Table of Contents MAIN STORIES of Robert Silverberg, Volume Two: The Secret Fritz Leiber 1910-1992 ...... 4 Sharer, Robert Silverberg; Speaking in Tongues, 1992 Hugo Awards W inners...... 6 Ian McDonald; Mirror to the Sky, Mark S. Geston; MagiCon: 1992 World Science A Deeper Sea, Alexander Jablokov; Resurrec­ Fiction Convention...... 6 tion, Katharine Kerr. THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Science Fiction Age Launched...... 7 Reviews by Dan Chow:...... 35 Lewis “Hoax” Goes On and O n...... 7 Mirror to the Sky, Mark S. Geston; Aestival Tide, 1991 Chesley Awards W inners...... 7 ; Quarantine, Greg Egan; Odys­ (ISSN-0047-4959) Pulphouse Slows Production...... 8 sey: The Authorised Biography of Arthur C. EDITOR & PUBLISHER Quantum Quits...... 8 Clarke, a.k.a. Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Charles N. Brown Hubbard Contest Awards $4000 Prizes...... 8 Biography, Neil McAleer. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Clarion W est...... 11 Reviews by Carolyn Cushman:...... 37 Faren C. Miller THE DATA FILE Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams; The ASSISTANT EDITORS Publishing News...... 8 Outskirter’s Secret, Rosemary Kirstein; Shadow- Marianne S. Jablon Bookstore News...... 8 Maze, Jonathan Wylie; Gatherer of Clouds, Sean Carolyn F. Cushman Artists’ M arket...... 8 Russell; SHORT TAKES: Child of the Phoenix, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Rushdie U pdate...... 73 Barbara Erskine; The Emancipator, Book 3: The Dorothy A. Taylor Awards News...... 73 Orpheus Machine, Ray Aldridge; Castle Spell­ CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Book News...... 73 bound, John DeChancie; All Hallow’s Eve: Tales Convention Correction...... 73 of Love and the Supernatural, Mary Elizabeth Edward Bryant Allen, ed.; Ardent Apparitions, Ellen Fitzgerald. Dan Chow Court C ases...... 73 Announcements...... 73 Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: ...... 39 Mark R. Kelly SPECIAL FEATURES Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist, Kathleen Russell Letson Complete Hugo Voting...... 42 Alcala; Conglomeros, Jesse Browner; Doctor Tom Maddox 1992 Hugo Awards Ceremony...... 44 Watson and the Invisible Man, Noel Downing; Scott Winnett COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 668: The Neighbor of the Beast, Lionel Fenn; Gary K. Wolfe People & Publishing...... 9 Gregory, Maw, and the Mean One, David Gifaldi; SPECIAL PROJECTS Reports from the Electronic Frontier, Negrophobia, Darius James; A Little Time in William G. Contento by Tom Maddox...... 17 Texas, Joan Johnston; Winds of Change, CON REPORTERS Locus Letters...... 67 Mercedes Lackey; Lady of the Forest, Jennifer Beth Gwinn Editorial Matters...... 67 Roberson; Moonrunner. Under the Shadow, Jane Jane Jewell LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS Toombs; The Guns of the South, Harry Turtle­ Distillations: Short Fiction Reviews dove; Amazon, Barbara G. Walker, Briar Rose, by Mark R. Kelly:...... 13 . 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