Locus Magazine, Issue #644, September

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

Locus Issue # 644, September, 2014, contains interviews with authors Nicola Griffith and Yoon Ha Lee, a new column by Cory Doctorow, lists of forthcoming books through June 2015, a new column of advice for new authors by Tom Whitmore & Karen G. Anderson, and reviews of short fiction and books by Peter Watts, Robert Jackson Bennett, John Varley, and others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog October 2014 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s September 2014 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies June 2014 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld April 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld July 2014 (Rich Horton)
F&SF September/October 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Galaxy’s Edge May 2014 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy’s Edge July 2014 (Rich Horton)
Interzone May/June 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed August 2014 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons July 2014 (Rich Horton)
The New Yorker March 17 2014 (Rich Horton)
The New Yorker April 28 2014 (Rich Horton)

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

Barron, Laird, ed. • The Year’s Best Weird Fiction (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Bennett, Robert Jackson • City of Stairs (Faren Miller)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Grossman, Lev • The Magician’s Land (Faren Miller)
Guran, Paula, ed. • The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Jones, Stephen, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume 25 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Kadrey, Richard • The Getaway God (Faren Miller)
Kress, Nancy • Yesterday’s Kin (Gardner Dozois)
Kress, Nancy • Yesterday’s Kin (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ming-Yi, Wu • The Man with the Compound Eyes (Faren Miller)
Parker, K. J. • Academic Exercises (Gardner Dozois)
Rajaniemi, Hannu • The Causal Angel (Gary K. Wolfe)
Stross, Charles • The Rhesus Chart (Russell Letson)
Valentine, Genevieve • The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (Gary K. Wolfe)
Varley, John • Dark Lightning (Russell Letson)
Watts, Peter • Echopraxia (Gary K. Wolfe)

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