TABLE OF CONTENTS October 1999 Issue 465 Vol. 43 No.4 32nd Year of Publication 21-Time Hugo Winner CHARLES N. BROWN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief MAIN STORIES MARK R. KELLY Electronic Editor-in-Chief 1999 Hugo Awards Winners/9 Aussiecon Three Report/9 HarperCollins/Avon Reorganization Announced/10 Hasbro Buys Wizards/10 KIRSTEN GONG-WONG DC May Lose Superman Rights/10 1998 Chesley Awards Winners/10 Managing Editor Dragons Take Flight/11 CBS Joins Viacom/11 FAREN C. MILLER THE DATA FILE CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN Editors Smithsonian/WSFA SF Seminar/11 CYNTHIA RUSCZYK Subterranean Signs Lansdale/11 Editorial Trainee Clarion West 2000 Announced/11 Awards/11 International Awards/65 Announcements/65 EDWARD BRYANT Bookstore News/66 Readings & Signings/66 RUSSELL LETSON Worldcon Update/66 Magazine News/66 Financial News/66 GARY K. WOLFE Contributing Editors INTERVIEWS WILLIAM G. CONTENTO Maureen E McHugh: Family Matters/6 Special Projects Katie Waitman: Outsider’s World/8 BETH GW INN Photographer SPECIAL
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