Table of Contents STORIES Stories, Jack Vance. 1990 World Fantasy Awards Judges......................4 Reviews by Tom Whitmore: ............................... 29 Sci-Fi Channel Problems .......................................4 The Sandman: The Doll's House, Neil Gaiman, What's in a Name?.................................................. 4 Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, & Rob­ BSFA Awards Winners...........................................4 bie Busch; Polar City Blues, Katharine Kerr; THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Dozois Anthology Missing Text..............................4 Raising the Stones, Sheri S. Tepper; In Between Amazing Changes.................................................... 5 Dragons, Michael Kandel. SHORT TAKES: Prix Apollo 1989 .................................................... 5 The Stand, Stephen King. Hubbard Biography Ruling Reversed .................. 5 Short Reviews by Scott Winnett: ........................ 31 Bay Area Bookstore Disasters............................... 5 WerewolveSS, Jerry & Susan Ahern; Gossamer (ISSN-0047-4959) 1990 ABA Held in Las Vegas ............................... 6 Axe, Gael Baudino; The Adventures of Lucius EDITOR & PUBLISHER L. Ron Hubbard Awards Presented at ABA.........6 Leffing, Joseph Payne Brennan; Alternate Charles N. Brown THE DATA FILE Casts, Marsh Cassady; The Zork Chronicles, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Publishing News...................................................... 9 George Alec Effinger; The Start of the End of It Faren C. Miller Bookstore News...................................................... 9 All and Other Stories, Carol Emshwiller; Kent ASSOCIATE MANAGER Announcements...................................................... 9 Montana and the Really Ugly Thing from Mars, Shelly Rae Clift Rights & Options.................................................... 9 Lionel Fenn; The Shadow Shaia, Alexis A. 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