The characters, setting and atmosphere of "The Bubble Star" are both rural (northern Ontario) and urban (Toronto). The novel focuses primarily on women -- three sisters -- and their relationships with each other and with men. We have marriage, we have affairs, we have a bit of sex, including a scene in an upscale bamboo furniture boutique. One of the secondary characters is a gay male. A lesbian couple appears, and one of the women is married to a professor who is having an affair with one of the sisters working in retail. When asked by Dale Zieroth (editor of "Event" magazine) what she feared most about the publication of "The Bubble Star," Lesley replied, That people will read it and think it's a sitcom.' When Zieroth asked her what she hoped for the most from this novel, she answered That people will read it and think it's a sitcom.' Bourne goes on to say that she expects her audience will be anyone who reads "The New Yorker," anyone who works in retail (because the novel has central characters who work in retail), or anyone who watches the Shopping Channel.

Materials to be used by public libraries in planning summer library programs for children in 1983.

The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including: William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.

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