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Brown T. rex Skeleton Mired in Controversy................ 7 Other Alien Worlds, Joe Haldeman; Flights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and ASSOCIATE EDITOR Interzone to Incorporate Million......................... 7 Cadigan & Datlow Invade E urope..................... 9 Fantasy, George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin, eds.; Faren C. Miller Ashbless Frontmen Win Oltion Awards............9 The Elephant Vanishes, Haruki Murakami; Off ASSISTANT EDITORS SPECIAL FEATURES With Their Heads! Fairytales and the Culture of Marianne S. Jablon Locus Poll Results............................................ 38 Childhood, Maria Tatar; The Feminine in Fairy Carolyn F. Cushman THE DATA FILE Tales, Marie-Louise Von Franz. 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