Locus Magazine, Issue 630, July 2013

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

Locus Issue #630, July 2013, contains interviews with Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley; obituaries and appreciations of Jack Vance and Iain Banks; a new column titled “Teaching Computers Shows Us How Little We Understand About Ourselves” by Cory Doctorow; complete results of the 2013 Locus Poll; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and others, of new books by Connie Willis, Emily Croy Barker, S.T. Joshi, James S.A. Corey, Charlaine Harris, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog July/August 2013 (Rich Horton)
Apex Magazine May 2013 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s July 2013 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld May 2013 (Rich Horton)
F&SF May/June 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/Aug 2013 (Rich Horton)
GigaNotoSaurus May 2013 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed June 2013 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare Magazine June 2013 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com February 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com March 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com April 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com May 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Arnason, Eleanor • Big Mama Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Atkinson, Kate • Life After Life (Tim Pratt)
Barker, Emily Croy • The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic (Faren Miller)
Black, Holly • Doll Bones (Gwenda Bond)
Bornikova, Phillipa • Box Office Poison (Carolyn Cushman)
Corey, James S. A. • Abaddon’s Gate (Russell Letson)
Davidson, MaryJanice • Undead and Unsure (Carolyn Cushman)
Enge, James • Wrath-Bearing Tree (Tim Pratt)
Griffin, Kate • The Glass God (Faren Miller)
Harris, Charlaine • Dead Ever After (Carolyn Cushman)
Hendee, Barb • The Mist-Torn Witches (Carolyn Cushman)
Hines, Jim C. • Codex Born (Carolyn Cushman)
Joshi, S. T. • Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction, Vol. 1 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lackey, Mercedes • Steadfast (Carolyn Cushman)
Lain, Douglas • Billy Moon (Faren Miller)
Lansdale, Kasey, ed. • Impossible Monsters (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Ludwigsen, Will • In Search Of and Others (Faren Miller)
McAllister, Bruce • The Village Sang To The Sea: A Memoir of Magic (Gary K. Wolfe)
McCammon, Robert • I Travel By Night (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
McIntosh, Fiona • The Scrivener’s Tale (Faren Miller)
Murphy, C. E. • Mountain Echoes (Carolyn Cushman)
Reese, Jenn • Mirage (Gwenda Bond)
Russell, Timothy Parker, ed. • Dark World (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Shurtliff, Liesl • Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin (Carolyn Cushman)
Speakman, Shawn, ed. • Unfettered (Rich Horton)
Stross, Charles • Neptune’s Brood (Russell Letson)
Whates, Ian, ed. • Solaris Rising 2 (Gardner Dozois)
Willis, Connie • The Best of Connie Willis (Gary K. Wolfe)

About Locus:

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