Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.
Locus Issue #699 (April 2019) issue features interviews with Jasper Fforde and Sarah Beth Durst; a column by Kameron Hurley; an obituary for Janet Asimov; the Sturgeon Award and Aurealis Awards finalists; the Audie Awards winners; the Kitschies shortlists; a photo story on Bastard Legion; FOGcon report; a spotlight on David Baldacci; SF in India; and reviews of short fiction and books by Cynthia Ward, Chen Qiufan, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Meg Elison, and many others.
Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Abyss & Apex 1st Quarter '19 (Karen Burnham)
Analog 3-4/19 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's 3-4/19 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/14/19 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/28/19 (Karen Burnham)
Black Infinity Fall '18 (Rich Horton)
Black Static 1-2/19 (Paula Guran)
Clarkesworld 2/19 (Karen Burnham)
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores 1/19 (Karen Burnham)
The Dark 1/19 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 2/19 (Paula Guran)
Fiyah Winter '19 (Karen Burnham)
Future Tense 1/19 (Karen Burnham)
Lightspeed 3/19 (Karen Burnham)
Nightmare 2/19 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 3/19 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 1/23/19 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/30/19 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/31/19 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 1-2/19 (Paula Guran)
Uncanny 3-4/19 (Rich Horton)
Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Aaronovitch, Ben The October Man (Adrienne Martini)
Carlos, Maurice We Cast a Shadow (Ian Mond)
Chokshi, Roshani The Gilded Wolves (Colleen Mondor)
Dayton, Arwen Elys Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful (Adrienne Martini)
Elison, Meg The Book of Flora (Ian Mond)
Gladstone, Max Empress of Forever (Liz Bourke)
Glass, Cate An Illusion of Thieves (Liz Bourke)
Hambly, Barbara Prisoner of Midnight (Liz Bourke)
Hanrahan, Gareth The Gutter Prayer (Katharine Coldiron)
Jones, Gwyneth Big Cat and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Howard Andrew For the Killing of Kings (Rich Horton)
Liu, Ken, ed. Broken Stars (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDonald, Ian Luna: Moon Rising (Russell Letson)
Moore, Scotto Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You (Adrienne Martini)
Nagata, Linda Edges (Russell Letson)
O'Dell, Claire The Hound of Justice (Liz Bourke)
Oloixarac, Pola Dark Constellations (Ian Mond)
Park, Sunyung, & Sang Joon Park, eds. Readymade Bodhisativa: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction (Gary K. Wolfe)
Parker, K. J. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (Adrienne Martini)
Qiufan, Chen Waste Tide (Gary K. Wolfe)
Sagara, Michelle Cast in Oblivion (Liz Bourke)
Shultz, David G., ed. Strange Economics (Rich Horton)
Ward, Cynthia The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum (Rich Horton)
Watts, Peter The Freeze-Frame Revolution (Rich Horton)
Winters, Ben H. Golden State (Adrienne Martini)
Winters, Ben H. Golden State (Ian Mond)
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://loc