Locus Magazine, Issue 637, February 2014

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

Locus Issue #637, February 2014, contain an interview with Terry Pratchett; the 2013: The Year in Review, the Locus Recommended Reading List, with commentary by Liza Groen Trombi, Gary K. Wolfe, Gardner Dozois, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Graham Sleight, Adrienne Martini, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Tim Pratt, Rich Horton, and Amy Goldshlager; the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award Finalists; the 2014 Prometheus Awards Hall of Fame Finalists; the 2013 Book Summary Report; and the 2013 Magazine Summary.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog March 2014 (Rich Horton)

Asimov’s December 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Clarkesworld January 2014 (Rich Horton)

Electric Velocipede Spring 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Electric Velocipede Spring 2013 (Rich Horton)

Electric Velocipede Winter 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Electric Velocipede Winter 2013 (Rich Horton)

Interzone Nov-Dec 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Lightspeed January 2014 (Rich Horton)

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

Aaronovitch, Ben • Broken Homes (Faren Miller)

Asher, Neal • Jupiter War (Russell Letson)

Asher, Neal • Jupiter War (Russell Letson)

Baxter, Stephen • Proxima (Russell Letson)

Blake, E. C. • Masks (Carolyn Cushman)

Carriger, Gail • Curtsies & Conspiracies (Carolyn Cushman)

Conyers, David, & David Kernot, eds. • Extreme Planets (Gardner Dozois)

Farmer, Nancy • The Lord of Opium (Carolyn Cushman)

Gilman, Greer • Cry Murder! in a Small Voice (Rich Horton)

Held, Rhiannon • Reflected (Carolyn Cushman)

Klaw, Rick, ed. • Rayguns Over Texas (Gardner Dozois)

Kowal, Mary Robinette • Without a Summer (Carolyn Cushman)

Lee, Yoon Ha • Conservation of Shadows (Rich Horton)

Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Dangerous Women (Rich Horton)

Martinez, A. Lee • Helen & Troy’s Epic Road Quest (Adrienne Martini)

Mooney, J. E., & Bill Fawcett, ed. • Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (Rich Horton)

Morden, Simon • Arcanum (Faren Miller)

Novik, Naomi • Blood of Tyrants (Carolyn Cushman)

Resnick, Laura • The Misfortune Cookie (Carolyn Cushman)

Roberts, Tansy Rayner • Ink Black Magic (Carolyn Cushman)

Rucker, Rudy • The Big Aha (Faren Miller)

Schwab, V. E. • Vicious (Adrienne Martini)

Shinn, Sharon • Royal Airs (Carolyn Cushman)

Theroux, Marcel • Strange Bodies (Adrienne Martini)

Theroux, Marcel • Strange Bodies (Gary K. Wolfe)

Thomas, Sherry • The Burning Sky (Gwenda Bond)

Tidhar, Lavie • The Violent Century (Gary K. Wolfe)

Valente, Catherynne M. • The Bread We Eat in Dreams (Faren Miller)

Walton, Jo • What Makes This Book So Great (Gary K. Wolfe)

Wendig, Chuck • Under the Empyrean Sky (Adrienne Martini)

Wolfe, Gene • The Land Across (Gary K. Wolfe)

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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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