Locus Magazine, Issue 619, August 2012

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

Locus Issue #619, August 2012, contains interviews with Jack Vance and Ann & Jeff VanderMeer; Spotlight on author E. Lily Yu; results of this year’s Locus Survey; appreciations of the late Ray Bradbury; reports and photos from Locus Awards Weekend and Readercon; 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 Kij Johnson, Paula Brandon, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven, John Barnes, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog September 2012 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s April/May 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 2012 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld June 2012 (Rich Horton)
Intergalactic Medicine Show March 2012 (Rich Horton)
Interzone May-Jun 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed June 2012 (Rich Horton)
New Yorker June 4 & 11 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
New Yorker June 4 & 11 2012 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons June 2012 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com June 2012 (Rich Horton)

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

Ashby, Madeline • vN (Adrienne Martini)
Barnes, John • Raise the Glass (Adrienne Martini)
Benford, Gregory, & Larry Niven • Bowl of Heaven (Russell Letson)
Blaylock, James P. • Zeuglodon (Faren Miller)
Bond, Gwenda • Blackwood (Faren Miller)
Brandon, Paula • The Wanderers (Faren Miller)
Brin, David • Existence (Adrienne Martini)
Broderick, Damien, & Paul Di Filippo • Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Duncan, Andy • The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories (Rich Horton)
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • Permeable Borders (Faren Miller)
Johnson, Kij • At the Mouth of the River of Bees (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Jeffrey • Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art (Karen Haber)
Kaluta, Michael William • Michael Wm. Kaluta: Sketchbook Series 1: Sketchbook (Karen Haber)
Lanagan, Margo • Cracklespace (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDonald, Ian • Be My Enemy (Gary K. Wolfe)
Reed, Robert • Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas (Gardner Dozois)
Stauber, Katy • Spin the Sky (Adrienne Martini)
Stross, Charles • The Apocalypse Codex (Russell Letson)
Williams, Liz • Worldsoul (Faren Miller)
Wilshire, Patrick, & David Spurlock, eds. • The Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (Karen Haber)

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