Locus Magazine, Issue #738, July 2022

The July 2022 issue of Locus has interviews with Daniel Abraham and Nadia Afifi. Main Stories include the 2022 Locus Awards winners, Atwood's fireproof book auction, Aurealis Awards winners, Jo Fletcher's departure from Jo Fletcher Books, UTA's acquisition of Curtis Brown UK, and more. The SFWA Nebula Conference and WisCon 45 are covered with reports and photos. Additional coverage includes Balen's Carnegie Medal win, SF author Glukhovsky on a Russian wanted list for anti-war statements, the data breach at SFWA, the Locus Poll 2022 writeup, and much more. Cory Doctorow's column is entitled "The Swerve". Bookseller Ken Kelly (1946-2022) is remembered with an obituary and appreciation. Reviews cover new titles by Kate Heartfield, Sunyi Dean, Kelly Robson, Naseem Jamnia, Akwaeke Emezi, Namina Forna, Alexandra Rowland, John Kessel, Zoje Stage, Liz Michalski, Ritch Calvin, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, W.P. Wiles, Missouri Williams, Brenda Lozano, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Jason Rekulak, Michael Landweber, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anna Carey, V.E. Schwab, Madeleine Roux, A.G. Slatter, Sam J. Miller, John Langan, Ryan Britt, and others.

TABLE of CONTENTS

July 2022 Issue 738 Vol. 89 No. 1
55th Year of Publication 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Stephen Segal

INTERVIEWS
Daniel Abraham: The Aspects of Epic / 10
Nadia Afifi: Fractured Futures / 26

MAIN STORIES / 5
2022 Locus Awards Winners Fireproof Atwood Auction Aurealis Awards Winners Fletcher to Leave Jo Fletcher Books UTA Buys Curtis Brown UK Ladies of Horror Fiction Nominees Costa Book Awards End

THE DATA FILE / 7
Balen Wins Carnegie Medal Glukhovsky On Russia's Wanted List SFWA Data Breach Hunter Apologizes for Inappropriate Behaviour Patterson Apologies for Racism Comments Lackey Apologies for Panel Comment Canadian SF News Announcements World Conventions News Inaugural Utopia Awards Nominees Scribe Award Nominees Workshop News HWA News History of Fantasy Illustration Exhibit Mythopoeic Awards Finalists Prix Imaginales Winners Amazon's Best of the Year (So Far) Legal News Publishing News Amazon News Bookstore News Awards News Financial News International Rights Audio Rights

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Quentin Blake, Salman Rushdie & Marina Warner; Cadwell Turnbull; Peter S. Beagle; Samuel R. Delany; Nalo Hopkinson; and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Locus Poll Results / 5 Commentary by Cory Doctorow: The Swerve / 25

CONVENTIONS
2022 SFWA Nebula Conference / 28 WisCon 45 / 31

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May / 38 Books Received: May / 39 Bestsellers / 50 New & Notable / 51

OBITUARIES / 61
Ken Kelly Appreciation by Bob Eggleton

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 62
We Are in Trouble

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 13
Omenana 4/22; Samovar 4/22; Analog 5-6/22; Clarkesworld 5/22; The Sunday Morning Transport 5/22; Future Tense 4/22.

Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur / 14
Kaleidotrope 4/22; Zooscape 4/22; Escape Pod 4/22; Drabblecast 4/22; Samovar 4/22; Strange Horizons 4/18/22, 5/2/22, 5/9/22; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/5/22, 5/19/22; GigaNotoSaurus 5/22; Cast of Wonders 5/22; Flash Fiction Online 5/22; Anathema 5/22; Lightspeed 6/22; Fantasy 6/22; Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa 9/21

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16
The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield; The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean; High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson; The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia.

Reviews by Maya C. James / 18
Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi; The Merciless Ones, Namina Forna; A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 19
The Dark Ride, John Kessel.

Reviews by Caren Gussoff Sumpt

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