Locus Magazine, Issue #710, March 2020

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

Locus Issue #710 (March 2020) has interviews with Nina Allan, Gareth L. Powell, and Sue Burke. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through December 2020. News includes the Nebula Awards Ballot, Muir's Crawford win, the 2020 Dell Award winner, the Analog AnLab and Asimov's Readers' awards, the inaugural Ray Bradbury prize finalists, Hachette's acquisition of more than 1,000 Disney titles, RWA resignations, and much more. There is an international report on SF in India and photo stories on SF by the Bay and Michael Blumlein's memorial. Cory Doctorow's column is entitled "A Lever Without A Fulcrum is Just a Stick", and Kelly Lagor's column is "Putting the 'Science' in Science Fiction: Part Two". Paul Barnett is remembered with an obituary, and D.C. Fontana with an appreciation by David Gerrold. Reviews cover new titles by Paul McAuley, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Rick Wilber, K.J. Parker, Matthew Hughes, C.L. Polk, Daniel José Older, Matt Ruff, Max Barry, Claire Boyle (ed.), Eddie Robson, Seanan McGuire, Elana K. Arnold, E.L. Chen, Patrice Caldwell (ed.), Ben Aaronovitch, Genevieve Cogman, K.D. Edwards, E.E. Knight, Michelle Sagara, Carrie Vaughn, S.M. Stirling, Stephen Graham Jones, Kameron Hurley, and others.

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/16/20 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
Conjunctions 73 (Rich Horton)
Diabolical Plots 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 3-4/20 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy's Edge 1/20 (Rich Horton)
Interzone 1-2/20 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
Mad Scientist Journal Winter '20 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 1/6/20 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 1/20/20 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/8/20 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/15/20 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 1/20 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Aaronovitch, Ben False Value (Carolyn Cushman)
Arnold, Elena K. Red Hood (Colleen Mondor)
Barry, Max Providence (Ian Mond)
Boyle, Claire, ed. McSweeney's 58: 2040 A.D. (Ian Mond)
Caldwell, Patrice A Phoenix First Must Burn (Colleen Mondor)
Chen, E.L. Summerwood/Winterwood (Colleen Mondor)
Cogman, Genevieve The Secret Chapter (Carolyn Cushman)
Edwards, K.D. The Hanged Man (Carolyn Cushman)
Hughes, Matthew What the Wind Brings (Russell Letson)
Hurley, Kameron The Broken Heavens (Ysabeau Wilce)
Jones, Stephen Graham The Only Good Indians (Paula Guran)
Knight, E.E. Novice Dragoneer (Carolyn Cushman)
McAuley, Paul War of the Maps (Gary K. Wolfe)
McGuire, Seanan Come Tumbling Down (Colleen Mondor)
McGuire, Seanan Imaginary Numbers (Carolyn Cushman)
Older, Daniel José The Book of Lost Saints (Katharine Coldiron)
Parker, K.J. Prosper's Demon (Gary K. Wolfe)
Polk, C.L. Stormsong (Katharine Coldiron)
Robson, Eddie Hearts of Oak (Ian Mond)
Ruff, Matt 88 Names (Ian Mond)
Sagara, Michelle Cast in Wisdom (Carolyn Cushman)
Stirling, S.M. Shadows of Annihilation (Liz Bourke)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. Made to Order: Robots and Revolution (Gary K. Wolfe)
Vaughn, Carrie The Immortal Conquistador (Carolyn Cushman)
Wilber, Rick Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination (Gary K. Wolfe)

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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'

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