Locus Magazine, Issue #712, May 2020

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

Locus Issue #712 (May 2020) has interviews with Elizabeth Bear and C.L. Polk. News includes the 2020 Hugo Awards ballot, 1945 Retro Hugos ballot, plans for a virtual Worldcon and SFWA Nebula Conference, Sarah Pinsker's Philip K. Dick Award win, Akwaeke Emezi's Otherwise win, layoffs at Macmillan and Tor due to COVID-19, Stoker and Spectrum 27 winners, the Internet Archive controversy, Marlon James's Bradbury Prize win, ongoing newsstand disruptions, and more. Awards season news also covers Kitschies winners and Prometheus and Aurealis finalists, among others. Derek Künsken reports on the Chinese New Year SF Gala. The column by Cory Doctorow is entitled "Rules for Writers". Obituaries remember Merv Binns, Tim White, Keith Ferrell, Paul K. Alkon, Tom Barber, Juan Giménez, and Nelson Leirner. Reviews cover new titles by Jeffrey Ford, Michael Swanwick, Lesley Wheeler, Ann VanderMeer (ed.), David Ritter & Daniel Ritter, Neal Asher, Angela Slatter, Lisa L. Hannett, Kate A. Hardy, Robert Shearman, Grady Hendrix, Catherine Lacey, Hilary Leichter, Julian K. Jarboe, Tochi Onyebuchi, M.R. Carey, Adam Silvera, Sarah Gailey, Andrea Tang, Daniel José Older, and others.

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/27/20 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/12/20 (Karen Burnham)
Bourbon Penn, 3/20 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 3/20 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 5-6/20 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy's Edge 3/20 (Rich Horton)
Giganotosaurus 3/20 (Karen Burnham)
Interzone 3-4/20 (Rich Horton)
Kaleidotrope Winter 2020 (Karen Burnham)
Lightspeed 3/20 (Karen Burnham)
The New Yorker 3/16/20 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com 2/26/20 (Karen Burnham)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Asher, Neal The Human (Russell Letson)
Carey, M. R. The Book of Koli (Katharine Coldiron)
Ford, Jeffrey Out of Body (Gary K. Wolfe)
Gailey, Sarah When We Were Magic (Colleen Mondor)
Hannett, Lisa L. Songs for Dark Seasons: Stories (Paula Guran)
Hardy, Kate A. Londonia (Paula Guran)
Hendrix, Grady The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Ian Mond)
Jarboe, Julian K. Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel (Katharine Coldiron)
Lacey, Catherine Pew (Ian Mond)
Leichter, Hilary Temporary (Ian Mond)
Older, Daniel José Shadowshaper Legacy (Colleen Mondor)
Onyebuchi, Tochi Riot Baby (Katharine Coldiron)
Parker, K.J. Prosper's Demon (Rich Horton)
Ritter, David, & Daniel Ritter The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom, Volume One: The 1930s (Gary K. Wolfe)
Shearman, Robert We All Hear Stories in the Dark (Ian Mond)
Silvera, Adam Infinity Son (Colleen Mondor)
Slatter, Angela The Heart Is a Mirror for Sinners and Other Stories (Paula Guran)
Swanwick, Michael The Postutopian Adventures of Darger and Surplus (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tang, Andrea Rebelwing (Colleen Mondor)
VanderMeer, Ann, ed. Avatars Inc. (Gary K. Wolfe)
VanderMeer, Ann, ed. Avatars Inc. (Rich Horton)
Vick, Ed Truer Love and Other Lies (Rich Horton)
Wheeler, Leslie Unbecoming (Gary K. Wolfe)

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 p

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