Locus Magazine, Issue #670, November 2016

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

Locus Issue # 670 (November 2016) contains interviews with Pat Cadigan and Cat Rambo, a column by Cory Doctorow, a report on Japanese Science Fiction, and reviews of short fiction and books by Alastair Reynolds, Juliet Marillier, Laird Barron, Ilona Andrews, Jonathan Strahan, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog April 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Analog May 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Analog June 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Analog July/August 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Analog September 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Analog October 2016 (Rachel Swirsky)
Asimov’s September 2016 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld September 2016 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Sept/Oct 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed October 2016 (Rich Horton)

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

Andrews, Ilona • Magic Binds (Carolyn Cushman)
Atwood, Margaret • Hag-Seed (Faren Miller)
Barlough, Jeffrey E. • Where the Time Goes (Faren Miller)
Barron, Laird • Swift to Chase (John Langan)
Burgis, Stephanie • Congress of Secrets (Carolyn Cushman)
Butcher, Jim, & Kerrie L. Hughes, eds. • Shadowed Souls (Carolyn Cushman)
Cogman, Genevieve • The Masked City (Carolyn Cushman)
Czerneda, Julie E. • The Gate to Futures Past (Carolyn Cushman)
Das, Indra • The Devourers (Gary K. Wolfe)
Elliott, Zetta • The Door at the Crossroads (Colleen Mondor)
Gavin, Richard • Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness (John Langan)
Helms, Alyc • The Conclave of Shadow (Faren Miller)
Hunter, Faith • Curse on the Land (Carolyn Cushman)
Le Guin, Ursula K. • The Complete Orsinia (Gary K. Wolfe)
Le Guin, Ursula K. • The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (Gary K. Wolfe)
Le Guin, Ursula K. • Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week (Gary K. Wolfe)
Marillier, Juliet • Den of Wolves (Faren Miller)
McGuire, Seanan • Once Broken Faith (Carolyn Cushman)
Offord, Kerryn, & Rick Boatright • 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (Carolyn Cushman)
Reynolds, Alastair • Revenger (Gary K. Wolfe)
Reynolds, Alastair • Revenger (Liz Bourke)
Schwab, Victoria • This Savage Song (Colleen Mondor)
Shaw, Ali • The Trees (Faren Miller)
Shinn, Sharon • Unquiet Land (Carolyn Cushman)
Spencer, Wen • Project Elfhome (Carolyn Cushman)
Sterling, Bruce • Pirate Utopia (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Bridging Infinity (Rich Horton)
Weinstein, Alexander • Children of the New World (Rich Horton)
Wilson, Kai Ashante • A Taste of Honey (Gary K. Wolfe)

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