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Table of Contents Editorial Matters Table of Contents MAIN STORIES Tales of the Wandering Jew, Brian Stableford, Robinson, Bisson, Win Campbell, Sturgeon ed.; Lunar Descent, Allen Steele; Griffin’s Egg, Awards..................................................................... 6 Michael Swanwick; SHORT TAKES: The Face Pulphouse to be Fortnightly.....................................6 in the Abyss, A. Merritt; Mrs. God, Peter Gryphon Award Postponed.....................................6 Straub; The Aeneid of Virgil, Edward McCrorie, THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Star Trek 25th Anniversary.....................................6 trans. Dark Carnival Anniversary P arty........................... 6 Reviews by Edward Bryant:.................................. 25 (ISSN-0047-4959) The Collectible King................................................ 7 Meridian 144, Meg Files; A Whisper of Blood, EDITOR & PUBLISHER Upsurge in Trade Paperback Publishing...............7 Ellen Datlow, ed.; Dead End: City Limits, Paul F. Charles N. Brown THE DATA FILE Olson & David B. Silva, eds.; The Man Upstairs, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Publishing News.......................................................7 T.L. Parkinson. Faren C. Miller Bookstore News.......................................................7 Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:..............................29 ASSOCIATE MANAGER Announcements.......................................................7 The Elvenbane, Andre Norton and Mercedes Shelly Rae Clift Book News............................................................... 7 Lackey; Starseed, Spider Robinson and Jeanne Magazine News.........................................................7 Robinson; Orbital Resonance, John Barnes; EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Awards...................................................................... 7 The People Collection, Zenna Henderson; Marianne S. Jablon Audio News.............................................................74 SHORT TAKES: Tongues of Jade, Laurence EDITORIAL TRAINEE Rights & O ptions...................................................74 Yep; The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan, War­ Leona Benten Publications Received........................................... 74 lock and Son, Christopher Stasheff; Journey to CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Catalogs Received..................................................74 Amanah: The Beginning, Colleen K. Snyder. Edward Bryant INTERVIEWS Reviews by Tom W hitmore:................................. 33 Dan Chow Alan Dean Foster: The Entertainer....................... 4 The Summer Queen, Joan D. Vinge; Play­ Richard Curtis Elisabeth Vonarburg: A World A part................... 5 ground of the Mind, Larry Niven; Transreal!, Carolyn F. Cushman SPECIAL FEATURES Rudy Rucker; SHORT TAKES: Futurespeak: A Fritz Leiber SkagCon R eport.......................................................9 Fan’s Guide to the Language of Science Fiction, Russell Letson 1991 Locus Survey Results....................................52 Roberta Rogow; The Report, Christina Yorkand Tom Whitmore COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS J. Steven York, eds. Scott Winnett Editorial M atters......................................................3 Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: ......................... 35 SPECIAL PROJECTS People & Publishing................................................ 8 More Shapes Than One, Fred Chappell; Harpy William G. Contento Agent’s Corner, Richard Curtis............................11 High, Esther M. Friesner; Final Shadows, CON REPORTERS Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz Leiber.................... 13 Charles L. Grant, ed.; Obsession, Lori Herter; Locus Letters..........................................................72 Under the Fang, Robert R. McCammon, ed.; Beth Gwinn LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS The White Mists of Power, Kristine Kathryn Jane Jewell Reviews by Faren M iller:.......................................15 Rusch; Cemetery Dance Spring ’91; F&SF 8/91. The Summer Queen, Joan D. Vinge; Barrayar, LISTINGS Locus, (ISSN-0047-4959), The Newspaper of the Forthcoming Books............................................... 38 Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS Lois McMaster Bujold; The Face of the Waters, PUBLICATIONS Editorial address: 34 Ridgewood Robert Silverberg; Stalin’s Teardrops, Ian Wat­ British Forthcoming Books...................................46 Lane, Oakland, CA 94611. Please send all mail to Locus son; SHORT TAKES: Riverrun, S.P. Somtow; Conventions........................................................... 55 Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661. Sarah Canary, Karen Joy Fowler; IASFM 6/91, Magazines Received-July......................................57 Telephone (510) 339-9196 8/91, 10/91. Books Received—July............................................58 FAX (510) 339-8144 Reviews by Russell Letson:...................................19 British Books—June...............................................65 Eternal Light, Paul J. McAuley; Secret Harmo­ Bestsellers...............................................................71 Individual copies are $3.50. Individual subscriptions in the U.S. are $35.00 for 12 issues, $65.00 for 24 issues nies, Paul J. McAuley; The King of the Hill and OBITUARIES via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in Other Stories, Paul J. McAuley; Escape from Dan Henderson..................................................... 72 Canada are $40.00 for 12 issues, $75.00 for 24 issues Loki, Philip Jose Farmer; Red Orc’s Rage, Philip Isaac Bashevis Singer.............................................72 via second class mail. First class individual subscrip­ Jose Farmer. Milton Subotsky..................................................... 72 tions in the U.S. or Canada are $48.00 for 12 issues, Reviews by Dan Chow:.......................................... 23 $85.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscrip­ tions are $40.00 for 12 issues, $75 00 for 24 issues via sea mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South America via air mail are $64.00 for 12 issues, $108.00 for 24 issues. Individual subscriptions to Australia, Asia, or Africa via air mail are $75.00 for 12 issues, $125.00 for 24 issues. California Residents please add 8% sales tax. Institutional subscriptions are $3.00 extra per year. Make all checks payable to Locus Publications. All subscriptions, including Canadian, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth PHOTO LISTING Mercedes Lackey, are payable directly in U.S. funds only. Overseas Anne Hull, Terry Bisson, James Alan Dean Foster..................(SRC) 4 Larry Dixon............................(F) 8 checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank and include G u nn................................... (EAH) 1 Elisabeth Vonarburg............(CNB) 5 Nancy Kress........................ (CNB) 9 computer encoding numbers at bottom. When convert­ Stephen King............................ (JJ) 1 Dark Carnival Anniversary .. (CNB) 6 Dave W olverton................. (CNB) 9 ing from second class to first class delivery, please Kristine Kathryn Rusch....... (CNB) 1 Madeleine L’Engle.............. (CNB) 8 Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, convert all remaining issues on your present subscrip­ Isaac Asimov............................. (JJ) 1 Suzette Haden Elgin......... (DMM) 8 Rusty H evelin...................... (F) 9 tion ($1.00 per issue). The number after your name on Alan Dean F o ster................ (SRC) 1 Allen S teele................................. (F) 8 Solar eclipse.............................(F) 13 the mailing label is that of the last issue on your present subscription. If you change your address, PHOTO CREDITS: (EAH) Elizabeth Anne Hull, (JJ) Jane Jewell, (CNB) Charles N. Brown, (SRC) Shelly Rae Clift, (DMM) please notify us immediately. Second class mail is not Diane M. Martin, (F) furnished. usually forwarded. It is either returned or destroyed. We subtract one issue from your subscription for each ISSUE #368, VOL. 27 NO. 3, September 1991, Mailing Date: August 21,1991 returned copy. We keep expired addresses on file for one year, so tell us if your subscription is a renewal or completely new. Editorial Matters British Subscription Agent: Fantast (Medway) Ltd. This issue has jumped to 80 pages, thanks to the minute, but we can’t keep to our normal schedule P.O. Box 23, Upwell Wisbech, CAMBS PE14 9BU expanded Forthcoming Books. Our September and and get this issue out by Worldcon. Japanese Subscription Agent: Takumi Shibano March issues will cover nine months worth of forth­ HELP WANTED 700 Ninomiya Ninomiya-machi coming books, while our December and June issues Shelly decided to leave even earlier than she had Naka-gun Kanagawa-ken, 259-01 Japan will cover a mere six months. The difference is originally planned, and will be gone by the time you Subscriptions accepted at current exchange rate. mainly because of the timing of information, as well see this. We’ve hired one person as a trainee, but are as the space available in the magazine. We’ve finally still looking for one more. For details, see the edito­ Display advertising rates on request. Booksellers dis­ decided on the split format — an edited list of new counts available. For information call (510) 339-9198 rial in the last issue. FAX (510) 339-8144 books by author, then a complete list by publisher CORRECTIONS and month. Of course, we may change our minds In our August bestseller list from B. Dalton, the We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions. again.... Contents copyright © 1991 by Locus Publications. #10 paperback spot should be The Mercenaries by Second class postage paid at Oakland, California. There isn’t very much news this time around, Bill Baldwin (Questar), not Jerry Poumelle (Baen). Postmaster: Send address changes to Locus Publi­ since it’s only ten days since the last issue. Some In the “Other Bestsellers” section, the last two lines cations, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661. more material will probably come in at the last Continued on page 74 LOCUS September 1991/3.
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