Locus Magazine, Issue #662, March 2016

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

March features interviews with Lisa Goldstein & Fran Wilde, remembrances of David G. Hartwell, a column by Cory Doctorow, listings of forthcoming books through December 2016, and reviews of short fiction & books by Peter Straub, R.S. Belcher, James Gunn, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer):

Asimov’s January 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s February 2016 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld January 2016 (Rich Horton)
F&SF January/February 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF January/February 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed January 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed January 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed February 2016 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com January 2016 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Barron, Laird • X’s for Eyes (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Belcher, R. S. • The Brotherhood of the Wheel (Faren Miller)
Bobet, Leah • An Inheritance of Ashes (Colleen Mondor)
Boroson, M. H. • The Girl with Ghost Eyes (Faren Miller)
Buckell, Tobias S. • Xenowealth: A Collection (Karen Burnham)
Buckell, Tobias S. • Xenowealth: A Collection (Rich Horton)
Connolly, John • Night Music: Nocturnes Volume 2 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Durst, Sarah Beth • The Girl Who Could Not Dream (Colleen Mondor)
Gunn, James • Transgalactic (Russell Letson)
Lane, Joel • Scar City (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lane, Joel • The Anniversary of Never (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Morrow, James • Reality by Other Means: The Best Short Fiction of James Morrow (Faren Miller)
Parker, K. J. • Downfall of the Gods (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ruff, Matt • Lovecraft Country (Tim Pratt)
Russolo, Serge • The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome (Faren Miller)
Samatar, Sofia • The Winged Histories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Shawl, Nisi, & Bill Campbell, eds. • Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (Rich Horton)
Sinisalo, Johanna • The Core of the Sun (Gary K. Wolfe)
Steele, Allen • Arkwright (Russell Letson)
Straub, Peter • Interior Darkness: Selected Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Straub, Peter • Interior Darkness: Selected Stories (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Wood, Nick • Azanian Bridges (Karen Burnham)

About Locus:

Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 40 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. The magazine's website, which contains a sampling of magazine content as well as additional genre news, media reviews, the Roundtable Blog, indexes of reviews and interviews published, the science fiction awards database, and much much more, can be found at http://www.locusmag.com. Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at http://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html.

Our Quarterly Forthcoming Book issues (March, June, September, and December) usually sell out, and are used by librarians, bookstores, publishers, and readers to keep abreast of forthcoming titles. Each contains publishing schedules from the major genre publishers – big houses to small presses – for the next nine months.

Our February issue summarizes the previous year, and includes a highly regarded annual Recommended Reading List. The August issue has the Locus Awards, voted on by our readers from the best of the previous year. The October and November issues cover the World SF Convention and are constant back issue favorites. All issues have a list of the new books that month, a list of recommended books and bestsellers, and interviews with leading authors.

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