TABLE OF CONTENTS February 1997 Issue 433 Vol. 38 No. 2 CHARLES N. BROWN 30th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner Publisher & Editor-in-Chief MAIN STORIES MARIANNE S. JABLON Managing Editor Major Publishing Changes/8 Silverberg SF Anthology Blockbuster/8 1996 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees/8 1996 Chain Bestsellers/8 FAREN C. MILLER 1997 Nebula Awards Weekend/8 Copyright Requests for Chinese Translations/9 CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN Marvel Files Chapter 11/9 UPC Awards/9 Editors THE DATA FILE KIRSTEN GONG-WONG Tomorrow Moves to Net/9 Announcements/9 Assistant Editor International Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/72 EDWARD BRYANT Publishing News/72 Financial News/72 Bookstore News/73 SHIRA DAEMON Book News/73 Online News/73 Market Update/73 Court Cases/73 MARK R. KELLY Multi-Media Update/73 Publications Received/73 Multi-Media Received/73 RUSSELL LETSON INTERVIEWS GARY K. WOLFE Contributing Editors Linda Nagata: Choice and Change/4 Larry Niven: Painful Fiction/6 WILLIAM G. 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