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• Title: Locus, #240 December 1980-January 1981 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: Charles N. Brown
• Year: 1980-12-00
• Publisher: Locus Publications
• Price: $1.50
• Pages: 32
• Binding: quarto
• Type: FANZINE
• Title Reference: Locus - 1980 (Fanzine)
• ISFDB Record Number: 267609
• Notes: Vol. 13, No. 12
  "Special Double Issue / Mailed January 16" statement on back page (This record has been dated December based on ISFDB dating standards)
  First saddle-stapled issue of Locus
  Most uncredited news items are not indexed here.
  The Books Received listing includes several mini-reviews (one or two line comments) by Rachel Holmen, Charles N. Brown, and Jeff Frane. None are indexed here.
  Pages 2, 4, 6, 10, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29 are full-page ads.
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (LOCUSDEC1980)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Kris Neville Dies • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 1 • Agent's Corner (Locus #240) • [Agent's Corner] • essay by Richard Curtis
• 3 • People and Publishing (Locus #240) • essay by uncredited
• 5 • Editorial Matters (Locus #240) • [Editorial Matters] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 7 • Locus Looks at Books (Locus #240) • essay by Jeff Frane
• 7 •   Review: Firelord by Parke Godwin • review by Jeff Frane
• 7 •   Review: Yearwood by Paul Hazel • review by Jeff Frane
• 7 •   Review: Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien • review by Jeff Frane
• 7 •   Review: Basilisk by Ellen Kushner • review by Jeff Frane
• 8 •   Review: The Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury • review by Jeff Frane
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Ben Bova
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Jean Marie Stine [as by Hank Stine ]
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Stephen Goldin
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Gregory Benford
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Charles Platt
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Cory Daniells [as by Rowena Cory ]
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Spider Robinson
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Samuel H. Vasbinder
• 11 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Gerald Bishop
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Eric Montgomery
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Gary L. Bennett
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Sam Lundwall [as by Sam J. Lundwall ]
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by G. C. Edmondson
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Rich McKinney
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Alan Ryan
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss ]
• 12 •  Letter (Locus #240) • essay by Francisco Porrua
• 13 • H. Warner Munn Dies • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 14 • Final (1980) Hugo Voting Results • essay by uncredited
• 14 • Conventions (Locus #240) • essay by uncredited
• 16 • PhilCon 1980 Report • essay by Jeff Schalles
• 17 • TriQuarterly SF Conference • essay by Robert Garcia [as by Bob Garcia ]
• 18 • November (1980) Books • essay by Charles N. Brown and Rachel E. Holmen [as by Charles N. Brown and Rachel Holmen ]
• 19 • Locus Monthly Bestseller List (Locus #240) • essay by uncredited
• 22 •   Review: The Scallion Stone by Canon Basil A. Smith • review by Jeff Frane
• 24 • Kris Neville: An Appreciation • essay by Barry N. Malzberg [as by Barry Malzberg ]
• 28 • Doris Pitkin Buck • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 28 • Susan C. Petrey • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 28 • Romain Gary • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 30 • B. R. Bruss • [Locus Obituary] • essay by Jean-Marc Lofficier [as by J. M. Lofficier ]

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