Locus Magazine, Issue #677, June 2017

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

Locus Issue #677 (June 2017) features interviews with John Kessel and Cat Sparks, a column by Kameron Hurley, spotlights on Scott H. Andrews and Heather Shaw, lists of forthcoming books through March 2018, and reviews of short fiction and books by Daryl Gregory, Dave Duncan, C.J. Cherryh, Ellen Datlow, Cory Doctorow, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s May/June 2017 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies April 2017 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Jan/Feb 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF Mar/Apr 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Interzone Mar-Apr 2017 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed May 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com January 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com February 2017 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com March 2017 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com April 2017 (Rich Horton)

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

Asher, Neal • Infinity Engine (Russell Letson)
Cherryh, C. J. • Convergence (Russell Letson)
Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology (John Langan)
Doctorow, Cory • Walkaway (Bruce Sterling)
Duncan, Dave • Portal of a Thousand Worlds (Faren Miller)
Fracassi, Philip • Behold the Void (John Langan)
Goodman, Alison • The Dark Days Pact (Colleen Mondor)
Goss, Theodora • The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Gary K. Wolfe)
Gregory, Daryl • Spoonbenders (Faren Miller)
Gregory, Daryl • Spoonbenders (Gary K. Wolfe)
Heuler, Karen • In Search of Lost Time (Rich Horton)
Lee, Yoon Ha • Raven Stratagem (Liz Bourke)
Levine, David D. • Arabella and the Battle of Venus (Adrienne Martini)
MacLeod, Ian R. • Red Snow (Paul Kincaid)
McGuire, Seanan • Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Liz Bourke)
Morrow, James • The Asylum of Dr. Caligari (Gary K. Wolfe)
Murad, Mahvesh, & Jared Shurin, eds. • The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories (Rich Horton)
Murphy, Sara Flannery • The Possessions (Faren Miller)
Parker, K. J. • Mightier than the Sword (Gary K. Wolfe)
Scott, Nick, & Noa Gavin, eds. • Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory (Adrienne Martini)
Shea, Kieran • Off Rock (Liz Bourke)
Tambour, Anna • Smoke Paper Mirrors (Faren Miller)
Taylor, Dennis E. • We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Adrienne Martini)
Tidbeck, Karin • Amatka (Gary K. Wolfe)
Valente, Catherynne M. • The Refrigerator Monologues (Adrienne Martini)
Wells, Martha • All Systems Red (Adrienne Martini)

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