Locus Magazine, Issue #729, October 2021

The October 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tade Thompson and R.B. Lemberg and a spotlight on Sana Takeda, artist. Main Stories are Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki's Otherwise win, Karen Tei Yamashita's National Book Foundation medal win, and the Ignyte, Dragon, and Asimov's Readers' Awards winners. People & Publishing includes notes on milestones, awards, books sold, and more, with news this issue about N.K. Jemisin, Nancy Pearl, Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Carroll, Chaz Brenchley, Charlie Jane Anders, and many others. Erle Korshak, L. Neil Smith, Carol Carr, Genevieve DiModica, and Elizabeth Anne Hull are remembered with obituaries and appreciations. Reviews cover new titles by Lavie Tidhar, Alix E. Harrow, Catherynne M. Valente, James Patrick Kelly, Peter Straub, C.J. Carey, Naomi Novik, Miles Cameron, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Veronica G. Henry, Tiffany D. Jackson, Tade Thompson, Gus Moreno, Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre (eds.), Andy Marino, Chris McKinney, K. Ancrum, TJ Klune, Victoria Lee, Nana Nkweti, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Philip Ball, Piers Bizony, Sija Hong, Gary Villarreal, Dian Hanson, Jeffrey Alan Love, P. Djèlí Clark, Neal Stephenson & Sean Stewart, and others.

TABLE of CONTENTS
October 2021 Issue 729 Vol. 87 No. 4
54th Year of Publication 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover/interview art and design by Francesca Myman.

INTERVIEWS
Tade Thompson: Unified Field Theory / 10
R.B. Lemberg: A Different Adventure / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5
Ignyte Awards Winners Ekpeki Wins Otherwise Award Yamashita Wins National Book Foundation Medal Dragon Awards Winners Asimov's Readers' Awards Winners

THE DATA FILE / 7
National Book Award Longlists Dwarf Stars Winners 2019 and 2020 Sidewise Award Nominees King News Amazon News SF Opera Premiere Announcements World Conventions News HWA News SFWA News Publishing News Workshop News Awards News Financial News International Rights Audio Rights Publications Received

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about N.K. Jemisin, Nancy Pearl, Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Carroll, Chaz Brenchley, Charlie Jane Anders, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Estcon 2021 & Stalker Awards Winners / 32 Spotlight on Sana Takeda, Artist / 33

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: August / 34 Books Received: August / 35 British Books Received:
June / 44 Bestsellers / 46

OBITUARIES / 56
Erle Korshak Appreciation by Bradford Lyau L. Neil Smith Carol Carr Appreciation by Karen Haber Genevieve DiModica ''Betty Hull, Candidate'', an appreciation of Elizabeth Anne Hull by Bradford Lyau

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 58
Conventions This Issue/Next Issue On COVID

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 12

Analog 9-10/21; Interzone #290-291; Galaxy's Edge 7/21; Fusion Fragment 7/21; The National Pastime 2021 Edition; Alternate Plains, Darren Ridgley & Adam Petrash, eds.; The Adventure of the Golden Woman, Cynthia Ward.

Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran / 13

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet 6/21; Uncanny 7-8/21; The Dark 7/21, 8/21; Nightmare 7/21, 8/21, 9/21; Fantasy 7/21, 8/21, 9/21.

Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 14

Tor.com 8/4/21, 8/18/21, 8/25/21; Fiyah Summer '21; Clarkesworld 8/21; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 7/15/21, 7/29/21, 8/12/21, 8/26/21; Lightspeed 8/21, 9/21; Strange Horizons 7/21.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16
The Hood, Lavie Tidhar; A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow; Comfort Me With Apples, Catherynne M. Valente; The First Law of Thermodynamics, James Patrick Kelly; The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub: Volume 1: Stories, Peter Straub; The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub: Volume 2: Novellas, Peter Straub.

Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 18<

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