July 1994 Table of Contents vol. 33 no. 1

M a in S t o r ie s I n t e r v ie w s Locus Looks a t Books Griffith Wins Tiptree Award..... 7 Sheri S. Tepper: Fiction, Farming, -15- McCaffrey Wins SFBC Award Distillations: Short Fiction & Other Rare Breeds...... 4 Reviews by Mark R. Kelly: Again...... 7 Tom Shippey: Interzone 5/94; Analog 6/94; Asimov’s 7/94; F&SF HWA Stoker Awards Winners... 7 6/94; Omni 6/94; Mind Fields: The Art of Jacek A Man of Many Parts...... 5 Yerka/The Fiction of Harlan Ellison, Jacek Yerka Chesley Awards Nominees...... 7 & Harlan Ellison; Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Hubbard Contests Award $4,000 Stone, Ian McDonald; Unconquered Countries, SF AROUND Geoff Ryman; Future Quartet, Ben Bova, Frederik Prizes...... 7 Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Charles Sheffield. Penguin Horror...... 8 -19- THE WORLD Reviews by Faren Miller: Underwood-Miller Splits...... 8 Happy Policeman, Patricia Anthony; Pasquale’s China, Report by Wu Y a n ...... 45 HarperCollins Captures Narnia 8 Angel, Paul J. McAuley; Solis, A.A. Attanasio; The Czech Republic, Feersum Endjinn, lain M. Banks; Temporary Picador New US Imprint...... 8 Agency, Rachel Pollack; Slow Funeral, Rebecca Putnam Berkley Boulevard..... 8 by Ivan Adamovic...... 45 Ore. Australia, -23- Simon & Schuster Returns...... 8 Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe: Andre Norton Scholarship...... 8 by Sean McMullen & Terry Dowling. 46 Summer of Love, Lisa Mason; Aggressor Six, Brazil, Wil McCarthy; Beyond the Veil of Stars, Robert Missing Fan Artist Involved in Reed; Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Murder...... 9 by Roberto de Sousa C auso...... 47 Evolution, John J. Pierce; Time and the SF in French, Clockmice, Etcetera, Peter Dickinson; SHORT King’s Independent Tour...... 9 TAKES: Michael Parkes; Horripilations: The Art V.C. Andrews® Gets Refund ....9 by Jean-Louis T rudel...... 47 of J.K. Potter; Mermaids and Magic Shows: The Argentina, Paintings of David Delamare; The Boris Vallejo Cuckoo in Wrong Nest...... 9 Portfolio. Forthcoming Books Update.... 9 by H. Moreno & R. de Sousa Causo 48 -27- Reviews by Russell Letson: T h e D a ta F i le ABA in The USA The Voices of Heaven, Frederik Pohl; The Year’s Starting Young...... 9 Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collec­ tion, Gardner Dozois, ed.; Pasquale’s Angel, Paul Macmillan UK Reorganization...... 9 Report by Edward Bryant... 42 J. McAuley; A Quantum Murder, Peter F. Hamilton. Ringpull Press Success Story ...... 9 -31- Worldcon Update...... 9 O b itu a rie s Reviews by Edward Bryant: Financial News...... 9 Seance for a Vampire, Fred Saberhagen; The Court Cases...... 76 Don Thompson ...... 74 Black Mariah, Jay R. Bonansinga; Fiend, C. Dean Book N ew s...... 76 Thelma D. Hamm ...... 74 Andersson; SHORT TAKES: People of the Night, S. Darnbrook Colson; Deathport, Ramsey Bookstore News...... 77 Listings Campbell, ed. A w ards...... 77 -33- Media N ews...... 77 International Books & Magazines Reviews by Wendy Bradley: Rights & Options...... 77 Received...... 49 Feersum Endjinn, lain M. Banks; North Wind, Catalogs Received...... 77 Convention Listings...... 52 Gwyneth Jones; Heart of Shadows, Philip G. Publications Received...... 77 Williamson. Magazines Received - M ay...... 53 -35- P h o to St o r ie s Books Received - May...... 55 Short Reviews by Harlan Ellison for Windows...... 11 British Books - April...... 67 Carolyn Cushman: Scorpianne, Emily Devenport; Sable, Shadow, Pat Cadigan in England...... 51 Bestsellers...... 72 and Ice, Cheryl J. Franklin; Midnight Kiss, Nancy Somtow Tours Europe...... 51 Photo Listing...... 82 Gideon; Love Bite, Sherry Gottlieb; The Child Pamela Sargent in Spain...... 51 Queen, Nancy McKenzie; Firehand, Andre Norton INDEX TO ADS C o lu m n s & D e p a r t m e n t s & P.M. Griffin; Medicine Show, Jody Lynn Nye. A ce...... 20,36 Mathew D. Hargreaves54 -37- Advent Publishers .... 22 HarperPaperbacks .... 84 People & Publishing...... 10 Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: Avon ...... 24 Interzone...... 60 Reports from the Electronic Frontier, The Waterworks, E.L. Doctorow; Death and the Baen ...... 18,28,38 Locus...... 82 Maiden, P.N. Elrod; Alien Pregnant By Elvis, Bantam ...... 40,41 Morpheus International 83 Tom Maddox...... 13 Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; Classified A d s ...... 69 Morrow...... 32 QuotePage...... 39 Love Bite, Sherry Gottlieb; The Dean Koontz L.W. Currey...... 56 P enguin...... 26 Companion, Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman, & DAW...... 57 T o r...... 2,16,30,79 Market Reports...... 71 DC C om ics...... 6 Twilight Publishing .... 59 Bill Munster, eds.; Among the Immortals; Paul Del R ey...... 12,34 W arner...... 58 Locus Letters...... 74 Lake; Stellar Ranger, Steve Perry; The Forbid­ Graphic Image Press. 14 Wildside Press...... 61 Editorial Matters...... 74 den Game Volume II: The Chase, L. J. Smith. Editor & Publisher: Charles N. Brown; Associate Editor: Faren C. Miller; Assistant Editors: Marianne S. Jablon, Carolyn F. Cushman; Editorial Assistant: Kirsten Gong-Wong; Contributing Editors: Edward Bryant, Mark R. Kelly, Russell Letson, Tom Maddox, Scott Winnett, Gary K. Wolfe; Special Projects: William G. Contento; Photographer: Beth Gwinn. Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN 0047*4959), is published monthly, at $3.95 per copy, by Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland CA 94611. Please send all mail to: Locus Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661. 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