Locus Magazine, Issue #702, July 2019

Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings.

Locus Issue #702 (July 2019) has interviews with Ben H. Winters and R.F. Kuang. Awards news covers the 2019 Locus, Ditmar, and Lambda Literary winners, and finalists, longlists, and/or ballots from the Campbell Memorial, Chesley, Mythopoeic, Sunburst, Aurora, and Eugie awards. There are photos and reports covering the 2019 SFWA Nebula Conference, WisCon 43, and The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird. Cory Doctorow's column is entitled "Fake News Is an Oracle". Also covered: the Locus Poll 2019 writeup, Booker Prize news, the Barnes & Noble sale, George R.R. Martin joining Meow Wolf, and much more. Obituaries and appreciations remember Dennis Etchison and Yoshio Kobayashi. Reviews cover new titles by Rudy Rucker, Sam J. Miller, Claire North, Paul Park, Kate Boyes, Addie Thorley, Justin A. Reynolds, Emily Henry, Laurie J. Marks, Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, Ashok K. Banker, Cadwell Turnbull, Domenica Ruta, Ada Hoffmann, Greg Egan, Cory Doctorow, Sharon Shinn, and others.

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Amazing Spring '19 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #277 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #278 (Karen Burnham)
Bourbon Penn 3/19 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 5/19 (Karen Burnham)
Constellary Tales #2 (Karen Burnham)
Deep Magic Spring '19 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 7-8/19 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy's Edge 5/19 (Rich Horton)
Interzone 3-4/19 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 6/19 (Karen Burnham)
Samovar 3/19 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 4/19 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 5/19 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 5-6/19 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Banker, Ashok K. Upon a Burning Throne (Katharine Coldiron)
Boucher, Christopher Big Giant Floating Head (Ian Mond)
Boyes, Kate Trapped in the R.A.W. (Gary K. Wolfe)
Dawson, Delilah S., & Kevin Hearne No Country for Old Gnomes (Katharine Coldiron)
Egan, Greg The Best of Greg Egan (Russell Letson)
Farland, David, ed. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35 (Rich Horton)
Henry, Emily When the Sky Fell on Splendor (Colleen Mondor)
Hinton, Shane Radio Dark (Ian Mond)
Hoffmann, Ada The Outside (Liz Bourke)
Marks, Laurie J. Air Logic (Katharine Coldiron)
Miller, Sam J. Destroy All Monsters (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire The Gameshouse (Gary K. Wolfe)
Park, Paul A City Made of Words (Gary K. Wolfe)
Reynolds, Justin A. Opposite of Always (Colleen Mondor)
Rucker, Rudy Million Mile Road Trip (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ruta, Domenica Last Day (Ian Mond)
Thorley, Addie An Affair of Poisons (Colleen Mondor)
Turnbull, Cadwell The Lesson (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://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html.

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