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September 2004 • Issue 524 • Vol. 53 No. 3
37th Year of Publication • 25-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Color Interviews Design by Arnie Fenner
I N T E R V I E W S
Stephen R. Donaldson: Coming Back to Covenant / 4
David G. Hartwell: Great Expectations / 34
Richard K. Morgan: Altered States / 82
M A I N S T O R I E S / 11
2003 World Fantasy Awards Nominations • East Is East ... and West Is West • 2004 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards • Born Again Amazing • Hodder Headline Sold • Ellison Kicks Down
P E O P L E & P U B L I S H I N G / 12
Notes on marriages, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Dean Koontz, Terry Pratchett, Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, and many others
T H E D A T A F I L E / 15
1984+20 • British Fantasy Awards Nominees • Do Bestsellers Lists Boost Sales? • Gunn Gifts SF • Penguin Pushes Manga • Potter Patrol • Worldcons Updates • Announcements • Small Press Publishing News • Awards News • Contest News • Legal News • Online News • Financial Notes • International Rights • Other Rights • POD News • Other Media Received • Publications Received •
Catalogs Received
F O R T H C O M I N G B O O K S
US Forthcoming Books / 36
British Forthcoming Books / 44
L I S T I N G S
Conventions / 48
Magazines Received: July / 50
Books Received: July / 51
British Books Received: June / 68
Bestsellers / 70
O B I T U A R I E S / 79
Michael Elder • Jerry Goldsmith • Appreciation by Ray Bradbury • Fay Wray
L O C U S L E T T E R S / 79
Jeremy Lassen • Daryl F. Mallett • Elaine Isaak • MP Jackson
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S / 80
Kars • Reading • Visiting Firepeople • Housekeeping • WotF • This Issue • Worldcon • More Wine
L O C U S L O O K S A T B O O K S
Short Fiction Reviews by Nick Gevers / 16
Asimov’s 9/04; Sci Fiction 8/04; F&SF 10-11/04; Alchemy #2; The Third Alternative Summer ’04; Say...why aren’t we crying? 5/04.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton / 17
F&SF 9/04; Asimov’s 8/04; Analog 9/04; The Third Alternative Summer ’04; Sci Fiction 8/4/04; Sci Fiction 8/18/04; Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 6-7/04; Alchemy #2; Absolutely Brilliant in Chrome, Keith Olexa, ed.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke; Exultant, Stephen Baxter; Gifts, Ursula K. Le Guin; The Course of the Heart, M. John Harrison.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
Cast a Bright Shadow, Tanith Lee; Gifts, Ursula K. Le Guin; The Banquet of the Lords of Night, Liz Williams; The Cat’s Pajamas & Other Stories, James Morrow; The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Minister Faust; Prince of Christler-Coke, Neal Barrett, Jr.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 27
Cravings, Anonymous, ed.; Furies of Calderon, Jim Butcher; Undead and Unemployed, MaryJanice Davidson; Staying Dead, Laura Anne Gilman; Going Postal, Terry Pratchett; Powers of Detection, Dana Stabenow, ed.; GRAPHIC NOVEL ROUNDUP: Arrowsmith: So Smart in Their Fine Uniforms, Kurt Busiek & Carlos Pacheco; xxxHOLiC 2, CLAMP; Finder: Mystery Date, Carla Speed McNeil; Bone: Crown of Horns, Jeff Smith; The Nodwick Chronicles IV: Obligatory Dragon on the Cover, Aaron Williams; PS238: With Liberty and Recess for All, Aaron Williams.
Divers Hands: Reviews by Nick Gevers, Rich Horton, & Jonathan Strahan / 29
Iron Council, China Miéville; In Lands That Never Were, Gordon Van Gelder, ed.; Weapons of Choice, John Birmingham.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 17, 21, 29, 31
Quoted Without Comment / 39
