Locus Magazine, Issue #688, May 2018

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

Locus Issue #688 (May 2018) features interviews with Nick Harkaway and Ada Palmer; appreciations for Peter Nicholls; obituaries for Philip Kerr, Ahmed Khalid Towfik, and David Bischoff; a column by Cory Doctorow; reports on ICFA, the 2018 Williamson Lectureship, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards, Norwescon 41, and The Outer Dark Symposium; the 2018 Hugo Awards and 1943 Retro Hugo ballots; the PKD, BSFA, Ditmar, Aurealis, and Kitschies Awards winners; and reviews of short fiction and books by Nicole Kornher-Stace, David Drake, Alisa Kwitney, Jim Butcher, and many others.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Analog 3-4/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Analog 3-4/18 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s 3-4/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s 3-4/18 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/15/18 (Rich Horton)
Bourbon Penn 3/18 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 2/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkes­world 3/18 (Rich Horton)
F&SF 3-4/18 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 2/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed 4/18 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com 2/18 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com 3/18 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Asher, Neal • The Soldier (Russell Letson)
Avery, Simon • The Teardrop Method (John Langan)
Bishop, Anne • Lake Silence (Carolyn Cushman)
Black, Holly • The Cruel Prince (Colleen Mondor)
Briggs, Patricia • Burn Bright (Carolyn Cushman)
Butcher, Jim • Brief Cases (Carolyn Cushman)
Butler, D. J. • Witchy Winter (Carolyn Cushman)
Drake, David • Though Hell Should Bar the Way (Liz Bourke)
Green, Simon R. • Night Fall (Carolyn Cushman)
Ings, Simon • The Smoke (Gary K. Wolfe)
Katsu, Alma • The Hunger (John Langan)
Keyes, Greg • The Reign of the Departed (Carolyn Cushman)
Kornher-Stace, Nicole • Latchkey (Liz Bourke)
Kress, Nancy • If Tomorrow Comes (Russell Letson)
Kwitney, Alisa • Cadaver & Queen (Colleen Mondor)
McDonald, Ian • Time Was (Gary K. Wolfe)
Powell, Gareth L. • Embers of War (Liz Bourke)
Tremblay, Paul • The Cabin at the End of the World (John Langan)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Space Opera (Gary K. Wolfe)
Weber, David, & Timothy Zahn • A Call to Vengeance (Liz Bourke)
Winter, A. P. • The Boy Who Went Magic (Carolyn Cushman)

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