Locus Magazine, Issue #682, November 2017
Fiction & Literature, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
| Author: | Locus Magazine | ISBN: | 1230001985054 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications | Publication: | November 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Locus Magazine |
| ISBN: | 1230001985054 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications |
| Publication: | November 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #682 (November 2017) features interviews with David Marusek and Aliette de Bodard, a column by Cory Doctorow, an obituary and appreciations of Kit Reed, Julian May, and Yoji Kondo, a report from Hawaiicon, and reviews of short fiction and books by Victor LaValle, Jane Yolen, Tim Pratt, Sarah Gailey, and many others.
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Analog September/October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Apex August 2017 (Paula Guran)
Apex September 2017 (Paula Guran)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies August 2017 (Paula Guran)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies August 17, 2017 (Rich Horton)
Black Static September/October 2017 (Paula Guran)
The Dark August 2017 (Paula Guran)
F&SF September/October 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF September/October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare October 2017 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com May 17, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 19, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com August 2, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com August 9, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com September 6, 2017 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny September/October 2017 (Paula Guran)
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Beagle, Peter S. • The Overneath (Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller)
Bear, Elizabeth • The Stone in the Skull (Liz Bourke)
Bennett, Michael G., Joey Eschrich, & Ed Finn, eds. • Overview: Stories of the Stratosphere (Gardner Dozois, Rich Horton)
Bishop, Michael • Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories (Faren Miller)
Bonesteel, Elizabeth • Breach of Containment (Liz Bourke)
Campbell, N.J. • Found Audio (Gary K. Wolfe)
Crowley, John • Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Faren Miller)
Czerneda, Julie E. • To Guard Against the Dark (Carolyn Cushman)
Drake, David • The Spark (Carolyn Cushman)
Foster, Alan Dean • Strange Music (Carolyn Cushman)
Gailey, Sarah • A Taste of Marrow (Liz Bourke)
Griffin, Michael • Hieroglyphs of Blood & Bone (John Langan)
Hearne, Kevin • A Plague of Giants (Carolyn Cushman)
Hines, Jim C. • Terminal Alliance (Carolyn Cushman)
Hunter, Megan • The End We Start From (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Kelly • Murder, Magic, and What We Wore (Carolyn Cushman)
LaValle, Victor • The Changeling (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lovisi, Gary • The Mind Masters (Richard A. Lupoff)
Lovisi, Gary • The Time Masters (Richard A. Lupoff)
McAuley, Paul • Austral (Russell Letson)
McGuire, Seanan • The Brightest Fell (Carolyn Cushman)
Miskowski, S.P. • I Wish I Was Like You (John Langan)
Moreno-Garcia, Sylvia • The Beautiful Ones (Rachel Swirsky)
Older, Daniel José • Shadowhouse Fall (Colleen Mondor)
Pratt, Tim • The Wrong Stars (Liz Bourke)
Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. • Infinite Stars: The Definitive Anthology of space opera and military SF (Gardner Dozois)
Shiner, Lewis • Heroes and Villains (Faren Miller)
Shortt, Robin • Wellside (Carolyn Cushman)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Infinity Wars (Gardner Dozois)
Walker, Sage • The Man in the Tree (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yolen, Jan • The Emerald Circus (Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller)
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.
For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #682 (November 2017) features interviews with David Marusek and Aliette de Bodard, a column by Cory Doctorow, an obituary and appreciations of Kit Reed, Julian May, and Yoji Kondo, a report from Hawaiicon, and reviews of short fiction and books by Victor LaValle, Jane Yolen, Tim Pratt, Sarah Gailey, and many others.
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Analog September/October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Apex August 2017 (Paula Guran)
Apex September 2017 (Paula Guran)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies August 2017 (Paula Guran)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies August 17, 2017 (Rich Horton)
Black Static September/October 2017 (Paula Guran)
The Dark August 2017 (Paula Guran)
F&SF September/October 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF September/October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed October 2017 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare October 2017 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com May 17, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 19, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com August 2, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com August 9, 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com September 6, 2017 (Rich Horton)
Uncanny September/October 2017 (Paula Guran)
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Beagle, Peter S. • The Overneath (Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller)
Bear, Elizabeth • The Stone in the Skull (Liz Bourke)
Bennett, Michael G., Joey Eschrich, & Ed Finn, eds. • Overview: Stories of the Stratosphere (Gardner Dozois, Rich Horton)
Bishop, Michael • Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories (Faren Miller)
Bonesteel, Elizabeth • Breach of Containment (Liz Bourke)
Campbell, N.J. • Found Audio (Gary K. Wolfe)
Crowley, John • Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Faren Miller)
Czerneda, Julie E. • To Guard Against the Dark (Carolyn Cushman)
Drake, David • The Spark (Carolyn Cushman)
Foster, Alan Dean • Strange Music (Carolyn Cushman)
Gailey, Sarah • A Taste of Marrow (Liz Bourke)
Griffin, Michael • Hieroglyphs of Blood & Bone (John Langan)
Hearne, Kevin • A Plague of Giants (Carolyn Cushman)
Hines, Jim C. • Terminal Alliance (Carolyn Cushman)
Hunter, Megan • The End We Start From (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Kelly • Murder, Magic, and What We Wore (Carolyn Cushman)
LaValle, Victor • The Changeling (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lovisi, Gary • The Mind Masters (Richard A. Lupoff)
Lovisi, Gary • The Time Masters (Richard A. Lupoff)
McAuley, Paul • Austral (Russell Letson)
McGuire, Seanan • The Brightest Fell (Carolyn Cushman)
Miskowski, S.P. • I Wish I Was Like You (John Langan)
Moreno-Garcia, Sylvia • The Beautiful Ones (Rachel Swirsky)
Older, Daniel José • Shadowhouse Fall (Colleen Mondor)
Pratt, Tim • The Wrong Stars (Liz Bourke)
Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. • Infinite Stars: The Definitive Anthology of space opera and military SF (Gardner Dozois)
Shiner, Lewis • Heroes and Villains (Faren Miller)
Shortt, Robin • Wellside (Carolyn Cushman)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Infinity Wars (Gardner Dozois)
Walker, Sage • The Man in the Tree (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yolen, Jan • The Emerald Circus (Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller)
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.
For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
