Table of Contents Stories Foreign Coverage Andre Norton: Still Spirited at 76............. 1 Soviet S f .................................................. 36 C.L. Moore Dead ..................................... 1 Chinese Sf................................................. 37 1987 Nebula Awards Nominations........... 4 BeneluxCon ............................................. 38 THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD 1988 Nebula Banquet................................ 4 Argentinian S f ......................................... 39 1988 Nebula Judges.................................... 4 International Books and Magazines ISSN-0047-4959 Hallowe’en Horrors .................................. 4 Received............................................... 41 Doubleday Relocates................................ 4 Listings EDITOR & PUBLISHER Fight For the Floor.................................... 5 Along Publishers’ Row............................ 28 Charles N. Brown Hubbard Dekalogy.................................... 5 Magazines Received -- January.............. 43 "Asimov Presents" to Continue................ 5 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Books Received ~ January...................... 44 Faren C. Miller Bantam Spectra New Literary Program .... 5 Convention Listings ................................ 52 PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Writers of the Future Ceremony.............. 5 British Books -- December .................... 58 The Data File............................................. 9 Pamela F. Troy Bestsellers................................................. 66 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Columns & Departments Index to Ads............................................. 74 Shelly Rae Clift Editorial Matters....................................... 3 Obituaries People & Publishing.................................. 7 LIBRARIAN C.L. Moore Dead ................................... 68 Trevin J. Matlock Agent’s Comer, Richard Curtis.............. 11 C.L. Moore Appreciation CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Moons & Stars & Stuff, Fritz L eiber..... 13 by Marion Zimmer Bradley................ 69 Dan Chow The Media Scene, Frank M. Robinson .. 23 Lin Carter D ies....................................... 69 Richard Curtis Locus Bulletin Board .............................. 25 Lin Carter Appreciation, by Carolyn F. Cushman Locus Letters........................................... 72 L. Sprague de Camp Karen Haber Reviews & Catherine Crook de Camp.............. 70 Fritz Leiber Locus Looks at Books, Faren Miller ..... 15 Marghanita Laski ................................... 70 Frank M. 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