EDITOR MIKE:  Mike Resnick has recently taken on the task of fiction editor for BenBella Books' science fiction line.

Special Treat! Janis Ian and Mike Resnick discuss their collaborations in this audio interview conducted by listmember Donna Drapeau. Download this MP3courtesy of the Rhode Island Science Fiction Club homepage to listen in. (Or click on the link and go to the RISFC site and listen online.)

THE AMULET OF POWER: Lara Croft, Tomb Raider:  What happens when you turn a novelist with a solid working knowledge of African history and culture loose with a popular action-adventure gaming figure?  The Amulet of Power is what you get, which are the adventures Lara endures between her being trapped in a tomb at the end of one game, and the beginning of the next game -- which starts in Paris.