Locus Magazine, Issue #664, May 2016

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

Locus Issue # 664 (May 2016), contains interviews with Guy Gavriel Kay and Molly Tanzer; a new column by Cory Doctorow; a report on International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts; and reviews of short fiction and books by Guy Gavriel Kay, Peter Newman, Eleanor Arnason, Glen Hirshberg, Mishell Baker, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Analog April 2016 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s March 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s March 2016 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies March 2016 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Mar/Apr 2016 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy’s Edge March 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed February 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed March 2016 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Arnason, Eleanor • Hwarhath Stories: Twelve Transgressive Tales by Aliens (Gardner Dozois)

Arnason, Eleanor • Hwarhath Stories: Twelve Transgressive Tales by Aliens (Russell Letson)

Ashley, Mike • Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990 (Gary K. Wolfe)

Baker, Mishell • Borderline (Carolyn Cushman)

Cady, Jack • Fathoms (Faren Miller)

Cherryh, C. J. • Visitor (Russell Letson)

Datlow, Ellen, ed. • The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

Grimes, Linda • All Fixed Up (Carolyn Cushman)

Guran, Paula, ed. • The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

Hardinge, Frances • The Lie Tree (Gary K. Wolfe)

Hearn, Lian • Emperor of the Eight Islands (Faren Miller)

Hirshberg, Glen • Good Girls (Jean Lamb)

Hirshberg, Glen • Good Girls (John Langan)

Hurley, Kameron • The Geek Feminist Revolution (Liz Bourke)

Jones, Stephen Graham • Mongrels (Jean Lamb)

Jones, Stephen Graham • Mongrels (John Langan)

Jones, Stephen, ed. • Best New Horror #26 (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

Kay, Guy Gavriel • Children of Earth and Sky (Gary K. Wolfe)

Koja, Kathe, & Michael Kelly, eds. • Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume Two (Stefan Dziemianowicz)

Lackey, Mercedes • A Study in Sable (Carolyn Cushman)

McIntosh, Will • Burning Midnight (Carolyn Cushman)

McKillip, Patricia A. • Kingfisher (Gary K. Wolfe)

Neumeier, Rachel • The Keeper of the Mist (Carolyn Cushman)

Newman, Peter • The Vagrant (Faren Miller)

Saint, Gavriel • Anna and the Swallow Man (Faren Miller)

Underwood, Erin, ed. • The Grimm Future (Karen Burnham)

Winters, Cat • The Steep & Thorny Way (Colleen Mondor)

Yep, Laurence, & Joanne Ryder • A Dragon’s Guide to Making Your Human Smarter (Carolyn Cushman)

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