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Table of Contents STORIES John Bolton; Fear, L. Ron Hubbard; Midnight Putnam Berkley Group Sold...... 6 Mass, F. Paul Wilson. The Bantam/Pulphouse Connection...... 6 Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: ...... 25 Sci-Fi Channel/Disney Deal ...... 6 The Illusionists, Faren Miller; Druids, Morgan F&SF Seeks Editor...... 6 Llywelyn; Mythology Abroad, Jody Lynn Nye; THE NEWSPAPER OF THE FIELD 1991 Nebula Ju ry ...... 6 Starbridge 3: Shadow World, A.C. Crispin & New HWA Officers ...... 6 Jannean Elliott. SHORT TAKES: Treasure of (ISSN-0047-4959) Science Fiction Book Club Awards...... 9 Light, Kathleen M. O'Neal; Zone Yellow, Keith EDITOR & PUBLISHER Exhibit in C ity...... 9 Laumer; Current Confusion, Kitty Grey; By­ Charles N. Brown THE DATA FILE ron's Child, Carola Dunn. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Soviet Space Sweepstakes...... 7 Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: ...... 27 Faren C. Miller NEA Compromise Passes...... 7 Chillers for Christmas, Richard Dalby, ed.; ASSOCIATE MANAGER Canada Plans Import Restrictions...... 7 The Little Country, ; Rune, Ingram Dumps Small-Press Clients...... 7 Christopher Fowler; The Illusionists, Faren Shelly Rae Clift Publishing N ews...... 7 Miller; Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine EDITORIAL TRAINEES Bookstore News ...... 7 Issue Nine, Dark Fantasy, Kristine Kathryn Marianne S. Jablon Awards...... 7 Rusch, ed.; Something's Alive on the Titanic, Leslie A. Miller Announcements ...... 7 Robert Serling; Vampire Winter, Lois Tilton; CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Market News...... 7 Lovecraft's Legacy, Robert E. Weinberg & Edward Bryant Book News...... 74 Martin H. Greenberg, eds. Dan Chow Publications Received ...... 74 Distillations: Short Fiction Richard Curtis Catalogs Received ...... 74 Reviews by Mark R. Kelly:...... 29 Carolyn F. Cushman INTERVIEWS Analog 1/91; IASFM 1/91; IASFM 2/91; F&SF 1/ Mark R. Kelly : The Bardic Munchies...... 4 91; Interzone 12/90; Omni 12/90; Omni 1/91. Cecelia Holland: Future P a st...... 5 SPECIAL FEATURES Russell Letson COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS Holiday Greetings...... 4 Tom Whitmore People & Publishing...... 8 Venus Redux by Gregory Benford...... 5 Scott Winnett Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis...... 11 Donald A. Wollheim In Memoriam...... 32 SPECIAL PROJECTS Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber...... 13 Donald A. Wollheim 1988 GoH Speech...... 34 William G. 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