Locus Magazine, Issue 609, October 2011

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

Locus Issue #609, October 2011, contains interviews with Margo Lanagan and Beth Bernobich; coverage of Renovation, the 69th World SF Convention, with complete Hugo Awards results; Graham Sleight's "Yesterday's Tomorrows" column on Thomas M. Disch; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus and reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and others, of new books by Christopher Priest, Terry Pratchett, Neal Asher, Robert McCammon, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov's August 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's September 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Bull Spec Autumn 2011 (Rich Horton)
Chiaroscuro July-September 2011 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Sept/Oct 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Sept/Oct 2011 (Rich Horton)
Heroic Fantasy Quarterly July 2011 (Rich Horton)
Intergalactic Medicine Show August 2011 (Rich Horton)
Interzone March-April 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone May-June 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone July-August 2011 (Rich Horton)
Kaleidotrope April 2011 (Rich Horton)
Kaleidotrope Summer 2011 (Rich Horton)
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet August 2011 (Rich Horton)
M-Brane March 2011 (Rich Horton)
Zahir July 2011 (Rich Horton)

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

Asher, Neal • The Departure (Russell Letson)
Bick, Ilsa J. • Ashes (Gwenda Bond)
Blaylock, James P. • The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs (Faren Miller)
Brennan, Marie • With Fate Conspire (Faren Miller)
Dann, Jack, & Nick Gevers, eds. • Ghosts by Gaslight (Rich Horton)
Disch, Thomas M. • 334 (Graham Sleight)
Disch, Thomas M. • Camp Concentration (Graham Sleight)
Disch, Thomas M. • On Wings of Song (Graham Sleight)
Disch, Thomas M. • The M.D. (Graham Sleight)
Elliott, Kate • Cold Fire (Carolyn Cushman)
Gould, Steven • 7th Sigma (Adrienne Martini)
Harris, Charlaine • The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Carolyn Cushman)
Hodkin, Michelle • The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Gwenda Bond)
Keene, Brian, & Nick Mamatas • The Damned Highway (Tim Pratt)
Kennedy, Leigh • Wind Angels (Faren Miller)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. • Two Worlds and In Between (Gary K. Wolfe)
Larson, Nathan • The Dewey Decimal System (Faren Miller)
McCammon, Robert • The Five (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
McGuire, Seanan • One Salt Sea (Carolyn Cushman)
McHugh, Maureen F. • After the Apocalypse (Adrienne Martini)
Mead, Richelle • Succubus Revealed (Carolyn Cushman)
Morgan, Richard K. • The Cold Commands (Russell Letson)
Morgenstern, Erin • The Night Circus (Adrienne Martini)
Nevill, Adam • The Ritual (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Nevill, Adam • The Ritual (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
O'Neal, Eilis • The False Princess (Carolyn Cushman)
Polansky, Daniel • Low Town (Faren Miller)
Pratchett, Terry • Snuff (Faren Miller)
Priest, Cherie • Ganymede (Adrienne Martini)
Priest, Christopher • The Islanders (Gary K. Wolfe)
Rawn, Melanie • The Diviner (Carolyn Cushman)
Roberts, Tansy Rayner • Love and Romanpunk (Rich Horton)
Sanford, Jason • Never Never Stories (Rich Horton)
Smith, Sherwood • Blood Spirits (Carolyn Cushman)
Stephenson, Neal • Reamde (Adrienne Martini)
Westerfeld, Scott • Goliath (Gary K. Wolfe)
Zettel, Sarah • A Taste of the Nightlife (Carolyn Cushman)

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