Locus Magazine, Issue #686, March 2018

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

Locus Issue #686 (March 2018) features interviews with James Gunn and Angela Slatter; appreciations for Ursula K. Le Guin; obituaries for Victor Milán and Dallas Mayr, AKA Jack Ketchum; a column by Cory Doctorow; a spotlight on Tricia Reeks; the 2017 Nebula Awards Ballot, Stoker Awards Final Ballot, and BSFA Shortlist; and reviews of short fiction and books by Kelly Robson, Corey J. White, Jack McDevitt, Kelly Barnhill, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s 1-2/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Analog 1-2/18 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF 1-2/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 1/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed 1/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Analog 1/18 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s 1-2/18 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/4/18 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny 1-2/18 (Rich Horton)
Slate 1/17/18 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny 1-2/18 (Paula Guran)
Anthema: Spec from the Margins 12/17 (Paula Guran)
Kaleidotrope Winter ’18 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 1/18 (Paula Guran)
Mythic Delirium 1-3/18 (Paula Guran)

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

Barnhill, Kelly • Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories (Colleen Mondor)
Bloom, Amy, ed. • New Haven Noir (Rich Horton)
Cherryh, C. J. • Emergence (Russell Letson)
de Bodard, Aliette • The Tea Master and the Detective (Gary K. Wolfe)
de Bodard, Aliette • The Tea Master and the Detective (Liz Bourke)
Kessel, John • Pride and Prometheus (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDevitt, Jack • The Long Sunset (Russell Letson)
Monahan, Hillary • The Hollow Girl (Colleen Mondor)
Robson, Kelly • Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach (Gary K. Wolfe)
Robson, Kelly • Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach (Liz Bourke)
Samatar, Sofia • Tender: Stories (Rich Horton)
Wells, Martha • Artificial Condition (Liz Bourke)
Wells, Martha • Rogue Protocol (Liz Bourke)
White, Corey J. • Void Black Shadow (Liz Bourke)
Yolen, Jane • Mapping the Bones (Gary K. Wolfe)

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.

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