TABLE OF CONTENTS November 1997 Issue 442 Vol. 39 No. 5 30th Year of Publication 19-Time Hugo Winner CHARLES N. BROWN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief MAIN STORIES MARIANNE S. JABLON Managing Editor SFWA Wins Pocket Settlement/8 Ballantine Gets Star Wars Contract/8 Burke & Williams Win $4,000 Hubbard Prizes/8 FAREN C. MILLER King to Move/8 Clarion Call West/8 CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN George Turner SF Prize Announced/9 Wizards’ Magic Patent/9 Editors Marvel Financing Falls Through; Toy Biz Wants Merger/9 KIRSTEN GONG-WONG Assistant Editor THE DATA FILE EDWARD BRYANT Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Awards News/9 MARK R. KELLY Contest News/9 Financial News/75 Bookstore News/75 RUSSELL LETSON Online News/75 Book News/75 Magazine News/75 GARY K. WOLFE Market Report/75 Rights & Options/75 Publications Received/75 Contributing Editors JONATHAN STRAHAN INTERVIEWS Visiting Editor Michael Moorcock: King of the Cats/4 WILLIAM G. 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