Table of Contents MAIN STORIES Lee. Asimov’s, Analog Sold to D ell................................... 6 Reviews by Edward Bryant:.....................................19 Ackerman Memorabilia to B erlin ............................6 Bad Brains, Kathe Koja; The Vampire’s Ap­ SFWA Changes N am e................................................6 prentice, Richard Lee Byers; Shock Rock, Jeff Effinger Medical Fund Established.........................6 Gelb, ed.; Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti. THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SCIENCE FICTION FIELD Philip K. Dick Award N om inees............................... 6 SHORT TAKES: Spells of Enchantment, Time Capsule Discovered at Tor.............................. 6 Jack Zipes, ed.; Science Fiction & Fantasy SF Prediction on the M oney..................................... 7 Book Review Annual 1990, Robert A. Collins (ISSN-0047-4959) Bookstores Account for and Robert Latham, eds. EDITOR & PUBLISHER Only Half of Books S o ld ........................................7 Reviews by Russell L etson:.....................................23 Charles N. Brown 1992 SF(F)W A R eception.........................................9 Russian Spring, Norman Spinrad; Requiem: ASSOCIATE EDITOR THE DATA FILE New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein Faren C. Miller International Copyright Changes............................. 7 and Tributes to the Grand Master, Yoji ASSISTANT EDITORS Publishing News........................................................... 7 Kondo, ed.; The Remarkables, Robert Reed. Marianne S. Jablon Court C ases...................................................................7 Reviews by Gary K. W olfe:......................................25 Carolyn F. Cushman Awards............................................................................7 Sheltered Lives, Charles Oberndorf; There EDITORIAL TRAINEE Worldcon U p d ate........................................................7 Won’t Be War, Harry Harrison and Bruce Paula Knippa A nnouncem ents........................................................... 7 McAllister, eds.; Worlds Apart: Narratology of CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Satanic Verses Update .............................................69 Science Fiction, Carl D. Malmgren; Lafferty Edward Bryant Book N ew s.................................................................. 69 in Orbit, R .A Lafferty. 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