; Hannah’s Garden, Midori Snyder; The Sky Warden & the Sun, Sean Williams.

Vectors, Michael Kube-McDowell; Manta’s Gift, Timothy Zahn; Stars & Stripes Triumphant, Harry Harrison; Empire of Dreams and Miracles, Orson Scott Card & Keith Olexa, eds.; Writers of the Future, Vol. XVIII, Algis Budrys, ed.