• Publication: Locus, #285 October 1984Publication Record # 279112 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: Charles N. Brown
• Date: 1984-10-00
• Publisher: Locus Publications
• Price:
  $2.50^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 56
• Format:
  quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Notes: Vol. 17, No. 10 Slick full-color covers. Page 2 is a full-color ad for the Bantam paperback of Robert Silverberg's Valentine Pontifex. The last two pages (55 and 56) contain full-color photos of the Masquerade from L.A.Con (World SF Convention) This is the first issue of Locus to be mailed with a protective outer wrapper (bound as a cover) 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 C. Miller. None are indexed here. Pages 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 32, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 47, 50, and 51 are full-page ads.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 3 • Editorial Matters (Locus #285) • [Editorial Matters] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 4 • The British Book Scene (Locus #285) • essay by uncredited
• 4 • The Universe of C. J. Cherryh • [Locus Interview] • interview of C. J. Cherryh • interview by uncredited
• 5 • Convention Updates (Locus #285) • essay by Faren Miller
• 7 • People and Publishing (Locus #285) • essay by uncredited
• 9 • Books Into Movies • [Agent's Corner] • essay by Richard Curtis
• 11 • Moons & Stars & Stuff (Locus #285) • [Moons & Stars & Stuff] • essay by Fritz Leiber
• 11 •   Review: The Dark Barbarian by Don Herron • review by Fritz Leiber
• 11 •   Review: The Changeover by Margaret Mahy • review by Fritz Leiber
• 11 •   Review: Brisingamen by Diana L. Paxson • review by Fritz Leiber
• 11 •   Review: Castles by David Day and David Larkin and Alan Lee • review by Fritz Leiber
• 11 •   Review: Books of Blood, Volume I by Clive Barker • review by Fritz Leiber
• 13 • Locus Looks at Books (Locus #285) • [Locus Looks at Books] • essay by Faren Miller
• 13 •   Review: The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub • review by Faren Miller
• 13 •   Review: The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear • review by Faren Miller
• 13 •   Review: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock • review by Faren Miller
• 13 •   Review: Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones • review by Faren Miller
• 15 • Locus Looks at More Books (Locus #285) • [Locus Looks at Books] • essay by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: The Color Out of Time by Michael Shea • review by Faren Miller
• 15 •   Review: A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense by Joan Aiken • review by Faren Miller
• 15 •   Review: City of Sorcery by Marion Zimmer Bradley • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: Utopia Hunters by Somtow Sucharitkul • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: Phoenix in the Ashes by Joan D. Vinge • review by Debbie Notkin
• 15 •   Review: Brisingamen by Diana L. Paxson • review by Debbie Notkin
• 17 • Locus Looks at More Books (Locus #285) • essay by Dan Chow
• 17 • Science Books: A Dialogue • essay by Paul Preuss
• 17 •   Review: Pohlstars by Frederik Pohl • review by Dan Chow
• 17 •   Review: Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema by Danny Peary • review by Dan Chow
• 17 •   Review: The Fourth Dimension: Toward a Geometry of Higher Reality by Rudy Rucker • review by Paul Preuss
• 21 • Complete (1984) Hugo Voting • essay by uncredited
• 24 • Inconjunction 4 • essay by Jane Jewell
• 25 • Archon 8 • essay by Carol A. Cook
• 26 • Report from France (Locus #285) • essay by Pascal J. Thomas
• 27 • Ezocon II • essay by David Lewis (I)
• 33 • Magazines Received - August (1984) • essay by uncredited
• 35 • Books Received - August (1984) • essay by Charles N. Brown and Faren Miller [as by Charles N. Brown and Faren C. Miller]
• 48 • Locus Monthly Bestseller List (Locus #285) • essay by uncredited
• 49 • Walter Tevis • [Locus Obituary] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 49 • J. B. Priestley • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 49 • Truman Capote • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 49 • Tom Rainbow • [Locus Obituary] • essay by uncredited
• 55 • L.A.con II Masquerade • essay by uncredited