Locus Magazine, Issue 604, May 2011

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

Locus Issue #604, May 2011, contains a Roundtable Discussion of Theodore Sturgeon; an interview with David D. Levine; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “Techno-Optimism”; an obituary for Dianna Wynne Jones with appreciations by Neil Gaiman, Ellen Kushner, Sharyn November, and Farah Mendlesohn; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Paul Witcover, Adrienne Martini, and others, of books by China Miéville, Michael Swanwick, Kris Naknussemm, Patrick Rothfuss, Henry Kuttner, James Gurney, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog May 2011 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Daily Science Fiction February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Daily Science Fiction March 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine May 2011 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed January 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed February 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed March 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
On Spec Winter 2011 (Rich Horton)
Realms of Fantasy February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Realms of Fantasy April 2011 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons March 2011 (Rich Horton)
Subterranean Winter 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
 

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

Abraham, Daniel • The Dragon's Path (Paul Witcover)
Adams, John Joseph, ed. • Brave New Worlds (Gardner Dozois)
Ashford, Barbara • Spellcast (Carolyn Cushman)
Bledsoe, Alex • Burn Me Deadly (Faren Miller)
Brust, Steven • Tiassa (Carolyn Cushman)
Gurney, James • Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Karen Haber)
Hearn, Kevin • Hounded (Faren Miller)
Kuttner, Henry, edited by Stephen Haffner • The Early Kuttner, Volume One: Terror in the House (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lansdale, Joe R. • Christmas with the Dead (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lovegrove, James • Diversifications (Faren Miller)
McGuire, Seanan • Late Eclipses (Carolyn Cushman)
McKowan, Scott • A Fine Line: Scratchboard Illustrations (Karen Haber)
Mieville, China • Embassytown (Faren Miller)
Mieville, China • Embassytown (Gary K. Wolfe)
Neumeier, Rachel • The Floating Islands (Carolyn Cushman)
Niffenegger, Audrey • The Night Bookmobile (Karen Haber)
Pierce, Tamora • Tortall and Other Lands (Carolyn Cushman)
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon • The Secret River (Karen Haber)
Riggs, Ransom • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Gregory Benford)
Rothfuss, Patrick • The Wise Man's Fear (Carolyn Cushman)
Saknussemm, Kris • Enigmatic Pilot: A Tall Tale Too True (Paul Witcover)
Schafer, William, ed. • Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 (Rich Horton)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Eclipse Four (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Eclipse Four (Rich Horton)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Life on Mars: Tales of the New Frontier (Rich Horton)
Swanwick, Michael • Dancing With Bears (Gary K. Wolfe)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Deathless (Paul Witcover)
Valentine, Genevieve • Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti (Faren Miller)
Van Gelder, Gordon, ed. • Welcome to the Greenhouse (Gardner Dozois)
Vaughn, Carrie • Kitty's Big Trouble (Carolyn Cushman)
Wells, Martha • The Cloud Roads (Carolyn Cushman)

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