Issue 690 Table of Contents, July 2018

The July issue features interviews with Laura Anne Gilman and Fonda Lee; appreciations for Gardner Dozois; obituaries for Philip Roth, Christopher Stasheff, and E.J. Shumak; a column by Cory Doctorow; the Locus, Lambda Literary, and Audie Awards Winners; the 2018 Locus Poll; the 2017 SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees; convention reports from WisCon 42 and the 2018 Nebula Conference, and reviews of short fiction and books by Rebecca Roanhorse, Barry N. Malzberg, Alma Katsu, Derek Künsken, and many others.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 2018 • Issue 690 • Vol. 81 • No. 1
51st Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Stephen H. Segal

INTERVIEWS
Laura Anne Gilman: Meet the Devil’s Left Hand / 10
Fonda Lee: When the Alien Invaders Win / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5
Gardner Dozois (1947 – 2018) • Appreciations by Michael Swanwick, Pat Cadigan, Sheila Williams, Jack Dann, Nancy Kress, Connie Willis, James Patrick Kelly, Andy Duncan, Jack Skillingstead, and James Frenkel • 2018 Locus Awards Winners • Locus Poll 2018 • Campbell Memorial Awards Finalists • 2017 SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees • Harassment News

THE DATA FILE / 7
Royal Society of Literature Fellows • Queen’s Birthday Honours • Authors Victimized by Embezzler • Shimmer Closing • Great American Read • NPR Horror Poll • Audie Awards Winners • Lambda Literary Awards Winners • 2018 Mythopoeic Award Finalists • Sunburst Awards Longlist • 2018 Aurora Awards Ballot • Eugie Award Finalists • Le Guin Tribute Online • World Conventions News • Publishing News • Awards News • Announcements • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received • Catalogs Received

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Joe Hill & Gillian Redfearn, Brian Keene, Mike McCormack, Kim Harrison, Jane Yolen, Robert Silverberg, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURE
Photo Story: Galactic Philadelphia / 8 Photo Story: Hexagon Retreat VIII / 9 Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Zuck’s Empire of Oily Rags / 27

CONVENTIONS
2018 SFWA Nebula Conference / 30 WisCon 42 / 33

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May / 35 Books Received: May / 36 British Books Received: April / 46 Bestsellers / 48

OTHER OBITUARIES / 65
Philip Roth • Christopher Stasheff • E.J. Shumak

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 70
Gardner • All the News… • GRRM Event • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 13
Tor.com 5/18; Analog 5-6/18; Asimov’s 5-6/18; Clarkesworld 5/18; Lightspeed 6/18; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 3/18; Time Was, Ian McDonald.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 14
Annex, Rich Larson; Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik; The Promise of Space, James Patrick Kelly; Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories, Abbey Mei Otis.

Reviews by Liz Bourke / 16
Fire Dance, Ilana C. Myer; The Expert System’s Brother, Adrian Tchaikovsky; A Big Ship At The Edge of the Universe, Alex White; Point of Sighs, Melissa Scott.

Reviews by Ian Mond / 18
Adjustment Day, Chuck Palahniuk; The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay; 84K, Claire North; Red Clocks, Leni Zumas.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 20
One Way, S.J. Morden; The Million, Karl Schroeder.

Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 21
The Case of the Deadly Doppelgänger, Lucy Banks; The Defiant Heir, Melissa Caruso; King of Ashes, Raymond E. Feist; The Rose Legacy, Jessica Day George; Red Waters Rising, Laura Anne Gilman; The Privilege of Peace, Tanya Huff; The Hills Have Spies, Mercedes Lackey; Dreadful Company, Vivian Shaw.

Reviews by Divers Hands: Colleen Mondor, Katharine Coldiron, Rachel Swirsky, Lila Garrott / 22
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman, eds.; The Price Guide to the Occult, Leslye Walton; The City of Lost Fortunes, Bryan Camp; Echoes of Understorey, Thoraiya Dyer; The Underwater Ballroom Society, Tiffany Trent & Stephanie Burgis, eds.; The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang.

Audiobook Reviews by Amy Goldschlager / 25
The Coincidence Makers, Yoav Blum; Mad Hatters and March Hares, Ellen Datlow, ed.; The Queens of Innis Lear, Tessa Gratton; Beneath the Sugar Sky, Seanan McGuire; Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller; Born to the Blade, Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, Cassandra Khaw & Malka Older.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 15, 17, 21, 23

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Analog 5-6/18 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s 5-6/18 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 5/18 (Rich Horton)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 3/18 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 6/18 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com 5/18 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Banks, Lucy • The Case of the Deadly Doppelgänger (Carolyn Cushman)
Camp, Bryan • The City of Lost Fortunes (Katharine Coldiron)
Caruso, Melissa • The Defiant Heir (Carolyn Cushman)
Dyer, Thoraiya • Echoes of Understorey (Katharine Coldiron)
Feist, Raymond E. • King of Ashes (Carolyn Cushman)
George, Jessica Day • The Rose Legacy (Carolyn Cushman)
Gilman, Laura Anne • Red Waters Rising (Carolyn Cushman)
Huff, Tanya • The Privilege of Peace (Carolyn Cushman)
Kelly, James Patrick • The Promise of Space and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kuang, R. F. • The Poppy War (Lila Garrott)
Lackey, Mercedes • The Hills Have Spies (Carolyn Cushman)
Larson, Rich • Annex (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDonald, Ian • Time Was (Rich Horton)
Morden, S. J. • One Way (Russell Letson)
Myer, Ilana C. • Fire Dance (Liz Bourke)
North, Claire • 84K (Ian Mond)
Novik, Naomi • Spinning Silver (Gary K. Wolfe)
Oh, Ellen, & Elsie Chapman, eds. • A Thousand Beginnings and Endings (Colleen Mondor)
Otis, Abbey Mei • Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories (Gary K. Wolfe)
Palahniuk, Chuck • Adjustment Day (Ian Mond)
Schroeder, Karl • The Million (Russell Letson)
Scott, Melissa • Point of Sighs (Liz Bourke)
Shaw, Vivian • Dreadful Company (Carolyn Cushman)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian • The Expert System’s Brother (Liz Bourke)
Tremblay, Paul • The Cabin at the End of the World (Ian Mond)
Trent, Tiffany, & Stephanie Burgis, eds. • The Underwater Ballroom Society (Rachel Swirsky)
Walton, Leslye • The Price Guide to the Occult (Colleen Mondor)
White, Alex • A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (Liz Bourke)
Zumas, Leni • Red Clocks (Ian Mond)