Summer 1997 SFWA BULLETIN
The Summer 1997 Issue of the SFWA Bulletin has cover art [81K jpg] copyright © 1993 by Kelly Freas. Inside the back cover is another selection from M. Christine Valada's famed Worldcon Portrait Gallery: Michael Whelan.
1996 Nebula AwardsJack Vance: Grand Masterby Robert Silverberg
Honored Guests:Author Emeritus: Judith Merril by Damon Knight Toastmaster: Jane Yolen by Bruce Coville Guest Speaker: Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
About the AwardAbout the NomineesNicola Griffith, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia A. McKillip, Tim Powers, Robert J. Sawyer, Neal Stephenson, Jack Dann, Ursula K. LeGuin, George R.R. Martin, Jack McDevitt, Maureen F. McHugh, Allen Steele, John M. Ford, George Guthridge, Paul Levinson, Bruce Holland Rogers, Harry Turtledove, Robert Charles Wilson, Dave Wolverton, Esther M. Friesner, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Holland Rogers, Dean Wesley Smith
Past Winners1965-1995
FeaturesJaded Wonders by Tom Easton: "One of the notions that goes with the idea of a Golden Age is that things have declined since then. I don't think this is true for SF, though it is easy to understand how one may think so."Which Universe Is This, Anyway? by Bruce Murray: "It was easy in 1974 to interpret the events of the preceding decade as the nearly inevitable bend in the trajectory of humanity outward toward space. Some even regarded Apollo as the manifestation of some hidden determinism. But it was not." Welcome to the Cheap Seats by Ian McDonald: "It's these little spurts of life that have always been my chief peloasure in reading; those often tiny combinations of words that make you say, Yes this person knows a thing or two." The Mapkuq Theory of Fiction by Michael Armstrong: "Consider fiction. Made of letters, punctuation symbols, sentences, and paragraphs written together, the physical artifact of printed language has great flexibility. Whether simple as a short story, complex as a novel, many elements weave in and out of a work of fiction."
ColumnsState of the Art: Disposable by Robert A. MetzgerPortrait Gallery: Michael Whelan by M. Christine Valada
MarketsMarket Report by Edo van BelkomSF & Fantasy Markets by Randy Dannenfelser
BusinessCurrent Trends in Electronic Rights by Brooks Peck: "What are they? The issue of electronic rights to written material has caused a furor the likes of which hasn't been seen in the publishing industry for decades. Stories of the potential for enormous riches are matched by draconian predictions that publishers will grab it all for themselves...."
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