A Conversation with Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett / 6

Notes on marriages, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Cory Doctorow, Greg Bear, Dan Simmons, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, and many others

2005 Preliminary Nebula Ballot • 2005 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees • Rusch Wins 2005 UPC Awards • 2005 Year’s Best Lists

Hugo Nominations Open • 2005 World Fantasy Awards Judges • Infinite Matrix Folds • King Calling • Howard Home Escapes Fire • Bradbury Big Read • Aslan Antics • The Two Peters • Bookspan Bestsellers of 2005 • PW Bestsellers • Wired’s Best Robots • Stross Explains It All • Money for Rats • Google Fights DOJ • Butterfly Returns • Wizards All Shook Up • Potter Props • Heretic Podcast • Awards News • Announcements • Worldcons News • Book News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received • Catalogs Received

2005 Recommended Reading : Charles N. Brown & Amelia Beamer, Mark R. Kelly, Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Jonathan Strahan, Russell Letson, Damien Broderick, Cheryl Morgan, Gardner Dozois, Nick Gevers, Rich Horton, Carolyn Cushman / 32
   2005 Recommended Reading List / 42
   2005 Book Summary / 50
   2005 Magazine Summary / 54

Magazines Received: December / 58    Books Received: December / 59   
British Books Received: November / 72    Bestsellers / 74

Kenneth Bulmer • Appreciation by Mike Ashley • Fred Pfeil • Ted Allbeury • George Burnau • Jan Mark • Cynthia McQuillin • Rodney Whitaker • Howard DeVore • On the Bus: An Appreciation for Robert Sheckley by Jack Dann

Ellen Datlow • Robert J. Sawyer • Damien Broderick

Locus Poll & Survey • Lights Out • Northwest Passages • Books Read • Staff Changes • This Issue • Next Issue • Travel Begins

F&SF 3/06; Asimov’s 3/06; Interzone 12/05; Analog 1-2/06; Realms of Fantasy 12/05; Cosmos 12/05.

F&SF 2/06; Analog 3/06; Asimov’s 3/06; Realms of Fantasy 2/06; Strange Horizons 1/06; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/05; Fantastic Winter ’05; Challenging Destiny 12/05; On Spec Fall ’05; TEL: Stories , Jay Lake, ed.

Temeraire , Naomi Novik; Crystal Rain , Tobias S. Buckell; The Serpent Dreamer , Cecelia Holland; The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 , Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, & Jeffrey D. Smith, eds.

Here in Cold Hell , Tanith Lee; The World Before , Karen Traviss; The Red Rose Rages (Bleeding) , L. Timmel Duchamp; Solstice Wood , Patricia A. McKillip; The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass , Vera Nazarian.

The World Before , Karen Traviss; Coyote Frontier , Allen Steele; Seeker , Jack McDevitt.

The Last Witchfinder , James Morrow; Genetopia , Keith Brooke; The Brief History of the Dead , Kevin Brockmeier; The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 , Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, & Jeffrey D. Smith, eds.

Delete All Suspects , Donna Andrews; Moon Called , Patricia Briggs; Shadows in the Starlight , Elaine Cunningham; The King in the Window , Adam Gopnik; Magic Lessons , Justine Larbalestier; Skybreaker , Kenneth Oppel; Disappearing Nightly , Laura Resnick; The Thirteenth House , Sharon Shinn; The King of Attolia , Megan Whalen Turner.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders , Gary Westfahl, ed.; In the Beginning: Tales from the Pulp Era , Robert Silverberg.