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Table of Contents STORIES John Bolton; Fear, L 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 SCIENCE FICTION 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 Fantasy Exhibit in New York 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, Charles de Lint; 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 Jane Yolen: The Bardic Munchies..........................4 91; Interzone 12/90; Omni 12/90; Omni 1/91. Fritz Leiber 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. Contento Locus Letters ....................................................... 73 INTERNATIONAL SF CON REPORTERS Editorial Matters ................................................. 74 Spreading the Word in the Far East: LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS Report by James Gunn.....................................36 Beth Gwinn Reviews by Faren Miller:...................................... 15 Report by Brian Aldiss.....................................37 Jane Jewell The Ragged World, Judith Moffett; Stations of SF in the Soviet U nion.........................................38 Locus, (ISSN-0047-4959), The Newspaper of the the Tide, Michael Swanwick; The Archivist, Gill SF in Poland.......................................................... 40 Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS Alderman; The Land Beyond, Gill Alderman; A SF in New Zealand...............................................41 PUBLICATIONS Editorial address: 34 Ridgewood Woman of the Iron People, Eleanor Arnason; SF in Czechoslovakia ...........................................42 Lane, Oakland, CA 94611; telephone (415) 339-9196, Pacific Edge, Kim Stanley Robinson; Fires of CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES FAX (415) 339-8144. 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