Locus Magazine, Issue #657, November 2015

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

The November issue features interviews with Sean Williams and Bradley P. Beaulieu, a new column by Cory Doctorow, a report on SF in Israel, and reviews of short fiction and books by Lisa Goldstein, Erika Johansen, T.E. Grau, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, Greg Bear, Gary Lovisi, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s September 2015 (Gardner Dozois)

Asimov’s October/November 2015 (Rich Horton)

Beneath Ceaseless Skies September 2015 (Rich Horton)

F&SF September/October 2015 (Gardner Dozois)

Galaxy’s Edge July 2015 (Rich Horton)

Interzone July/August 2015 (Gardner Dozois)

Lightspeed October 2015 (Rich Horton)

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

Bear, Greg • Killing Titan (Russell Letson)

Bobet, Leah • An Inheritance of Ashes (Faren Miller)

Bujold, Lois McMaster • Penric’s Demon (Rich Horton)

Cornell, Paul • Witches of Lychford (Gary K. Wolfe)

Czerneda, Julie E. • This Gulf of Time and Stars (Carolyn Cushman)

Goldstein, Lisa • Weighing Shadows (Gary K. Wolfe)

Grau, T. E. • The Nameless Dark (Laird Barron)

Huff, Tanya • An Ancient Peace (Carolyn Cushman)

Hutchinson, Dave • Europe at Midnight (James Bradley)

James, Edward • Lois McMaster Bujold (Gary K. Wolfe)

Johansen, Erika • The Invasion of the Tearling (Faren Miller)

Kasturi, Sandra, & Helen Marshall, eds. • Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (Karen Burnham)

Kuznia, Yanni, ed. • A Fantasy Medley 3 (Carolyn Cushman)

Lovisi, Gary • The Invisible Men (Richard A. Lupoff)

Lovisi, Gary • The Space Men (Richard A. Lupoff)

Lovisi, Gary • The Winged Men (Richard A. Lupoff)

Monette, Sarah, & Elizabeth

Bear, Elizabeth Bear • An Apprentice to Elves (Faren Miller)

Murray, Will • Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don (Richard A. Lupoff)

Pratchett, Terry • The Shepherd’s Crown (Carolyn Cushman)

Prineas, Sarah • Ash & Bramble (Carolyn Cushman)

Prineas, Sarah • Ash & Bramble (Colleen Mondor)

Reiss, Alter S. • Sunset Mantle (Rich Horton)

Reynolds, Alastair • Slow Bullets (Rich Horton)

Rickert, Mary • You Have Never Been Here (Gary K. Wolfe)

Saulter, Stephanie • Regeneration (Liz Bourke)

Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Meeting Infinity (Rich Horton)

Walters, Damien Angelica • Sing Me Your Scars (Laird Barron)

Weber, David • The Sword of the South (Carolyn Cushman)

Whitta, Gary • Abomination (Faren Miller)

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