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LOCUS 1987,complete: #312-323

Grading: Jan = Fn-, Feb = Fn-, Mar = n-F, Apr = Fn-, May = VG(+, Jun = Fn-, Jul = VG-, Aug = VG+, Sep = Fn-, Oct = Fn, Nov = Fn, Dec = Fn-

Features seen every month include Richard Curtis’ column “Agent’s Corner,” LOCUS monthly bestseller list, “LOCUS Looks at Books” (book reviews by Faren Miller, Debbie Notkin, Dan Chow- usually all 3), Amy Thompson reviews current magazines: “Small Wonders”, “Moons & Stars & Stuff” column by Fritz Leiber; “People and Publishing (almost a full page per issue),” and some issues have a letter column.

Partial contents for the year - from 6 issues I sold years ago.

Issue #312: January 1987: Seasons Greetings from the staff; St. Martin’s to buy TOR; Rhode Island celebrates World Fantasy Con; B. Dalton sold to Barnes & Noble; Hartwell arrested at Bisson party; F&SF Changes; Ace/Berkley changes; Clarion West; Harlan Ellison wins lawsuit; Kirshbaum & Neiman on publishing; 1986 World Fantasy Convention (lots of photos); convention listings; November magazines; November Books; British books (November & December); 1986 Locus index.

Issue #315: April 1987: Jupiter; Corrected Nebula Ballot; Worldcon Hotel Problems; Authors Wedding (Diane Duane & Peter Moorwood); Carl Sagan gets record advance; Spicy Cowboy G-Men From Outer Space; The Universe of C. J. Cherryh; Frank Frazetta: Back to the Future; Audio Forecast; The Media Scene, by Frank M. Robinson; Boskone & Sercon reports; Along Publishers Row (forthcoming books); British books- January; February books; February magazines, Theodore Cogswell: Two Appreciations; Bookstores celebrate 15 years of SF.

Issue #316: May 1987: Blaylock wins Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (Homunculus); Terry Carr dies, memorials planned; Harper & Row sold; Three magazines fold (Fantasy Book, Last Wave, Aphelion); Maine Writers War; Boskone to limit attendance; James Blaylock: Out of the Woodwork; Big Changes at Unwin/Hyman; The Media Scene, by Frank M. Robinson; International Conference on the Fantastic; British books- February; Upcoming British books; convention listings; March magazines; March Books; obituaries for Richard Wilson, Ejler Jakobsson, Bea Mahaffey, more.

Issue #317: June 1987: 1986 Nebula Awards winners; 1987 Hugo Awards nominations; 1987 Writers of the Future Award; King over Clarke 8 Million to 1; Night Cry Suspended, sf Aborted, Aboriginial SF downsized; Baen Fantasy launch in September; Horror novel goes off rails; BSFA awards; David Gerrold leaves STAR TREK; Orson Scott Card: Jack of Many Trades; The Media Scene, by Frank M. Robinson; 1987 Eaton Conference; NorWescon’s Alternacon; SF in Japan, An Overview; News from the Soviet Union; Yugoslavian Awards; Colin Wilson: Psychology, Sex, and SF; Along Publishers Row (forthcoming books); April magazines; April Books; British books- March; Terry Carr: In Memoriam, Obituaries for Gardner Fox, Hugh McCaffrey.

Issue #319: August 1987: Robert A. Heinlein at 80; Best All-Time Awards; No SF at SF ALA; Piers Anthony: Bard in a Gilded Cage; Beer Saves Editor; London Book Fair; IRS changes for writers; Bart Books announced; Changes at Pocket; Notkin to TOR, LOCUS loses reviewer; Zebra gets Pinnacle; Fantasy Review dies; Davis Awards presented; The Media Scene, by Frank M. Robinson; LOCUS Looks at French Books (by Pascal J. Thomas); 1987 SFRA meeting; 1987 DeepSouthCon report; SF in France (by Pascal J. Thomas); 1987 Nice SF Conference; All-time best novels; All-time best novelists; Eastercon 1987, Beccon reports; June books; June magazines; British books- May; Karen A. Brush: Exploring the Media; Voices in the Wilderness.

Issue #322: November 1987: The Nature of Conspiracy (long Worlcon report - 9 parts, with lots of photos); Alfred Bester dies (2 pages of apprecations); Brian Aldiss: From Billions to Trillions; TIME: a review, by Brian Thomsen; David Eddings makes record British sale; Weird Tales revived, Last Wave expires; The Media Scene, by Frank M. Robinson; September books; September magazines, British books- August.


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