Table of Contents, December 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 1996 Issue 431 Vol. 37 No. 6
29th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 World Fantasy Awards/7 Van Gelder Takes Over F&SF/ 8
When Worlds Collude/8 Classic SF Audio Dramas/8
Tomorrow Going Electronic/9 Dragon’s World Bankruptcy/9 Dune Redux/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Publishing News/9
Financial News/9 Book News/9 Award News/9
International Award News/9 Rights/71 Web Notes/71
Publications Received/71 Catalogs Received/71
INTERVIEWS
Paul Preuss: That Old Time Quantum Religion/4
Joan D. Vinge: Mining the Subconscious/6
PHOTO STORIES
First Fandom Awards/11 First Franklinia Writers’ Conference/11
Galerie Morpheus Opens/72
OBITUARIES
Elisabeth Gille/70 Frank H. Parnell/70 Tomi Lewis/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/38 British Forthcoming Books/48
Magazines Received: October/51 Books Received: October/52
British Books: September/63 Bestsellers/68
Index to Ads/70 Photo Listing/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
SF Age 11/96; F&SF 12/96; Interzone 10/96; Asimov’s
12/96; Asimov’s 1/97; “Omni Online” 8/96; “Omni
Online” 9/96; “Omni Online” 10/96; “Omni Online” 11/
96; “Omni Online” 12/96; The Wall of the Sky, The
Wall of the Eye, Jonathan Lethem.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
The Invisible Country, Paul J. McAuley; Catch the
Lightning, Catherine Asaro; Blood Brothers, Steven
Barnes; Ferman’s Devils, Joe Clifford Faust; SHORT
TAKES: Something in My Eye, Michael Whelan, Arnie
& Cathy Fenner, eds.; Hannes Bok Drawings and
Sketches, Nicholas J. Certo, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Tex and Molly in the Afterlife, Richard Grant; When
the Lights Go Out, Tanith Lee; Exodus From the Long
Sun, Gene Wolfe; The Heretic Kings, Paul Kearney;
The Dark Shore, A.A. Attanasio.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Mortal Remains, Christopher Evans; Time and
Chance: An Autobiography; L. Sprague de Camp;
SHORT TAKES: Worldwar: Striking the Balance, Harry
Turtledove.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman; Twists of the Tale, Ellen
Datlow, ed.; No One Noticed the Cat, Anne McCaffrey;
The Faces of Fantasy, Patti Perret.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Fairyland, Paul J. McAuley; The Notorious Abbess,
Vera Chapman; Preternatural, Margaret Wander
Bonanno; The Shimmering Door, Katharine Kerr &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; SHORT TAKES: Ferman’s
Devils, Joe Clifford Faust.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 33
Little Sister, Kara Dalkey; The Orphan’s Tent, Tom De
Haven; The Bowl of Night, Rosemary Edghill; The
Night of Cloak of Daggers, Rosemary Edghill; The
VMR Theory, Robert Frezza; Death of an Adept,
Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris; The Devil &
Dan Cooley, Holly Lisle & Walter Spence; Red Star
Rising AKA Dragonseye, Anne McCaffrey; Serve it
Forth, Anne McCaffrey & John Gregory Betancourt,
eds.; Mordred’s Curse, Ian McDowell; Zel, Donna Jo
Napoli; The Healing of Crossroads; Nick O’Donohoe;
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett; Carol for Another Christmas,
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Fair Peril, Nancy
Springer; The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner.
LOCUS December 1996 / 3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
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December 1996 Issue 431 Vol. 37 No. 6
29th Year of Publication 18-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1996 World Fantasy Awards/7 Van Gelder Takes Over F&SF/ 8
When Worlds Collude/8 Classic SF Audio Dramas/8
Tomorrow Going Electronic/9 Dragon’s World Bankruptcy/9 Dune Redux/9
THE DATA FILE
Announcements/9 Readings & Signings/9 Publishing News/9
Financial News/9 Book News/9 Award News/9
International Award News/9 Rights/71 Web Notes/71
Publications Received/71 Catalogs Received/71
INTERVIEWS
Paul Preuss: That Old Time Quantum Religion/4
Joan D. Vinge: Mining the Subconscious/6
PHOTO STORIES
First Fandom Awards/11 First Franklinia Writers’ Conference/11
Galerie Morpheus Opens/72
OBITUARIES
Elisabeth Gille/70 Frank H. Parnell/70 Tomi Lewis/70
LISTINGS
Forthcoming Books/38 British Forthcoming Books/48
Magazines Received: October/51 Books Received: October/52
British Books: September/63 Bestsellers/68
Index to Ads/70 Photo Listing/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/10 Locus Letters/70 Editorial Matters/70
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 13
SF Age 11/96; F&SF 12/96; Interzone 10/96; Asimov’s
12/96; Asimov’s 1/97; “Omni Online” 8/96; “Omni
Online” 9/96; “Omni Online” 10/96; “Omni Online” 11/
96; “Omni Online” 12/96; The Wall of the Sky, The
Wall of the Eye, Jonathan Lethem.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe /1 7
The Invisible Country, Paul J. McAuley; Catch the
Lightning, Catherine Asaro; Blood Brothers, Steven
Barnes; Ferman’s Devils, Joe Clifford Faust; SHORT
TAKES: Something in My Eye, Michael Whelan, Arnie
& Cathy Fenner, eds.; Hannes Bok Drawings and
Sketches, Nicholas J. Certo, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Tex and Molly in the Afterlife, Richard Grant; When
the Lights Go Out, Tanith Lee; Exodus From the Long
Sun, Gene Wolfe; The Heretic Kings, Paul Kearney;
The Dark Shore, A.A. Attanasio.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Mortal Remains, Christopher Evans; Time and
Chance: An Autobiography; L. Sprague de Camp;
SHORT TAKES: Worldwar: Striking the Balance, Harry
Turtledove.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman; Twists of the Tale, Ellen
Datlow, ed.; No One Noticed the Cat, Anne McCaffrey;
The Faces of Fantasy, Patti Perret.
Reviews by Shira Daemon / 31
Fairyland, Paul J. McAuley; The Notorious Abbess,
Vera Chapman; Preternatural, Margaret Wander
Bonanno; The Shimmering Door, Katharine Kerr &
Martin H. Greenberg, eds.; SHORT TAKES: Ferman’s
Devils, Joe Clifford Faust.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman/ 33
Little Sister, Kara Dalkey; The Orphan’s Tent, Tom De
Haven; The Bowl of Night, Rosemary Edghill; The
Night of Cloak of Daggers, Rosemary Edghill; The
VMR Theory, Robert Frezza; Death of an Adept,
Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris; The Devil &
Dan Cooley, Holly Lisle & Walter Spence; Red Star
Rising AKA Dragonseye, Anne McCaffrey; Serve it
Forth, Anne McCaffrey & John Gregory Betancourt,
eds.; Mordred’s Curse, Ian McDowell; Zel, Donna Jo
Napoli; The Healing of Crossroads; Nick O’Donohoe;
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett; Carol for Another Christmas,
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Fair Peril, Nancy
Springer; The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner.
LOCUS December 1996 / 3
CHARLES N. BROWN
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
MARIANNE S. JABLON
Managing Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Editors
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Assistant Editor
EDWARD BRYANT
SHIRA DAEMON
MARK R. KELLY
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Contributing Editors
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Special Projects
BETH GWINN
Photographer
Locus, The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field (ISSN
0047-4959), is published monthly, at $4.50 per copy, by
Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland CA
94611. Please send all mail to: Locus Publications, P.O.
Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661. Telephone (510) 339-
9196 ; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-8144. E-mail:
Locus@Locusmag.com. Individual subscriptions in the
US: $43.00 for 12 issues, $80.00 for 24 issues via periodical
mail. In Canada: $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for
24 issues via periodical mail. First class individual subscriptions
in the US or Canada are $53.00 for 12 issues,
$95.00 for 24 issues. Individual overseas subscriptions
are $48.00 for 12 issues, $90.00 for 24 issues via sea
mail. Individual subscriptions to Europe or South America
via airmail are $70.00 for 12 issues, $120.00 for 24 issues.
Individual subscriptions to Australia, Asia, or Africa
via air mail are $80.00 for 12 issues, $135.00 for 24 issues.
Lifetime subscriptions are ten times the one-year
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Make checks payable to Locus Publications. All subscriptions
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numbers at bottom. When converting from periodical
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on file for one year, so tell us if your subscription
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CAMBS PE14 9BU, UK. Japanese Subscription Agent:
Yoshio Kobayashi, 3-34-14-301, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku,
Tokyo, 145, Japan; Australian Subscription Agent: Justin
Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books G.P.O Box2708X, Melbourne,
Victoria, 3001, Australia. Bookseller discounts available.
Display advertising rates on request. ©1996 by Locus
Publications. We take no responsibility for unsolicited submissions.
Printed in the United States. Periodical postage
paid at Oakland, California and additional mailing
offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Locus
Publications, P.O. Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661.
Letters, information, and credit card subscriptions
can be sent by E-mail to Locus® Locusmag.com or
by fax to 510-339-8144._________________________
