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Table of Contents Editorial Matters Table of Contents M AIN STORIES Reviews by Faren M iller:................................ 17 Amazing Suspends Monthly Publication........... 6 Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler; The 1993 World Fantasy Awards Winners...............6 Ships of Earth, Orson Scott Card; Lake of the New Editor at Millennium................................ 6 Long Sun, Gene Wolfe; Winter of the Wolf, R .A Terry Bisson Collection Recalled......................6 MacAvoy; Impossible Things, Connie Willis; THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Paramount Under Siege; Acquires Macmillan.... 6 SHORT TAKES: Xanadu 2, Jane Yolen, ed.; Zebra Drops Pinnacle Horror Titles................ 6 Christmas Forever, David G. Hartwell, ed. 1994 Nebula Judges Named..............................7 Reviews by Gary K. W o lfe:.............................21 (ISSN-0047-4959) M A in SF Offered............................................ 7 Antiquities: Seven Stories, John Crowley; Rivers EDITOR & PUBLISHER A B A Finds Permanent Home in Chicago..........7 of Time, L. Sprague de Camp; Out of Time, Scott Meredith/Scovil Chichak Galen James P. Hogan; Passion Play, Sean Stewart; Charles N. Brown Agreement................................................... 7 Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fic­ ASSOCIATE EDITOR 1975 Clarion Reunion...................................... 9 tion Monsters: Science and Soul in Science Fic­ Faren C. Miller Around the Bookstores.................................... 9 tion Films, Per Schelde; SHORT TAKES: A THE DATA FILE Critical Edition of The War o f the Worlds-. H.G. ASSISTANT EDITORS Publishing News...............................................7 Wells’s Scientific Romance, introduction and Marianne S. Jablon Rushdie Update...............................................7 notes by David Y. Hughes and Harry M. Geduld; Carolyn F. Cushman Announcements...............................................7 The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of Court Cases..................................................... 7 H.G. Wells, Michael Coren. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Awards News................................................. 69 Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: ........................25 Kirsten Gong-Wong Book News..................................................... 69 Minerva Wakes, Holly Lisle; Earthsong, Suzette CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Multimedia Update........................................ 69 Haden Elgin; The Winged Man, Moyra Caldecott; Edward Bryant Financial News............................................... 69 A Wizard’s Dozen, Michael Stearns, ed.; SHORT Worldcon Update...........................................69 TAKES: Larissa, Emily Devenport; Summer- Mark R. Kelly Market N ew s..................................................69 land, L. Dean James. Russell Letson Rights & Options........................................... 69 INTERNATIONAL SF Tom Maddox Gaming N ew s.................................................69 SF in Brazil.................................................... 36 Publications Received.................................... 69 Letter from Moscow....................................... 37 Scott Winnett INTERVIEWS SF in the Czech Republic............................... 38 Gary K. Wolfe Maureen F. McHugh: Fan Dancing in Public.... 4 SF in Romania............................................... 38 SPECIAL PROJECTS Jack Williamson: The Endless Search...............5 1993 Salon du Livre........................................ 39 COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS SF in French...................................................40 William G. Contento Editorial Matters............................................. 3 Etonnants Voyageurs Festival.......................... 41 PHOTOGRAPHER People and Publishing...................................... 8 SF in Australia................................................41 Beth Gwinn Reports from the Electronic Frontier, LISTINGS Tom Maddox.............................................. 11 Forthcoming Books........................................ 28 Locus, (ISSN-0047-4959), The Newspaper of the Locus Letters..................................................68 British Forthcoming Books.............................33 Science Fiction Field, is published monthly by LOCUS Arthur C. Clarke; Simon Hawke; Maralee & International Books and Magazines Received .. 42 PUBLICATIONS Editorial address: 34 Ridgewood Gordon Nelder-Adams. Convention Listings........................................ 44 Lane, Oakland, CA 94611. Please send all mail to Locus LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS Magazines Received — October......................46 Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland, CA 94661. Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews Books Received - October............................ 47 Telephone (510) 339-9196 by Mark R. Kelly:........................................ 13 British Books - September............................62 FAX (510) 339-8144 Analog mid-12/93; Analog 1/94; Asimov's 1/94; Bestsellers...................................................... 67 Individual copies are $3.95. Individual subscriptions in Interzone 11/93; F&SF 12/93; L. Ron Hubbard OBITUARIES the U.S. are $38.00 for 12 issues, $70.00 for 24 issues Presents Writers of the Future Volume IX, Dave Vincent Price..................................................68 via second class mail. Individual subscriptions in Wolverton, ed. Claire Brown..................................................68 Canada are $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues Reviews by Russell Letson:.............................15 Appreciation by Lisa Goldstein.................. 68 via second class mail. First class individual subscrip­ A Land Fit for Heroes, Book I: Escape to the Wild Appreciation by Edward Bryant.................. 68 tions in the U.S. or Canada are $50.00 for 12 issues, Wood, Phillip Mann; ViraVax, Bill Ransom; David Caulton................................................68 $90.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscrip­ SHORT TAKE: Out of Time, James P. Hogan. tions are $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via sea mail. 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