Locus Magazine, Issue 632, September 2013

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

Locus Issue #632, September 2013, contains interviews with Nalo Hopkinson and Jack Skillingstead; a new column titled “Libraries and E-Books” by Cory Doctorow; listings of forthcoming books through June 2014; spotlights on Betsy Mitchell and Luis Ortiz; 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 Kim Stanley Robinson, Paul McAuley, Stephen P. Kiernan, Marcus Sedgwick, Seanan McGuire, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s April/May 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s September 2013 (Rich Horton)
F&SF July/Aug 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com June 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

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 (Rich Horton)
Allen, Mike, ed. • Clockwork Phoenix 4 (Rich Horton)
Aronovitz, Michael • Alice Walks (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Bardugo, Leigh • Siege and Storm (Gwenda Bond)
Black, Holly • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Gwenda Bond)
Brust, Steven, & Skyler White • The Incrementalists (Faren Miller)
Brust, Steven, & Skyler White • The Incrementalists (Tom Whitmore)
Cameron, Dana • Seven Kinds of Hell (Carolyn Cushman)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (Gary K. Wolfe)
Horton, Rich, ed. • The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 Edition (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kiernan, Stephen P. • The Curiosity (Faren Miller)
Klima, John, & Lynne M. Thomas, eds. • Glitter & Mayhem (Rich Horton)
Kristjansson, Snorri • Swords of Good Men (Faren Miller)
Lambshead, John • Wolf in Shadow (Carolyn Cushman)
Maas, Sarah J. • Crown of Midnight (Carolyn Cushman)
McAuley, Paul • Evening’s Empires (Russell Letson)
McGuire, Seanan • Chimes at Midnight (Carolyn Cushman)
Mooney, J. E., & Bill Fawcett, ed. • Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (Gardner Dozois)
Richardson, Kat • Possession (Carolyn Cushman)
Robinson, Kim Stanley • Shaman (Cecilia Holland)
Robinson, Kim Stanley • Shaman (Gary K. Wolfe)
Sedgwick, Marcus • Midwinterblood (Gwenda Bond)
Shulman, Polly • The Wells Bequest (Carolyn Cushman)
Sidorova, J. M. • The Age of Ice (Faren Miller)
Skillingstead, Jack • Life on the Preservation (Russell Letson)
Spencer, Wen • Eight Million Gods (Carolyn Cushman)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Fearsome Journeys (Rich Horton)
Toh, EnJoe • Self-Reference Engine (Karen Burnham)
Vaughn, Carrie • Kitty in the Underworld (Carolyn Cushman)
Willrich, Chris • The Scroll of Years (Faren Miller)
Zettel, Sarah • Golden Girl (Carolyn Cushman)

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