Locus Magazine, Issue 602, March 2011

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

Locus Issue #602, March 2011, contains interviews with authors Gene Wolfe and Alaya Dawn Johnson; listings of Forthcoming Books in the US and UK through December 2011; a column by Cory Doctorow, "Explaining Creativity to a Martian"; bibliographic listings of the month's New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Paul Witcover, and others of books by Johanna Sinisalo, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter S. Beagle, Robert Silverberg, and others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Abyss & Apex 1st Quarter 2011 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's January 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's February 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's March 2011 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Jan/Feb 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Mar/Apr 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine January 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine March 2011 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed March 2011 (Rich Horton)
 

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

Beagle, Peter S. • Sleight of Hand (Faren Miller)
Beagle, Peter S. • Sleight of Hand (Gardner Dozois)
Black, Holly • Red Glove (Gregory Benford)
Greenberg, Martin H., & Kerrie Hughes • Love and Rockets (Rich Horton)
Griffin, Kate • The Neon Court (Faren Miller)
Griffin, Kate • The Neon Court (Faren Miller)
Lanagan, Margo • Yellowcake (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lansdale, Joe R., ed. • Crucified Dreams (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Matheson, Richard • Other Kingdoms (Gary K. Wolfe)
Palmer, Philip • Version 43 (Paul Witcover)
Rothfuss, Patrick • The Wise Man's Fear (Faren Miller)
Silverberg, Robert • Musings and Meditations (Gary K. Wolfe)
Sinisalo, Johanna • Birdbrain (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Engineering Infinity (Rich Horton)
Swirsky, Rachel, & Sean Wallace, eds. • People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy (Gardner Dozois)
Tremblay, Paul • In the Mean Time (Paul Witcover)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Ventriloquism (Paul Witcover)
Vanderhooft, JoSelle • Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories (Rich Horton)
YellowBoy, Erzebet • Sleeping Helena (Faren Miller)

About Locus:

Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 40 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. The magazine's website, which contains a sampling of magazine content as well as additional genre news, media reviews, the Roundtable Blog, indexes of reviews and interviews published, the science fiction awards database, and much much more, can be found at . Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at or on the website at .

Our Quarterly Forthcoming Book issues (March, June, September, and December) usually sell out, and are used by librarians, bookstores, publishers, and readers to keep abreast of forthcoming titles. Each contains publishing schedules from the major genre publishers – big houses to small presses – for the next nine months.

Our February issue summarizes the previous year, and includes a highly regarded annual Recommended Reading List. The August issue has the Locus Awards, voted on by our readers from the best of the previous year. The October and November issues cover the World SF Convention and are constant back issue favorites. All issues have a list of the new books that month, a list of recommended books and bestsellers, and interviews with leading authors.
 

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