Vector, August 1996

Editor(s): Tony Cullen Andrew M. Butler Gary S. Dalkin Paul Kincaid Tanya Brown
Pages: 20+32, A4
Price: £2.25
Cover:
Notes: #188, Roles: Editor, Features, Features, Hardback Reviews, Paperback Reviews

Editorial
  Invective - Gary S. Dalkin

Articles
  Bob Shaw 1931-1996: Wreath of Stars - David Langford
  Bob Shaw 1931-1996 - Andy Sawyer
  Bob Shaw: An Appreciation - Brian Stableford
  Bob Shaw - A Light From Other Days - James White
  Books of the Year - 1995 - Paul Kincaid
  Cognitive Mapping, 3: Aliens - Paul Kincaid
  Wild Extravagant Theories: The Science of "The Time Machine" - Stephen Baxter

Book Reviews by Andrew Adams
  The Death of Chaos - L. E. Modesitt, Jr
  Exile's Children - Angus Wells

Book Reviews by Chris Amies
  Endymion - Dan Simmons

Book Reviews by Julie Atkin
  Star Trek Creator: The Authorised Biography of Gene Roddenberry - David Alexander

Book Reviews by Susan Badham
  Fortress Manhattan - David Callinan
  Warhammer: Chaos Child - Ian Watson

Book Reviews by K. V. Bailey
  Mainline - Deborah Christian
  Kairos - Gwyneth Jones
  Daggerspell - Katharine Kerr
  Wonder Beasts (Edited) - Joe Nigg

Book Reviews by Cherith Baldry
  Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (Edited) - Ellen Datlow Terri Windling
  Legacies - Alison Sinclair

Book Reviews by Norman Beswick
  The White Gryphon - Mercedes Lackey Larry Dixon
  Signs of Life - Cherry Wilder

Book Reviews by Colin Bird
  Legacy - Greg Bear
  Batman vs. Predator 2: Bloodmatch - Doug Moench Paul Gulacy Terry Austin
  Batman: The Last Arkham - Alan Grant Norm Breyfogle

Book Reviews by Lynne Bispham
  The Kingdoms of the Night - Allan Cole Chris Bunch
  Magic: The Gathering - Shattered Chains - Clayton Emery
  Magic: The Gathering - Final Sacrifice - Clayton Emery
  The Silver Gryphon - Mercedes Lackey Larry Dixon
  The Ruins of Ambrai - Melanie Rawn

Book Reviews by Andrew M. Butler
  Adrift in the Oceans of Mercy - Martin Booth

Book Reviews by Gary S. Dalkin
  The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton

Book Reviews by Barbara Davies
  Beyond Uhura - Nichelle Nichols
  Higher Education - Charles Sheffield Jerry Pournelle
  Salamander's Fire - Brian Stableford

Book Reviews by Alan Fraser
  Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Book Reviews by L. J. Hurst
  Richter 10 - Arthur C. Clarke Mike Resnick

Book Reviews by Steve Jeffery
  The Memory Palace - Gill Alderman
  Dead Things - Richard Calder
  Celestial Matters - Richard Garfinkle
  The Complete Chronicles of the Jerusalem Man - David Gemmell
  Desmodus - Melanie Tem

Book Reviews by Paul Kincaid
  Pirates of the Universe - Terry Bisson
  Fremder - Russell Hoban
  CivilWarLand in Bad Decline - George Saunders

Book Reviews by Vikki Lee
  First King of Shannara - Terry Brooks
  Pawn's Dream - Eric S. Nylund

Book Reviews by Helen McNabb
  The Fear Man - Ann Halam
  When the Lights Go Out - Tanith Lee

Book Reviews by Andy Mills
  Star Beast - Will Baker
  The Legend of Deathwalker - David Gemmell
  Cade 1: Galaxy's Edge - Douglas Hill
  Core - Paul Preuss

Book Reviews by John Newsinger
  Psychoville - Christopher Fowler
  Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology (Edited) - John Kessel Mark L. Van Name Richard Butner

Book Reviews by Joseph Nicholas
  Brightness Reef - David Brin
  Jerusalem Commands - Michael Moorcock
  Expiration Date - Tim Powers

Book Reviews by John D. Owen
  The Uplift War - David Brin
  Serpent's Blood - Brian Stableford

Book Reviews by Steve Palmer
  Axiomatic - Greg Egan
  Wildside - Steven Gould
  Seasons of Plenty - Colin Greenland
  The Scrying Game - Andrew Harman

Book Reviews by Stephen Payne
  Dark Love (Edited) - Nancy A. Collins Martin H. Greenberg Edward E. Kramer
  Dark Terrors (Edited) - Stephen Jones David Sutton
  Dark Dominion - Bentley Little
  Echoes of Issel - Diann Thornley

Book Reviews by Mark Plummer
  Hawkwood's Voyage - Paul Kearney

Book Reviews by Elinor Predota
  The Tale of One Bad Rat - Bryan Talbot

Book Reviews by Liam Proven
  Blood-Sucking Fiends - Christopher Moore
  Relic - Lincoln Preston

Book Reviews by Andy Sawyer
  The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin

Book Reviews by Maureen Speller
  Raptor Red - Robert T. Bakker
  Four Heads in the Air - Fred Clarke

Book Reviews by Brian Stableford
  The Williamson Effect (Edited) - Roger Zelazny

Book Reviews by Kathy Taylor
  Have Demon, Will Travel - John Brosnan
  Sins of the Blood - Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Book Reviews by Martyn Taylor
  Aliens Omnibus: 'The Female War' & 'Genocide' - Steve Perry Stephani Perry David Bischoff

Book Reviews by Sue Thomason
  Half the Day Is Night - Maureen F. McHugh

Book Reviews by Jon Wallace
  Bleak Seasons - Glen Cook
  Rise of a Merchant Prince - Raymond E. Feist
  The Devil's Piper - Frances Gordon
  Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett

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