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·MATRIX· £175 .TIlE· NE\VS' MAGAZINE' OF' TIlE· BRITISH SCIENCE' FICTION· ASSOCIATION· 131 .MAY / JUNE 1998· GARRY . KILWORTI-I PLUS 1997 BSFA Awards The Wrap PaIty AWoman's Intuition Brainless In Hollywood rMATRIX' ~ ."'W'Mg"fUi••"MiihQ'·"R'W,* IE_ News • 2. the happening world Editor· Chris Terran -Oal'itecleared all"'''....111...1 /at amnri. 9 Beechwood Coun -1997 BSFA Awards results! mtJ~n¥iJ1 Back Bee<:hwood Grove - llugo. Neoo.la :;hortl~ l..eeds,1542HS. UK Olarts • 6. what's selling Telephone 01132171403 Email1L1l1be/oro.rmkd [email protected] Rece7lt A/IdFortbcomillB Books • 8· bumper spring releases IO"'l'u.tt'ldy 1'It'roti",I"deyDrlrpasllliaddrw Mailbox· 13 • matrix, matrix, do you read? EdiloriaJ Assistance· Elizabeth Billinger OJmpettffO'l £\1m • 15 • who is our mystery man? 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A""""" HulI_Hlr~!LT AJlUS..w...TlJX'OO> s http://members .aot. cOI/tamaranth/1 Sj7surfa<:e.S47aw. ll.5A I p;I)":abk ID • e)' Ouo.nin (BSFA) -news------------------- =: j998 Philip K, Dick Award =: STEPAN CHAPMAN CLARKE CLEARED The Troika f'OUOWING the SUlld"y Mirror's allegations of paedophilia made against Sir Arthur C. Clarke on 1 February. shortly before he was due to be knighted by Prince Charles, a Sri Lankan police (Ministry of Wtlimsy Press) investigation has cleared the writer. And the newspaper has withdrawn all its allegations, which Clarkehasronsislentlyand vehemently denied The 199B Philip K. Dick Award was presented at Norwescon in Seanleon 10April,andwaswon by Thrl'l"'of the four young men the newspilperreports admirers all over the world. As my rollSC1ence is StepanChapman's The Troika. The judges were quoted in support of lis story have now said lhat the perfectly dear, my only regret now is the Paula E. Dowllng (chair), Brooks Landon, accounts they gave were untrue, and have embarrassment the SllIId~yMlfro"s aJlegatiOTls have Carter Scholtz, Stephanie A. Smith and Robert WIthdrawn their allegations; there have beoen cau>edtoolhers, [, ..)Havingalwayshadapartirular Charles Wllson, The Award is administered by suggestion. that lh<')' received money for their dislike of paedophill.'S, kw chargl'5 could be IOOre Davld G. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder and revoltingtomethantobedassedasOTle.~ stories. Sir Arthur intffids to sue theSullday Mi,ro'. is sponsored by the Philadelphia ScienceFiclion and told one !Oumalist that he's confident he w~J Sir Arthur did ronfess to "a mild sense of guilt, for Sociely;the award ceremony is sponsored by the win any court case. and will use any damages to not giving public support to the Cay Rights NorthWest Science Fiction Society. bUild an underground swimmmg pool for the movement. Now my last feeble (though valid) Other novels shortlistedwere Willlam Barton propleofSnLanka. exruscs areelimimted, and I fear I may be pregnant Acrs of Conscience (Warner Aspect): Susan R. In a stalement. the writer said "AI this slage lean with another book. (Outed at 80?) I rather hope not Matthews An Exchange of Hostages (Avoooval: only romment brieAy on what has, irorucally, thelastisayearoverdue ..... O Richard Paul Russo Carlucci's Heal1 (Ace); become one of the most heart-wanning events of my o Sir Arthur was unanimously rHleded to the BSFA Denise Vilola Opalire Moon (Ace): Catherine life: I never knew I had so many friends and Council at the organisation's ACM held at Eastercon Wells Mother Grimm (Roe) Last year's winner was Stephen Baxter for The Time Ships, with a special citation for Mlchael Bishop'S At the City Limits ot Fate. 0 SPARROW WINS BSFA AWARD -You can obtain The Troika in this country from BBR. price £12.95 inclUding P&P. Contact: BBR, THE WINNERS 01 the 1'197 BSFA Awards were Best Novel MARY DORIA RUSSELL PO Box 625. Sheffield, S13GY. Tel/lax: 01246 announced on 12 Apnl at a U'remony during lntu 27t662,Mobilelanswerphone:0973712B64 Jtion. the 1997 Eastefcon. Best Novel was Mary The Sparrow Doria Russell's debut novel TIlt S/urrow, a first (Black Swan: £6.99tp) contact tale and wmner of the Tiptree Award; It's Best Short Fiction also lipped to wm the Oarkt' Award in May. The STEPHEN BAXTER scqueL Chi/drrn of Gad, is now available in import "War Birds' la CLAYTON edillOlls.Runner-up for the Bcst Novel Award was (Interzone 126) Sf Wfiter Jo Clayton died in hospital in Por11and, Jack Deighton forA SoIl oflht RlICk(Orbit: £5.99 Oregon on 13 February after a long illness. She pb),and Paul Kincaid's'Last Day of the Camival Best Artwork was born in 1939,anddiedamongstfriendsand - 36 Exposures" (Back Brl/m RfdllS<' 23) came SMS family the day after she had held a serondlntheBestShortFictioncategory.O "Thb~~~~~~:r~~~el ~~ad' "Ieave·taking" ceremony in the hospHal. Her o FullrrporlIlt.rl issu/ remains were cremated and scattered in a Californian forest Katherine Kerr wrote in Ansibie: "Her respite from multiple myeloma proved all too brief, and NEBULA NOMINATIONS as the doctors had warned us, when the end The SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Wnters of America) has issued the nominations for this came,itcarnequickly, She would havc bcen69 year's Nebula Awards, which will be announced at a ceremony in Santa Fe in early May in two more days, She leaves behind nearly forlyfantasy and scieoce fiction books and a BEST NOVEL small army of grw,ving lriends: Lois McMasler Bujold Memory (Baen, Earthlight); KatI' Elliot Kills's Dragoll (DAW, Legend; Before her death Jo had completed two Ceorge R. R. Martin A Game 0111lro/l/5 (Bantam Spectra, Voyager); Jack McDevill Auclmt Sllom novels and several short slones while in (HarperPrism, Voyager); Waiter Jon Williams CJly 0/1 Flrr (HarperPnsm); Connie Willis hospital; a third, incomplete novel may be Brlht"t'tller (Bantam Speetra). finished from hernoles by Kit Kerr, her literary BEST NOVELLA executor. Fans in Portland intend 10 set upan Adam-Troy Castro ~The Funeral March of the Marionettes" (F&SF Jul 97); Paul Levinson "L~se emergency medical fund in her honour. 0 Ends" (Ana/og May 97); Jerry Qlton "Abandon In Place~ (F&SF Dec 96); Robert Reed "Chrysalis" (AsimOl"s Sep 96); Bud Sparhawk "Primrose and Thorn" (A/wlog May %); Alien Steele " IMPORTANT NOTICE Where Angels Fear To Tread" (Ash/1011'S Oct/Nov 97) BEST NOVELmE January / February Mailing