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• Title: Locus, #288 January 1985 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editors: Charles N. Brown
• Year: 1985-01-00
• Publisher: Locus Publications
• Price: $2.50
• Pages: 68
• Binding: quarto
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Title Reference: Locus - 1985
• ISFDB Record Number: 289399
• Notes: Vol. 18, No. 1
  Full-color slick covers.
  Most uncredited news items are not indexed here.
  The Books Received listing includes several mini-reviews (one or two line comments) by Charles N. Brown and Faren Miller. None are indexed here.
  Pages 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 47, 63, 66, 67, and 68 are full-page ads.
  This issue prints the Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation dated October 10, 1984. Total Paid Circulation was 6791 (12-month average) and 7195 (issue nearest filing date).
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (LOCUSJAN1985)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • Editorial Matters (Locus #288) • [Editorial Matters] • essay by Charles N. Brown [as by C. N. Brown ]
• 6 • Alan Lee: Castles in America • [Locus Interview] • interview of Alan Lee • interview by uncredited
• 7 • Along Publishers Row (Locus #288) • essay by uncredited
• 9 • People and Publishing (Locus #288) • essay by uncredited
• 11 • Rivals • [Agent's Corner] • essay by Richard Curtis
• 13 • Locus Looks at Books (Locus #288) • essay by Debbie Notkin
• 13 •   Review: Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree, Jr. • review by Debbie Notkin
• 13 •   Review: Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 • Moons & Stars & Stuff (Locus #288) • essay by Fritz Leiber
• 15 •   Review: The Voice of the Mountain by Manly Wade Wellman • review by Fritz Leiber
• 15 •   Review: In the Drift by Michael Swanwick • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: Alien Stars by Elizabeth Mitchell • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: The Torch of Honor by Roger MacBride Allen • review by Debbie Notkin
• 19 • Locus Looks at British Books (Locus #288) • essay by Faren Miller
• 19 •   Review: The Glamour by Christopher Priest • review by Faren Miller
• 19 •   Review: Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: 1982 Janine by Alasdair Gray • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: The Laughter of Carthage by Michael Moorcock • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: The Opium General and Other Stories by Michael Moorcock • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: Seasons in Flight by Brian Aldiss • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: Books of Blood, Volume I by Clive Barker • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: Books of Blood, Volume II by Clive Barker • review by Faren Miller
• 21 •   Review: Daybreak on a Different Mountain by Colin Greenland • review by Faren Miller
• 23 • Japanese Book Reviews • essay by Edward Lipsett and Shinji Maki and Yoshio Kobayashi [as by Y. Kobayashi and S. Maki and E. Lipsett ]
• 23 •   Review: Books of Blood, Volume III by Clive Barker • review by Faren Miller
• 26 • French Before English • essay by Pascal J. Thomas
• 26 •   Review: Nouvelle recette pour canard au sang by Scott Baker • review by Pascal J. Thomas
• 26 •   Review: La fin du A by A. E. van Vogt • review by Pascal J. Thomas
• 28 • The Micro-World of Danish SF • essay by Ellen M. Pedersen
• 30 • Report from France (Locus #288) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas
• 30 • 11th French SF Convention • essay by Stephane Nicot and Pascal J. Thomas
• 31 • Science Fiction in Japan • essay by Edward Lipsett and Shinji Maki and Yoshio Kobayashi [as by Y. Kobayashi and S. Maki and E. Lipsett ]
• 32 • Stars at London Planetarium • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford ]
• 33 • Forbidden Planet: It's Full of Stars • essay by uncredited
• 34 • 1984 World Fantasy Convention • essay by Jane Jewell
• 40 • International Books & Magazines Received (Locus #288) • essay by uncredited
• 41 •  Letter (Locus #288) • essay by Anne McCaffrey
• 41 •  Letter (Locus #288) • essay by Jean-Pierre Moumon
• 41 •  Letter (Locus #288) (Response to Jean-Pierre Moumon) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas
• 41 •  Letter (Locus #288) • essay by Matt Hargreaves
• 41 •  Letter (Locus #288) • essay by Boris Zavgorodny
• 41 • Convention Listings (Locus #288) • essay by Faren Miller
• 49 • Books Received - November (1984) • essay by Charles N. Brown and Faren Miller [as by Charles N. Brown and Faren C. Miller ]
• 51 • Magazines Received - November (1984) • essay by uncredited
• 56 •   Review: Star Healer by James White • review by Debbie Notkin
• 59 • Locus Monthly Bestseller List (Locus #288) • essay by uncredited
• 64 • Locus 1984 Index • essay by uncredited

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