Locus Magazine, Issue #671, December 2016

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

Locus Issue # 671 (December 2016) features interviews with Eric Flint and Thomas Olde Heuvelt, a column by Kameron Hurley, an obituary of Sheri S. Tepper, lots of photos from World Fantasy Convention, and reviews of short fiction and books by Jonathan Strahan, Erika Johansen, Ray Cluley, John Langan, Bob Proehl, Lois McMaster Bujold and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Apex Magazine October 2016 (Paula Guran)
Asimov’s June 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s July 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s August 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s October/November 2016 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies October 2016 (Paula Guran)
Black Static September-October 2016 (Paula Guran)
Clarkesworld March 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld April 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld May 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld June 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld October 2016 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld November 2016 (Rich Horton)
Daily Science Fiction August 2016 (Rich Horton)
F&SF July/Aug 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Sept/Oct 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
GigaNotoSaurus April 2016 (Rich Horton)
GigaNotoSaurus August 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed July 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed August 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed September 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed November 2016 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare Magazine September 2016 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare Magazine October 2016 (Paula Guran)
Shimmer September 2016 (Paula Guran)
Strange Horizons October 2016 (Paula Guran)
The Dark October 2016 (Paula Guran)
The Dark November 2016 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com September 2016 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com October 2016 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com October 2016 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny September/October 2016 (Paula Guran)

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

Bujold, Lois McMaster • Penric and the Shaman (Carolyn Cushman)
Bujold, Lois McMaster • Penric and the Shaman (Rich Horton)
Chu, Wesley • The Rise of Io (Liz Bourke)
Cluess, Jessica • A Shadow Bright and Burning (Carolyn Cushman)
Cluley, Ray • Within the Wind, Beneath the Snow (John Langan)
Cornell, Paul • The Lost Child of Lychford (Gary K. Wolfe)
Dunstall, S. K. • Confluence (Carolyn Cushman)
Dyer, Thoraiya • Crossroads of Canopy (Faren Miller)
Gilman, Laura Anne • The Cold Eye (Carolyn Cushman)
Hearne, Kevin • The Purloined Poodle (Carolyn Cushman)
Itäranta, Emmi • The City of Woven Streets (Gary K. Wolfe)
Itäranta, Emmi • The Weaver (Gary K. Wolfe)
Johansen, Erika • The Fate of the Tearling (Faren Miller)
Johnson, Sarah L. • Suicide Stitch (John Langan)
Lackey, Mercedes • Closer to the Chest (Carolyn Cushman)
Langan, John • The Fisherman (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lockhart, Ross E., ed. • Eternal Frankenstein (John Langan)
Newman, Emma • After Atlas (Adrienne Martini)
Nix, Garth • Goldenhand (Carolyn Cushman)
Porter, Sarah • Vassa in the Night (Carolyn Cushman)
Proehl, Bob • A Hundred Thousand Worlds (Adrienne Martini)
Ritter, William • Ghostly Echoes (Colleen Mondor)
Semel, Nava • Isra Isle (Gary K. Wolfe)
Skal, David J. • Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, The Man Who Wrote Dracula (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Bridging Infinity (Gary K. Wolfe)
Womack, Jack • …Flying Saucers Are Real! (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

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