Locus Magazine, Issue 621, October 2012

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

Locus Issue #621, October 2012, contains interviews with Kij Johnson and Stanley Schmidt; report on the 2012 Hugo Awards Winners; Spotlight on photographer Kyle Cassidy; coverage of Chicon 7; 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 M. John Harrison, Kate Griffin, John Varley, Charles Yu, Tiffany Trent, and more.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s July 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s August 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies July 2012 (Rich Horton)
Black Static Jul-Aug 2012 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld August 2012 (Rich Horton)
Interzone Jul-Aug 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed September 2012 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com May 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com August 2012 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Aaronovitch, Ben • Whispers Under Ground (Faren Miller)
Bray, Libba • The Diviners (Adrienne Martini)
Dickinson, Peter • Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures (Faren Miller)
Dickinson, Peter • Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Creatures (Rich Horton)
Doctorow, Cory, & Charles Stross • The Rapture of the Nerds (Adrienne Martini)
Goonan, Kathleen Ann • Angels and You Dogs (Gary K. Wolfe)
Goyer, David S., & Michael Cassutt • Heaven’s War (Adrienne Martini)
Griffin, Kate • Stray Souls (Faren Miller)
Harrison, M. John • Empty Space (Gary K. Wolfe)
Harrison, M. John • Empty Space (Gary K. Wolfe)
Hopkinson, Nalo • Report from Planet Midnight (Gary K. Wolfe)
Johnson, Les, & Jack McDevitt, eds. • Going Interstellar (Rich Horton)
McKillip, Patricia A. • Wonders of the Invisible World (Faren Miller)
Payton, T. Aaron • The Constantine Affliction (Adrienne Martini)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron (Gwenda Bond)
Tidbek, Karin • Jagannath (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tidbek, Karin • Jagannath (Rich Horton)
Trent, Tiffany • The Unnaturalists (Gwenda Bond)
Varley, John • Slow Apocalypse (Russell Letson)
Whates, Ian, ed. • Solaris Rising 1.5 (Gardner Dozois)
Williams, Walter Jon • The Boolean Gate (Russell Letson)
Wilson, G. Willow • Alif the Unseen (Gwenda Bond)
Winters, Ben H. • The Last Policeman (Adrienne Martini)
Yu, Charles • Sorry Please Thank You (Adrienne Martini)

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