Locus Magazine, Issue 622, November 2012

Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publication fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.

Locus Issue #622, November 2012, contains interviews with Gregory Benford and Tim Pratt; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “The Internet of the Dead”; Spotlight on Reading Organizers: Terry Bisson and Ellen Datlow & Matthew Kressel; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Paul Witcover, Adrienne Martini, and others, of books by Hannu Rajaniemi, Lois McMaster Bujold, Iain M. Banks, Stephen King & Stewart O’Nan, David Levithan, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Abyss & Apex 3rd Quarter 2012 (Rich Horton)
Analog November 2012 (Rich Horton)
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #54 2012 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s September 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s October/November 2012 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Sept/Oct 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone Jul-Aug 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed October 2012 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare Magazine October 2012 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons September 2012 (Rich Horton)
Subterranean Fall 2012 (Rich Horton)
Tin House #52 2012 (Rich Horton)

 

Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —

Abercrombie, Joe • Red Country (Faren Miller)
Abercrombie, Joe • Red Country (Graham Sleight)
Abercrombie, Joe • Red Country (Faren Miller)
Abercrombie, Joe • Red Country (Graham Sleight)
Aldiss, Brian • An Exile on Planet Earth: Articles and Reflections (Gary K. Wolfe)
Banks, Iain M. • The Hydrogen Sonata (Faren Miller)
Banks, Iain M. • The Hydrogen Sonata (Russell Letson)
Brennan, Sarah Rees • Unspoken (Gwenda Bond)
Brooke, Keith • Harmony (Russell Letson)
Bujold, Lois Mcmaster • Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (Faren Miller)
Erikson, Steven • Forge of Darkness (Graham Sleight)
Erikson, Steven • Forge of Darkness (Graham Sleight)
Freeman, Brian James • Dueling Minds (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Gilman, Laura Anne • Dragon Justice (Carolyn Cushman)
Guran, Paula, ed. • The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012 Edition (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Hale, Shannon • Princess Academy: Palace of Stone (Carolyn Cushman)
Hallaway, Tate • Precinct 13 (Carolyn Cushman)
Hartman, Rachel • Seraphina (Carolyn Cushman)
Jerome, Celia • Sand Witches in the Hamptons (Carolyn Cushman)
Jones, Stephen, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: 23 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Kaveney, Roz • Rituals (Gary K. Wolfe)
King, Stephen, & Stewart O’Nan • Face in the Crowd (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lackey, Mercedes • Redoubt (Carolyn Cushman)
Levithan, David • Every Day (Gwenda Bond)
Pullman, Philip • Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version (Gary K. Wolfe)
Rajaniemi, Hannu • The Fractal Prince (Gary K. Wolfe)
Smith, Sherwood • Revenant Eve (Carolyn Cushman)
Tambour, Anna • Crandolin (Faren Miller)
Tan, Charles A., ed. • Lauriat (Rich Horton)
Testerman, Doyce • Hidden Things (Carolyn Cushman)

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