June 1994 Table of Contents vol. 32 no. 6
M a in St o r ies Locus Looks a t Books Gibson Moves to -15- Putnam/Berkley...... 7 Distillations: Short Fiction NEBULA Reviews by Mark R. Kelly: Chains Have a Bigger Piece Asimov’s 6/94; F&SF 5/94; Interzone 4/94; SF Age of the A ction...... 7 5/94; Omni 5/94; Tomorrow#8 (4/94); Expanse Win 1994 Dell Magazine Awards.....7 ter/94; Mindsparks, issue #3; Alternate Hilarities, WEEKEND issue #5; Alternate Worlds 1/94; Crank! Winter/93. Noon Wins Clarke Award...... 8 -19- Roddenberry in Space...... 8 Complete report on the Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe: Russian Author’s Dacha 1994 Nebula Awards The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Firebombed...... 8 Science Fiction, David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Weekend Cramer, eds.; New Legends, edited by Greg Bear Vollman Injured by Land Mine..8 with Martin Greenberg; Permutation City, Greg King Wins Case Against Movie Egan; Towing Jehovah, James Morrow; SHORT by Edward Bryant...... 51 TAKES: Uncharted Territory, Connie Willis; Company - Again...... 8 Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism, Steve Jackson Collects and Postmodernism, Jenny Wolmark; The His tory of the Future, Christophe Canto & Odile Damages...... 8 I n terview s Faliu; The Best in Science Fiction: Winners and SF/Fantasy Art for Computers ..8 Terry Dowling: Australian Nominees of the Major Awards in Science Fic Amazing Reappears...... 8 tion, Aurel Guillemette. Talespinner...... 4 -25- On-Line Bookselling a Dan Simmons: Hangin’ Around Reviews by Faren Miller: Successful Experiment...... 9 the Ruins...... 5 Love & Sleep, John Crowley; The Gap Into Mad Multimedia Update...... 9 ness: Chaos and Order, Stephen R. Donaldson; O b ituaries Towing Jehovah, James Morrow; Darkness, I, T he D ata File Tanith Lee; From the Teeth of Angels, Jonathan Russell K irk ...... 72 Carroll; Bloodletter, Warren Newton Beath; Men Philip K. Dick Award Ju d g es ...... 9 John Preston...... 72 at Arms, Terry Pratchett; SHORT TAKE: Un New EC Standard Copyright Term .....9 Dr. Sheridan A. S im o n ...... 72 charted Territory, Connie Willis. New National Bestseller Lists Keith Watson...... 72 -29- Interesting C on trast...... 9 Evelyn Conklin Zimmer...... 72 Reviews by Russell Letson: FTC Accepts Publishers’ Settlement.. 9 Mother of Storms, John Barnes; Trouble and Announcements...... 9 P h oto St o r i es Her Friends, Melissa Scott; Nebula Awards 28, Financial News...... 37 Annual Williamson Lecture/Birthday James Morrow, ed.; Monad: Essays on Science Publishing N ew s...... 37 P arty...... 54 Fiction, Number 3, Damon Knight, ed. Court Cases...... 37 Roc S ta rs ...... 54 -33- Eggleton U p d a te ...... 37 A Tale of Two Mickeys...... 54 Reviews by Edward Bryant: Workshop News...... 37 Philip K. Dick Award W in n ers...... 55 The Early Fears, Robert Bloch; Once Around the Awards N ew s...... 37 Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography, Rob Multimedia N ew s...... 74 Listin g s ert Bloch; SHORT TAKES: Not Broken, Not Be longing, Randy Fox & Alan M. Clark; The Gigan Book N ew s...... 74 Forthcoming Books...... 38 tic Three in One Complete History of the Uni Bookstore News...... 74 British Forthcoming Books...... 46 verse, Jerry Oltion & Alan Bard Newcomer. M arkets...... 74 Magazines Received - April...... 55 -35- Magazine N ew s...... 74 Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman: Media New s...... 74 Books Received - April...... 56 British Books - March...... 66 The Sure Death of a Mouse, Dan Crawford; Star- Rights & Options...... 74 Bridge 5: Silent Songs, A C. Crispin & Kathleen Publications Received...... 75 Bestsellers...... 70 O’Malley; Minds Apart, Margaret Davis; Summer Audio Received...... 75 Photo Listing...... 78 King, Winter Fool, Lisa Goldstein; Wizard’s First Rule, Terry Goodkind; Mlstwalker, Denise Lopes INDEX TO ADS C o lumns & D epartments Heald; Power Lines, Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth A ce...... 6,18 Harcourt Brace...... 58 People & Publishing...... 10 Ann Scarborough; Treaty Planet, Anne McCaffrey Author Services...... 12 Interzone...... 49 & Jody Lynn Nye; A Knot in the Grain and Other A von...... 20 Knopf...... 2 Reports from the Electronic Frontier, Baen...... 24,30,36 Locus...... 78 Stories, Robin McKinley; Pale Phoenix, Kathryn Bantam...... 44,45 Tor...... 14,22,28,50,79 Tom Maddox...... 13 Reiss; The Oracle Glass, Judith Merkle Riley; Classified A ds...... 68 V iking...... 80 Locus Letters...... 72 Gleaming Bright, Josepha Sherman; King’s Son, DC Com ics...... 32 Wildside P ress...... 59 Magic’s Son, Josepha Sherman; The Wings of a Del R ey...... 16,34,26 Editorial Matters...... 73 Falcon, Cynthia Voight. 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