Locus Magazine, Issue #653, June 2015

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

Locus Issue #653 June features interviews with authors James Morrow and Stephanie Feldman, lists of Forthcoming Books through March 2016, a spotlight on Usman T. Malik, a new column by Kameron Hurley, awards and publishing news, and reviews of short fiction and books by Nnedi Okorafor, Mary Robinette Kowal, David Walton, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov's April/May 2015 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld March 2015 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld April 2015 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed May 2015 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's April/May 2015 (Rich Horton)

Analog June 2015 (Rich Horton)

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

Adams, John Joseph & Hugh Howey, eds. • The End Has Come (Rich Horton)

Brackston, Paula • The Silver Witch (Carolyn Cushman)

Butcher, Jim • Working for Bigfoot (Carolyn Cushman)

Cato, Beth • The Clockwork Crown (Faren Miller)

Cheney, J. Kathleen • The Shores of Spain (Carolyn Cushman)

Cogman, Genevieve • The Invisible Library (Carolyn Cushman)

Cooney, C.S.E. • Bone Swans (Faren Miller)

Griep, Camille • Letters to Zell (Carolyn Cushman)

Hartman, Rachel • Shadow Scale (Carolyn Cushman)

Headley, Maria Dahvana • Magonia (Colleen Mondor)

Kowal, Mary Robinette • Of Noble Family (Faren Miller)

MacLeod, Ian R. • Frost on Glass (Gardner Dozois)

MacLeod, Ian R. • Frost on Glass (Gary K. Wolfe)

MacLeod, Ian R. • Frost on Glass (Rich Horton)

Novik, Naomi • Uprooted (Adrienne Martini)

Novik, Naomi • Uprooted (Faren Miller)

Okorafor, Nnedi • The Book of Phoenix (Gary K. Wolfe)

Perry, Carol J. • Tails, You Lose (Carolyn Cushman)

Pratchett, Terry • Dragons at Crumbling Castle (Tom Whitmore)

Priest, Cherie • I Am Princess X (Adrienne Martini)

Purdom, Tom • Romance on Four Worlds: A Casanova Quartet (Gardner Dozois)

Rajaniemi, Hannu • Collected Fiction (Gardner Dozois)

Rajaniemi, Hannu • Collected Fiction (Gary K. Wolfe)

Robinson, Kim Stanley • Aurora (Adrienne Martini)

Ruby, Laura • Bone Gap (Colleen Mondor)

Vernon, Ursula • Castle Hangnail (Carolyn Cushman)

Walton, David • Superposition (Adrienne Martini)

Walton, Jo • The Philosopher Kings (Gary K. Wolfe)

Yep, Laurence & Joanne Ryder • A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (Carolyn Cushman)

About Locus:

Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 40 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. The magazine's website, which contains a sampling of magazine content as well as additional genre news, media reviews, the Roundtable Blog, indexes of reviews and interviews published, the science fiction awards database, and much much more, can be found at http://www.locusmag.com. Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at http://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html.

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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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