Locus Magazine, Issue 605, June 2011

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

Locus Issue #605, June 2011, has interviews with Patricia A. McKillip and Saladin Ahmed, as well as lists of Forthcoming Books through March 2012, a Spotlight on author Rachel Swirsky, an obituary of Joanna Russ, reviews of new books by Greg Egan, Walter Jon Williams, Andrea Hairston, Charlaine Harris, and many others, plus Graham Sleight's "Yesterday's Tomorrows" column on Shirley Jackson.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #50 2011 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's April/May 2011 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov's June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies April 2011 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld April 2011 (Rich Horton)
F&SF May/June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Fantasy Magazine June 2011 (Rich Horton)
Intergalactic Medicine Show April 2011 (Rich Horton)
Not One of Us April 2011 (Rich Horton)
Weird Tales Spring 2011 (Rich Horton)
Zahir April 2011 (Rich Horton)
 

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

Aiken, Joan • The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories (Adrienne Martini)
Andrews, Ilona • Magic Slays (Carolyn Cushman)
Bennett, Robert Jackson • The Company Man (Adrienne Martini)
Benson, John, ed. • Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (Rich Horton)
Billingsley, Franny • Chime (Gregory Benford)
Campisi, Stephanie, & Peek Ben • Above/Below (Rich Horton)
Carriger, Gail • Heartless (Carolyn Cushman)
Cooper, Elspeth • Songs of the Earth (Faren Miller)
Egan, Greg • The Clockwork Rocket (Gary K. Wolfe)
Goldstein, Lisa • The Uncertain Places (Gary K. Wolfe)
Grant, Mira • Deadline (Tim Pratt)
Grayson, Kristine • Wickedly Charming (Carolyn Cushman)
Gregory, Daryl • Raising Stony Mayhall (Gary K. Wolfe)
Hairston, Andrea • Redwood and Wildfire (Faren Miller)
Harris, Charlaine • Dead Reckoning (Carolyn Cushman)
Hobb, Robin • The Inheritance and Other Stories (Faren Miller)
Hobson, M. K. • The Hidden Goddess (Faren Miller)
Jackson, Shirley • Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (Graham Sleight)
Jerome, Celia • Night Mares in the Hamptons (Carolyn Cushman)
Koch, Gini • Alien in the Family (Carolyn Cushman)
Marr, Melissa • Graveminder (Faren Miller)
Maslakovic, Neve • Regarding Ducks and Universes (Adrienne Martini)
Murphy, C. E. • Spirit Dances (Carolyn Cushman)
Putney, M. J. • Dark Mirror (Carolyn Cushman)
Roberts, Tansy Rayner • Love and Romanpunk (Adrienne Martini)
Steele, Allen • Angel of Europa (Gardner Dozois)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Life on Mars: Tales of the New Frontier (Gardner Dozois)
Stross, Charles • Scratch Monkey (Russell Letson)
Valentine, Mark • Time, A Falconer: A Study of Sarban (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Vaughn, Carrie • After the Golden Age (Carolyn Cushman)
Vonnegut, Kurt, edited by Sidney Offit • Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Williams, Walter Jon • Deep State (Adrienne Martini)
Williams, Walter Jon • Deep State (Russell Letson)

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