Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #681 (October 2017) features interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Annalee Newitz, a column by Kameron Hurley, an obituary and appreciations of Jerry Pournelle, reports and photos from Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, and reviews of short fiction and books by John Crowley, R.S. Belcher, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth Bear, JY Yang, and many others.
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer)
Aaronovitch, Ben The Furthest Station (Carolyn Cushman) Anders, Charlie Jane Six Months, Three Days, Five Others (Rachel Swirsky) Bacigalupi, Paolo Tool of War (Gary K. Wolfe) Bear, Elizabeth The Stone in the Skull (Adrienne Martini) Beasley, Cassie Tumble & Blue (Carolyn Cushman) Belcher, R. S. The Queen of Swords (Faren Miller) Brust, Steven Vallista (Adrienne Martini) Cornell, Paul A Long Day in Lychford (Gary K. Wolfe) Cramer, Kathryn, ed. A Flight to the Future (Gardner Dozois) Crowley, John Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (Gary K. Wolfe) Crowley, John Totalitopia (Rich Horton) Daniels, April Sovereign (Colleen Mondor) Datlow, Ellen, & Lisa Morton, eds. Haunted Nights (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Dozois, Gardner, ed. The Book of Swords (Rich Horton) Elliott, Kate Buried Heart (Carolyn Cushman) Hartshorn, Erin M. Ghost Garages (Carolyn Cushman) Hearne, Kevin The Squirrel on the Train (Carolyn Cushman) Jemisin, N. K. The Stone Sky (Faren Miller) Kincaid, Paul Iain M. Banks (Russell Letson) King, Stephen, & Richard Chizmar Gwendy's Button Box (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Leckie, Ann Provenance (Russell Letson) Maresca, Marshall Ryan The Imposters of Aventil (Carolyn Cushman) Marusek, David Upon This Rock (Adrienne Martini) Maxwell, Lisa The Last Magician (Faren Miller) McLemore, Anna-Marie Wild Beauty (Colleen Mondor) Miller, Linsey Mask of Shadows (Carolyn Cushman) Ogburn, Jacqueline The Unicorn in the Barn (Carolyn Cushman) Parker, K. J. Mightier than the Sword (Rich Horton) Roberts, Adam The Real-Town Murders (Adrienne Martini) Schafer, William, ed. The Best of Subterranean (Gardner Dozois) Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. Infinite Stars (Rich Horton) Schweblin, Samanta Fever Dream (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Segaloff, Nat A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison (Gary K. Wolfe) Shaw, Vivian Strange Practice (Carolyn Cushman) Snodgrass, Melinda In Evil Times (Liz Bourke) VanderMeer, Jeff The Strange Bird (Faren Miller) Wilde, Fran Horizon (Liz Bourke) Williams, Walter Jon Quillifer (Gary K. Wolfe) Yang, JY The Black Tides of Heaven (Liz Bourke) Yang, JY The Red Threads of Fortune (Liz Bourke)
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