Locus Magazine, Issue 631, August 2013

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

Locus Issue #631, August 2013, contains interviews with Kim Stanley Robinson and Aliette de Bodard; obituaries and appreciations of Richard Matheson and Parke Godwin; results of this year’s 2013 Locus Survey; 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 Rachel Swirksy, Sally Gardner, Linda Nagata, Mur Lafferty, Lauren Beukes, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog September 2013 (Rich Horton)
Apex Magazine June 2013 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s August 2013 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld June 2013 (Rich Horton)
Interzone May-Jun 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Renditions Spring 2012 (Rich Horton)
Renditions Autumn 2012 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons June 2013 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com June 2013 (Rich Horton)

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

Adams, John Joseph, & Douglas Cohen, eds. • Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (Gardner Dozois)
Beukes, Lauren • The Shining Girls (Gary K. Wolfe)
Beukes, Lauren • The Shining Girls (Gary K. Wolfe)
Brennan, Marie • A Natural History of Dragons (Adrienne Martini)
Brown, Eric • Serene Invasion (Russell Letson)
Datlow, Ellen, & Terri Windling, eds. • Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells (Rich Horton)
Ekman, Stefan • Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings (Gary K. Wolfe)
Gardner, Sally • Maggot Moon (Faren Miller)
Gladstone, Max • Two Serpents Rise (Adrienne Martini)
Hunt, Stephen • Jack Cloudie (Faren Miller)
Johnson, Alaya Dawn • The Summer Prince (Gwenda Bond)
Klima, John, & Lynne M. Thomas, eds. • Glitter & Mayhem (Karen Burnham)
Lafferty, Mur • The Shambling Guide to New York City (Adrienne Martini)
Marr, Melissa • The Arrivals (Faren Miller)
McIntosh, Will • Love Minus Eighty (Adrienne Martini)
Mooney, J. E., & Bill Fawcett, ed. • Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (Gary K. Wolfe)
Nagata, Linda • The Red: First Light (Russell Letson)
Novik, Naomi • Blood of Tyrants (Faren Miller)
Perry, Anne C., & Jared Shurin, eds. • Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven (Gardner Dozois)
Pratt, Tim • Antiquities and Tangibles and Other Stories (Faren Miller)
Robins, Madeleine E. • Sold for Endless Rue (Adrienne Martini)
Shea, Michael • Assault on Sunrise (Faren Miller)
Swirsky, Rachel • How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (Gary K. Wolfe)

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