Table of Contents, August 1999

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CHARLES N. BROWN
Publ i sher & Edi tor-in-Chi ef
MARK R. KELLY
Elect roni c Edi tor-in-Chi ef
KIRSTEN GONG-WONG
Mana ging Editor
FAREN C. MILLER
CAROLYN F. CUSHMAN
Edi t o r s
CYNTHIA RUSCZYK
Edi t o r i a l Trainee
EDWARD BRYANT
RUSSELL LETSON
GARY K. WOLFE
Cont r ibut ing Editor s
WILLIAM G. CONTENTO
Spe c i a l Proje cts
BETH GWINN
Photogr aphe r
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 1999 Issue 463 Vol. 43 No.2
32nd Year of Publication 20-Time Hugo Winner
MAIN STORIES
1999 Locus Awards Winners/9 Del Rey Editorial Cuts/10
Zebrowski, Chiang Win Campbell, Sturgeon Memorial Awards/10
HarperCollins/Avon Deal Finalized/10 Stephen King Out of Hospital/10
Bantam Dell Becomes One/10 Borgo Out of Business/11 Odyssey Folds/11
THE DATA FILE
Warner/Simon & Schuster in Partial Merger Talks/11
Amazon Free of GST/11 E-Books on the Increase/11
Mir to be Film Set?/11 Announcements/11
Readings & Signings/11 Worldcon News/72 Awards News/72
Financial News/72 Rights/72 Publications Received/74
Multi-Media Received/74 Catalogs Received/74
INTERVIEWS
Neal Stephenson: Cryptomancer/6
LOCUS POLL
Locus Poll Results/36
All-Time Best Authors/43
CONVENTIONS
1999 Stoker Weekend/46
OBITUARIES
Chris Boyce/68
Chris Boyce: An Appreciation by Lisanne Norman/68
Marie Landis/68
Clifton Fadiman: An Appreciation by Sir Arthur C. Clarke/68
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June/49 Books Received: June/50
British Books: May/60 Bestsellers/66
Photo Listing/78 Index to Ads/78
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
People & Publishing/12 Locus Letters/68 Editorial Matters/69
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Distillations: Short Fiction
Reviews by Mark R. Kelly / 15
Asimov’s 7/99; Science Fiction Age 7/99; Interzone
6/99; Amazing Stories Summer ’99; F&SF 7/99.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 19
Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear; The Rift, Walter J. Williams;
Time: Manifold 1, Stephen Baxter; Greetings,
Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Works, 1934-1998,
Arthur C. Clarke; When Dreams Came True: Classical
Fairy Tales and Their Traditions, Jack Zipes.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 23
The Serpent and the Grail, A.A. Attanasio; Prospero’s
Children, Jan Siegel; The Divinity Student, Michael
Cisco; The Angle Quickest For Flight, Steven Kotler;
Kaspian Lost, Richard Grant.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 25
Darwin’s Radio Greg Bear; Shrine of Stars, Paul J.
McAuley; The Far Shore of Time, Frederik Pohl.
Reviews by Edward Bryant / 27
The Nightmare Chronicles, Douglas Clegg; Freezer
Burn, Joe R. Lansdale; Conspiracies, F. Paul Wilson;
SHORT TAKE: The Lost Work of Stephen King,
Stephen J. Spignesi.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 31
Dragonne’s Eg, Mary Brown; The Knight, the Harp,
and the Maiden, Anne Kelleher Bush; The Brotherhood
of the Wolf, David Farland; Marigold’s Marriages,
Sandra Heath; Avalon: The Return of King
Arthur, Stephen R. Lawhead; Plan B, Sharon Lee &
Steve Miller; The Company of Glass, Valery Leith;
School of Light, Jody Lynn Nye; Protector of the
Small: First Test, Tamora Pierce; The Chosen; Ricardo
Pinto; Beyond the Gates, Catherine Wells.
Short Reviews by Jonathan Strahan / 33
Mammoth: Book 1 – Silverhair, Stephen Baxter; The
Rainy Season, James P. Blaylock; Stuck in Fast
Forward, Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes; The
Lady of Situations, Stephen Dedman; The Harp at
Midnight, Caiseal Mor; Lord Prestimion, Robert
Silverberg.
LOCUS August 1999/3