Locus Magazine, Issue #697, February 2019
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
| Author: | Locus Magazine | ISBN: | 1230003064825 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications | Publication: | February 4, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Locus Magazine |
| ISBN: | 1230003064825 |
| Publisher: | Locus Publications |
| Publication: | February 4, 2019 |
| 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 #697 (February 2019) issue features an interview with Derek Künsken; our 2018 Year in Review with the 2018 Recommended Reading List and 2018 Book and Magazine summaries; a column by Kameron Hurley; the PKD Award Finalists; SFWA news; the Stoker Preliminary Ballot; photo stories on Christopher Rowe, Heinlein’s The Puppet Grand Master, and Rick Bowes‘ 75th birthday; obituaries for Fred Patten, Jane Langton, Larry Eisenberg, and Walter Dinjos; the Locus Poll and Survey; and reviews of short fiction and books by Marlon James, Katharine Duckett, S.L. Huang, Micah Yongo, and many others.
Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Abyss & Apex 4th Quarter 2018 (Karen Burnham)
Amazing Winter ’18 (Rich Horton)
Analog 1-2/19 (Rich Horton)
Apex 11/18 (Paula Guran)
Apex 12/18 (Paula Guran)
Asimov’s 1-2/19 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/6/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/20/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/3/19 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/17/19 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 11/28/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 12/12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 12/14/18 (Karen Burnham)
The Dark 12/18 (Paula Guran)
Deep Magic Fall ’18 (Karen Burnham)
Fiyah Autumn ’18 (Karen Burnham)
Longshot Island 2/18 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare 1/19 (Paula Guran)
Shimmer 11/18 (Paula Guran)
Strange Horizons 12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 10/24/18 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 11/14/18 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 11-12/18 (Paula Guran)
Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Bakic, Asja • Mars (Ian Mond)
Bear, Elizabeth • Ancestral Night (Russell Letson)
Black, Holly • The Wicked King (Colleen Mondor)
Bond, Gwenda, & Christopher Rowe • The Supernatural Sleuthing Service: The Sphinx’s Secret (Colleen Mondor)
Capetta, Amy Rose, & Cori McCarthy • Once & Future (Liz Bourke)
Chiem, Richard • King of Joy (Ian Mond)
Doyle, Aiden, & Rachael K. Jones, eds. • Sword and Sonnet (Rich Horton)
Duckett, Katharine • Miranda in Milan (Liz Bourke)
Duncan, Dave • Trial by Treason (Tom Whitmore)
Farr, Russell B., ed. • Aurum (Rich Horton)
Hines, Jim C. • Terminal Uprising (Liz Bourke)
Huang, S.L. • Zero Sum Game (Adrienne Martini)
Hurley, Kameron • The Light Brigade (Adrienne Martini)
James, Marlon • Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Gary K. Wolfe)
Johnston, Michael R. • The Widening Gyre (Tom Whitmore)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. • The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kingfisher, T. • Swordheart (Adrienne Martini)
Lavalle, Victor, & John Joseph Adams, eds. • A People’s Future of the United States (Gary K. Wolfe)
Leckie, Ann • The Raven Tower (Adrienne Martini)
Leckie, Ann • The Raven Tower (Russell Letson)
Marshall, Helen • The Migration (Ian Mond)
Maughan, Tim • Infinite Detail (Ian Mond)
Morrow, Bradford, ed. • Conjunctions 71: A Cabinet of Curiosity (Rich Horton)
Powers, Tim • More Walls Broken (Gary K. Wolfe)
White, Alex • A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (Liz Bourke)
Yongo, Micah • Lost Gods (Katharine Coldiron)
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 #697 (February 2019) issue features an interview with Derek Künsken; our 2018 Year in Review with the 2018 Recommended Reading List and 2018 Book and Magazine summaries; a column by Kameron Hurley; the PKD Award Finalists; SFWA news; the Stoker Preliminary Ballot; photo stories on Christopher Rowe, Heinlein’s The Puppet Grand Master, and Rick Bowes‘ 75th birthday; obituaries for Fred Patten, Jane Langton, Larry Eisenberg, and Walter Dinjos; the Locus Poll and Survey; and reviews of short fiction and books by Marlon James, Katharine Duckett, S.L. Huang, Micah Yongo, and many others.
Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Abyss & Apex 4th Quarter 2018 (Karen Burnham)
Amazing Winter ’18 (Rich Horton)
Analog 1-2/19 (Rich Horton)
Apex 11/18 (Paula Guran)
Apex 12/18 (Paula Guran)
Asimov’s 1-2/19 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/6/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12/20/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/3/19 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/17/19 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 11/28/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 12/12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 12/14/18 (Karen Burnham)
The Dark 12/18 (Paula Guran)
Deep Magic Fall ’18 (Karen Burnham)
Fiyah Autumn ’18 (Karen Burnham)
Longshot Island 2/18 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare 1/19 (Paula Guran)
Shimmer 11/18 (Paula Guran)
Strange Horizons 12/18 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 10/24/18 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 11/14/18 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 11-12/18 (Paula Guran)
Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Bakic, Asja • Mars (Ian Mond)
Bear, Elizabeth • Ancestral Night (Russell Letson)
Black, Holly • The Wicked King (Colleen Mondor)
Bond, Gwenda, & Christopher Rowe • The Supernatural Sleuthing Service: The Sphinx’s Secret (Colleen Mondor)
Capetta, Amy Rose, & Cori McCarthy • Once & Future (Liz Bourke)
Chiem, Richard • King of Joy (Ian Mond)
Doyle, Aiden, & Rachael K. Jones, eds. • Sword and Sonnet (Rich Horton)
Duckett, Katharine • Miranda in Milan (Liz Bourke)
Duncan, Dave • Trial by Treason (Tom Whitmore)
Farr, Russell B., ed. • Aurum (Rich Horton)
Hines, Jim C. • Terminal Uprising (Liz Bourke)
Huang, S.L. • Zero Sum Game (Adrienne Martini)
Hurley, Kameron • The Light Brigade (Adrienne Martini)
James, Marlon • Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Gary K. Wolfe)
Johnston, Michael R. • The Widening Gyre (Tom Whitmore)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. • The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kingfisher, T. • Swordheart (Adrienne Martini)
Lavalle, Victor, & John Joseph Adams, eds. • A People’s Future of the United States (Gary K. Wolfe)
Leckie, Ann • The Raven Tower (Adrienne Martini)
Leckie, Ann • The Raven Tower (Russell Letson)
Marshall, Helen • The Migration (Ian Mond)
Maughan, Tim • Infinite Detail (Ian Mond)
Morrow, Bradford, ed. • Conjunctions 71: A Cabinet of Curiosity (Rich Horton)
Powers, Tim • More Walls Broken (Gary K. Wolfe)
White, Alex • A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (Liz Bourke)
Yongo, Micah • Lost Gods (Katharine Coldiron)
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.
