Locus Magazine, Issue 618, July 2012

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

Locus Issue #618, July 2012, a focus on Young Adult fiction; contains interviews with Holly Black, Tamora Pierce, and Rae Carson; reviews and commentary by Melissa Marr, Gwenda Bond, Sharyn November, and others; “The Internet’s Original Sin,” a new column by Cory Doctorow; an obituary and appreciations of Ray Bradbury; complete results of this year’s Locus Poll and Awards; report on Wiscon 2012; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Paul Witcover, and others, of new books by Graham Joyce, K.J. Parker, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog July/August 2012 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s July 2012 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 2012 (Rich Horton)
Cosmos May 2012 (Rich Horton)
F&SF May/June 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/August 2012 (Rich Horton)
Interzone Mar-Apr 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Strange Horizons May 2012 (Rich Horton)
Subterranean Spring 2012 (Rich Horton)

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

Bacigalupi, Paolo • The Drowned Cities (Gwenda Bond)
Barrett, Neal, Jr. • Other Seasons: The Best of Neal Barrett, Jr. (Gardner Dozois)
Bledsoe, Alex • Wake of the Bloody Angel (Faren Miller)
Burgis, Stephanie • Renegade Magic (Carolyn Cushman)
Carey, Mike, & Linda Carey • The Steel Seraglio (Faren Miller)
Carroll, Jonathan • The Woman Who Married a Cloud (Gary K. Wolfe)
Clare, Cassandra • City of Lost Souls (Gwenda Bond)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Forward, Toby • Dragonborn (Carolyn Cushman)
Forward, Toby • Dragonborn (Carolyn Cushman)
Frederick, Heather Vogel • Once Upon a Toad (Carolyn Cushman)
Golden, Christopher, ed. • 21st Century Dead (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Hellisen, Cat • When the Sea is Rising Red (Carolyn Cushman)
Herter, David • On the Overgrown Path (Paul Witcover)
Herter, David • One Who Disappeared (Paul Witcover)
Herter, David • The Luminous Depths (Paul Witcover)
Ivey, Eowyn • The Snow Child (Faren Miller)
Joyce, Graham • Some Kind of Fairy Tale (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kootis, Alethea • Enchanted (Carolyn Cushman)
Maas, Sarah J. • Throne of Glass (Carolyn Cushman)
Mieville, China • Railsea (Faren Miller)
Nielsen, Jennifer A. • The False Prince (Carolyn Cushman)
Parker, K. J. • Sharps (Faren Miller)
Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter • The Long Earth (Gary K. Wolfe)
Rubino-Bradway, Caitlen • Ordinary Magic (Carolyn Cushman)
VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. • The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

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