Table of Contents MAIN STORIES His Plays, Ray Bradbury. 1991 World Fantasy Awards...... 1 Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:...... 27 Quality SF Book Club Suspended...... 6 China M ountain Zhang, Maureen F. McHugh; Asimov Quits C olum n...... 6 Two-Bit Heroes, Doris Egan; Aunt Maria, Diana Heinlein Library Dedicated...... 6 Wynne Jones; Searching for Dragons, Patricia THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Another K ing...... 6 Wrede; A Plague of Sorcerers, Mary Frances Doubleday Book Club Awards Presented...... 6 Zambreno; Bardic Voices, Mercedes Lackey; (ISSN-0047-4959) Savoy Books R aid ed ...... 7 SHORT TAKES: TekLab, William Shatner; EDITOR & PUBLISHER 1992 Nebula Awards Weekend...... 7 The Pharaoh Contract, Ray Aldridge; The Em­ THE DATA FILE peror of Everything, Ray Aldridge; A Christmas Charles N. Brown Charade, Karla Hocker; A Christmas Keep­ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Publishing N ew s...... 7 Bookstore News...... 7 sake; Janice Bennett. Faren C. Miller Announcements...... 7 Reviews by Dan Chow:...... 31 ASSISTANT EDITORS Market N ews...... 7 The Kindness of Women, J. G. Ballard; The Marianne S. Jablon Book N ew s...... 7 Trinity Paradox, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Carolyn F. Cushman Rights & O ptions...... 7 Beason; Our Angry Earth, Isaac Asimov and EDITORIAL TRAINEE Video N ew s...... 72 Frederik Pohl; Lunar Justice, Charles L. Har­ Paula Knippa Publications R eceived...... 72 ness. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Audio N ews...... 72 Short Reviews by Scott W innett:...... 33 Edward Bryant Catalogs Received...... 72 Alien Blues, Lynn S. Hightower; Avalon, Mary J. Dan Chow INTERVIEWS Jones; Jinx High, Mercedes Lackey; Letters Richard Curtis Lisa Goldstein: From Home, Sarah Lefanu, ed.; The Mountain Fritz Leiber Astonishments & Strange Devices...... 4 Made of Light, Edward Meyers; Flying in Place, Russell Letson COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS Susan Palwick; Prism of the Night: A Biography Tom Whitmore People & Publishing...... 8 of Anne Rice, Katherine Ramsland; New Life for Scott Winnett Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis...... 11 the Dead, Alan Rodgers; A Box of Tricks, Hugh Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber...... 13 Scott; The Vampire Diaries Volume III: The Gary K. Wolfe Fury, L.J. Smith; Pish Posh, Said Hieronymous SPECIAL PROJECTS Locus L etters...... 70 Editorial M atters...... 71 Bosch, Nancy Willard; F&SF 10-11/91; F&SF William G. Contento LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS 12/91. 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