Locus Magazine, Issue #718, November 2020

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

Locus Issue #718 (November 2020) has interviews with Victor LaValle and Meg Elison and spotlights on We Need Diverse Books and Fantasy Magazine. Main story headlines include Jemisin Wins Genius Grant, Serpell Wins Clarke, Palmer Wins Sturgeon, HMH to Discontinue JJA Books, WFC Revises Program, B&N Breached, and a photo story: Meacham Retires. Data File continues with National Book Awards News, Time's 100 Best Fantasy Books, Labyrinth Road, and much more. People and Publishing adds news about Tomi Adeyemi, John Crowley, Jeff VanderMeer, Matthew Hughes, Scott Westerfeld, and many others. ICon in Israel (online this year) and EstCon in Estonia (an in-person but socially distanced event) are covered with reports and photos/screencaps. Randall Kenan is remembered with an obituary and Richard A. Lupoff's death is noted with a Breaking News box, with coverage to follow December 2020. Cory Doctorow's column is entitled "Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results". Reviews cover new titles by Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Jonathan Lethem, Sam J. Miller, V.E. Schwab, Jane Yolen, Michael Marshall Smith, Kathe Koja, John Langan, David J. Schow, Eugen Bacon, A. Deborah Baker, Andrea Hairston, Jonathan Lethem, Laura van den Berg, Hiroko Oyamada, Roshani Chokshi, Sara Faring, C.S. Malerich, Lilliam Rivera, Walter Jon Williams, Karen Osborne, Derek Künsken, and more.

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/27/20 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 9/20 (Karen Burnham)
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores 8/20 (Karen Burnham)
Daily SF 9/20 (Karen Burnham)
Diabolical Plots 9/20 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 11-12/20 (Rich Horton)
Future SF Digest 6/20 (Karen Burnham)
Galaxy's Edge 9/20 (Rich Horton)
Interzone 9-10/20 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 10/20 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 8/20 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 9-10/20 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)
Bacon, Eugen Ivory's Story (Katharine Coldiron)
Bacon, Eugen The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories (Ian Mond)
Baker, A. Deborah Over the Woodward Wall (Katharine Coldiron)
Boodhoo, Thea, ed. Bunkerpunk (Karen Burnham)
Chokshi, Roshani The Silvered Serpents (Colleen Mondor)
DeLuca, Michael J. Night Roll (Karen Burnham)
Faring, Sara White Fox (Colleen Mondor)
Hairston, Andrea Master of Poisons (Katharine Coldiron)
Koja, Kathe Velocities: Stories (Paula Guran)
Künsken, Derek The House of Styx (Rich Horton)
Langan, John Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies (Paula Guran)
Lethem, Jonathan The Arrest (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lethem, Jonathan The Arrest (Ian Mond)
Malerich, C.S. The Factory Witches of Lowell (Colleen Mondor)
Miller, Sam J. The Blade Between (Gary K. Wolfe)
Osborne, Karen Architects of Memory (Liz Bourke)
Oyamada, Hiroko The Hole (Ian Mond)
Rivera, Lilliam Never Look Back (Colleen Mondor)
Schow, David J. Monster Movies (Paula Guran)
Schwab, V.E. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (Gary K. Wolfe)
Skaftun, Emily C. Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas (Rich Horton)
Smith, Michael Marshall The Best of Michael Marshall Smith (Paula Guran)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 (Gary K. Wolfe)
van den Berg, Laura I Hold a Wolf by the Ears (Ian Mond)
Van Pelt, James The Best of James Van Pelt (Rich Horton)
Ward, Cynthia The Adventure of the Naked Guide (Rich Horton)
Williams, Walter Jon Fleet Elements (Russell Letson)
Yolen, Jane The Midnight Circus (Paula Guran)

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