Locus Magazine, Issue #749, June 2023

The June 2023 issue of Locus has interviews with Connie Willis and Emma Törzs and a spotlight on artist Eli John. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2024. News covers the 2023 Nebula Awards, Nicola Griffith's Bradbury Prize win, HWA awards, the Orbit Works imprint launch, the Aurora Awards ballot, the book ban lawsuit in Florida, and much more. The SFWA Nebula Conference, 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, and Hal-Con 2023 are covered with reports and photos, plus a photo story on the Bay Area Book Festival. Obituaries remember Martin Amis, Lee Harding, and Sara Schwager. Reviews include new titles by M.A. Carrick, S.L. Huang, K.B. Wagers, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Howard Waldrop, Josh Rountree, Niall Harrison, Christopher Hartland, Leslie Vedder, Jade Song, Matthew Cheney, Dilman Dila, María Fernanda Ampuero, Julianna Baggott, Xian Mao, Claire North, Joe R. Lansdale, Premee Mohamed, Nicholas Binge, Mark Oshiro, Lorraine Avila, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ian R. MacLeod, Connie Willis, T. Kingfisher, Sara Hashem, and editors Chinelo Onwualu, Khadijah Queen, K. Ibura, and Allan Kaster, among others.

TABLE of CONTENTS
June 2023 Issue 749 Vol. 90 No. 6
56th Year of Publication 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Stephen H. Segal

INTERVIEWS
Connie Willis: Roswell Redux / 10
Emma Torzs: Explaining Things to Myself / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6
2023 Nebula Awards Winners Griffith Wins Bradbury Prize Orbit Works HWA Awards New Leaf Controversy Aurora Awards Ballot

THE DATA FILE / 7
Book Ban Lawsuit Inaugural Infinity Award Announcements Contest News Toni Morrison Exhibit Westercon 75 Canceled Bookstore News Mythopoeic Awards Finalists Kitschies Finalists Seiun Award Nominees Edgar Awards Winners World Conventions News Publishing News Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Shortlist Omega Sci-Fi Awards Awards News Financial News International Rights

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Terry Bisson, Amal El-Mohtar, Ada Hoffman, R.S.A. Garcia, Patrick Rothfuss, and many others

CONVENTIONS
SFWA Nebula Conference, 5 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, 34 Hal-Con 2023, 35

SPECIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Eli John, 33 Photo Story: Bay Area Book Festival, 53

FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 38

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: April, 54 Books Received: April, 55 Bestsellers, 66 New & Notable, 67

OBITUARIES / 76
Martin Amis Lee Harding Appreciation by Janeen Webb Sara Schwager Appreciation by Janny Wurts

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Locus Awards A New Fan Nebs Plus This Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Strange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23; Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23; Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23; Kaleidotrope 4/23; Fiyah Spring '23; Diabolical Plots 4/23; GigaNotoSaurus 4/23; Fusion Fragment 4/23; 3LBE 4/23; Baffling 4/23; Flash Fiction Online 4/23; Lightspeed 5/23; F&SF 5-6/23.

Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
Uncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23; Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23; Apex #137; The Deadlands 4/23; The Dark 3/23; Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet 11/22; Podcastle 4/11/23; PseudoPod 4/14/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 2/26/23, 3/5/23, 3/12/23, 4/2/23, 4/9/23 & 4/23/23; Weird Horror Spring '23.

Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 15
Labyrinth's Heart, M.A. Carrick; The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang; The Ghosts of Trappist, K.B. Wagers.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Flight & Anchor, Nicole Kornher-Stace; H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop, Howard Waldrop; The Legend of Charlie Fish, Josh Rountree; All These Wor

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