Locus Magazine, Issue #681, October 2017
Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
| Author: | Locus Magazine | ISBN: | 1230001949544 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications | Publication: | October 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Locus Magazine |
| ISBN: | 1230001949544 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications |
| Publication: | October 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #681 (October 2017) features interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Annalee Newitz, a column by Kameron Hurley, an obituary and appreciations of Jerry Pournelle, reports and photos from Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, and reviews of short fiction and books by John Crowley, R.S. Belcher, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth Bear, JY Yang, and many others.
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Apex Magazine July 2017 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s May/June 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s July/August 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/Aug 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone Jul-Aug 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed August 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed September 2017 (Rich Horton)
McSweeney’s #49 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com August 2017 (Rich Horton)
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Aaronovitch, Ben • The Furthest Station (Carolyn Cushman)
Anders, Charlie Jane • Six Months, Three Days, Five Others (Rachel Swirsky)
Bacigalupi, Paolo • Tool of War (Gary K. Wolfe)
Bear, Elizabeth • The Stone in the Skull (Adrienne Martini)
Beasley, Cassie • Tumble & Blue (Carolyn Cushman)
Belcher, R. S. • The Queen of Swords (Faren Miller)
Brust, Steven • Vallista (Adrienne Martini)
Cornell, Paul • A Long Day in Lychford (Gary K. Wolfe)
Cramer, Kathryn, ed. • A Flight to the Future (Gardner Dozois)
Crowley, John • Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Gary K. Wolfe)
Crowley, John • Totalitopia (Rich Horton)
Daniels, April • Sovereign (Colleen Mondor)
Datlow, Ellen, & Lisa Morton, eds. • Haunted Nights (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Book of Swords (Rich Horton)
Elliott, Kate • Buried Heart (Carolyn Cushman)
Hartshorn, Erin M. • Ghost Garages (Carolyn Cushman)
Hearne, Kevin • The Squirrel on the Train (Carolyn Cushman)
Jemisin, N. K. • The Stone Sky (Faren Miller)
Kincaid, Paul • Iain M. Banks (Russell Letson)
King, Stephen, & Richard Chizmar • Gwendy’s Button Box (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Leckie, Ann • Provenance (Russell Letson)
Maresca, Marshall Ryan • The Imposters of Aventil (Carolyn Cushman)
Marusek, David • Upon This Rock (Adrienne Martini)
Maxwell, Lisa • The Last Magician (Faren Miller)
McLemore, Anna-Marie • Wild Beauty (Colleen Mondor)
Miller, Linsey • Mask of Shadows (Carolyn Cushman)
Ogburn, Jacqueline • The Unicorn in the Barn (Carolyn Cushman)
Parker, K. J. • Mightier than the Sword (Rich Horton)
Roberts, Adam • The Real-Town Murders (Adrienne Martini)
Schafer, William, ed. • The Best of Subterranean (Gardner Dozois)
Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. • Infinite Stars (Rich Horton)
Schweblin, Samanta • Fever Dream (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Segaloff, Nat • A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison (Gary K. Wolfe)
Shaw, Vivian • Strange Practice (Carolyn Cushman)
Snodgrass, Melinda • In Evil Times (Liz Bourke)
VanderMeer, Jeff • The Strange Bird (Faren Miller)
Wilde, Fran • Horizon (Liz Bourke)
Williams, Walter Jon • Quillifer (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yang, JY • The Black Tides of Heaven (Liz Bourke)
Yang, JY • The Red Threads of Fortune (Liz Bourke)
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 http://www.locusmag.com. Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at http://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html.
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.
For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #681 (October 2017) features interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Annalee Newitz, a column by Kameron Hurley, an obituary and appreciations of Jerry Pournelle, reports and photos from Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, and reviews of short fiction and books by John Crowley, R.S. Belcher, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth Bear, JY Yang, and many others.
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Apex Magazine July 2017 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s May/June 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s July/August 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/Aug 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone Jul-Aug 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed August 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed September 2017 (Rich Horton)
McSweeney’s #49 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com August 2017 (Rich Horton)
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Aaronovitch, Ben • The Furthest Station (Carolyn Cushman)
Anders, Charlie Jane • Six Months, Three Days, Five Others (Rachel Swirsky)
Bacigalupi, Paolo • Tool of War (Gary K. Wolfe)
Bear, Elizabeth • The Stone in the Skull (Adrienne Martini)
Beasley, Cassie • Tumble & Blue (Carolyn Cushman)
Belcher, R. S. • The Queen of Swords (Faren Miller)
Brust, Steven • Vallista (Adrienne Martini)
Cornell, Paul • A Long Day in Lychford (Gary K. Wolfe)
Cramer, Kathryn, ed. • A Flight to the Future (Gardner Dozois)
Crowley, John • Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Gary K. Wolfe)
Crowley, John • Totalitopia (Rich Horton)
Daniels, April • Sovereign (Colleen Mondor)
Datlow, Ellen, & Lisa Morton, eds. • Haunted Nights (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Book of Swords (Rich Horton)
Elliott, Kate • Buried Heart (Carolyn Cushman)
Hartshorn, Erin M. • Ghost Garages (Carolyn Cushman)
Hearne, Kevin • The Squirrel on the Train (Carolyn Cushman)
Jemisin, N. K. • The Stone Sky (Faren Miller)
Kincaid, Paul • Iain M. Banks (Russell Letson)
King, Stephen, & Richard Chizmar • Gwendy’s Button Box (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Leckie, Ann • Provenance (Russell Letson)
Maresca, Marshall Ryan • The Imposters of Aventil (Carolyn Cushman)
Marusek, David • Upon This Rock (Adrienne Martini)
Maxwell, Lisa • The Last Magician (Faren Miller)
McLemore, Anna-Marie • Wild Beauty (Colleen Mondor)
Miller, Linsey • Mask of Shadows (Carolyn Cushman)
Ogburn, Jacqueline • The Unicorn in the Barn (Carolyn Cushman)
Parker, K. J. • Mightier than the Sword (Rich Horton)
Roberts, Adam • The Real-Town Murders (Adrienne Martini)
Schafer, William, ed. • The Best of Subterranean (Gardner Dozois)
Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. • Infinite Stars (Rich Horton)
Schweblin, Samanta • Fever Dream (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Segaloff, Nat • A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison (Gary K. Wolfe)
Shaw, Vivian • Strange Practice (Carolyn Cushman)
Snodgrass, Melinda • In Evil Times (Liz Bourke)
VanderMeer, Jeff • The Strange Bird (Faren Miller)
Wilde, Fran • Horizon (Liz Bourke)
Williams, Walter Jon • Quillifer (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yang, JY • The Black Tides of Heaven (Liz Bourke)
Yang, JY • The Red Threads of Fortune (Liz Bourke)
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 http://www.locusmag.com. Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at http://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html.
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.
For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
