Locus Magazine, Issue 620, September 2012

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

Locus Issue #620, September 2012, contains interviews with John Scalzi, Nancy Pearl, and Richard Kadrey; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “Why Science Fiction Movies Drive Me Nuts”; appreciations for the late Harry Harrison by Brian Aldiss, Robert Silverberg, Joe Haldeman, and others; 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 Jeffrey Ford, N.K. Jemisin, Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross, Brian Evenson, Jim C. Hines, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog October 2012 (Rich Horton)
Arc 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s August 2012 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld July 2012 (Rich Horton)
F&SF July/August 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/August 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed July 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed August 2012 (Rich Horton)
On Spec Spring 2012 (Rich Horton)

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

Andrews, Ilona • Gunmetal Magic (Carolyn Cushman)
Ashford, Barbara • Spellcrossed (Carolyn Cushman)
Bradbury, Ray • The Nefertiti-Tut Express (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Doctorow, Cory, & Charles Stross • The Rapture of the Nerds (Russell Letson)
Evenson, Brian • Windeye (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Ford, Jeffrey • Crackpot Palace (Gary K. Wolfe)
Hartwell, David G., & Jacob Weisman, eds. • The Sword & Sorcery Anthology (Gardner Dozois)
Held, Rhiannon • Silver (Carolyn Cushman)
Hines, Jim C. • Libriomancer (Carolyn Cushman)
Jemisin, N. K. • The Killing Moon (Faren Miller)
Jemisin, N. K. • The Shadowed Sun (Faren Miller)
Joyce, Graham • Some Kind of Fairy Tale (Faren Miller)
Kelly, James Patrick, & John Kessel, eds. • Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (Gardner Dozois)
Kelly, James Patrick, & John Kessel, eds. • Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (Karen Burnham)
Lawrence, Mark • King of Thorns (Faren Miller)
Little, Bentley • The Circle (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lo, Malinda • Adaptation (Gwenda Bond)
McGuire, Seanan • Ashes of Honor (Carolyn Cushman)
McKillip, Patricia A. • Wonders of the Invisible World (Gary K. Wolfe)
Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Princeps (Carolyn Cushman)
Pettersson, Vicki • The Taken (Carolyn Cushman)
Reynolds, Alastair • Blue Remembered Earth (Russell Letson)
Reynolds, Alastair • Blue Remembered Earth (Russell Letson)
Silverberg, Robert, ed. • Tales from Super-Science Fiction (Richard A. Lupoff)
Stephenson, Neal • Some Remarks (Gary K. Wolfe)
Summers, Courtney • This Is Not a Test (Gwenda Bond)
Vaughn, Carrie • Kitty Steals the Show (Carolyn Cushman)
Wallace, Sean, ed. • The Mammoth Book of Steampunk (Rich Horton)
Zeltserman, Dave • Monster (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Zettel, Sarah • Dust Girl (Carolyn Cushman)

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