Locus Magazine, Issue 614, March 2012

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

Locus Issue #614, March 2012, contains interviews with writers Paul Di Filippo and Sarah Pinborough; “What’s Inside the Box,” a new column by Cory Doctorow; lists of forthcoming books through December 2012; a report on the Key West Literary Seminar by Cat Sparks; international reports from Brazil and India; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, and others, of new books by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Melanie Rawn, Walter Jon Williams, Theodora Goss, and more.
 

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog April 2012 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s January 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s February 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s March 2012 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies January 2012 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld January 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld February 2012 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Jan/Feb 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Mar/Apr 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed January 2012 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons January 2012 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com January 2012 (Rich Horton)

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

Applegate, Katherine • The One and Only Ivan (Gwenda Bond)
Bear, Elizabeth • Range of Ghosts (Faren Miller)
Brackett, Leigh • Shannach – The Last: Farewell to Mars (Russell Letson)
Carriger, Gail • Timeless (Faren Miller)
Ee, Susan • Angelfall (Gwenda Bond)
Goss, Theodora • The Thorn and the Blossom (Gary K. Wolfe)
Goss, Theodora • The Thorn and the Blossom (Paul Witcover)
Hand, Elizabeth • Available Dark (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. • The Drowning Girl: A Memoir (Gary K. Wolfe)
Newman, Kim • Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles (Tim Pratt)
Ore, Rebecca • Time and Robbery (Faren Miller)
Rawn, Melanie • Touchstone (Faren Miller)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (Gary K. Wolfe)
Wellington, David • 32 Fangs (Tim Pratt)
Williams, Walter Jon • The Fourth Wall (Russell Letson)

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