Locus Magazine Issue #743, December 2022

The December 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Julie E. Czerneda and Saad Z. Hossain, and spotlights on artist Geneva Bowers and author Khan Wong. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through September 2023. Stories include the World Fantasy Awards and convention report, the judge's ruling to block the PRH/S&S merger, HarperCollins strike news, Harry Josephine Giles's Clarke Award win, Donato Giancola and Wayne Barlowe exhibits, the Asimov's Reader Awards winners, and more. People and publishing includes news this issue about Stephen Graham Jones, Mercedes Lackey, Tad Williams, Kim Harrison, Naomi Alderman, Ann Leckie, and many others. In this month's obituaries and appreciations, Tom Maddox, Martin Morse Wooster, Jill Pinkwater, Sue Strong Hassler, Anne Fakhouri, Justin E.A. Busch, Ned Dameron, Aly Parsons, and J.G. "Huck" Huckenpöhler are remembered. Reviews cover new titles by Jonathan Carroll, Christopher Priest, Paul J. McAuley, Sam J. Miller, Wesley Chu, Naomi Novik, Ben Aaronovitch, Alex White, Walter Jon Williams, Justina Ireland, Catherine Yu, Hiroko Oyamada, Chris Flynn, Anil Menon, Leslye Penelope, Moses Ose Utomi, Rita Woods, Lauren Owen, Lisa Yaszek (ed.), Melissa Baron, Matthew Chrulew (ed.), Joan Marie Verba, Ethan Chatagnier, Olivie Blake, J.M. Lee, Umar Turaki, Stephen King, Matt Query & Harrison Query, and others.

TABLE of CONTENTS

December 2022 Issue 743 Vol. 89 No. 6
55th Year of Publication 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS
Julie E. Czerneda: High Concept / 10
Saad Z. Hossain: Real Simulation / 12

MAIN STORIES / 5
2022 World Fantasy Awards Judge Forbids PRH/S&S Merger HarperCollins Union On Strike Giles Wins Clarke Award Donato Giancola Exhibit Barlowe Retrospective Asimov's Reader Awards Winners PW's Best Books of 2022 Amazon Best Books of 2022

THE DATA FILE / 7
National Book Awards Winners Shirley Jackson Awards Winners Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame YALSA Teen's Top Ten World Conventions News Bookstore News SFPA News Red Tower Books Macmillan Extends Remote Work Magazine News Voyage to the Edge of Imagination Exhibition PRH Diversity News Clarion 2023 Instructors Announcements Awards News Financial News International Rights Audio Rights

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Stephen Graham Jones, Mercedes Lackey, Tad Williams, Kim Harrison, Naomi Alderman, Ann Leckie, and many others

WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION / 30

SPECIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on artist Geneva Bowers / 35 Spotlight on author Khan Wong / 69

FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 36

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: October / 50 Books Received: October / 52 Bestsellers / 64 New & Notable / 65

OBITUARIES / 75
Tom Maddox Martin Morse Wooster Jill Pinkwater Sue Strong Hassler Anne Fakhouri Justin E.A. Busch Ned Dameron Appreciation for Aly Parsons & J.G. "Huck" Huckenpohler by Catherine Asaro

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Fundraiser World Fantasy Next Up This Issue Happy Winter Holidays

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 14
khoreo 9/22; Asimov's 9-10/22; Translunar Traveler's Lounge 8/22; Future SF Digest 9/22; Clarkesworld 10/22.

Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran / 15
Tor.com 10/12/22, 9/21/22, 9/14/22, 9/7/22, 8/24/22; Apex 133; Uncanny 9-10/22, 11-12/22; The Dark 9/22, 10/22; Nightmare 10/22; The Deadlands 10/22, 11/22; PodCastle 7/5/22; PseudoPod 9/9/22, 9/16/22; Weird Horror Fall '22.

Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur / 16
Cast of Wonders 9/20/22, 9/22/22, 9/25/22, 9/27/22, 9/28/22, 9/29/22; Escape Pod 9/29/22, 10/6/22; Strange Horizons 9/19/22, 9/26/22, 10/3/22, 10/10/22; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/6/22, 10/20/22;

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