Locus Magazine, Issue #685, February 2018

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

Locus Issue #685 (February 2018) features interviews with Carrie Vaughn; the annual Year in Review with essays by Gary K. Wolfe, Paul Kincaid, Geoff Ryman, Gardner Dozois, and many others; the Locus Recommended Reading List; the Locus Poll and Survey ballot; obituaries for Ursula K. Le Guin, Douglas Quinta Reis, and Raul Fiker; a column by Kameron Hurley; a report on SF in Ukraine; and reviews of short fiction and books by Carmen Maria Machado, Nadia Bulkin, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gregory Manchess, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog 11-12/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s 11-12/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/7/17 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/21/17 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 6/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 7/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 8/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 9/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 10/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 11/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 12/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 12/17 (Rich Horton)
F&SF 11-12/17 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF 1-2/18 (Rich Horton)
Lackington’s Fall ’17 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 12/17 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed 1/18 (Rich Horton)
Rivet Journal Fall ’17 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny 11-12/17 (Rich Horton)

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

Baltazar, Armand • Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic (Karen Haber)
Barnhill, Kelly • Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories (Carolyn Cushman)
Brust, Steven • Good Guys (Carolyn Cushman)
Burke, Sue • Semiosis (Adrienne Martini)
Cole, Myke • The Armored Saint (Liz Bourke)
Cooper, J.A.W. • Familiars (Karen Haber)
Cooper, J.A.W. • Flora & Fauna (Karen Haber)
Cooper, J.A.W. • Viscera (Karen Haber)
Crossley-Holland, Kevin • Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki (Karen Haber)
Davidson, MaryJanice • Deja New (Carolyn Cushman)
Ellis, Douglas, Ed Hulse & Robert Weinberg • The Art of The Pulps (Karen Haber)
Fenn, Jaine • The Martian Job (Rich Horton)
Finn, Ed & Joey Eschrich • Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures (Gardner Dozois)
Fleskes, John • Spectrum 24: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Karen Haber)
Gear, W. Michael • Outpost (Carolyn Cushman)
Hendrix, Grady • Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction (Karen Haber)
Horwitz, Sarah Jean • The Wingsnatchers (Colleen Mondor)
Kessel, John • Pride and Prometheus (Russell Letson)
Kingfisher, T. • Clockwork Boys (Liz Bourke)
Le Guin, Ursula K. • No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters (Gary K. Wolfe)
Manchess, Gregory • Above the Timberline (Karen Haber)
Maria Machado, Carmen • Her Body and Other Parties (Gary K. Wolfe)
McGuire, Seanan • Tricks for Free (Carolyn Cushman)
Menges, Jeff A. • The Fantastic Line Art of Arthur Rackham (Karen Haber)
Pierce, Tamora • Tempests and Slaughter (Carolyn Cushman )
Singh, Vandana • Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Spoor, Ryk E. • Princess Holy Aura (Carolyn Cushman)
Spoor, Todd & Bill Cox • Infected by Art, Volume 5 (Karen Haber)
Stross, Charles • Dark State (Russell Letson)
Sweterlitsch, Tom • The Gone World (Adrienne Martini)
Tanzer, Molly • Creatures of Will and Temper (Liz Bourke)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian • Ironclads (Liz Bourke)
Walton, David • The Genius Plague (Adrienne Martini)
Walton, Jo • Starlings (Gary K. Wolfe)
Wells, Martha • All Systems Red (Rich Horton)

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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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