Locus Magazine, Issue 600, January 2011

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

Locus Issue #600, January 2011, contains an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer; a column by Cory Doctorow, "Net Neutrality for Writers: It's All About the Leverage"; essays and commentary on SF in the Digital Age by Neil Gaiman, John Scalzi, and many others; bibliographic listings of the month's New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK; and finally, short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois, Rich Horton, Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Paul Witcover, Carolyn Cushman, and others, of books by Jo Walton, Patricia A. McKillip, Iain M. Banks, Orson Scott Card, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Abyss & Apex 4th Quarter 2010 (Rich Horton)
Analog January/February 2011 (Rich Horton)
Apex Magazine November 2010 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's October/November 2010 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's December 2010 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's January 2011 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies October 21 2010 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Nov/Dec 2010 (Gardner Dozois)
Greatest Uncommon Denominator Summer 2010 (Rich Horton)
Interzone November-December 2010 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Aaronovitch, Ben • Midnight Riot (Faren Miller)
Anonymous, ed. • Blind Swimmer (Rich Horton)
Armstrong, Jon • Yarn (Paul Witcover)
Asher, Neal • The Technician (Russell Letson)
Ashley, Mike, ed. • Steampunk Prime (Paul Witcover)
Banks, Iain M. • Surface Detail (Paul Witcover)
Banks, Iain M. • Surface Detail (Russell Letson)
Beagle, Peter S., ed. • The Secret History of Fantasy (Paul Witcover)
Bradley, Darin • Noise (Tim Pratt)
Bruen, Ken • The Devil (Tim Pratt)
Bunce, Elizabeth C. • Star Crossed (Carolyn Cushman)
Card, Orson Scott • The Lost Gate (Carolyn Cushman)
Card, Orson Scott • Pathfinder (Carolyn Cushman)
del Toro, Guillermo, & Chuck Hogan • The Fall (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
DiTerlizzi, Tony • The Search for WondLa (Carolyn Cushman)
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe • The Hole in the Wall (Carolyn Cushman)
Funke, Cornelia • Reckless (Carolyn Cushman)
Gaiman, Neil, & Al Sarrantonio, eds. • Stories: All-New Tales (Gardner Dozois)
Hardy, Janice • Blue Fire (Carolyn Cushman)
Harvey, Colin, ed. • Dark Spires (Rich Horton)
Jones, Gwyneth • The Universe of Things (Gary K. Wolfe)
Joyce, Graham • The Silent Land (Gary K. Wolfe)
Joyce, Graham • The Silent Land (Gary K. Wolfe)
Korogodsky, Leonid • Pink Noise (Rich Horton)
McKillip, Patricia A. • The Bards of Bone Plain (Faren Miller)
Ness, Patrick • Monsters of Men (Carolyn Cushman)
Parker, K. J. • The Hammer (Faren Miller)
Pevel, Pierre • The Cardinal's Blades (Faren Miller)
Pevel, Pierre • The Cardinal's Blades (Faren Miller)
Shulman, Polly • The Grimm Legacy (Carolyn Cushman)
VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. • Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded (Paul Witcover)
Wallace, Sean, & Erzebet Yellowboy, eds. • Jabberwocky 5 (Rich Horton)
Walton, Jo • Among Others (Gary K. Wolfe)
Warren, Kaaron • Dead Sea Fruit (Tim Pratt)
Yansky, Brian • Alien Invasion & Other Inconveniences (Carolyn Cushman)
Yu, Charles • How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Adrienne Martini)

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