Locus Magazine, Issue 626, March 2013

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

Locus Issue #626, March 2013, contains interviews with authors Isobelle Carmody and Lavie Tidhar; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “Ten Years On”; lists of forthcoming books through December 2013; reports on the 2012 Nebula Awards Ballot and the merger between Penguin and Random House; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, and others, of new books by Nalo Hopkinson, Evie Manieri, M. John Harrison, Benjamin Percy, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s January 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s March 2013 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld January 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Eclipse Online January 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Jan/Feb 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Mar/Apr 2013 (Rich Horton)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet January 2013 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed February 2013 (Rich Horton)
Subterranean Winter 2013 (Rich Horton)
Tin House #54 2013 (Rich Horton)

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

Adams, John Joseph, ed. • The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination (Rich Horton)
Cargill, C. Robert • Dreams and Shadows (Faren Miller)
Carriger, Gail • Etiquette and Espionage (Faren Miller)
Chadbourn, Mark • The Devil’s Looking-Glass (Faren Miller)
Chadbourn, Mark • The Devil’s Looking-Glass (Faren Miller)
Hand, Elizabeth • Radiant Days (Gwenda Bond)
Harrison, M. John • Empty Space (Russell Letson)
Harrison, M. John • Empty Space (Russell Letson)
Hill, Joe • NOS4A2 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Hirshberg, Glen • Motherless Child (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Hobb, Robin • The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince (Faren Miller)
Hopkinson, Nalo • Sister Mine (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kosmatka, Ted • Prophet of Bones (Gary K. Wolfe)
Manieri, Evie • Blood’s Pride (Faren Miller)
Miranda, Megan • Hysteria (Gwenda Bond)
Ogawa, Yoko, translated by Steve Snyder • Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Oliver, Jonathan, ed. • Magic (Tim Pratt)
Percy, Benjamin • Red Moon (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Pinkwater, Daniel • Bushman Lives (Gary K. Wolfe)
Salaam, Kiini Ibura • Ancient, Ancient (Karen Burnham)
Sterling, Bruce • Love Is Strange (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Edge of Infinity (Russell Letson)
Wellman, Manly Wade • The Complete John Thunstone (Richard A. Lupoff)

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