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.
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)
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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 genr