January 1995 Table of Contents v o l. 34 no. 1
M a in S t o r ies Locus Looks a t Books
Pagel Leaving Barnes & Noble/ Happy Holidays - 15- B.Dalton...... 7 Distillations: Short Fiction Kmart Kills Walden Book Reviews by Mark R. Kelly: f rom the Locus Staff F&SF 12/94; Analog mid-12/94; Interzone 11/94; Company Name ...... 7 Galaxy 11-12/94; Radius 11/94; Realms of Fan Lauriat's Buys Encore...... 7 tasy 12/94; Pulphouse Issue 17; Tomorrow 12/94; Omni 12/94; New Yorker 10/31 /94. Chain Financial Figures...... 7 - 19- Star Wars Countdown...... 8 Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe: Yanks Dominate UPC Awards . 8 The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Remake, Connie Willis; Science Fiction in the 20th Cen Online SF...... 8 tury, Edward James; Silent Interviews: On Lan 1995 Nebula Judges Named ... 8 guage, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics, Samuel R. Delany; SHORT TAKES: Ship T h e D a ta Fil e of Dreams, Dean Morrissey; Night of the Gar Multimedia Rights Battle...... 9 goyles, Eve Bunting; The Secret Oceans, Betty Readings & Signings...... 9 Ballantine; Virgil Finlay's Far Beyond; The Announcements...... 9 Worlds of TSR: A Pictorial Journey Through Other Media Announcements...... 9 the Landscape of the Imagination, Marlys Heeszel, ed. Awards & Contests...... 9 -23- Court Cases...... 9 Reviews by Faren Miller: Rushdie Update...... 9 The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson; Brother Book News...... 9 to Dragons, Companion to Owls, Jane Lind- Bookstore News...... 9 skold; Riding the Unicorn, Paul Kearney; Re Financial News...... 67 make, Connie Willis; Archangel, Mike Conner Magazine News...... 67 back row: Carolyn Cushman, Faren Miller; Atlantis: Model 1924, Samuel R. Delany; Little Market News...... 67 front row: Kirsten Gong-Wong, Deaths, Ellen Datlow, ed.; SHORT TAKES Other Media Received...... 67 Charles N. Brown, Marianne S. Jablon Xanadu 3, Jane Yolen, ed.; New Worlds 4, David Publications Received...... 67 Garnett, ed. Catalogs Received...... 67 International -27- Reviews by Russell Letson: In te r v iew s EuroCon Report...... 44 One King's Way, Harry Harrison & John Holm; Tad Williams: International Book Reviews...... 45 Archangel, Mike Conner; Of Tangible Ghosts, Talespinner’s Song...... 4 SF in Southeast A sia...... 70 L.E. Modesitt, Jr. SF in Croatia...... 71 -31- P h o to S t o r ie s SF in Australia...... 71 Reviews by Edward Bryant: Norton Receives First Fandom Award .8 SF in New Zealand...... 72 Everville, Clive Barker; The Jericho Iteration, Necronomicon 13 Wildlife...... 8 SF in Brazil...... 72 Allen Steele; Butcher, Rex Miller; Geckos, Carrie Barnstorming Barnes...... 8 Richerson; SHORT TAKES; Jonah Hex: Two-gun C o n ven tio n s Mojo, Joe R. Lansdale; The Star Dwarves Traves Editorial Toons...... 11 1994 World Fantasy Convention...... 40 ty, David J. Richardson; Bizarre Sex, Stan Tal, ed. O b itu a rie s Listings -35- J.I.M. Stewart...... 66 Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: Magazines Received - November..... 46 Voima, C. Dale Brittain; The Unicorn Hunt, Elaine Julian Symons...... 66 Books Received - November...... 47 George Starbird...... 66 Cunningham; The Sherwood Game, Esther British Books - October...... 58 Friesner; Harp of Winds, Maggie Furey; For the Bestsellers...... 64 Crown & the Dragon, Stephen Hunt; The Book Photo Listing...... 74 of Earth, Marjorie B. Kellogg; Rogues to Riches, J. Robert King; The Secular Wizard, Christopher C o lu m n s & D e p a r t m e n t s Stasheff; Profiteer, S. Andrew Swann; Oath of People & Publishing...... 10 Swords, David Weber; Northlight, Deborah Report from the Electronic Frontier Wheeler. by Tom Maddox...... 13 Letters, information, and credit card sub QuotePage...... 37 scriptions can be sent by E-mail to: Editorial Matters...... 66 [email protected], or by fax to 510-339- Locus Letters...... 66 8144.
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