Locus Magazine, Issue 607, August 2011

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

Locus Issue #607, August 2011, contains interviews with Paolo Bacigalupi and Karen Lord; Graham Sleight's "Yesterday's Tomorrows" column on J.G. Ballard; Spotlights on publisher Alisa Krasnostein and editor/writer David Langford; results of 2011 Locus Survey and a report from the Locus Awards/SF Hall of Fame Weekend; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and others, of books by Kathleen Ann Goonan, Lev Grossman, Mark Charan Newton, Richard Matheson, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov's June 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's July 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's August 2011 (Rich Horton)
Conjunctions #56 2011 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Jul/Aug 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Jul/Aug 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine August 2011 (Rich Horton)
Interzone May-June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed August 2011 (Rich Horton)
Realms of Fantasy June 2011 (Rich Horton)
 

Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —

Aiken, Joan • The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories (Rich Horton)
Alexander, Bryan • The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media (Tom Whitmore) Ballard, J. G. • Concrete Island (Graham Sleight)
Ballard, J. G. • Super-Cannes (Graham Sleight)
Ballard, J. G. • The Drowned World (Graham Sleight)
Ballard, J. G. • The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (Graham Sleight)
Ballard, J. G. • The Voices of Time (Graham Sleight)
Bennett, Jenn • Kindling the Moon (Carolyn Cushman)
Carson, Rae • The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Carolyn Cushman)
Cline, Ernest • Ready Player One (Adrienne Martini)
Clute, John • Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm (Gary K. Wolfe)
Datlow, Ellen, & Terri Windling, eds. • Teeth: Vampire Tales (Rich Horton)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy (Rich Horton)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Supernatural Noir (Rich Horton)
Foglio, Phil, & Kaja Foglio • Girl Genius Book Ten: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse (Carolyn Cushman)
Goonan, Kathleen Ann • This Shared Dream (Gary K. Wolfe)
Goonan, Kathleen Ann • This Shared Dream (Russell Letson)
Grossman, Lev • The Magician King (Adrienne Martini)
Hardinge, Frances • Fly Trap (Faren Miller)
Hardinge, Frances • Twilight Robbery (Faren Miller)
Hearne, Kevin • Hexed (Carolyn Cushman)
Jay, Stacey • Dead on the Delta (Carolyn Cushman)
Johnson, Maureen • The Name of the Star (Gregory Benford)
Leicht, Stina • Of Blood and Honey (Faren Miller)
Matheson, Richard • Other Kingdoms (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Monette, Sarah, & Elizabeth Bear • The Tempering of Men (Faren Miller)
Morehouse, Lyda • Resurrection Code (Carolyn Cushman)
Newton, Mark Charan • Nights of Villjamur (Faren Miller)
Newton, Mark Charan • Nights of Villjamur (Faren Miller)
Nickle, David • Eutopia (Tim Pratt)
Powers, Tim • The Bible Repairman and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Richardson, Kat • Downpour (Carolyn Cushman)
Ryman, Geoff • Paradise Tales (Gary K. Wolfe)
Schafer, Courtney • The Whitefire Crossing (Carolyn Cushman)
Sedia, Ekaterina • Heart of Iron (Faren Miller)
Segal, Stephen H., ed. • Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture (Adrienne Martini)
Simner, Janni Lee • Faerie Winter (Gregory Benford)
Steele, Allen • Angel of Europa (Russell Letson)
Stross, Charles • Rule 34 (Russell Letson)
Tidhar, Lavie • Jesus and the Eightfold Path (Gardner Dozois)
Williams, Conrad • Loss of Separation (Tim Pratt)
Wood, Jonathan • No Hero (Adrienne Martini)

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Our February issue summarizes the previous year, and includes a highly regarded annual Recommended Reading List. The August issue has the Locus Awards, voted on by our readers from the best of the previous year. The October and November issues cover the World SF Convention and are constant back issue favorites. All issues have a list of the new books that month, a list of recommended books and bestsellers, and interviews with leading authors.
 

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