Locus Magazine, Issue 608, September 2011

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

Locus Issue #608, September 2011, contains interviews with Jay Lake and Alex Bledsoe; the year's Hugo Award Winners; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “Why Should Anyone Care?”; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Paul Witcover, Richard A. Lupoff, and others, of books by Neal Stephenson, George R.R. Martin, Edmond Hamilton, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Apex Magazine June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Apex Magazine July 2011 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's September 2011 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies July 2011 (Rich Horton)
Black Gate Spring 2011 (Rich Horton)
Black Static June-July 2011 (Rich Horton)
On Spec Spring 2011 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com June 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com July 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 2011 (Rich Horton)

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

Atwood, Margaret • In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (Gary K. Wolfe)
Carson, Rae • The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Gwenda Bond)
Ciriello, Dario, ed. • Panverse Three: Five Original Novellas of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Gardner Dozois)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Blood and Other Cravings (Rich Horton)
Grossman, Lev • The Magician King (Paul Witcover)
Hamilton, Edmond, edited by Stephen Haffner • The Collected Captain Future, Man of Tomorrow, Volume Two (Richard A. Lupoff)
Hamilton, Edmond, edited by Stephen Haffner • The Universe Wreckers: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three (Richard A. Lupoff)
Hurley, Kameron • God's War (Paul Witcover)
Lawrence, Mark • Prince of Thorns (Faren Miller)
Lem, Stanislaw, translated by Bill Johnston • Solaris: The Definitive Edition (Graham Sleight)
Link, Kelly, & Gavin J. Grant, eds. • Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (Gwenda Bond)
Martin, George R. R. • A Dance with Dragons (Faren Miller)
Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Down These Strange Streets (Rich Horton)
Newton, Mark Charan • City of Ruin (Faren Miller)
Penzler, Otto, ed. • Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Polansky, Daniel • Low Town (Tim Pratt)
Rabe, Jean, & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. • Hot and Steamy (Rich Horton)
Sinclair, Alison • Shadowborn (Faren Miller)
Stephenson, Neal • Reamde (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Eclipse Four (Gardner Dozois)
Sussex, Lucy • Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies: The Essential Lucy Sussex (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tidhar, Lavie • Osama: A Novel (Gary K. Wolfe)
VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. • The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (Paul Witcover)
Hardinge, Frances • Fly Trap (Faren Miller)
Hardinge, Frances • Twilight Robbery (Faren Miller)
Hearne, Kevin • Hexed (Carolyn Cushman)
Jay, Stacey • Dead on the Delta (Carolyn Cushman)
Johnson, Maureen • The Name of the Star (Gregory Benford)
Leicht, Stina • Of Blood and Honey (Faren Miller)
Matheson, Richard • Other Kingdoms (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Monette, Sarah, & Elizabeth Bear • The Tempering of Men (Faren Miller)
Morehouse, Lyda • Resurrection Code (Carolyn Cushman)
Newton, Mark Charan • Nights of Villjamur (Faren Miller)
Newton, Mark Charan • Nights of Villjamur (Faren Miller)
Nickle, David • Eutopia (Tim Pratt)
Powers, Tim • The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Richardson, Kat • Downpour (Carolyn Cushman)
Ryman, Geoff • Paradise Tales (Gary K. Wolfe)
Schafer, Courtney • The Whitefire Crossing (Carolyn Cushman)
Sedia, Ekaterina • Heart of Iron (Faren Miller)
Segal, Stephen H., ed. • Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture (Adrienne Martini)
Simner, Janni Lee • Faerie Winter (Gregory Benford)
Steele, Allen • Angel of Europa (Russell Letson)
Stross, Charles • Rule 34 (Russell Letson)
Tidhar, Lavie • Jesus and the Eightfold Path (Gardner Dozois)
Williams, Conrad • Loss of Separation (Tim Pratt)
Wood, Jonathan • No Hero (Adrienne Martini)

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