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The January 2010 issue of Locus Magazine features:
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
January 2010 • Issue 588 • Vol. 64 No. 1
I N T E R V I E W S
John Crowley: End of An Age / 6
Charles Coleman Finlay: The Crucible / 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 Joe Haldeman, Stephen & Tabitha King, Terry Pratchett, Harlan Ellison, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Silverberg, and many others
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 10
Frazetta Museum Robbery • Levine Wins Endeavour • Borders UK Going Out of Business • SFWA New York Reception
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
Peter Watts Arrest • Kirkus Closing • Google Books News • Dynamite Buys Dabel Brothers Titles • Harlequin Horizons Controversy • Gaiman’s Twitter Audiobook • E-Book News • Legal News • SF on Bests Lists • Awards News • Worldcons News • Publishing News • Book News • Announcements • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights
C O M M E N T A R Y
/ 29
Cory Doctorow: Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
SF in Mexico: A Chat With BEF by Eileen Gunn / 32 Guadalajara International Book Fair / 32 SF in Germany / 33 International Books and Magazines Received / 34
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: November / 36
Books Received: November / 37
British Books Received: October / 48 Bestsellers / 50
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 60
Robert Holdstock • Appreciation by John Clute, C.W. Sullivan III, Graham Joyce, F. Brett Cox • Harry C. Crosby, Jr. aka Christopher Anvil • Appreciation by Eric Flint • Janet Fox • Milorad Pavic • Don Congdon • Shel Dorf • I.F. Clarke
L O C U S L E T T E R S
/ 62
Robert McCammon • A.L. Morlan
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 63
Holiday Party • E-Books • Renewal Notice Fiasco • This Issue/Next Issue
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
Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed.; When It Changed, Science into Fiction: An Anthology, Geoff Ryman, ed.; Postscripts 19: Enemy of the Good, Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, eds.; Postscripts 20/21: Edison’s Frankenstein, Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, eds.; Lovecraft Unbound, Ellen Datlow, ed.; Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed.; Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.; The Vampire Archives, The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published, Otto Penzler, ed.; By Blood We Live, John Joseph Adams, ed.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 13
Jim Baen’s Universe 12/09; Intergalactic Medicine Show 11/09; Tor.com 11/09; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/22/09; Clarkesworld 10/09; Clarkesworld 11/09; Clarkesworld 12/09; Clarkesworld 1/10; Fantasy 12/09; Strange Horizons 10/09; Postscripts 20/21: Edison’s Frankenstein, Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, eds.; F&SF 1-2/10; Asimov’s 1/10; Analog 1-2/10; Realms of Fantasy 12/09.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 15
Mariposa, Greg Bear; Generosity: An Enhancement, Richard Powers; Usurper of the Sun, Housuke Nojiri, John Wunderly, trans.; SHORT TAKES: Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology, and Politics, Gwyneth Jones; The Wizard Knight Companion: A Lexicon for Gene Wolfe’s The Knight and The Wizard, Michael Andre-Driussi.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 19
The Devil’s Alphabet, Daryl Gregory; Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, Fred Chappell; Wormwood, Nevada, David Oppegaard; My Dead Body, Charlie Huston; Black Blood, John Meaney; The Choir Boats, Daniel A. Rabuzzi.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 21
Starbound, Joe Haldeman; Brain Thief, Alexander Jablokov.
Reviews by Paul Witcover / 23
The Extra, Michael Shea; Transition, Iain M. Banks; Madness of Flowers, Jay Lake; Going Bovine, Libba Bray.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 25
Total Oblivion, More or Less, Alan DeNiro; Interfictions 2: An Anthology Of Interstitial Fiction, Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak, eds.; The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children’s and Teens’ Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 27
Iorich, Steven Brust; The Walls Have Eyes, Clare B. Dunkle; Shadows Past, Lorna Freeman; Claim to Fame, Margaret Peterson; Grave Secret, Charlaine Harris; The Magician of Hoad, Margaret Mahy (as Heriot in the UK and US); Tempest Rising, Nicole Peeler; The Hunchback Assignments, Arthur Slade.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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13, 15, 21, 23
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Adams, John Joseph, ed. • By Blood We Live (Gardner Dozois) Andre-Driussi, Michael • The Wizard Knight Companion (Gary K. Wolfe) Banks, Iain M. • Transition (Paul Witcover) Bear, Greg • Mariposa (Gary K. Wolfe) Bray, Libba • Going Bovine (Paul Witcover) Brust, Steven • Iorich (Carolyn Cushman) Chappell, Fred • Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories (Faren Miller) Crowther, Peter, & Nick Gevers, ed. • Postscripts #19: Enemy of the Good (Gardner Dozois) Crowther, Peter, & Nick Gevers, ed. • Postscripts #20/21: Edison's Frankenstein (Gardner Dozois) Crowther, Peter, & Nick Gevers, ed. • Postscripts #20/21: Edison's Frankenstein (Rich Horton) Datlow, Ellen, & Terri Windling, eds. • Troll's Eye View (Gardner Dozois) Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Lovecraft Unbound (Gardner Dozois) Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Poe (Gardner Dozois) DeNiro, Alan • Total Oblivion, More or Less (Adrienne Martini) Dunkle, Clare B. • The Walls Have Eyes (Carolyn Cushman) Freeman, Lorna • Shadows Past (Carolyn Cushman) Gregory, Daryl • The Devil's Alphabet (Faren Miller) Haddix, Margaret Peterson • Claim to Fame (Carolyn Cushman) Haldeman, Joe • Starbound (Russell Letson) Harris, Charlaine • Grave Secret (Carolyn Cushman) Huston, Charlie • My Dead Body (Faren Miller) Jablokov, Alexander • Brain Thief (Russell Letson) Jones, Gwyneth • Imagination/Space: Essays and Talks on Fiction, Feminism, Technology and Politics (Gary K. Wolfe) Lake, Jay • Madness of Flowers (Paul Witcover) Mahy, Margaret • Heriot (Carolyn Cushman) Mahy, Margaret • The Magician of Hoad (Carolyn Cushman) Mahy, Margaret • The Magician of Hoad (Carolyn Cushman) Meaney, John • Black Blood (Faren Miller) Meaney, John • Dark Blood (Faren Miller) Mendlesohn, Farah • The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction (Adrienne Martini) Nojiri, Housuke • Usurper of the Sun (Gary K. Wolfe) Oppegaard, David • Wormwood, Nevada (Faren Miller) Peeler, Nicole • Tempest Rising (Carolyn Cushman) Penzler, Otto, ed. • The Vampire Archives (Gardner Dozois) Powers, Richard • Generosity: An Enhancement (Gary K. Wolfe) Rabuzzi, Daniel A. • The Choir Boats (Faren Miller) Ryman, Geoff, ed. • When It Changed, Science Into Fiction: An Anthology (Gardner Dozois) Ryman, Geoff, ed. • When It Changed, Science Into Fiction: An Anthology (Gardner Dozois) Shea, Michael • The Extra (Paul Witcover) Sherman, Delia, & Christopher Barzak, eds. • Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing (Adrienne Martini) Slade, Arthur • The Hunchback Assignments (Carolyn Cushman) Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Eclipse Three (Gardner Dozois) |
January 2010 Issue
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