Locus Magazine, Issue #675, April 2017

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

Locus Issue # 675 (April 2017) features an interview with Kinuko Y. Craft and spotlights of artists Paul Lewin, Jeffrey Alan Love, and Rovina Cai, an obituary and appreciations for Susan Casper, a column by Kameron Hurley, a report on SF in Portugal, and reviews of short fiction and books by John Kessel, Brian Staveley, Robert Charles Wilson, Alex Wells, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog March/April 2017 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s January/February 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s March/April 2017 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld January 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld February 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed March 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com February 2017 (Rich Horton)

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

Adams, John Joseph, ed. • Cosmic Powers (Rich Horton)
Bachman, Stefan • A Drop of Night (Colleen Mondor)
Barker, Clive • Infernal Parade (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Brust, Steven, & Skyler White • The Skill of Our Hands (Tom Whitmore)
Clarke, Cassandra Rose • Star’s End (Adrienne Martini)
de Bodard, Aliette • The House of Binding Thorns (Gary K. Wolfe)
Emrys, Ruthanna • Winter Tide (Faren Miller)
Emrys, Ruthanna • Winter Tide (Liz Bourke)
Forest, Susan, & Lucas K. Law, eds. • Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (Gardner Dozois)
Gaiman, Neil • Norse Mythology (Gary K. Wolfe)
James, Vic • Gilded Cage (Faren Miller)
Kessel, John • The Moon and the Other (Gary K. Wolfe)
Klages, Ellen • Wicked Wonders (Tom Whitmore)
Maroon, Everett • The Unintentional Time Traveler (Colleen Mondor)
McDermott, Joe M. • The Fortress at the End of Time (Liz Bourke)
McDonald, Ian • Luna: Wolf Moon (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire • The End of the Day (Gary K. Wolfe)
Oliver, Reggie • Holidays from Hell (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Revis, Beth • A World Without You (Colleen Mondor)
Scalzi, John • The Collapsing Empire (Adrienne Martini)
Staveley, Brian • Skullsworn (Faren Miller)
Stoker, Bram, & Valdimar Ásmundsson • Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
VanderMeer, Ann, & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. • The Big Book of Science Fiction (Gardner Dozois)
Ward, Cynthia • The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Rich Horton)
Wells, Alex • Hunger Makes the Wolf (Liz Bourke)
Westerfeld, Scott • Horizon (Adrienne Martini)
Wilson, Robert Charles • Last Year (Adrienne Martini)

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