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Table of Contents MAIN STORIES Reviews by Rusell Letson:...... 23 : In Memoriam...... 1 Hellburner, C.J. Cherryh; Glass Houses, 1992 Hugo Awards Nominations...... 5 Laura J. Mixon; Monad: Essays on Science Pulphouse Reorganizing...... 6 Fiction, Number Two, , ed. Omni Books...... 6 Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe:...... 25 THE NEWSPAPER OF THE FIELD Compton Crook Memorial Award...... 6 The Year’s Best and Horror: Fifth 1992 Dell Readers’ Awards...... 6 Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow and Terri Asimov’s/Analog Redesign...... 7 Windling, eds.; Children of the Night, Dan (ISSN-0047-4959) Electronic Gibsons...... 7 Simmons; The Thrill of Fear: 250 Years of EDITOR & PUBLISHER BSFA Awards...... 7 Scary Entertainment, Walter Kendrick; Pre­ Charles N. Brown Toronto SF Show...... 9 senting Young Adult , Cosette ASSOCIATE EDITOR THE DATA FILE Kies. Faren C. Miller Publishing News...... 7 Reviews by Dan Chow:...... 27 ASSISTANT EDITORS Bookstore News...... 7 How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Marianne S. Jablon Announcements...... 7 Village, Arthur C. Clarke; The Turing Op­ Carolyn F. Cushman Market News...... 7 tion, Harry Harrison and ; EDITORIAL TRAINEES Court C ases...... 7 Steel Beach, John Varley; Twentieth-Cen­ Mary E. Hall Awards...... 7 tury Science-Fiction Writers: Third Edition, Dorothy A. Taylor Book News...... 7 Noelle Watson and Paul E. Schellinger, eds.; CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Rights & Options...... 7 Timemaster, Robert L. Forward. Edward Bryant INTERVIEWS Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:...... 31 Dan Chow Paul Park: Finding a G enre...... 4 Alien Earth, Megan Lindholm; Wolfking, Mark R. Kelly SPECIAL PHOTO SECTION Bridget Wood; Demon Drums, Carol Sever­ Isaac Asimov: In Memoriam...... 44 ance; The Watcher’s Mask, Laurie J. Marks; COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS SHORT TAKES: Liar’s Oath, Elizabeth Russell Letson People & Publishing...... 8 Moon; Untold Tales, William J. Brooke; Scott Winnett Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L eiber...... 13 Child of Faerie, Child of Earth, Josepha Gary K. Wolfe Editorial Matters...... 68 Sherman; Dragons in the Stars, Jeffrey A. SPECIAL PROJECTS Locus Letters...... 68 Carver. William G. Contento REVIEWS CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES CON REPORTERS Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews 1992 Nebula Banquet...... 48 Beth Gwinn by Mark R. Kelly...... 11 Conference on the Fantastic: 1992 ...... 50 Jane Jewell F&SF 6/92; Asimov’s 7/92; Interzone 5/92; LISTINGS Amazing 5/92; Am azing 6/92; Alternate Forthcoming Books...... 32 Kennedys, Mike Resnick, ed.; Omni 5/92. 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