Locus Magazine, Issue #681, October 2017

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)

Apex Magazine July 2017 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's May/June 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's July/August 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF July/Aug 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone Jul-Aug 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed August 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed September 2017 (Rich Horton)
McSweeney's #49 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com August 2017 (Rich Horton)

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)

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 rev

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