Locus Magazine, Issue 639, April 2014

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

Locus Issue #639, April 2014, contains interviews with authors Daryl Gregory and Amish; a report about SF in Brazil; a commentary by Kameron Hurley; publishing news; short fiction reviews by Rich Horton and Gardner Dozois, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and Carolyn Cushman, of new books by Simon Ings, Daryl Gregory, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven, Chuck Palahniuk, Seanan McGuire, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog May 2014 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s February 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s March 2014 (Rich Horton)
Black Static Jan/Feb 2014 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld January 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld February 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld February 2014 (Rich Horton)
Interzone Jan-Feb 2014 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed January 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed February 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed March 2014 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com January 2014 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com February 2014 (Gardner Dozois)

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

Adams, John Joseph, & Hugh Howey, eds. • The End Is Nigh (Rich Horton)
Bear, Greg, & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Multiverse (Rich Horton)
Benford, Gregory, & Larry Niven • Shipstar (Russell Letson)
Brennan, Marie • The Tropic of Serpents (Faren Miller)
Charbonneau, Joelle • Independent Study (Carolyn Cushman)
Coates, Deborah • Strange Country (Carolyn Cushman)
Davidson, Rjurik • Unwrapped Sky (Faren Miller)
Dozois, Gardner, & William K. Schafer, eds. • The Book of Silverberg (Rich Horton)
Gregory, Daryl • Afterparty (Faren Miller)
Gregory, Daryl • Afterparty (Russell Letson)
Harrison, Kim • The Undead Pool (Carolyn Cushman)
Ings, Simon • Wolves (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lafferty, Mur • Ghost Train to New Orleans (Adrienne Martini)
Lafferty, R. A. • The Man Who Made Models (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lee, Chang-rae • On Such a Full Sea (Gary K. Wolfe)
McGuire, Seanan • Half-Off Ragnarok (Carolyn Cushman)
McGuire, Seanan • Indexing (Carolyn Cushman)
McGuire, Seanan • Sparrow Hill Road (Carolyn Cushman)
Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Rex Regis (Carolyn Cushman)
Palahniuk, Chuck • Doomed (Adrienne Martini)
Robb, J. D. • Concealed in Death (Carolyn Cushman)
Sprunk, Jon • Blood and Iron (Adrienne Martini)
Sullivan, Michael J. • Hollow World (Faren Miller)
Swann, S. Andrew • Dragon*Princess (Carolyn Cushman)
Tolmie, Sarah • The Stone Boatmen (Faren Miller)
Wheeler, Ramona • Three Princes (Adrienne Martini)

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