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The November 2009 issue of Locus Magazine features:
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
November 2009 • Issue 586 • Vol. 63 No. 5
I N T E R V I E W S
Cory Doctorow: Riding the Wave / 6
Jack Skillingstead: Watchmaker / 64
P E O P L E & P U B L I S H I N G
/ 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about William Tenn, Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Haldeman & John Varley, Tim Powers, Mike Resnick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tom Holt and many others
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 10
2009 British Fantasy Awards • Davidson, Doctorow Win Sunburst Awards • Lightspeed Magazine Announced • Edgar Allan Poe's Funeral
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
Google Settlement News • The End of B. Dalton • Amazon vs. Wal-Mart • E-Reader News • Pocket Goes Mass Market • British Fantasy Society Apology • Rothfuss Fundraiser • FTC Disclosure Controversy • Butler Papers Donated • Rowling's Lost Medal • Awards News • Publishing News • Announcements • Magazine News • Book News
C O M M E N T A R Y
/ 31
Cory Doctorow: Teen Sex
7 0 Y E A R S O F A . E . V A N V O G T
/ 5
A roundtable discussion with Gary K. Wolfe, Graham Sleight, Charles N. Brown and John Clute
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
SF in Brazil / 37
SF in South Africa / 38
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: September / 40
Books Received: September / 41
British Books Received: August / 56 Bestsellers / 58
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 62
Barbara Bova • Appreciation by Pierce Watters • Mary H. Schaub • Stuart M. Kaminsky • Jennifer Swift • Ben Indick • Appreciation by Joe Wrzos • Ed Valigursky
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 63
Monster Storm • Them Guys, Discussin • NCIBA • Goodbye B. Dalton • Special Offer
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L O C U S L O O K S A T B O O K S
Gardnerspace: Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois
/ 12
Asimov's 9/09; F&SF 10-11/09; The Very Best of the Fantasy & Science Fiction, Gordon Van Gelder, ed.; Cosmos 3/09; New Scientist 9/19/09; Tor.com.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 13
Asimov's 10-11/09; Asimov's 12/09; Analog 12/09; Interzone 9-10/09; Fantasy Magazine 9/09; Fantasy Magazine 10/09; Fantasy Magazine 11/09; Tor.com 8/09; Tor.com 9/09; Electric Velocipede Spring '09; Shimmer #10; The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, eds.; Songs of the Dying Earth, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 15
American Fantastic Tales: Volume One: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps, Peter Straub, ed.; American Fantastic Tales: Volume Two: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed.; The Secret History of Science Fiction, James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, eds.; Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 17
Finch, Jeff VanderMeer; The Silver Skull, Mark Chadbourn; Total Oblivion, More or Less, Alan DeNiro; A Monster's Notes, Laurie Sheck; The Black Heart, Patrick O'Leary; Diving into the Wreck, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 19
Thousandth Night/Minla's Flowers, Alastair Reynolds; Destroyer of Worlds, Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner; This is Me, Jack Vance!, Jack Vance.
Reviews by Paul Witcover / 21
The Secret History of Science Fiction, James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, eds.; Voices from Punktown, Jeffrey Thomas; Bleak History, John Shirley.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 23
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower & illus. by Skottie Young; Magic Under Glass, Jaclyn Dolamore; Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman; Calamity Jack, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale; Witch Craft, Caitlin Kittredge; Blood Kin, Maria Lima; Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire; The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness; Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Stefan Dziemianowicz & Tim Pratt / 25
The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Traveling Circus, Clive Barker; One, Conrad Williams.
Locus Looks at Art Books: Reviews by Karen Haber
/ 27
Norman Saunders, David Saunders; Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History, Steve Holland; Exposé 7, Daniel Wade & Paul Hellard, eds.; The Late Fauna of Early North America: The Art of Scott Musgrove, Scott Musgrove; Travis Louie's Curiosities, Travis Louie; SHORT TAKES: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Patricia Briggs & David Lawrence, illus. by Francis Tsai & Amelia Woo; Blueberry Girl, Neil Gaiman, illus. by Charles Vess.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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13, 15, 19, 25
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Barker, Clive • The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Baum, L. Frank, & Eric Shanower • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Carolyn Cushman) Briggs, Patricia & David Lawrence • Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (Karen Haber) Chadbourn, Mark • The Silver Skull (Faren Miller) DeNiro, Alan • Total Oblivion, More or Less (Faren Miller) Dolamore, Jaclyn • Magic Under Glass (Carolyn Cushman) Dozois, Gardner, & Jonathan Strahan, eds. • The New Space Opera 2 (Rich Horton) Gaiman, Neil, & Charles Vess • Blueberry Girl (Karen Haber) Gilman, Laura Anne • Flesh and Fire (Carolyn Cushman) Hale, Shannon, & Dean Hale • Calamity Jack (Carolyn Cushman) Holland, Steve • Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History (Karen Haber) Kelly, James Patrick, & John Kessel, eds. • The Secret History of Science Fiction (Gary K. Wolfe) Kelly, James Patrick, & John Kessel, eds. • The Secret History of Science Fiction (Paul Witcover) Kittredge, Caitlin • Witch Craft (Carolyn Cushman) Lima, Maria • Blood Kin (Carolyn Cushman) Louie, Travis • Travis Louie's Curiosities (Karen Haber) Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Rich Horton) McGuire, Seanan • Rosemary and Rue (Carolyn Cushman) Musgrove, Scott • The Late Fauna of Early North America: The Art of Scott Musgrove (Karen Haber) Ness, Patrick • The Ask and the Answer (Carolyn Cushman) Niven, Larry, & Edward M. Lerner • Destroyer of Worlds (Russell Letson) O'Leary, Patrick • The Black Heart (Faren Miller) Pratchett, Terry • Unseen Academicals (Carolyn Cushman) Pratchett, Terry • Unseen Academicals (Carolyn Cushman) Reynolds, Alastair • Thousandth Night & Minla's Flowers (Russell Letson) Rusch, Kristine Kathryn • Diving Into the Wreck (Faren Miller) Saunders, David • Norman Saunders (Karen Haber) Sheck, Laurie • A Monster's Notes (Faren Miller) Shirley, John • Bleak History (Paul Witcover) Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Eclipse Three (Gary K. Wolfe) Straub, Peter • American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (Gary K. Wolfe) Straub, Peter • American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (Gary K. Wolfe) Thomas, Jeffrey • Voices from Punktown (Paul Witcover) Van Gelder, Gordon, ed. • The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Gardner Dozois) Vance, Jack • This Is Me, Jack Vance! (Russell Letson) VanderMeer, Jeff • Finch (Faren Miller) Wade, Daniel, & Paul Hellard, eds. • Exposé 7 (Karen Haber) Williams, Conrad • One (Tim Pratt) |
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