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GERALD MURNANE 2010: ODYSSEY TWO by ARTHUR C.CLARKE will be published by GRANADA late 1982. It is expected to be on sale in Australia late 1982 or early 1983. Clarke has sold a collection of short stories to Byron Preiss Visual NEW NOVEL FROM Productions, which will be presented as a "lavishly illustrated" book with an NORSTRILIA PRESS autobiographical introduction by Clarke. Norstrilia Press launched their latest Berkley will publish in the U.S.A. publication, THE PLAINS, by Gerald Murnane at a party held on Sunday BRIAN ALDISS became the first author August 15th. Although it is science with a number-one science fiction best­ fiction or fantasy, THE PLAINS is expected seller in England recently when the to appeal to a more general audience, as first part of his trilogy, HELLICONIA did this authors previous two books, SPRING hit the top of the list, beating TAMARISK ROW and A LIFETIME ON CLOUDS, out such books as NOBLE HOUSE and CUJO. neither of which could be classed as The American edition published by f or sf. TAMARISK ROW came close to being (MELBOURNE OR BUST.Q Atheneum was sold out within a few days and the publisher obviously underestim­ the best Australian novel of the year Artwork for sew on patch in 1974 and A LIFETIME OF CLOUDS was by Mike McGann ated the demand. Aldiss reports that also well received in 1976. the second volume, HELLICONIA SUMMER is near completion in first draft. The THE PLAINS is set in an alternative third title will be HELLICONIA WINTER. Australia, where a different culture He said that it is not a trilogy in has developed to that of the coastal HIEIBOURIIE in'85 fact, but a three part novel, which all areas. As George Turner puts it in takes place in one year ----- 2,592 his review in this issue ".. a vision AUSTRALIAN FANS attending the World Earth years long. He chose the cover of what we Australians might have design which he thinks is great. The become if we had based a culture on our SF Convention in Chicago next month will be going all out to convince second volume will have a map and he surroundings instead of importing our hopes to produce a Helliconia Encyclo­ thinking from Europe and America". attendees that they should vote for MELBOURNE IN '85. May we remind all pedia, making it virtually a four- volume novel. CORY and COLLINS have announced their Australian fans in particular, that the forthcoming programme. It will be voting for '85 will almost be all over David Lake's RING OF TRUTH, by this time next year, so now is the IN THIS ISSUE: Jack Wodham's FUTURE WAR, and time to tell all our overseas friends Wynne Whiteford's THOR'S HAMMER. Their that MELBOURNE'S THE PLACE TO ARRIVE INTERVIEWS WITH: next anthology (not titled yet) has IN 1985. been suspended until early '83. Among those attending this years World A,BERTRAM CHANDLER JACK WODHAMS has sold stories to RIGEL, Con will be Guest of Honour A.Bertram and JOHN FOYSTER Chandler and his wife Susan, John FANTASY BOOK and OMEGA. His most recently- News, Reports, Reviews, published story has appeared in the Foyster, DUFF winner Peter Toluzi, hardcover anthology, LOCKED ROOM Eric Lindsay and your editor Merv Binns. and Letter Column MYSTERIES. CONTINUED PAGE 2 AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL NEWS Continued Australian con in Melbourne in '73, 1985, and to come down and see us again, PAUL COLLINS has sold stories to when we did a musical show called JOE and sample a little of our hospitality. FANTASY BOOK, COLD BEER (with Leanne PHAUST, about a fan who sells his soul I am certainly looking forward to Frahm), INFINITY CUBED, and the to the devil to win a Hugo and many CHICON and BUBONICON for that matter, Australian magazine PM. more. I have many good memories of and renewing old acquaintances and WYNNE WHITEFORD is now reviewing science people and events in coventions and in making new ones and enjoying myself fiction for the Melbourne Herald. He fandom also for that matter, built up in general. CHICAGO, HERE I COME! has so far written five columns. On over the last thirty years, that I Tuesday 13th of July he flew to Japan would not trade for anything. where he will research his forthcoming Some conventions have been disappointing ALIEN HUNTER novel, THOR'S HAMMER. He will be away of course, but this has been mainly due AN AUSTRALIAN MADE SF MOVIE AT LAST for two weeks. to just personal dislikes in the way the We have just been advised of a project VAN IKIN reports that his PORTABLE programme was put together, as often as AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION anthology, a general overall foul up by the organ­ to produce an Australian sf film. It due from the University of Queensland isers. On my last overseas trip I felt is to be produced by Richard Bradley Press later this year, is now at the let down at SEACON, and I cannot to and Brian Rosen. The director is Mike page-proof stage - the last phase of this day tell you exactly why, but at Robertson, who will work from a script checking before printing begins. The the Northamericon in Louisville I had written by Valerie Parv. Great interest book runs to 361 pages in all: 41 pages a great time and I did not see very has been shown in the project by Hoyts, much of the programme at all. People, C.I.C,. The Toho-Towa Company in Japan of introduction,and a further 320 pages that is the most important thing about and others. Preliminary work has of sf stories and excerpts. cons. Meeting people. Believe it or not been going on for two years, but the TERRY DOWLING, hard-working co-editor I did not make many new friends at producers are now looking for additional of SCIENCE FICTION and Jack Vance SEACON, there were too many people there assistance, talent to develop this enthusiast supreme, is the new permanent and they all seemed to be moving so major Science Fantasy project, which is sf reviewer for the Sydney Morning fast, but Louisville and further back now in the pre-production stages. They Herald, with a column appearing on a at Toronto, when we won the bid for '75, need artists with imagination, especially quarterly schedule. things were quite different. those with established track records in fandom and/ or professional or semi- Running conventions and helping organise KEITH TAYLOR'S latest published work is professional work. They do not want them is an experience in life that no another collaboration with Andrew Offut people who just want to work on a film. insane person should miss. That is if in the CorMac MacArt fantasy series, They only want to hear from people you are not around the bend before you THE TOWER OF DEATH, from ACE. who have experience and have genuine start, you are by the time the con is talent. If you are interested and feel GEORGE TURNER'S novel YESTERDAY'S MEN over. It was an old joke with me ten you can meet these requirements you can has been put back by Faber till early years ago that I kept saying never in 1983. again would I be involved with running contact Richard Bradley (02) 3312660 Michael Robertson (02) 9223968 or if In the last issue we quoted a price a con, but I have been, with Aussiecon, which quite seriously was worth every unscuccessful there try Valerie Parv in this column on Rick Kennet's A on (02) 4383300. WARRIOR'S STAR as $2.95 retail. This minute put into it and last year a film was a tentative wholesale price given con, CINECON. The latter was a very The original story by the way, "ALIEN before the book was available, which we successful show, but very expensive and HUNTER", is an idea of Richard Bradleys, took at that time as retail, but the left me out of pocket by quite a large and we wish him and his associates the price recommended now is $4.50. Our amount. Never again.' best of luck in getting this film made. apologies to Alternative Production Well all except MELBOURNE in '85. I Company and our readers. Allbooks are thought I was keeping out of the way now distributing this title throughout there, but I already have been roped in OUR THANKS TO LOCUS, SCIENCE FICTION Australia. to help with local publicity and no CHRONICLE and ANSIBLE and their editors doubt other items when things get down and correspondents for allowing us to to it. I hope at CHICON that along with reprint news and reports from their pages. the other Aussies attending I can con­ vince everybody to vote for us for

AUSTRALIAN SF NEWS ISSN 0155-8870 is edited and published by Mervyn R.Binns under the sponsorship of The AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION. ASFN is registered for posting under Australia Post , publication # VBG2791 The address for all correspondence is 305/307 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 3000, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $6.00 Australian for 6 issues, surface mail. $10.00 Airmail. This is being typed on the eve of my Please make all payments payable to the editor, Mervyn R.Binns. Our American setting off for the good old U.S.of A. agent is LOCUS, Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661. Please send all payments for the World SF Convention in Chicago. in the U.S.A, to LOCUS : $6.85 US surface mail and $11.45 US airmail. Our I will also be attending BUBONICON in British agent is GERALD BISHOP, 2 Cowper Road, Cambridge, CB1 3SN, England. Albuquerqe, New Mexico and seeing friends : 3.75 pounds surface and 6.20 pounds airmail. 'and book suppliers on the way. Going to ADVERTISING: Professional Rate - Full back page $60.00. Interior page $50.00 world cons is not something one can Quarter page $15.00. Half page $30.00. Full page copy ready size is 360mm V expect to do every year from Down Under, x 275mm H. Half page 180mm V x 275mm H. Quarter page 180mm V x 135 mm H. 10% as it is getting a little expensive, discount is applicable on all professional advertisements placed on a regular but I will do it as often as I can. basis. A 50% discount applies to fan advertisements for conventions, clubs, fanzines and other activities. Just a few weeks ago, or couple of months to be more correct, Jan Finder N.B. A 10% discount is allowed to subscription agencies other than our official said in a letter that he had only got agents listed above, but payment must be sent direct to us. We suggest that to 22 conventions last year. That is any additional costs be charged direct to the subscriber . half as many as I have seen in my whole life, not that I have kept accurate count, including three World Cons in We are Australian Agents for: Toronto, Melbourne and Brighton. Some LOCUS: Subscription rates: $27.40 12 issues Airmail $51.30 for 24 issues Airmail. have been great, like the Aussiecon $17.50 12 .. Sea Mail $32.50 .. 24 .. Sea Mail in Melbourne here in '75, Toronto in SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE: $24.00 for 12 issues Airmail / $42.00 for 24 issues. '73 my first World con, Sydney in '70 when with a casual remark to Ron Graham SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS PUBLISHED IN BRITAIN: $2.45 for 6 issues Space Age Books was born, the National An Interview With A.BERTRAM CHANDUR Chicago World Con Guest ofHonor

ASFN: Your earliest stories, such reason that I was born in England as GIANT KILLER, were published in was that I wanted to be near my mother. ASTOUNDING SF magazine. What influence I settled in Australia because I if any, did John W. Campbell have on wanted to be near the lady who became your writing at that stage? my second wife. For quite a few years now I have regarded myself as being an CAPT. CHANDLER: It was John Campbell Australian writer and have been who set my feet on the downward path fascinated by Australian history. We by suggesting that I make the tran­ haven't much measured on the Time sition from Faithful Reader to Regular Scale, but we've crammed one helluva Contributor. As an editor, John always lot into a very few years. wanted things right. GIANT KILLER, as finally published, was my third ASFN: THE BITTER PILL was obviously attempt to handle the mutated rats Australian. Australia with Australian theme. The first was from the view­ characters but yet not full of kanga­ point of the crew of the ship that roos and galahs and yet this has not boards the mutated-rat-infested dere­ seen an. edition outside Australia. lict. The second was from the viewpoint Why do you think this is so? of the crew of mutated-rat-infested ship. The third, of course, was from CAPT. CHANDLER: THE BITTER PILL was the viewpoint of the rats. rather a disappointment. Although it was well reviewed in both the U.K ASFN: What influence did your work and the U.S.A, no British or American as a ship's officer have on your publisher would touch it. I don't writing, in the time you had to devote know why. Oddly enough, the short to it early on when you started story from which the novel was ex­ writing? panded was anthologised this year - CAPTAIN A.BERTRAM CHANDLER in Hungary. CAPT. CHANDLER: You could have asked INTRODUCTION Joseph Conrad the same question. Many ASFN: Your new novel, KELLY COUNTRY, seamen have hobbies. I have sailed which has been a labour of love on I don't AemembeA exactly when I fiiatt with a Bo's'n who played around with your part and for which you have put a met Beat Chandtei, but I have, known the higher mathematics as I play around of time into research, is also very him almott at tong at I have been tn with crossword puzzles. A Captain Australian it seems, but you have Random. The ChatAman of, the otd who spent his spare time making wool brought a lot of international flavour Metbouine SF Club, Bob McCubbin, intio- rugs. A Chief Engineer who did embroid­ into it as well. It obviously should duced him to me on one ci hit iAeguent ery, and another Chief Engineer who appeal to Australian readers as well tAipt to AuttAalia, at a thip't o^iceA painted in oils, and another Chief as overseas readers, even if they and lateA Captain. AM hit AuttAoMan Engineer who wrote - and sold - the have not heard of Ned Kelly. What iAiendt weAe veiy pleated when we occasional short story. A Radio comments can you make on that? teaAned that he wat to tettle heAe on Officer who made quite a few dollars a permanent batit. I have atwayt enjoyed as a freelance journalist, another CAPT. CHANDLER: KELLY COUNTRY? To hit company veiy much and a tiip to Radio Officer who was a water colourist. date it has not sold, either in this Sydney would not be on without a meat A Second Officer whose hobby was country or the U.S.A. Such Australian with Beit. It hat given me gieat photography and who is now a success­ publishers who have seen the novel pleatuAe to tee hit incieated poputaiity ful commercial photographer. And so in manuscript have liked it, but.. . at an 16 WAiteA ovea the latt iew yeait, on, and so on. I think that the Science Fictional and even gieatei pleatuie to tee him element, involving Time Travel, has ieceive aecognition {Aom the tf, {yield ASFN: Your maritime career has scared them off. It should appeal to in geneieal by being invited to be the certainly added an obvious bias to your overseas as well as to Australian Guett 0(5 HonouA by the oiganiteit stories, and your most popular character readers. My New York agent likes it. CHICON. CongAati.'tationt Beit and keep is without doubt John Grimes, but just how I have no doubt that he will find a up the good woik. much of John Grimes is A. Bertram good home for it before too long. Meiv Binnt Chandler and vice versa? And when did Grimes first appear in print? ASFN : Do you think readers need a A regular feature of ASFN in the future knowledge of Australian history to we hope, will be interviews with CAPT. CHANDLER: That man Grimes...A appreciate the 'alternative history' Australian SF writers. We have already few years ago in Beppu, in Japan, I in KELLY COUNTRY? had some of course, but there will be was being interviewed for the local more. On the occasion of his trip to rag. The interviewer said, "Tell me, CAPT. CHANDLER: I don't think that a Chicago as World Con G.0.H.,we thought it Captain, what would you have thought knowledge of Australian history is appropriate to pin down Captain Chandler if Grimes had been one of your needed to appreciate KELLY COUNTRY. and ask him a few questions about his officers?" I replied, "More than one After all, Australian history is writing and views on Australian sf and Grimes per vessel is far too much!” completely rewritten subsequent to so forth. the Siege of Glenrowan. Too, to a certain extent, is world history. ASFN: What made you start writing and Grimes appeared as a minor, background why did you choose Science Fiction? character in quite a few stories. Finally, in INTO THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE ASFN: You have managed to add an - first printing Ace Books 1964 - I 'Australian flavour' to the Grimes CAPT. CHANDLER: I wanted to write stories, most noticeable, I think, from a very early age. I was a gave him a novel all to himself. After in THE ANARCH LORDS. Your Australian Science Fiction addict from a very early that there was no stopping the bastard. readers can appreciate these touches, age. When I started to write fiction ASFN: What prompted you to settle in but would other readers get the point? I just naturally wrote the sort of Grimes most definitely appears as fiction that I liked reading. However, Australia and what influence has living your alter ego in 'Lords' and this I have had straight sea stories and here had on your writing? added to my enjoyment of the story. even crime - a perfect murder - in Do you get much comment from readers _ pr int. CAPT. CHANDLER: What prompted me to settle in Australia? Well, the only at all? 3 CAPT. CHANDLER: Still on history. C.S. Forester has exercised a great THE ANARCH LORDS this time. I don't influence. I didn't realise this know about the U.S.A, but my works until Susan started to refer to Grimes have stimulated an interest in as Hornblower. Australian history in Japan. For example, THE BIG BLACK MARK is pract­ ASFN: How do you see the SF field in ically a rewrite of the story of Australia at the moment, from an Bligh's first mutiny, the Bounty author's point of view? We do need Do you need help with your writing -- affair. The Japanese edition has a an indigenous SF market, but do you how to present stories, how to get them long foreword by a Japanese historian think we have any chance of expanding all about Bligh. I have no doubt that published and basic advice on your work? the very small market for Australian Then read on! the Japanese edition of THE ANARCH writers of SF in the country, that LORDS will have a similar foreword. exists at present? I hope that the historian is as much ACCESS is a non-profit effort of the pro-Bligh as I am. But my Japanese Canberra Writers(SF) Co-operative, readers will let me know. CAPTAIN CHANDLER: that can be contacted at P.O.Box 339, I would advise any Australian fiction Belconnen, ACT 2616. It is a continuing ASFN: You were very popular in the writer to try to break into the over­ series of SF Writers Workshops being seas markets - the U.S.A especially, U.S.A for many years before you broke held in Canberra, Sydney and more and England. It is possible to do into the British publishing scene with recently Melbourne. The purpose of the this without, in our own field, any force, more recently. That is, workshops is to provide constructive writing what is no more than imitation we saw the regular Hale hardcovers criticism and publication assistance to American Science Fiction. Of course, and a few odd hardcovers before that inexperienced writers, and to provide from such as Herbert Jenkins, but why more than once, my Japanese translator a pool of information relevant to science nothing in paperback? has complained that he is paid to fiction writing. translate from English into Japanese not from Australian into Japanese. Apart from monthly workshops, the CAPT. CHANDLER: It is still a mystery Canberra Writers (SF) Co-operative But I do, although it is a long time to me why English paperback publishers since I did it consciously, try to produces a magazine called 'Access', have not signed me on until recently. give my works an Australian flavour. no less! In this, the efforts of con­ A short while ago I received from my tributors are distributed to other mem­ English agent Xeroxes of reviews of My advice is: Try to sell in the best bers, who then write in with observations my Allison § Busby/Sphere Books markets - but dont't sell your soul. and criticisms in subsequent issues. reprints. They were good reviews. ASFN: Lists of markets are also included in I was annoyed, though, because more some issues. We thank you for your time in answer­ than one reviewer called me an English ing these questions for us Bert, and The Melbourne meetings are held at writer who just happens to be living in Australia. we do congratulate you on your being 2pm on the second Saturday of each month invited to be a Guest of Honour at the at the AEA Clubroom, 1st floor, CAE World SF Convention in Chicago this ASFN: Has fandom , or feedback from Building, 256 Flinders Street, Melbourne. your readers had any influence on year and we also hope you have a good Apart from the activities mentioned your writing and does attending con­ trip over to America for the Con. above, advice is also available on lay­ ventions help you as a writer in any out of manuscripts, typing techniques, way? etc. New members may either just turn up to one of the meetings or write to CAPT. CHANDLER: One of the beauties Sean McMullen, G.P.O. Box 2653X, of Science Fiction is that authors Melbourne, 3001 for further information. do get feedback from the readers. We do not have a Sydney address, but This can be either in the form of Sean or the people in Canberra I am sure will be happy to supply you with correspondence or by meeting them at conventions. the address in Sydney.

ASFN: Can you explain why your books FAN FUNDS are so popular with the Japanese? Keith Curtis reported at Tschaicon that the current DUFF fund had a healthy $1350.00 CAPT. CHANDLER: I've appeared in in kitty, including the U.S.A. Various prom­ translation in quite a few countries ises were made about trip reports, which but it is only in Japan that I enjoy everybody took with a grain of salt. personal contact with my translator Peter Toluzzi, the current winner, who and with the artist who does my covers will be travelling to Chicago and parts and the interior black and white beyond in August and September, promised illustrations. When one of my novels to do his report within I believe it was is in the throes of translation Mr.Noda seven weeks of his return. Oh yeh! and myself work together. He is hooked The joke being of course that the last on the Grimes series and he succeeds three Australian winners have not yet in passing his enthusiasm on to the produced their trip reports. readers. For details on how to nominate or vote for DUFF write to Keith at P.O.Box J175, Among these readers are many young Brickfield Hill, NSW 2000 or Peter ladies. They are all, they tell me, CIRCULATION II Toluzzi at 33 Mount St., Coogee, 2034 NSW. very impressed by my strong female characters. 26-28 November 1982 JAN HOWARD FINDER will be one of the can­ didates for the trip to Australia next Hotel Ainslie, Canberra ASFN: What authors appeal to you in year and JACK HERMAN will be standing for the SF field if any, or outside the A convention for fans of science fiction and fantasy. the next trip to the U.S.A. The opposing candidates are not known by us yet. SF field and have they influenced Theme: Transportation your writing at all? Mascot: WOMBLE (Karen Warnock) MARC ORTLIEB'S MID ATLANTIC FAN FUND,is Membership Rates: Attending, $10 until 31 August; a fun fund being organised to help raise CAPT. CHANDLER: In the Science Fiction funds for other fan funds. Nominations field, as in any other literary field, $15 to 19 November; then $20 at the door; Supporting, $5. were still being accepted up to SYNCON I demand good writing and a good story. '82. Details of the final nominees and I have my favourites, of course. Contact: P O Box 544, Civic Square, ACT 2608. voting procedures will be distributed Practically all of Vance, most of by Marc in due course. If you wish to Silverberg, most of Le Guin, most of vote write to Marc at P.O.Box 46, Marden, Ellison...And so on. South Australia 5070. 4 Outside the field of SF I admit that zines can be seen quite easily by’those who are interested, when a group of WHO’S WHO In AUSTRALIA In '85 fans in one state of Australia (say), or in one country, becomes sufficiently which I bought regularly from the shop large to be self-supporting. There which then employed the same fellow, is then plenty of opportunity to Mervyn Binns. Eventually, I plucked become inwardlooking - to ignore the up the courage to attend a convention large world outside. After a while in Melbourne (in 1958) and soon after those folks find it less than easy to that began corresponding with fans communicate with the world outside overseas. and pretty soon they don't. Most people reading this can think of their ASFN: What influence do you think own examples! fanzines have on fandom and would it be quite the same as it is now, without ASFN: How involved do fanzine and them? APA fans get in conventions?

JF : I believe that there is a JF: To continue the historical "fandom" only because there were (and discussion I started in answer to are) fanzines. (Words like fandom the previous question, the first and fanzine were invented by people New Zealand convention was run by who publish what we now call fanzines.) Brian Thurogood and Mervyn Barrett, Fanzines have varying influences on both fanzine fans. In Australia, in fandom, and their effects vary with any given region the conventions have conditions and with time. Take, for almost always been initially run by example, New Zealand. Readers of SF fanzine fans, though as time passes have existed there, and have been known people who are not fanzine publishers to readers in other countries, for or readers become involved in running almost fifty years. In the late 1950s conventions. Because they don't read a handful of fans in New Zealand began fanzines they often run a pretty high to publish fanzines which they dis­ risk of making the kind of mistakes tributed widely and in consequence that fanzine fans have been warned of which fans became much better known about. overseas than their Australian con­ temporaries. But fandom as a mass As more and more conventions are run grouping of indigenous readers only by people who are not 'fanzine' fans John Royster came into being because one person, the programs become less and less Brian Thurogood, published one fanzine, appealing to those interested in fan­ Any Science Fiction Convention is a NOUMENON, which was widely distributed reflection of the interests of the zines. For example, you don't see too in New Zealand. As a result of that many fanzine fans involved in fancy people who are organising it. The action there are now many fanzines in success of the Convention depends dress items., at least in Australia. New Zealand, and amateur publishing Fanzine fans may be less likely to largely on the enthusiasm and expertise association, and regular and success­ of the people involved also. It is all watch movies at a convention, since ful conventions - the 1982 NZ National watching movies is a fundamentally very well for us to say "the people Convention was not much smaller, if the who gave you AUSSIECON in 1975" invite solitary activity, and fanzine fans, rumours I've heard are right, than the despite the general notion of SF fans everybody again to Melbourne in 1985, 1982 Australian National! but who are those people? So here, as introverted, are mildly gregarious. So I think that fanzine fans are and in future issues we will be talking That example could be multiplied in to people who are involved in the bid probably highly involved in conventions, many ways. STAR TREK fans, DOCTOR WHO though not all aspects of conventions. to hold the WORLD SF CONVENTION in fans, and so on, initially and often Melbourne in 1985. essentially, communicate with each ASFN: What attracts the average fan other through fanzines. JOHN FOYSTER has been involved in to conventions and basically why do you attend conventions? fandom since the '50s, with fanzine This isn't to say that there aren't a lot editing, APAS, corresponding with of other people who get involved in JF: The average fan attends a con­ other fans in Australia and overseas, fandom who don't publish fanzines. vention to hear about Science Fiction, helping to organise conventions leading In Australia the best known would or to see something about Science Fiction, up to AUSSIECON, as well as that, the probably be Carey Handfield, who once, and perhaps because she or he wants to first ever World SF Convention held in nevertheless, did publish a fanzine meet other people interested in SF. Australia and seme conventions since. or two. Once activities like con­ Since quite a few conventions don't He has often been accused of being ventions become established, fans have do much to meet those expectations, "The Secret Master of Australian other ways of making contact with one Fandom", but we do not know what is very another. As a result, there are lots lots of average fans don't bother to "secret" about it. But let's ask of fans around in Australia who are come back to later conventions. Non­ John how he got involved with SF quite well known but who have never average fans come back to conventions fandom and why he wants to see another published a fanzine or even written because they get from them the kind of World SF Con in Melbourne, Australia. anything for one. feeling they seek. This might mean meeting new friends, or old friends, ASFN: John, how did your interest in SF Without fanzines, fandom would be, or actually learning something of fandom begin? very different. Fanzines are essential interest about Science Fiction. if fans of SF are to do more than JF : I'm like most Melbourne SF fans contemplate their own navels or those Because I've been around Australian - my interest in SF fandom was really of their immediate neighbours. To fandom almost as long as Mervyn Binns generated by Mervyn Binns. When I publish a fanzine means that one must has, I'm no longer an 'average' fan. began to read SF in 1956 I learned take an action to establish canmunic­ In the kinds of terms I've already used, however, I do attend conventions to meet quickly enough, from the letters in ation with persons unknown, andto the SF magazines of the time, that there attempt to interest and please those old friends and to make new ones. I'm were SF fans in Melbourne and the first persons. (There are lots of fans, inclined to despair of learning anything point of contact was one Mervyn Binns, nevertheless, who act as though other new about Science Fiction, but perhaps who then lived at 4 Myrtle Grove, people should, by right, be interested this is because I don't learn things very well any more. Preston. I didn't ever write to that in them, and never get around to address, but I did find in searching showing interest in others, or even But underlying this is a part of my around bookshops for SF, a pile of in generating the interest of others.) copies of a newsletter called ETHERLINE, What happens to a fandom without fan­ philosophy of practical action in society. I believe that society is a better place C and people form a better community, cities in the world with so high- when people with similar interests are than attend them in France, although powered a group. Sydney is lucky encouraged to meet and work together France by comparison with Australia enough to have one Bert Chandler, but has a vast publishing industry. Yet in a voluntary way. Conventions of the there is only one of him.) In the stfnal kind fit this view, and indeed it is fairly clear that many more seven years since Aussiecon, one hasn't The Nova Mob, which I've backed in people are interested in the sort of really seen the emergence of individual various incarnations, serves a similar things that go on at conventions or writers of similar persistence. One purpose;providing an opportunity for are discussed in fanzines. If a can contrast this with the first seven people with similar interests to meet concerted effort is made, fandom in years of the sixties, which were more and, with luck, actually do something. Australia could become much larger productive, for that was when Harding, CXitside fandom, one of the things I'm (today the Nova Mob, tomorrow the Broderick and John Baxter made their happiest with in recent years is my world). But it isn't terribly clear starts. (They all knew each other, that we would be much happier if work in establishing an organisation of cour se!) which enables people interested in fandon in Australia were much bigger. teaching mathematics and the related One of the things people remember Since 1975 there has been a growth in research to get together at an annual about Aussiecon was that it was the publication of Science Fiction in conference. The purpose of the organ­ comfortably small. Is this a genuine Australia, and this is indirectly isation, as it presently exists, is feeling about scale or merely a matter attributable to Aussiecon. Firstly, of cutting down on the hoi polloi? just to run that conference, but each lots of people - well, Van Ikin and’ and every year that organisation does One can't be sure, but lots of people Nevil Angove - have felt impelled something (it publishes a large volume from Marc Ortleib on down, have wonder­ to publish professional or semi- or two of research reports); it was ed whether they were wise to miss professional magazines about, and not just established as a body to co­ Aussiecon. If only we had known, they containing, Science Fiction. This has ordinate or assist others - it would seem to say rather often. provided a substantial boost, and do something. part of this may have been encouraged by Aussiecon. But the first part of your question This is why I felt considerable disquiet can be answered more directly. The about the Australian Science Fiction Melbourne in 1985 Bidding Group, Secondly, grants from the Literature Foundation; as established, it wasn't Board, now so much a part of the through its parent body, the Aust­ there to do something specific, which ralian SF Foundation, will be working publication of SF in Australia, were folks could get interested in and do certainly encouraged by the success over the next three years to develop something in and do something about, all aspects of science fiction fandan of the support given by the Literature but rather it had general and diffuse in Australia. Obviously there's some Board to the workshop held in associ­ aims. Such aims aren't unworthy, but self-interest here, since a larger ation with Aussiecon, conducted by I believe society is a better place fan population means that more people Ursula Le Guin. The very large amount because of specific rather than general will roll up in 1985, but it is also of SF published by Cory § Collins, endeavours. the case that the Foundation is and the lesser amount from Norstrilia obligated by its charter to work Press, would not really have been ASFN: Conventions in Australia are much towards that sort of end anyway. The possible without the support, and the more numerous now than they were before Foundation sponsors Australian SF News workshop - and the books emerging from in 1975. As well as the obvious reasons, because it believes that publicising it, THE ALTERED I - made SF very what else may account for this? SF through a publication of such respectable in Australia. At the quality must encourage interest in manent, I don't think that money has JF: The obvious reasons - an increase Science Fiction and fandom. So, if produced much in the way of great in the number of fans in Australia, and the interest in fandom doesn't increase SF, but it has changed the nature of the more regular visits of Famous SF the Melbourne in 1985 bid will not the form of publication that can be Writers - do explain most of the changes. have achieved one of its goals. expected locally, and it is establish­ But the increase hasn't been a simple ing the base for an expansion in one. One really needs a sort of critical quality if there are writers interest­ mass to maintain an active fandom in ed enough to publish locally. As it a given region (always excepting the happens, I',m not sure that it is odd individuals who can keep things really important to produce SF from going on their own). One consequence particular regions, but I do know of the 1975 Aussiecon was that this that there are lots of folks to whom it critical mass was exceeded in a big is important, so I'm all for them way in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, having a go. and to a lesser extent in Perth. Those fandems (!) became self-sustaining, ASFN: What influence will Melbourne yet had enough contact with the rest in 1985 have on Australian SF writing of the country to want to meet together if we win the bid? so why not have a local convention? Very rapidly there were conventions JF: If I am consistent with my being held all around the country. previous answer, and I intend to be, I don't know that we are any I will have to say 'none'. SF in better off for having all the con­ Australia already receives mammoth ventions, by the way. support from the Federal Governemnt. We can hardly expect more or bigger ASFN: What influence did Aussiecon or grants. If SF writing in Australia any other conventions in Australia is to develop, then this will happen AT AUSSIECON have on the professional SF field? when younger writers follow in the Photo by Helena Roberts steps of Chandler, Broderick, Harding ASFN: So, basically, why do you want JF: Conventions, and I include and Turner: conventions don't do much. Aussiecon, have not really had any another World Con for Melbourne, for Australia? effect on the writing of Science Fiction ASFN: Will Melbourne in 1985 increase in Australia. The writers who have the interest in Fandom or has fandom JF: Science Fiction is a genuinely risen to substantial international reached a level in Australia that is stature since Aussiecon - international phenomenon. Monoglot unlikely to change in the near future? Australians, physically remote from Damien Broderick, Lee Harding, and the other stfnal-reading countries, George Turner - were all writing long JF: In the past three or four years don't always appreciate just how before Aussiecon and didn't really over 1000 people have attended at international it is. Science Fiction receive any boost from it. (I some­ least one SF convention in Australia. readers from all over the world can times think people in Melbourne don't On a per capita basis, that sort and do communicate with each other - realise how lucky they are to have of involvement is one of the highest though it takes a considerable effort three worldclass writers like that in the world. Far more people attend for it to happen (an example: Roelof here. There aren't too many other conventions in Australia, for example, Goudriaan in the Netherlands has just started an international/European newsletter, in English, the second If Melbourne wins the World Con Bid for '85 issue of which runs to six photoreduced EUREKA-CON '84 will be a bit of a warm up. offset pages and is chock-a-block with It is the Australian National Convention being held April 20th to 21st 1984, with hard news - including a bid for the 1988 World Con from Zagreb, Yugoslavia, GEORGE TURNER as Guest of Honour. The venue is not announced yet, but you can get all which I intend to support strongly). future details from P.O.Box 175, South That international flavour should be reflected in there being some opport­ Melbourne 3205, Victoria, Australia. unity for fans fran all over the world to meet together, and that opportunity should be shared amongst fans from all nusTRnunn rnnoom over. As usual at Australian National conven­ At the moment, for historical reasons, WORLD CONS tions, reports were given by the various the World Con is pretty much resident groups at TSCHAICON last Easter. It re­ This years World Science Fiction Con­ in North America. I believe that minded us that this is a feature we have vention is being held in Chicago, at every World Con held outside North been overlooking a bit in the NEWS. Of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, from the 2nd America is a good thing. (Most of them course people have not been letting us held in North America are good things to the 6th of September. Guests of know their activities in the main, but too, but that is a different issue.) Honour are A.BERTRAM CHANDLER, KELLY we have been letting down the few that I hoped that Sydney would win the bid FREAS and LEE HOFFMAN - CHICON IV. have. So from this issue on we will try for 1983 for that reason, and when Next years World Con is being held in and cover this aspect a little better. Sydney's bid failed I felt that it was Baltimore, at the Baltimore Convention We have decided not to print the reports , essential that there be another bid Centre from the 1st to the Sth of as given at Tschaicon, but we may use soon from outside North America. September 1983. GOH JOHN BRUNNER. those as a basis for future details on Generally speaking, there's only one For more details write to CON-STELLATION, the various groups and clubs throughout way to assure something like that - The 41st World SF Convention , Box 1046, Australia. get behind it yourself. That's what Baltimore, Maryland 21203 USA. (We 4tuptdty teited the. date tn out. tait Media fandom is growing very rapidly. I'm doing. That's why I support the Phantastacon was well attended last Yugoslavian bid for 1988, and that's tiiue ai 198 4. We apotagtie and me mete not ttytng to get back at Batttmote (fit year and we believe 600 fans or more why I would have supported the British are expected to attend the first night bid for 1987, if it had not apparently mtnntng the '83 btd f,tom ui. MB) of STAR TREK II in Melbourne this week. fallen in a hole. 1984 is not decided but it will most In comparison the best we have had for likely be in LOS ANGELES. We will have an SF convention in Australia is just Those of us who were at SEACCN can full details next issue, after the over 400 apart from Aussiecon. Melbourne appreciate what a truly international voting result is announced at Chicon. fans who want to contact the Star Trek convention can be like. The flavour Melbourne, Australia is bidding for club in Melbourne should write to of difference was so important to 1985. Ten years after the last Austral­ AUSTREK, Box 5206AA, G.P.O. Melbourne me that I am going to the World Con ian world con, also in Melbourne in 3001, Victoria. in Chicago this year via the EUROCON 1975, AUSSIECON. in Germany. We have just received a circular refer- Further details on the. MELBOURNE IN ing to CONQUEST '82, the first media Thus, I have general and underlying '85 BID can be obtained from G.P.O oriented convention to be held in principles which lead me to want to Box 225 U, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Queensland. Their publicity indicates have a convention in Melbourne in 1985 AUSTRALIA. You can help the Aussie bid a very well organised group. For details which is as international as possible. by subscribing to the ANTIPODEAN write to G.P.O. Box 1376, Brisbane, Q But I also think that in Melbourne we ANNOUNCER newspaper, that is being 4001. We have heard little or nothing from have a team of people who have already distributed at all major conventions in Queensland SF fandom for some time now, shown, in 1975, that they can run a Australia and overseas, and the but at least we know something is alive convention which is remembered with Newsletter, KANGARUSE. Send $10.00 now up there. great pleasure by people seven years to the above address. At this time we We do not hear very much about Tasmanian later. And I believe they can do it apparently have no major opposition, fandom, but it is alive and well accor­ again. A 1985 World Con won't be but your support is needed to help ding to Mike O'Brien. The Tasmanian SF another Aussiecon - it will be bigger, with publicity and every aspect of Association meets in Hobart on the first for example - but if fans in Melbourne mounting the bid. and third Saturdays of every month. It' especially, but also those in the We have no information on later bids at has been in operation for four years, rest of the country, can get behind this time. after initially starting out as a Star the bid and the convention it will be Trek Club. A newsletter and irregular better than Aussiecon. No one wants fanzines are produced. They have a full to do anything worse than it was done AUSTRALIAN CONVENTIONS sized Dalek for sale Mike told us. For last time, so the aim in 1985 will details on the Tasmanian SF Association plainly be to produce something more SYNCON '82 is being held in Sydney the contact Mike O'Brien at 158 Liverpool than just memorable. That will need weekend this issue is being completed. St., Hobart, Tasmania 7000. lots of support, but we are confident August 13 - 15, at the New Crest Hotel, that that support is there. Darlinghurst Rd., Kings Cross, SYDNEY. Well thats a start, but do let us have Next up is CIRCULATION CONVENTION in details on your groups activities so ASFN: Thank you for your time John. our nation's capital Canberra. At the that we can tell people about them in You have made some very good points about Hotel Ainslie, to be specific. For more our future issues. the World Cons that I am sure many people details see the advertisement in this will agree with. You have clearly told issue. Between now and SYNCON '83 we our readers why you want to have another have no details on other cons, here or World Con in Australia and what you in New Zealand. There may be a media SPACE ART ON YOU! have told us will certainly strengthen con in Melbourne at the Melbourne Town SPACE IS THE PLACE IN T-SHIRTS REALITY*'^' support. 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People and Publishing JACK CHALKER has sold two stories in a Chaosim Inc, has acquired game rights new fantasy series to Del Rey./ ED to LARRY NIVEN'S novel RINGWORLD and HARLAN ELLISON and his secretary Marty BRYANT and JOE HALDEMAN are doing scripts FRITZ LEIBER'S series of Lankmar books./ Clark, escaped serious injury when his for the cable TV channel owned by Walt NEW DIMENSIONS 13 edited by Marta car turned over and was demolished on Disney Enterprises./MIKE RESNICK has Randall and WHAT IF 3 ed. by Richard the San Diego Freeway. He was on his sold the THREE-LEGGED HOOTCH DANCER, Lupoff have both been postponed in­ way to the airport and had to take the second in his "Tales of the Galactic definitely by Timescape along with evasive action to escape hitting some­ Midway" series, to NAL.Due to be pub­ SLOW SCULPTURE by Theodore Sturgeon. one ahead of him. The car, a 1967 Camaro lished next January '83. The market for anthologies and collec­ with 170,000 miles on the speedo, hit tions seems to be diminishing./ In the divider at 60 mph, flipped over, FREDERIK POHL is to write a novel for TOR based on his stories "The Midas October Ballantine will publish THE and was totally demolished. Ellison got SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL by out with a few bruises, pulled Marty Plague" and "The Man Who Ate The World" etc. He has finished first draft for Kerry Mark Joels and Gregory P. Kennedy, Clark out, then his typewriter, and went designed by David Larkin, with artwork on to a speaking engagement in Alaska. the last Heechee novel and is working with JACK WILLIAMSON on WALL AROUND A derived from photographs. Atari will Due to a mistake on the cover printing, STAR. do a cassette with a 3-D simulation for ACE books have agreed to recall all landing it. copies of HARLAN ELLISON'S book SPIDER'S The new MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY book is KISS. A second book LOVE AIN'T NOTHING likely to be 900 pages long. The title BUT SEX MISPELLED has been pulled from has been changed to MISTS OF AVALON. production. Ellison was very pleased The two titles due from STARBLAZE by with the cover artwork, but he insisted Bradley, WEB OF LIGHT and WEB OF that the identification with sf, which DARKNESS, were delayed due to a dispute these books are not, should not appear between Bradley and editor HANK STINE. on the cover, but instead should have The books have remained unpublished Ace Ellison #1 and so on. Instead they since the late '40s and although Bradley used the usual Ace SF logo. Other agreed to some changes by Stine, she was things were also not as Ellison wanted it seems not happy with them.However agree­ them, and he told them, but due probably ment has now been reached between her to the sale of the company to another agents The Meredith Agency and Starblaze. publisher hanging over them the people They are due for publication now and at Ace were apparently not on the ball. Timescape will publish them in the After threatening legal action and mass market editions later. talking to the new owners of ACE, it was finally agreed that they would be Del Rey it seems only recently bought withdrawn. It is to be hoped that they the rights to THE GOLDEN TORC by Julian do eventually appear. May, but PAN will publish in U.K. in July./Ballantine will publish next year FOUNDATION'S EDGE by Isaac Asimov is ROBERT HEINLEIN the paperback of EASY TRAVEL TO THE also being published in Britain by PLANETS by TED MOONEY, an American Book Granada, but we will not see that till ROBERT HEINLEIN was one of the most Award nominee. The book has also been early 1983. Del Rey are publishing the popular authors at the American Book­ optioned for filming./Del Rey will U.S. pb edition and they have also sellers Association convention publish the hard cover of the third bought the other three earlier books held in Anaheim, Los Angeles in June. book in the second trilogy by STEPHEN in the 'Foundation' series in pb. He signed over 400 copies of FRIDAY, DONALDSON featuring Thomas Covenant, Doubleday are publishing the he edition his new novel. THE WHITE GOLDWIELDER in February next in October. year. We expect Fontana and Sidgwick JACK CHALKER has completed his "Four editions will appear in U.K. at about ISAAC ASIMOV has signed to do another Lords of the Diamond" series for Del the same time. Lije Baily ("Naked Sun") novel. He Rey and the third title, CHARON: A THE UNBEHEADED KING is a new novel by said, "Doubleday figures if they can DRAGON AT THE GATE will be out in L.SPRAGUE DE CAMP to be published by bulldoze me into doing a fourth "Foun­ November, followed by MEDUSA: TIGER BY Del Rey in March '83./ Berkley will do dation" novel after I said I couldn't THE TAIL, in 1983. Del Rey have also bought paperbacks of LISTEN,LISTEN and OH do it and they think it's the best of the first in a new fantasy series, THE SUSANNAH! by KATE WILHELM./ The next the lot, then they might as well kick RIVER OF THE DANCING GODS./The author of 'Xanth' novel by PIERS ANTHONY will be me around until I do the third Lije "The Starfishers Trilogy", GLEN COOK has NIGHT MARE, from Del Rey in January. Bailey." sold another two novels in the "Dread Empire" series to Timescape. / MARION SF Chronicle reports that the correct MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY has sold an ZIMMER BRADLEY has sold another two publisher of the Hugo Nominated book untitled fantasy novel based loosely "Darkover" novels to DAW, THENDARA HOUSE "Beyond Man" is actually from StMartins on the libretto for Mozart's "Magic and THE CITY OF SORCERESSES./JACQUELINE Press, not MacMillan as the Hugo Ballot Flute" to Del Rey./ CARL SAGAN had LICHTENBERG will do two more novels has it. I think they mean AFTER MAN. reached page 12S of his $2 million novel following MOLT BROTHER for Berkley/ (We're not the only ones who make mistakes.) CONTACT as of late June, and was going Playboy. Meanwhile her latest Sime/Gen This title is published by Granada in the strong, reports LOCUS. So much for various novel written with JEAN LORRAH, CHANNEL'S U.K., which is available in Australia. reports we have seer, regarding this book DESTINY, will be published in he by L.RON HUBBARD'S sf novel BATTLEFIELD from other sources. His TV series, COSMOS Doubleday in November. The next book in EARTH is being published by St Martins has almost completed it's run on ABC TV the series will be RENSIME, also from Doubleday. Press in October, with over 800 pages and selling at $24.00 US./ DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E.HOWARD In a big change to the American sf IAN BALLANTINE, the founder of Ballan­ by L.SPRAGUE and CATHERINE DE CAMP is publishing field recently, PUTNAM tine books and now a "producer" of main­ currently in the hands of their agent publishing group bought GROSSET/ACE ly fantasy and sf associated art books, looking for a hard cover publisher./ from Filmways and took over PLAYBOY was awarded the Curtis Benjamin Award BOOKS. Ace started in 1952 and have A new writer to watch is Canadian by the American Booksellers Association, DONALD KINGSBURY. His novel COURTSHIP been one of the most prolific publishers for innovative publishing. of science fiction over that thirty RITES was just published by Timescape year period. All the books currently in Whisphers Press publishers have bought in TPB and HC in July and from all the pipeline will be published, but it he rights to THE LAND OF FEAR by Harlan accounts the sf community is going to is unlikely that Putnam's paperback Ellison, which will be updated from the sit up and take notice. original Belmont pb edition with four division, Berkley, will keep up the SPHERE books apparently overlooked output of ten sf titles per month additional stories. The original poorly reproduced cover art by the Dillons, the fourth book in ROGER ZELAZNY'S under the Ace name and four Berkley "Amber" series. COURTS OF CHAOS, the titles as well. will be used on the new he. 8 Sth in the series is already published by them, but THE HAND OF OBERON will Lloyds of London, the insurance carrier not be available for another six months. for the film. After $3 in was paid out by The other three have been reprinted. F&5F Film Lloyds to do extra footage and editing We believe that the 1st and 3rd books of the film, it was to be viewed by both are available but not the 2nd. Here we HELUS parties and a decision whether to release have again this intolerable situation or scrap was to be made. However' they that booksellers and readers have to put cannot agree and the negative and only up with, of only part of a series of one print languish in the vault at books being available at the one time. M.G.M./ 20th Century Fox released The 2nd and 4th will be available soon, Film producer Mark Halperin has signed STAR WARS on video-tape in June. Rental but that is hardly the point. with the Scott Meredith Agency to do a only at this time. A late report said movie based on Marion Zimmer Bradley’s that it made more money in its time on ’Darkover’ novels./OSSIAN’S RIDE by release on video rental, than other The International FRED HOYLE will be produced as a video- film so far. tape-to-film movie by Robert Stone Scene Jordon. The movie will be produced in PSYCHO II is being made into a movie. On the international sf scene it is Ireland from a script by Stone for The book by Robert Bloch was released reported that sf is very popular in $5.5million./ Nelvana Ltd, an animated recently. A report in TIME refered to China at present. A book by the local studio located in Toronto has optioned the fact that a sequel was being made equivalant to Arthur C.Clarke, astron­ ELFQUEST for developement as a feature to the Alfred Hitchcock movie and that omer Zheng Wenguang can expect a 100,000 film, to be released in 1984 or ’1985./ Anthony Perkins would star again and copy edition selling out within a week. The producers of the film DUNE saw Australian Director Richard Franklin An anthology of non-Chinese sf sold Ron Miller’s work in the book THE will direct, but Bob Bloch did not get 420,000 copies in a similar period. GRAND TOUR and hired him to do work on a mention. He only wrote the book. Last year a couple of unscrupulous film makers Many American books are being translated backgrounds for the movie./ SUPERMAN III said they were making a "Psycho 11" into Chinese editions. The STAR WARS will start filming at Pinewood Studios film, but had no rights to do so what­ titles have been popular and titles late this year. Richard Lester will soever, despite what they apparently such as THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL and RAISE direct again, from a screenplay by said in nationwide newspaper publicity. THE TITANIC were quite popular. ISAAC David and Leslie Newman. Pierre Spengler It is great to see Richard Franklin, ASIMOV and ARTHUR C. CLARKE are two of will produce this $30 million film for director of ROAD GAMES, and who worked the most popular authors. Salkinds/Warner Brothers. Christopher Reeve will star again along with Jackie with Hitchcock, getting to direct PSYCHO II. He and Robert Bloch were guests CHARLES N. BROWN, JOE HALDEMAN, FOREST J. Cooper, Marc McClure and Margot Kidder, despite rumored disputes with the prod­ at CINECON F§SF Film Convention held ACKERMAN, ROGER ZELAZNY and OCTAVIA at Easter in Melbourne, in 1981. BUTLER visited Russia from April 24th ucers. Richard Pryor will play the to May 8th with a group of other people, villain. Also coming from the same pro­ to meet Russian sf authors. In his ducers will be SUPERGIRL. report in LOCUS Brown said that the trip The George Romero - Stephen King film Film REVIEWS was not quite what they had been led to bel­ CREEPSHOW, will be distributed by Warner ieve it was, expecting to have a lot more in October. It is an anthology type A little over a year and a half ago we time with the Russian authors than they film./ Columbia has announced that it's were involved in running a convention did. They did not have very much time Christmas ’83 movie will be THE STAR devoted to the F§SF Cinema, CINECON. for sightseeing and were restricted as MAN, actor-producer Michael Douglas’ With the films such as LATHE OF HEAVEN, people are that visit Russia, to what first film since CHINA SYNDROME. He ALTERED STATES, SCANNERS, CLASH OF THE Intourist had arranged for them. will produce this sf love story film TITANS and many more that we were able However they did meet some interesting and John Badham will direct./ Disney to screen or were due for release at that people such as BERTA "BELLA" KLYUEVA have announced that a sequel to TRON is time, we could see that a watershed of of VAAP, the copyright expert on sf and in the works./ Other film projects f and sf films was building up. The well regarded editor, BORIS and ARKADY include FRANKENSTEIN, THE TRUE STORY, dam has now broken and a flood of these STRUGATSKY, ROMAN PODOLNY, YEVGENY with Victor Frankenstein at 22 set in films is about to engulf us. In just one VOISKUNSKY and SERGEI SNEGOV. Salem, Mass., and LOVE AT SECOND BITE, week we saw previews of STAR TREK-WRATH a sequel to LOVE AT FIRST BITE, with OF KHAN, E.T., POLTERGEIST and BLADE­ They found that many American authors George Hamilton starring again. RUNNER. Between now and Christmas we are popular in Russia, and that what is expect to see THE THING, CONAN, SWORD not translated is read in the original A small note on STAR WARS, SIR ALEC AND THE SORCERER, the delayed HEAVY American editions or in manuscript form. GUINNESS will definitely be back as METAL, and a few others. Next year we Soviet sf and the translations, have Obi-wan Kenobe in the new film. So will see STAR WARS - REVENGE OF THE JEDI, no violence, cruelty, dystopian fiction, there is hope for Mr Spock and Han Solo while work has started on SUPERMAN III etc. The current trend in fantasy in the even. I guess we will just have to wait and we can look forward to more STAR U.S. is not understood in Russia and so and see./ A recent sci-fi epic on U.S. TREK films after the sucess of WRATH OF is not popular there. TV was THE PHOENIX, which features an KHAN. Let us hope, that like they often More details on this trip will appear ancient astronaut resurrected to become do in the film industry and the book in future issues of LOCUS. a present day superman. We learn that publishing business, that they do not the ancients possessed dark secrets over produce in order to take advantage The first FINNISH SF convention was that we have forgotton and other such of a popular trend. Meanwhile we fantasy held in May from the 28th to 31st. It rubbish. film fanatics can reval in the glory of took place in Helsinki with some 40 A new trend on day time TV in the US it all and enjoy, enjoy! swedes and 100 Finns attending. HARRY is fantasy on the soap operas. More WRATH OF KHAN starts screening here HARRISON, SAM J.LUNDWELL and KAROL teenagers and college students are mid August and the other films mentioned THOLE were amongst the attendees. watching during the day it appears, all between now and Christmas we are told. and the networks are apparently happy Meanwhile our intrepid movie reviewer SYMBIOTE'S CROWN by SCOTT BAKER won the to cater to their tastes. and film buff extraordinaire, Paul J. Prix Apollo Award, which is the French Stephens, will tell you what he thought BBC TV have recently screened two series equivalent to the Hugo. Other novels of some of the above films seen at of interest. A four part dramtisation of that figured in the voting included recent previews. Don’t you just hate WILKIE COLLIN'S novel THE WOMAN IN WHITE HELLO AMERICA by J.G.BALLARD, THE him.... SHADOW OF THE TORTURER by GENE WOLFE, and PLAY FOR TOMORROW, which is a series of hour long dramas set in the future./ and THE AFFIRMATION by Christopher 1982 will very likely be known as the Dr DONALD A REED was elected for his Priest. Baker is an American but lives year of the fantasy movie, there being third 5-year term as President of the in Paris. so many of the damn things being released on Academy of SF, Fantasy and Horror films. the movie circuit at the moment. Four of them previewed in Melbourne within LEE..? LEA,,? LEIGH ( i think The M.G.M. film BRAINSTORM, starring a week and I was lucky enough to be in the late Natalie Wood is the centre of he's got it) for the audiences. BLADERUNNER and STAR EDMUNDS NAFF! disagreement between the studio and TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN are as diff­ a lump in your throat and a deep love erent as you will get, yet both stack for all critters from "out there". up as being the two best sf films I have POLTERGEIST on the other hand leaves seen in the last 10 years. BLADERUNNER you shell shocked with the array of is directed by Ridley Scott, the young effects that explode out of the screen, film director who gave us ALIEN and THE showering the viewer with ectoplasm, DUELISTS. Based on the novel, DO ANDROIDS desicated corpses and a feeling that the DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP by the late Philip critters waiting us "on the other side" K.Dick, BLADERUNNER would get my vote for are not at all pleasent. Readers, best sf film of the year, as I am unable Seen close together, ET and POLTERGEIST you. mint know by now that 1 am a pretty to find anything wrong with it. Directing, show the viewer that Spielberg is a busy boy. I(J I had any sense at dll 1 scripting, acting,lighting, set designing, major talent in the new Hollywood and would not be spending so much of my special effects, all are perfect and can you tend to wonder 'what next'? valuable time producing the NEWS, but offer a feast of intellectual delight to it di something I want to do, io... the viewer as well as action and excite­ Movies are getting better than ever and ment, with a modicum of violence and there is still CONAN, DARK CRYSTAL and However I do not have time to answer dn blood if that is what you want. Set in a THE THING to come for 1982 ( though I detail all the letters I receive, or future Los Angeles that seems to cover the have reservations about the latter, due mention all the fanzines that people entire state of California, BLADERUNNER to the fact that I believe that it over­ iend me, but I do appreciate getting tells the story of a tired and disill­ does the blood and gore) and for 1983 them. I have on hand a number of letteM usioned ex-cop, who is pressured into the long-awaited STAR WARS: REVENGE OF that merited printing in the News, but returning to the force for the assignment THE JEDI ... You wonder if they do save most of the contents are iomewhat out of running down and killing four rogue Han Solo and is Darth Vader really Luke of date. However, briefly. Skywalker's father..? androids, who have returned to Earth on Nikki White, P.O.Box. 1082, Woden A.C.T. a hi-jacked space shuttle. Tracking the Paul J.Stevens. 2606, has put together a Hit of films four androids through the gutters of a of the Japanese animated variety, that future world, the ex-cop, Decker, played are available on loan from the National by Harrison Ford, is shot at, beaten up Library in Canberra. There is a wdde and finds love, until there is a final interest in these films and many people confrontation on the roof of an aban­ would not be aware that the National doned building. I can't speak highly Library would have them. Write to Nikki jnough of BLADERUNNER, science film for a copy of the Hit. noir. The best film of the decade. Vat Rogen wrote back in February and STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN also commented on the failure of the '83 comes highly recommended as the best bid. She iaid; "I think it's a great STAR TREK ever, with a good story line, pity, Sydney itself, hai so much to good, restrained acting and some great offer, and you've already had one in special effects that don't drag on. The Melbourne... .But Jack Herman di right story has all the old crew on the screen, -we should all get behind the bid ('85) as THE ENTERPRISE goes on a training - show unification as a country." As I cruise that develops into a life and have iaid many times before Vat, even death struggle against an old adversary if the '83 committee had made a better from the TV series. Admiral Kirk faces job of the bid, they would still have growing old,(even wearing glasses in been very much up againt it with the several scenes) and finding that a very determined bid from Baltimore. love affair some twenty years before, has produced a son. There is a new Paul Anderson makes a couple of minor character in the form of Lt.Savak, a critical comments on TSCHA1C0N, about female officer from Vulcan, who has some the timing of the banquet and the late- great lines and utters some great lines. nea of, if not well organised fancy dress party. Apart from that he said: STAR TREK promises to return again and "Justin turned on a good con". He if the next film is up to the standard alio commented on the delay it takes of WRATH OF KHAN, then all sf fans, and for him to receive hii copies of ASFN not just Trekkies, have a treat in store. through the mail, but I can only point In the meantime there is action and out that ai a registered publication excitement galore,as Kirk and crew aboard and as bulk mail, it receives the very THE ENTERPRISE fight a nifty space battle STAR TREK least consideration by the post office. inside a nebula and face the death of it is true that Spock dies at the end The cost is my prime consideration. I Spock. regret that my schedule is so far of STAR TREK II and it also appears to be a behind now alio ...... Both E.T. and POLTERGEIST are set in fact that Paramount made more than one the homes of families in new, relatively ending to the film, but decided to go Margaret Arnott of Adelaide, commenting small housing estates, but that is with this one after preview audiences on my request for readers views on ASFN, where all similarities end. E.T. is a accepted it. The director Nicholas said she would like to see more emphasis loveable extraterrestrial, who is left Meyer is also said to be not very happy on the Australian content, both fan and behind by his spaceship and befriended with the title, WRATH OF KHAN. He said pro. She would like to see reports from by Earth kids, but the entity that it sounds like " 1930s" Flash Gordon. qach state on current fan activities. comes through the medium of the TV His original title was THE UNDISCOVERED Well I have started that this issue, and set and takes control of the household COUNTRY. I have always intended to include some­ in POLTERGEIST, although it starts out Besides the novel of the movie STAR thing on those tines, bur very few people as being rather benign and a bit of a TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN by VONDA have been sending me information. From joke, soon turns out to be the nastiest McINTYRE, there will be a calendar, now on I intend to chase it up. Margaret 'thing' ever seen, or not seen on the a cine novel and a book on the making said that the book listing should be sep­ screen. of the film released by Pocket. They arate and not part of the NEWS. I thought are also releasing SPOCK'S GUIDE TO THE Although E.T. is directed by Stephen otherwise and have included it again this PLANET VULCAN by SONDRA MARSHAK and Spielberg and POLTERGEIST is directed issue, but it is getting out of hand. If MYRNA CULBREATH. by Tobe Hooper, both films bear the I drop it completely I will be back to stamp of Spielberg in the camera, BJO TRIMBLES new book from Starblaze, doing a part list for the NEWS and dup­ lighting and script, and there are var­ ON THE GOOD SHIP ENTERPRISE:MY FIFTEEN licating work again. I may decide to drop ious direct comparisons that can be YEARS WITH STAR TREK, promises an uncen­ all horror books from the list and prob­ made by the astute movie goer. The com­ sored, unauthorised memoir of how it ably moit if not all reprints. We shall parisons end though with the intent of was when ST was king of the little see. Most of our reviews are stilt too each movie. ET is unashamedly emotional screen and later./NAL will continue to tong and out of date in some cases, but and leaves you with a tear in your eye, publish THE BEST OF TREK, having recent­ many people regard the reviews as the 10 ly acquired #6 and # 7 in the series. most important part. 1 will have, to be complimentary review put me off. How­ Harry Harrison more selective in future and concentrate ever I will have to read it now, if Kestral Ridge, on Australian and only the most important only to find out if it is bad as I think Yale of Avoca, overseas titles. Thank you. for your Co. Wicklow, IRELAND 9 June '82 opinions Margaret. Merv B. Owen Salter of 37 Hitt St., Hawthorn David Lake, Dear Merv, 3122 wrote enquiring about Australian Department of English, My thanks for sending me your zine. sf markets. I totd him the sorry sit­ University of Queensland, Silence has only been laziness. I read uation here and gave him the details St Lucia, Brisbane, Q 4067 it with relish and know now far more on the (Jew Australian sf publishers, as 16/7/82 about world and Aussie SF than I should. well as sources o4 information overseas. Dear Merv, I did not know about ACCESS at the time But I was depressed while reading 4-2 Thanks for the May-June Australian SF to see that Brunner is up to his old so I hope you take note o/ their address News, which is very interesting. But Owen, which you will find in this issue wrecking tricks again. I wish he would your catalogue feveals one glaring stop doing this sort of thing! For the and I think when it comes to Supplying omission: market information, you may find them record then-- there is no law that pros of assistance. HOBAN, Russell RIDDLEY WALKER should be paid to go to cons. If he was Picador pbk,1982 $6.95 invited by the Jerucon in Israel I'm Neville Angove tells me that he intends sure no mention of expenses was ever This is certainly SF, and the most made. I should know-- I was invited to to continue carrying fiction in his exciting SF novel I've read in years - magazine CYGNUS CHRONICLER, and that be Guest of Honour, and accepted, and I intend to make it a set book on my no mention of expenses was made by either Michael Hailstone is now fiction editor. uni course next year. It is comparable More from Nev next issue and a Letter side. Brunner will never be a gentleman to Miller's CANTICLE FOR LIEBOWTZ, but I am afraid. Gentlemen don't display from VarreLt Schweitzer, in which he better. Hoban is mainly a children's their lack of funds in private-- nor do makes some very pertinent comments on writer. He's also done fantasy ( THE they whine about their business relation­ the subjects that were being discussed LION OF BOAZ-JACHIN, JACHIN-BOAZ). in the Letter Column a few issues back. ships, But, sigh, it is all water under RIDDLEY is post - Bomb SF. You ought to the dam now since the con has been cancelled stock it (I already own 2 copies). due to lack of registrations. I know a Cory fj Collins Yours lot of poor European fans were going at P.O.Box 66, David Lake their own expense. Perhaps if a few more St Kilda, 3182 rich pros had registered as well.... 14/7/82 Vear Vavid, All best, Dear Mervyn, Thank you for your letter. I have not Harry Harrison overlooked RTPVLEV WALKER. Not only is I wish, in your editorial, that you had it selling well at Space Age, it was Vear Harry, taken a more rounded view of Ken Methold': listed in our last List by publisher' Weil it seems I have put my foot in it remarks in OMEGA. This reviewer also had Mang other people have been as enthus- again. A couple of issues back I stood a nasty review of the books in the astic about it as you, including George on Harlan Ellison's toes, now yours. I AUSTRALIAN and a great deal of fans have Turner, whose review is in this issue. picked the reference up from Vave written to us to say how biased he was... Langford's ANSIBLE, issue # 24, in it is obvious he has an axe to grind. We discovered Hoban years ago at Space. Age not only with the title you mention, which it was noted that Chairman Sheldon I find it odd that you mention other but MOUSE ANV HIS CHILV, which Lee Teitelbaum was complaining, because he reviewers having criticised the series. Harding wrapped in one of our Newsletters was Let down by pros who had gone back You should know that the majority of ‘and we received dozens of orders for it. on their word about attending JERUCON. reviews have been favourable: PENTHOUSE, I do not know the exact circumstances AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW, THE HERALD, Merv B in this case, but I still feel that if NEWCASTLE HERALD ... really the list a convention specifically invites an goes on. It does seem contradictory that David Langford, 22 Northumberland Ave., author to attend a convention, said con your own SF NEWS, in this very issue, is obliged to meet at least part of the praises the books (Turner and Alderson). Readings, Berkshire, RG2 7PW UK 7/(./82 expense. This depends of course on the To form your own, unbiased opinion of way in which the invitation is put. Dear Merv, these books I feel you should at least Con organisers of course rely on authors read them, and not take notice of an I am always glad to get ASFN---- honest turning up at their conventions to man unknown reviewer like Methold. boss--and (as you've seen) I steal an the panels and such, but in most cases, You have done a lot for Paul in the past, occasional snippet. I must say you both here and in the U.S.A, in partic­ but to take such a one-sided view as Australians have Good Taste, giving the ular, there are always a few who only you have here disapoints us. Ditmar to THE AFFIRMATION, which for my have a short distance to come. With only money is better than anything on the two or three at the most major cons in Yours sincerely current Hugo ballot, and really deserves Australia Ln a year, we usually do not success. Instead: no US pb sale, no UK have too much trouble. However if any Rowena Cory pb sale for ages ( and only a rock- guest is specifically invited, Lt is taken bottom advance then), no mention in for granted that accomadation is at Vear Rowena, Hugo/Nebula final ballot, edged out of least paid for. It seems I may have been a bit hasty in the much more 'enlightened' BSFA Award by SHADOW OF THE TORTURER (which should This situation with Jerucon is I realise mentioning Ur MethoId's reviews. In probably quite different. I also realise fact I only saw the OMEGA review and bt rights have been competing in the previous year, but British publication that sf authors have been attending cons the others I refered to I believe were for years, with Little or no talk of any his also, but I was also told that some was selayed)...Grr. Thank goodness for Australia and the Ditmar. expenses being paid. I for one do very of the reviews you refer to were not sincerely appreciate this and in no way complimentary, inclucLcng the S.M.H., Please note new address. want the situation to change, but I do but obviously this information was Dave think that convention organisers should wrong. My personal opinions on the books Vear Vave, not take the authors too much for I admit I cannot give, as I have not granted. read them fully. I cannot be bothered Thanks for your Letter, even if it is with fantasy, no offence to Keith replying to a very old Letter of mine. Thank you very much for your tetter and Taylor, but I have read Wynne's first Glad you were happy about THE AFFIRMATION. kind comments. It is gratifying to know book and I enjoyed reading it and I am I have read all of Chris Priest's books that people do appreciate your efforts. reading the second. In fact I intend except this one , and I think his 'first, Incidentty, I do applaud the organisers to do an interview with Wynne in a near and enjoyed them all. Sounds as though of Jerucon for their audacity Ln planning future issue. Jack Wodham's is something I will have to read this one. I found a convention there, but I do think that else again. A cursory glance through the SHAVOW OF THE TORTURER by the way a Lot of fairs may have been put off by RYN, plus John Alderson's not altogether a bit of a bore. the continuing political climate Ln the Merv B area. Sincerely Merv Binns f < to likelihood rather than fantastic- my pet aversions, Delany and Ellison, ation. And likelihood turns out to be who have two entries each. just as fantastic as other writers' nonsense about two-headed humans and Reviewed by George Turner mutated talking dogs. And the story itself is bloody marvellous. CLONED LIVES It takes place two and a half millenia By Pamela Sargent after the holocaust, in the Kent-Sussex Fontana (William Collins) $3.95 ARP area of England. Humanity is rediscover­ ing the elments of primitive technology Cloned Lives is a novel about five after a long Dark Age and grasping young people who were cloned at the dimly the need for responsible govern­ same time from one famous man. They THE PLAINS ment. Dreams of power reside in the grow up together and suffer various By Gerald Murnane legend of the'l Big 1' (the fusion psychological problems from being bomb). They think they may have found "different" from their peers, and from 126 pp $9.95 ARP it when gunpowder is rediscovered the feeling that they are expected to Christopher priest, when he visited - and from there on the story takes live up to the brilliance of their "father": the sorts of pressures Australia earlier this year, spoke of a very thoughtful turn. Hoban offers his desire to 'open up' science fiction, no simple solutions, only simple many intelligent children suffer today but with the added twist of being meaning that he sought areas of theme and questions with difficult answers. clones. The book is almost a series imaginative narrative no dependent on of short stories (in fact several the conventions of sf or any other genre. It is by now well known that the book chapters had been previously published His own THE AFFIRMATION could stand as is written in the 'futuristic' speech as stories), each standing alone and an example of what he meant, as might of the post-holocaust people (with the seen from the point of view of a the novels of Tom Disch, John Sladek and aim of distancing the reader from his Gene Wolfe. Also THE PLAINS. own too-familiar time and place) but different character, yet held this is no barrier. Hoban is not out together by a common theme and by the Interpretation of this novel will vary to make things difficult for the reader; relationship between the characters. with the reader, but I see it as a on the contrary he signposts his meanings Pamela Sargent does an excellent job vision of what we Australians might have unobtrusively but unmistakably at all of creating the five personalities become if we had based our culture on times. I found myself reading easily (4 male, 1 female) of the clones in our surroundings instead of importing by the end of page 2 and soon quite a believable manner(also the father) our thinking from Europe and America. unconscious of the dialect, which and her biology is good as far as I A young film-maker travels to THE PLAINS, Hoban uses most cunningly to short­ can tell. The setting is a definitely a vast internal area culturally severed cut descriptions and explanations. upbeat early-21st-century America from The Coast, with a history - part where most of the pressing energy/ Ocker, part intellectual - quite differ­ Opinions will differ, but for me, pollution/housing/etc problems are ent from the one we know. The 'squattoc- RIDDLEY WALKER is one of the eight or being handled in a sensible and racy' have become the new 'Renaissance ten top SF novels of our time. technologically-feasible manner. She princes' who carouse in a pub while at sketches in these "solutions" merely the same time providing essential patron­ Reviewed by GEORGE TURNER as a way of providing background age of the arts and sciences: their information about the society in which visions are simultaneously limited by the characters interact, and does not changeless plains and released by the SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME, VOL IV dwell on the details. For instance, illimitable acres of a country too vast since the characters move almost to explore; their people are what we Ed. by Arthur C. Clarke entirely in the world of academia, might have become if we had not spread Gollancz; 672 pp; $21.95 we don't find out much of anything the Old World too thickly over our new about the poor and unemployed (who one. This new volume of the "Hall of Fame" surely are still around), but that's series is rather more patchy than its not really a criticism as I don't The novel consists of the explorations predecessors. It contains the Nebula believe the author was trying to of the film maker whose film may never - winning short stories, novellas and create an entire society in this be made because it will not be understood, novelettes from 1965 to 1969 and it is novel. Rather, it's a fictional even if he can understand well enough to notable that only one of the sixteen examination of some rather important make it. was originally published in ANALOG; ethical questions (a la Ursula Le Guin). It is a quiet novel, more rumination than that one is Anne McCaffrey's Primarily: what are the responsibilities movement, needing concentration from the DRAGONRIDER which, when you come to of scientists regarding the effects reader. A writer who makes demands on think about it, was not the sort of work of their research discoveries(or the his reader must provide an intellectual you really expected to see in ANALOG. It uses to which these discoveries may reward for devotion, and for me Murnane gives you the hint of sort of fringe-new- be put)? Should a society ban (even does so; I commend THE PLAINS if you are wavery over all. temporarily) certain types of research prepared to step outside the norm and not out of fear of possible consequences, expect the mixture-as-before. including intentional or accidental misuse? Secondarily, what might be I quote: '... the great maps of the Some of the stories, like Dickson's 'Call Him Lord' and Silverberg's the effects on individuals and on regions of plains ... the work of... 'Passengers' prompt the question: 'If those who locate their improbable tribes society as a whole, or cloning (not these were the best, in God's name what and preposterous beasts in the regions just cloning whole people, but also were the others like?' Then, with assumed to be the best known...' cloning new organs to replace old ones Moorcock's 'Behold The Man' and Vance's in a given individual)? What constitutes Do you scent a whiff of Borges? You 'The Last Castle', you can see why they informed consent when dealing with a should. There is more than one such. excited the readers of '66 and '67 but foetus? It's these ethical questions they seem less important, even a little which intrigue me, and which make the Reviewed by George Turner overblown today. book thought-provoking and worthwhile

But Aldiss's 'The Saliva Tree', Zelazny's Reviewed by Jean Weber RIDDLEY WALKER 'He Who Shapes', Leiber's 'Gonna Roll WE ARE ALL LEGENDS By Russell Hoban The Bones' and McKenna's 'The Secret Picador; 214pp; $6.95 Place' stand up as well as ever. They By Darrell Schweitzer really were the best of their years, Illustrated by Fabian. 189 pp. Russell Hoban fans expect the bizarre unstoppable even by a ratbag voting and unusual and this one will not system. There's no room to discuss Starblaze Editions $4.95 US disappoint them. It is also solid each story, but the book contains enough A beautifully produced book, even in science fiction - a post-holocaust first rate SF to earn a place on any paperback though the back cover is some­ story worked out with close attention shelf - even for those who agree about what disfigured by a bit of nonsense 12 reading, "Comparisons with Ursula K. surely our Robert can do better than LeGuin are inevitable..." - SF NEWS. this? Oh,well, the Heinlein fans will Leguin is about the last writer one buy it no matter how mediocre it is. would think about when reading this pessimistic book about a half-mad and THE CRYSTAL SINGER pathologically pessimistic knight. One By Anne McCaffrey might think of Cervantes but Don Quixote Severn House HC $17.95 ARP was mad in a different way. Both are set in what puports to be the same era, It must be hard being the author of medieval Europe. Medieval Christianity several bestselling science fiction By ^1/4 J. STEveWJ. was quite a robust thing, however strange novels. Everything you produce after­ to us, but Sir Julian knows nothing about wards is invariably compared to those MR MONSTER'S MOVIE GOLD By Forrest J. its saving graces, and in any case his bestsellers, and reviewers love to use Ackerman. Donning Publishers; $12.95 US theological difficulties are modern, but the phrase, "this work is not as good For those of you who are interested in then he knows nothing of the saving as..". With CRYSTAL SINGER I am pleased the fantastic movie, I can recommend graces of modern Christianity. All he to say that Anne McCaffrey has produced this volume as a definite must for your knows is that he has offended God and is a work that is as good as anything she bookshelf. Crammed to the rafters with damned. Regrettably the pessimism of the has ever done before and yet as differ­ rare stills from almost forgotten movies, author precludes any depth of treatment, ent, and if this work is not nominated this book is a goldmine for the fantasy as does the superficial knowledge of for a Hugo in 1983 then there is some­ film buff and historian. It has been thing wrong with the system. Christianity of the author and Sir Julian. edited by the outstanding collector of So both blunder on. our time, Forrest J.Ackerman. Let us CRYSTAL SINGER tells the story of hope that there are a few more volumes Killashandra Ree, a young women who has Reviewed by John Alderson to follow. trained for years to be a top singer, only to be rejected in her last weeks A BETTER MAN TRAP THE WARLOCK IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, KING by her teachers. Meeting up with a mys­ By Bob Shaw KOBOLD, WARLOCK UNLOCKED and WIZARD IN terious stranger she finds herself BEDLAM by Christopher Stasheff, Gollancz, 192pp $15.95 caught up in several events that finally All except 'The Warlock Unlocked' place her on the planet Ballybran where A book from Bob Shaw is always a are availbale now in Granada pbs, and, she becomes a member of the Heptite delight. This is no exception. Nine that is only in ACE,$2.75 US. The others Guild and finally a crystal singer, the supurb stories, somewhat varied in are $4.95, $5.95 and $4.95 respectively. elite and most dangerous part of the theme and atmosphere, but all well told Series books rule.OK.' Yet another series guild. Just how Killashandra comes to and all with a credible background. and this time one that can be happily terms with the rejection in her past and But notwithstanding, some are unusual. recommended as entertaining reading. Set how she finds her talent and place as a Take for instance the story "The Cottage on the lost planet of Gramarye our hero crystal singer, makes a good and inter­ of Eternity". Surely a man who meets up with witches, goblins, ghosts, esting story. Anne McCaffrey has given describes himself as a Squientist plots, Dukes, a Queen, beggars , time us yet another finely crafted universe, (that is a squire who is also a travellers and romance. Great stuff and and we can only hope that she will not scientist) would obviously detect a far too long out of print. abandon this universe just yet and will new particle to be called the maryon THE PROMETHEUS DESIGN by Sondra Marshak give us more on the Heptite Guild and which is a metre or so in diameter the crystal singers. with a corresponding volume. It turns and Myrna Culbreath and THE ABODE OF out to be a ghost, and ghosts, being LIFE by Lee Correy.TIMESCAPE PBs$2.50 US Ea. of a somewhat similar mass to other See Kirk and Spock save the Universe yet MAGAZINE NEWS particles get blown away from the again. See Kirk offer his life for his earth by the solar wind. However, not friends. See Spock offer his life for The latest magazine in the f§sf field all of the stories are so light hearted. his friends. See the usual supporting in the US is AMERICAN FANTASY. The first But all are good. cast. See Kirk get into the sack with issue features a long interview with Reviewed by John Alderson alien women. See the authors get in over PETER STRAUB. It is planned as a quar­ their heads with an impossible plot. See terly. Subscription rate $8.00 to P.O. the reader throw the "Prometheus Design" Box 41714, Chicago IL 60641, USA. CONQUESTS out the window. By Poul Anderson Dragon Publishing have definitely taken Granada $6.25 PB Lee Correy is a much better writer than over AMAZING sf magazine and the first above Trekkies, so you can at least get issue published by them will be the This book was first published in the a better and more controlled story though September issue, although the masthead USA some years ago as "Seven Conquests", only confirmed fans of the series will will still show the old publishers but has been unavailable for a long really like it. What I really want to Arthur Bernhardt and the editor as time. It consists of seven stories; read is either action, or some further Elinor Mavor. George Scithers, as we "Kings Who Die", "Wildcat", "Cold advance of character and not this same­ reported last issue, is the new editor. Victory", "Inside Straight", "Details", ness that has crept in lately. "Licence" and "Strange Bedfellows". Some of Anderson's best writing, all FRIDAY By Robert Heinlein HC $19.95 (Approx) published in the '50s and a very good New English Library(Hodder § Stoughton Aust. buy for new or non-magazine readers. A new Heinlein novel is always popular Books previously reviewed in hard cover and despite the bad reviews that have and now out in paperback include: been gathered by the last four, a new THE PRIESTS OF PSI by Frank Herbert book will still sell very well. The (John Litchen ASFN #23), THE WEB lastest offering, FRIDAY is 380 pages THE CYGNUS BETWEEN THE WORLDS by Charles Sheffield long and tells the story of Friday, a (John Litchen ASFN #16) and THE UNLIM­ secret service operator for a security CHRONICLER ITED DREAM COMPANY by J.G.Ballard firm, and her problems just prior to (George Turner ASFN #18). Granada have and during a planned rebellion on Earth AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER reissued some Brian Aldiss titles with in the not to distant future. Friday has new covers. It seems that they may have lots of friends and lovers (of both SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY even gone to the extent of re-jacketing sexes) and a few enemies who don't last REVIEW MAGAZINE so to speak, already existing stock. very long. By the time the novel has The titles received for review are : finished our girl has quit Earth and THE MOMENT OF ECLIPSE, BAREFOOT IN THE jumped ship onto the colony planet of Editor/Publisher HEAD, STARSWARM, SPACE, TIME AND Botany Bay, where she finds love, happi­ NATHANIEL and THE DARK LIGHT YEARS. NEVILLE J.ANGOVE ness, children and a extended family. These are all Aldiss at his very readable As a novel it is better than having to SUBSCRIPTION $A5.00 per year. best. read John Norman bondage fantasies, but Merv Binns 13 shown are the original British or the published by the dates shown. They American prices except where marked quite often announce titles, give pub­ ARP, which indicates Australian Recom­ lication dates and then you do not see mended Price. And that is the only place them until a year later. where the Australian price is shown. A few readers have asked us to continue Please note that we do not guarantee including the abbreviations list, so here it is: that all the information in this list is 100% accurate. It can only be as ABBREVIATIONS accurate as our sources allow and acc­ Thu ti a. tut oft abb/ievtatton-i med. ording to the details known. With the It ti poatbte we have m-cued iome, io titles two months ahead, descriptions, // you. {-end any that you cannot deetphet. prices and other details are hard to ptease advtie ui and we w-M make eet- The books listed in this column are pin down, but we do our best. Please Australian, British and United States tatn they ajie tnctuded tn the next do tell us of any discrepancies you tiiae. publications either published up to notice and we will correct the mistakes August or due in September. We listed in a future listing. We think that it Ad Adventure N Novel some titles last issue for June, even is more important to tell you that a A Anthology NFD No further though we did say the list was up to book is coming well ahead, than wait C Collection details. May, and we will relist some here with to list it till we have full details. Ed Edited by NE New edition better descriptions and some that were FE First Edition PB Paperback published prior to June,but missed. The list is getting a bit top heavy, but FP First Paperback RP Reprint We are endeavouring to get as far ahead with this one and the last we are try­ F Fantasy SF Science as possible with this listing, but it ing to catch up and get as far ahead as we H Horror Fiction is difficult to obtain details on some can, so we are covering four months HC Hard Cover ScFa Science new original titles in the last month, titles when normally it will be only His Historical Fantasy September in this case. However we see two or three. 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ADAMS Douglas LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND and a new order of civilization has published collections; 'The Future in EVERYTHING IN IT SF/N FE PB been established. But the question Question' and 'Space Mail', with (Pan Aug '82 £ UK)(We expect local arises: Will it prevail? stories from the '50s and feOs. release from William Collins about THREE WORLDS TO CONQUER SF/C NE PB THE LAST MAN ON EARTH SF/A FE PB October. NPA.) The third book taken (Sphere £1.50 UK) ( Nelson Jul $4.95 (Fawcett Aug $2.95 US) NFD from the BBC radio programme,follow­ ARP) Two stories interwoven featuring SCIENCE FICTION A TO Z: A DICTIONARY ing "Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the a colonist on Ganymede and a native OF SCIENCE FICTION THEMES SF/A FE Galaxy" and "The Restaurant at the of Jupiter. HC (Houghton Mifflin Aug ($14.95)US) end of the Universe" . U.S. he edition THERE WILL BE TIME/THE DANCER FROM NFD at $9.95 is due out in October. ATLANTIS SF/Double 2 novels in one TV:2000 SF/A FE PB (Fawcett Apr ADAMS Richard THE UNBROKEN WEB volume for the first time. NE PB $2.95 US) A collection of stories F/C (FE) PB($3.95 US Ballantine) (Signet $2.50 US) that illustrate the power of TV - 18 A collection of legends and folk tales ANTHONY Piers PHTHOR SF/N RP PB stories by Eric Frank Russell, Damon from around the world. 18 in all. (Berkley $2.75 US) Companion volume Knight, Robert Sheckley and others. Illustrated by Jennifer Campbell. to 'Chthon'. ASPRIN Robert MYTH DIRECTIONS F/N FE ADAMS Robert THE COMING OF THE HORSE ASIMOV Isaac THE COMPLETE ROBOT TPB (Starblaze Aug $5.95 US) The CLANS SF/N NE PB (Signet $2.50 US SF/C NE (SFBC US July) Including third book in the series following July) The first story in the 'Horse­ 'I Robot','The Rest of the Robots', 'Another Fine Myth' and 'Myth Concep­ clans' series, featuring the nomadic plus other previously uncollected tions '. Humorous 'Unknown' type inhabitants of a future devastated material. (Doubleday April '82) fantasy. U.S.A. FOUNDATION'S EDGE SF/N FE HC SANCTUARY SF/A FE HC (SFBC US) A THE WITCH GODDESS SF/N FE PB (Signet (Whispers Press Sep '82 $50.00 US combination of 'Thieve's World' and $2.50 US Sep) Bill of Morguhn arid his Limited edition) The trade editions 'Tales from the Vulgar Unicom' in one small band of warriors against the from Doubleday in the U.S. and Granada volume. Previously published only in wild cannibal tribes and the witchmen. in the U.K. will not appear till separate ACE pb editions. A new ' Horseclans' novel. late '82 and early '83 respectively. AUEL Jean THE VALLEY OF THE HORSES ALDISS Brian KEYWORD Mys/N-J (NE) PB (Piccolo/ F/N FE HC&PB (Hodder 8 Stoughton FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND ScFa/N NE PB Pan May)(William Collins $2.75 ARP) £7.50 HC and £5.50 TPB UK) (Crown HC (New in Granada £ 1.25 July)(G8G Apprx. A young boy helps his policeman Oct $4.95) eoirto s- father solve crimes. Of interest to ISAAC ASIMOV. MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG & CHARLES G WAUGH HELLICONIA SPRING SF/N FE HC(Jonathan Asimov collectors only. Cape £ 6.95 Feb)(Australasian Pub.Co OPUS:THE BEST OF ISAAC ASIMOV SF and June $17.50 ARP)(Atheneum Feb $12.95 NF/C NE (SFBC UK July) HC US) First part of a long, three part ASIMOV Isaac,GREENBERG M.H. and WAUGH novel set on the planet of a binary C.G. Eds DRAGON TALES SF SF/A star sytem. Aldiss's crowning achieve­ (Fawcett $2.95 US) A mixture of sf ment that is receiving world wide and fantasy tales featuring dragons, critical acclaim and bestseller sales. by Evelyn E.Smith, L.Frank Baum, See review last issue of the NEWS. Thomas N.Scortia and others. MOREAU'S OTHER ISLAND NE F Br PB ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS THE GREAT SF (Granada Aug £1.25 UK) (Gordon and STORIES: 7 (1945) SF/A FE PB Gotch Appx. $4.95 Oct) First British (Daw Jul $3.50 US) The dawn of the pb edition of this novel about a atomic age with stories by Henry modern day 'Dr Moreau'. Kuttner, Leigh Brackett, Lester Del ANDERSON Poul STARSHIP SF/C FE PB Rey and Asimov himself. (TOR July $2.75 US) The 3rd and final ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION book in the 'Psychotechnic League' TREASURY SF/A FE HC (Bonanza $6.98 fl 14 series. The wars of Earth have ended US) A combination of two previously FIRE -BREATHING FICTION OF THE FANTASTIC! $15.95US) No local release date known. A story set in prehistoric times - a sequel to 'Clan of the Cave Bear' . AUSTIN R.G. COSMIC ENCOUNTERS: WHICH JOHNBRUNNCR WAY BOOKS * 8 SF/C-J FE PB SF stories with alternate endings for young readers to choose. MznSMPC BACHMAN Richard RUNNING MAN SF/N FE Bv ttw Huoo-winnlng author of STAND ON ZANZIBAR PB (Signet Aug $3.75 US) A future TV game show - 'Run For Your Life'. Beat the Hunters for 30 days and win the billion dollar jackpot. Our hero Ben Richards, is betting that he can win the game and live... BARBET Pierre THE NAPOLEONS OF ERIDANUS SF/N RP PB (DAW Mar >82)(William Collins Sep $3.50 ARP) New local release of this French translation. BAUER Steven SATYRDAY F/N NE TPB (Berkley May $4.95 US) BENFORD Gregory THE JUPITER PROJECT SF/N-J PB NE (Sphere Aug £1.50 UK) First British edition. Local release probably October. TPB A new and unabridged edition of local release date from Transworld yet. BERGER Barbara ANIMALIA F/C (J) FE this novel first published by Monarch MANSHAPE SF/N (FE) PB (DAW $2.25 US) (Celestial Arts Pre.pub $16.95 US Paperbacks in 1963. A man with the The interstellar Bridge System was the After 1/1/83 $19.95 US) A collection ability to break the hold of an alien greatest invention in man's history, of thirteen small tales retold, hand­ race on a space drive, finds his very linking together far flung worlds, but written and illuminated. existance threatened. one world did not want any part of it. BIEDERSTADT Lynn THE EYE OF THE MIND HAWKMISTRESS! SF/N FE PB (DAW $2.95 This may be a re-write/re-title of an Occ F/N FE PB (Signet Aug $2.95 US) US) A new 'Darkover ' novel featuring early novel. A scientist brings together a group of Romilly, who has the McAran gift of BUSBY F.M. THE PROUD ENEMY SF/N NE psychics, to make use of their abilit­ mastery over hawk and horse and who PB (Hamlyn £ 1.50 UK) First British ies, but it soon is a matter of who is wants nothing of the war in the lands publication of this novel. controlling who. of Darkover. CADY Jack THE WELL Gothic Hor/N NE BISCHOFF David STAR SPRING SF/N FE PB SWORD OF CHAOS Edited by Bradley and FPB (Avon $2.50 US) A horror story set (Berkley Aug $2.25 US) A sequel to The Friends of Darkover (DAW Apr) in an old gigantic family mansion, 'Starfall', continuing the adventures (William Collins Sep $4.50 ARP) Local described as one of the best horror of Todd Spigot, saviour of earth. release. Darkover stories. SF/A PB novels of the year. BISHOP Michael and WATSON Ian Eds TWO .TO CONQUER SF/N NE PB (Arrow CALLENBACH Ernest ECOTOPIA EMERGING CHANGES SF/A FE PB (ACE Jul $2.95 US) £ 1.75 UK Aug) First Arrow edition of SF/N FE PB (Bantam $2.95 US) A con- Stories of metamorphosis, including this novel featuring the outlaw servation orientated novel, prequel to an original by Ursula K.LeGuin. warrior of Darkover, Wolf. 'Ecotopia', by the same author. Show­ UNDER HEAVEN'S BRIDGE SF/N NE PB WEB OF DARKNESS ScFa/N FE TPB (Starblaze ing how the revolution began in 1986 (Corgi Sep £1.50 UK) Local release Aug $4.95 US) First publication of this that lead to the new North American probably about November. novel set in Atlantis, featuring the nation described in 'Ecotopia'. BLAYLOCK James THE ELFIN SHIP F/N FE occult mysteries practised there. CAMPBELL Jeffrey THE HOMING HF/N FE PB (Del Rey Aug $2.75 US) A tale of WEB OF LIGHT ScFa/N FE TPB (Starblaze PB (Sphere UK)( Sphere- Nelson Aust. magic and wonder, featuring elves, Aug $4.95 US) Second in the Atlantis July $4.95 ARP) A small town where goblins, a cloak of invisibility and Saga. A girl possessed of great psychic nightmares come true... and nobody a watch that stops time. talents is taken advantage of by a ever leaves there alive. BLISH James BLACK EASTER F/N RP PB high priest of a strange cult. CARLSON William K. ELYSIUM SF/N FE HC (Avon June $2.50 US) BRADSHAW Gillian HAWK OF MAY HisF/N (Doubleday $10.95 US) In 4160 AD THE DAY AFTER JUDGEMENT F/N RP PB RP PB (Methuen £1.50 UK June) First man has learned to live in harmony (Avon June $2.50 US) in Arthurian trilogy reprinted. with nature, but all is not what it Both of these books about the Devil's IN WINTER'S SHADOW F/N FE HC (Simon seems, as our hero finds out when he conquest of Earth, are published by and Schuster Jul $15.50 US) NFD falls in love with a woman rebel. by Arrow in one volume. KINGDOM OF SUMMER HisF/N NE PB CARR Jayge THE TREASURE IN THE HEART DR MIRABILIS His/N NE PB (Avon Aug (Methuen Jun 1.50 UK)(Signet June OF THE MAZE (SF/N) FE HC (Doubleday $2.95 US) We believe this is the first $2.75 US) Second in the Arthurian July '82 $10.95 US) NFD US publication of this novel about trilogy. CARR Terry THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION alchemist and mystic, Roger Bacon. BRANDNER Gary THE CAT PEOPLE HF/N FE STORIES OF THE YEAR #11 Edited. BLOCH Robert PSYCHO II H/N FE HC and PB (Fawcett Apr $2.95 US)(Sphere SF/A FE PB (Timescape July $3.95 US) PB (Whispers Press.Limited edition Nelson Australia July release $4.95 17 stories including 3 novellas and HC $35.00 US)(Warner PB $3.50 US) ARP.Delayed till August) The novel of a review of the sf for the year by A sequel to 'Psycho' in which Norman the new movie version based on the Charles N.Brown. Bates is released from the asylum, original novel by DeWitt Bodeen. CHALKER Jack L. AND THE DEVIL WILL but obviously is not cured. The BROOKS Terry THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA DRAG YOU UNDER ScFa/N RP PB (Del Rey Whispers Press edition is 750 copies F/N FE HC 8 TPB (Del Rey $15.95 US HC July $2.50 US) A drunken demon, in slip case and signed. $7.95 US TPB July) A sequel to the Asmodeus Mogart saves the world. BOYER Elizabeth THE THRALL AND THE popular Tolkien type fantasy novel, THE IDENTITY MATRIX SF/N FE PB DRAGON'S HEART F/N FE PB (Del Rey 'The Sword of Shannara', in which the (Timescape July $2.75 US) An Sep $2.75 US) A fantasy novel based Elves and the races of man are threat­ original novel about aliens infiltrat­ on Icelandic myths, by the author of ened by Reaper and the ravening demons. ing the Earth and changing people's 'The Elves and the Otterskin'. THE SWORD OF SHANNARA F/N RP PB personalities. BRACKETT Leigh ERIC JOHN STARK: OUTLAW (Del Rey $3.50 US) QUEST FOR THE WELL OF SOULS SF/N OF MARS SF/C FE PB (Del Rey $2.25 US) BROWN Frederic THE BEST OF FREDERIC NE PB (Penguin July 1.75 UK) Two short novels featuring the swash­ BROWN SF/C NE PB (New English Lib. CHERRYH C.J. THE FIRES OF AZEROTH buckling hero of the Red Planet. £1.25 UK) We presume that this is a SF/N NE PB (Magnum/Methuen £1.50 UK BRADBURY Ray THE COMPLETE POEMS OF RAY British printing of the Del Rey book Aug ) 3rd in 'Morgaine' series. BRADBURY F/Poetry FE PB (Del Rey published in '77. MERCHANTER'S LUCK SF/N FE PB (DAW $2.75 US) Complete in one volume, BRUNNER John INTO THE SLAVE NEBULA July $2.95 US)(SFBC US Sep) A sequel all the poems by sf's most lyrical SF/N NE PB (Corgi£ 1.50 UK Aug) Prev. to 'Downbelow Station'. Two young author. published by Ace, Lancer and Millington space traders from opposing factions, BRADLEY Marion Zimmer THE COLOURS OF in HC. The plot involves a conspiracy join forces against a common danger. — — SPACE SF/N NE (Starblaze $5.95 US) in the manufacture of androids. No SERPENT'S REACH SF/N NE HC (SFBC 1 5 UK) CLARKE Arthur C. 2010: ODYSSEY TWO SF/N FE HC (Phantasia Press Oct '82 $50.00 US) catVail i CONEY (Granada Late '82 7.95 UK) (Del Rey HC Late '82 PB ’83)

A sequel to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. KARINATHE SVELTE BODIES OT THE EELIHAS WERE IRRESISTIBLE-AHDSTKICTLI OEE LIMITS TOR An abridged two part serialisation IUIMAI- MEH THE EELIMAS HAOA will appear in 'Playboy' magazine. WmOEKTUL TIME... WIND FROM THE SUN SF/C RP PB (Signet $1.95 USApril) CLEVE John SPACEWAYS #4 SATANA ENSLAVED SF/N FE PB (Playboy $2.50 US Jul) The spaceship Satana crash lands on an ice planet and the crew become slaves of the rulers of the planet. SPACEWAYS #5 : MASTER OF MISFIT SF/N FE PB (Playboy $2.50 US Aug) The heroine of this sexy sf series is kidnapped by a birdman/thief, who teaches her a few new tricks. SPACEWAYS #6: PURRFECT PLUNDER SF/N FE PB (Playboy $2.50 US Sep) Adventures on a planet inhabited by cat people. blood of a dragon and the heart of a must depend on one another for sur­ COHEN Barney & BEAN Jim THE TAKING OF hero. vival in a world where magic is SATCON STATION SF/N FE PB (TOR Aug THE HAND OF ZEI SF/N NE PB (ACE dying. Sequel to come. $2.95 US) A hard boiled detective, $2.95 US Aug) Dirk Barnevelt against DOUGLAS Gregory THE NEST HF/N NE PB Asher Bockhorn of the 21st century, the pirates of Krishna. (New English Library ^1.75 UK) against the Mob, as they move to take DEL REY Lester ATTACK FROM ATLANTIS Poison creates mutants in garbage over an old NASA space station. SF/N-J RP PB (Del Rey $1.95 US) dump. COLE Allan 8 BUNCH Chris STEN MOON OF MUTINY SF/N-J RP PB (Del Rey DOYLE Sir Arthur Conan THE LAND OF SF/N FE PB (Del Rey $2.50 US Sep) $1.95 US) MIST SF/N NE HC ( P. Chivers June story of revenge on an artificial OUTPOST OF JUPITER SF/N-J RP PB UK) world controlled by a corrupt and (Del Rey $1.95 US) THE LOST WORLD SF/N NE HC (P.Chivers merciless companion. DFLANY Samuel R. THE BALLAD OF BETA 2 June UK) CONEY Michael CAT KARINA SF/N FE PB SF/N NE PB (Bantam $2.50 US ) THE POISON BELT SF/N NE HC (ACE $2.75 US Aug) Humans and mutants First publication by Bantam. (P.Chivers June UK) NPA must learn to co-exist on a post THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION holocaust Earth. Cat Karina, a des­ SF/N NE PB (Bantam $2.50 US) DRAKE Asa THE LAIR OF THE ANCIENT DREAMS cendent of jaguars, is chosen to First Bantam edition. OccF/N FE PB (Avon $2.50 US July ) unite her people with the humans. THE JEWELS OF APTOR SF/N NE PB An original fantasy set in 16th century CONKLIN Groff THE CLASSIC BOOK OF First Bantam edition. Italy during the inquisition. A woman SCIENCE FICTION SF/A (NE) HC DIBELL Ansen SUMMER FAIR ScFa/N FE branded as a witch falls in love with (Bonanza/Outlet Book Co. $6.98 US) PB (DAW $2.75 US ) The third book a soldier and they find they are both Groff Conklin put together some great in the Kantmorie saga in which the incarnates, together again after collections of sf in the '50s. They secret heir, Jannus, has a vast thousands of years. include many of the best stories challenge to overcome. DRAKE David TIME SAFARI SF/N FE PB written on basic sf themes. Most of DICK Philip K. BLADE RUNNER SF/N NE (TOR $2.75 US) What would it really these collections have been reprinted PB (Granada/Panther Late '82) The be like to go hunting dinosaurs? A by Bonanza Books, but they have unfor­ film edition of 'Do Androids Dream new novel by the author of 'Hammer's tunately changed the titles. The new Electric Sheep'. The movie is due Slammers'. September US publication. ELLISON Harlan LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT titles available besides 'The Classic for release in Australia about SEX MISPELLED FSSF/C NE PB (ACE Book' include 'The Golden Age of SF', December. $2.95 US) First Ace printing of 22 'The Treasury of SF' and the 'Omnibus CONFESSIONS OF A CRAP ARTIST Non- stories, including "All the Sounds of of SF' which is probably the only one F$SF Novel NE PB (Timescape $2.75 US) Fear". Publication delay. that retains its original title. The first U.S. pb edition of this SHATTERDAY F&SF/C NE HC (SFBC UK COYNE John HOBGOBLIN HF/N NE PB novel set in California in the '50s. (Fontana Sep 1.50 UK)(Berkley $3.50 THE DIVINE INVASION SF/N NE PB July ) SPIDER KISS Non-SF/N NE PB (ACE US Jul)(SFBC US Aug) Ancient magic (Timescape $2.95 US) 1st U.S.pb $2.25 US) Last published by Pyramid and modern horror in an old castle edition of this thematic sequel to in '75. Withdrawn from sale. set on the Hudson river, where a real 'Valis'. STALKING THE NIGHTMARE F§SF/C FE HC life sword and sorcery game is in DICKSON Gordon R. THE OUTPOSTER (Phantasia Press THC $16.00 US and progress . SF/N NE PB (TOR $2.75 US) SLEEPWALKER'S WORLD SF/N NE PB Boxed § signed edition $40.00 US) DA CRUZ Daniel THE AYES OF TEXAS Ellison's 38th book containing 20 SF/N FE PB (Del Rey $2.25 US Aug ) (TOR $2.50 US) First TOR editions. DICKINSON Peter KING AND JOKER stories and essays - some new, some Texas succeeds from the U.S.A, and long out of print, some revised from takes on the entire Russian navy, with Myst NE PB (Hamlyn£ 1.25 UK) NFD DISCH Thomas M. ORDERS OF THE RETINA their magazine appearances. June '82. only one decrepit battleship and two WEB OF THE CITY Non-F/N NE PB dozen disabled veterans. SF/ Poetry FE TPB 8 HC (Toothpaste Press PB $7.50 HC $35.00US) Alimited (ACE $2.25 US) A contemporary novel DALEY Brian TRON SF/N FE PB (Del Rey originally published as 'Rumble'. Sep. $2.75 US SepTC SFBC US Sep) Based edition with 1050 pbs and 100 signed hard covers. Toothepaste Press, (See note on these new ACE editions on the screenplay for the Disney in 'People 5 Publishing' column.) movie. Set in a world where computer c/o Allen § Cinda Kornblum, Box 546, West Branch, IA 52358, U.S.A. ESTEY Dale A LOST TALE ScFa/N NE FPB game playing is a fight to the death. (ACE $2.50 US) A fantasy in a World Flynn, the only man to outsmart the RINGTIME SF/C FE HC 8 TPB (Toothe­ paste Press HC $35.00 TPB $10.00 US) War 2 setting. Isle of Man druids master computer, joins forces with help British intelligence against the Tron, the most valiant of the game First in a series edited and intro­ duced by Disch, of short stories in Nazis, and stop the theft of the secret warriors. of the atomic bomb. June release U.S. DE CAMP L.Sprague THE DRAGON AT THE finely printed editions. The HC edition will be signed and numbered. EVANS C.D. CAPELLA'S GOLDEN EYES ISHTAR GATE F/N NE TPB (Starblaze SF/N NE PB ( ACE $2.50 June US) TPB $5.95 US and HC $12.95 US) An DONALDSON Stephen ONE TREE F/N NE HC (Sidgwick & Jackson £8.95 UK May) Humans and aliens on the planet Gaia. historical fantasy set in the Sth Panther edition was published in century BC, featuring a giant Bactrian (Hutchinson Australia $24.95 ARP) DOUGLAS Carole Nelson SIX OF SWORDS January '82. soldier and a Greek schoolmaster, on FARMER Phillip Jose A BARNSTORMER IN OZ 1 (ja quest for the ear of a king, the F/N FE PB (Del Rey $2.75 US) Two outcasts, scorning each other, F/N (FE Phantasia Press HC $40.00 US JALAV- AMAZON WARRIOR:! THE CRYSTALS OF MIDA

July )( Berkley TPB $5.95 US Sep) FRIEDELL Egon THE RETURN OF THE TIME GRAY Linda Crockett SIREN OccF/N FE The Phantasia edition is boxed and MACHINE SF/N RP PB (DAW $1.95 US (Playboy May)( Playboy- Gordon g signed. 600 copies only. We assume Apr) Gotch Sep release $3.95 ARP) this is another one of Farmer' s humor­ FRIEDMAN Hal CRIB H/N FE PB (Pocket GREEN Sharon THE CRYSTALS OF MIDA Jalav ous follow-ups to other authors works. $2.75 US) A young mother whose baby ScFa/N FE PB (DAW June $3.50 US) DARK DESIGN SF/N NE (SFBC UK HC) July dies, refuses to believe he is dead Jalav - Amazon Warrior #1. A warrior THE FABULOUS RIVERBOAT SF/N NE (SFBC and when she finds the grave empty woman fights against slavery on a UK HC) July she knows he is alive and needs her. once high tech world, in this sexy GREATHEART SILVER SF/N FE PB (TOR FRITH Nigel ASGARD F/N NE FPB science fantasy novel. $2.75 US June) As the forces of evil (Unicom /Allen g Unwin Sep £2.95 UK) THE WARRIOR WITHIN ScFa/N FE PB erupt again in the not-so-distant (Allen § Unwin Aust. Sep ) A retell­ (DAW Feb)( DAW - William Collins future, there is only one man who can ing of the Norse legend of Balder. Local Aug $3.75 ARP) Another sexy sf save us - the man they call Greatheart FURMAN A.L. Ed. GHOST STORIES HF/A-J novel featuring a special agent who Silver. FE PB (Pocket/Archway $1.95 US July) must become a slavegirl on a primit­ JESUS ON MARS SF/N NE PB (Granada GALLUP George JR. with PROCTOR William ive planet, to help Earth gain control. May)(Granada/Gordon 5 Gotch September (Eds) ADVENTURES IN IMMORTALITY GREENBERG Martin H. g WAUGH Charles G. Eds $5.95 ARP) (F/A FE HC)( McGraw Hill $12.95 US) THE ARBOR HOUSE CELEBRITY BOOK OF MAGIC LABRYNTH SF/N NE (SFBC UK Jul) A collection of stories? NFD Pub.June. HORROR STORIES HF/A FE HC g TPB NIGHT OF LIGHT SF/N NE PB (Penguin GARNETT Bill THE UNBEGOTTEN HF/N FE (Arbor House HC $20.95 TPB $9.95 Feb UK)(Penguin Australia Aug '82 PB (Hamlyn £1.25 UK Sep) July US) Stories selected by leading $3.50 ARP) STARSHIP DEATH SF/N NE PB (Star personalities with comments. THE PURPLE BOOK SF/N FE PB (TOR Sep £ 1.00 UK Aug ) Retitle of 'Unwise THE FANTASTIC SAINT F/A FE HC $2.95 US) When everything worth doing Child'. (Doubleday $10.95 US) A collection is done by machines, what will people g HEYDRON Vicki Ann THE GANDALARA of stories featuring 'The Saint', do to alleviate boredom? The answer CYCLE: THE GLASS OF DYSKORNIS SF/N we assume. MDL. September publication. lies in 'The Purple Book'. Also inc­ FE PB (Bantam Aug $2.50 US) 2nd book GREGORY Guy HEROES OF ZARA KEEP luded in this volume is the Hugo Win­ in trilogy. Ricardo Carillo takes over F/N FE PB (Bantam Mar)( Local release ning short novel, 'Riders of the Purple the body of Swordsman Markasset and Tran-world June $2.95 ARP) Wage'. is given a strong young body, a GRESHAM S. MOON LAKE F/N FE PB TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO SF/N NE beautiful fiance, a telepathic war (Zebra $2.95 US) NFD.Published. '(SFBC UK HC ) July’ cat - and an unknown enemy, who is GRIFFIN Russell M. THE BLIND MEN AND FELICE Cynthia GODSFIRE SF/N RP PB out for his blood. THE ELEPHANT SF/N FE PB (Timescape (Timescape $2.95 US) Aug GENTILE Anthony THE JUDAS SEED $2.75 US June) A TV journalist FERMAN Edward L. Ed. THE BEST FROM HF/N FE PB (Dell $3.25 July US) attacks secret government genetic FANTASY g SCIENCE FICTION 24th Series A successful illustrator discovers engineering experiments. A black FgSF/C FE HC (Scribner $13.95 US)June that his family is doomed to suffer comedy in which the author clearly Stories by Parke Godwin, Lisa Tuttle the consequences of an ancient betray­ points out who the real freaks are. John Varley and others. al, committed 2000 years ago. THE MAKESHIFT GOD SF/N NE PB FLEMING Ian MOONRAKER SF-Spy Thriller GOLDBERG Jean HF/N FE PB (Signet $2.50 (Granada £ 1.50 July ) First published Novel. (Panther RP PB NPA) James Bond May US) NFD by Dell in '79. Researchers from Earth in space. The original story.June. GERROLD David § NIVEN Larry THE FLYING must interfere with the development FOSTER Alan Dean NOR CRYSTAL TEARS SORCERERS SF/N RP PB (Del Rey $2.75 of the planet Albar, to investigate SF/N FE PB (Del Rey $2.75 US ) Sep June US) its treasure house of knowledge. A new novel featuring the early meet­ GORDON Stuart SMILE ON THE VOID HAGBERG David LAST COME THE CHILDREN ing of man and the Thranx. A prequel SF/N NElstUSEd PB (Berkley HF/N FE PB (TOR $2.95 US June ) to 'Bloodhype', 'The Tar-Aiym- $2.95 US) A man dies in a car accident and then Krang' etc GOULART Ron THE BIG BANG SF/N FE PB comes back to life again, but he is THE THING SF/N NE PB (Corgi/Trans- (DAW $2.25 US July) Jake and Hildy never quite the same, as his family world - Australian release $3.50 ARP) Pace , the 21st century detectives and friends learn to their dismay. (SFBC US Oct HC) The book of the new from Odd Jobs Inc., are asked by the HAGGARD H.Rider ERIC BRIGHTEYES John Carpenter film, based on the President of the U.S.A, to investi­ F/N RP PB (Zebra Aug $2.95) original story by John W.Campbell. gate explosions that are killing key THE LEGEND OF SHE F/N NE PB (Penguin FIELDING J. THE TRANSFORMATION world citizens. June UK)(Penguin Aust. 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