Locus Magazine, Issue 610, November 2011

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

Locus Issue #610, November 2011, contains interviews with Geoff Ryman and Andy Duncan; “It's Time to Stop Talking About Copyright,” a new column by Cory Doctorow; Spotlights on author/translator Brian Stableford and bookseller Maryelizabeth Hart; Sf and Fantasy news, including the Borders bankruptcy and the encyclopedia of Science Fiction Beta; short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and others, of new books by Ian McDonald, Vernor Vinge, Paula Brandon, Steven Erikson, Jim Butcher, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog November 2011 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's October/November 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's October/November 2011 (Rich Horton)
Harper's September 2011 (Rich Horton)
Tin House Fall 2011 (Rich Horton)

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

Beagle, Peter S., & Joe R. Lansdale, eds. • The Urban Fantasy Anthology (Gardner Dozois)
Blake, Kendare • Anna Dressed in Blood (Gwenda Bond)
Bledsoe, Alex • The Hum and the Shiver (Faren Miller)
Brandon, Paula • The Traitor's Daughter (Faren Miller)
Butcher, Jim • Ghost Story (Carolyn Cushman)
Cooper, Brenda • Mayan December (Faren Miller)
Czerneda, Julie, & Susan MacGregor, eds. • Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales (Rich Horton)
Davidson, MaryJanice • Wolf at the Door (Carolyn Cushman)
Erikson, Steven • The Crippled God (Paul Witcover)
George, Jessica Day • Tuesdays at the Castle (Carolyn Cushman)
Gould, Steven • 7th Sigma (Russell Letson)
Gregory, Daryl • Unpossible and Other Stories (Faren Miller)
Gregory, Daryl • Unpossible and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Halpern, Marty, ed. • Alien Contact (Gardner Dozois)
Headley, Maria Dahvana • Queen of Kings (Faren Miller)
Huff, Tanya • The Wild Ways (Carolyn Cushman)
Hurley, Kameron • Infidel (Paul Witcover)
Lackey, Mercedes • Changes (Carolyn Cushman)
Lansdale, Joe R., ed. • The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Lockhart, Ross E., ed. • The Book of Cthulhu (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
MacAvoy, R. A. • Death and Resurrection (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDonald, Ian • Planesrunner (Gary K. Wolfe)
Modesitt, Jr., L.E. • Scholar (Carolyn Cushman)
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert • Wisdom's Kiss (Carolyn Cushman)
Resnick, Laura • Vamparazzi (Carolyn Cushman)
Taylor, Laini • Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Gwenda Bond)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Silently and Very Fast (Gardner Dozois)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Silently and Very Fast (Rich Horton)
Vinge, Vernor • The Children of the Sky (Russell Letson)
Warren, Kaaron • Mistification (Tim Pratt)
Wentworth, K. D., ed. • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXVII (Rich Horton)
Whates, Ian, ed. • Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (Rich Horton)

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