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The May 2010 issue of Locus Magazine features:
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
May 2010 • Issue 592 • Vol. 64 No. 5
I N T E R V I E W S
Poe & the Fantastic: A Roundtable with Peter Straub, Gary K. Wolfe,
Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, and Liza Groen Trombi / 12
Brian Evenson: Strange (But Never Gratuitous) / 64
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 5 & 10
2009 Hugo Awards Nominations • Ballantine and Bantam Del Merge • ‘‘C.L. Anderson’’ Wins 2010 Philip K. Dick Award • 2009 Stoker Awards Winners
F E A T U R E S
Spotlight on David Palumbo, Artist / 5
Spotlight on Lynne M. Thomas, Archivist / 41
Rudy Rucker, Artist / 55
C O N V E N T I O N S
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts / 6
WHC 2010, Brighton England / 62
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 Jeanne Robinson, Gene Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, Garth Nix & Sean Williams, Stephen King, and many others
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
2009 BSFA Winners • Clarke Award Shortlist • Borders Buys Some Time • PW Purchased • Book Production Numbers • Canadian Booksellers vs. Amazon • Another Google Lawsuit • Orbit’s Short Fiction • Authors Guild on E-book Royalties • Big Trouble in China • iPad News • HarperStudio Folds • Superman Regains Record • Stolen Rowling • Awards News • Announcements • Worldcons News • Bookstore News • Book News • Publishing News • Media News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • PW Bestsellers of 2009
C O M M E N T A R Y / 31
Cory Doctorow: Persistence Pays Parasites
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
SF in Brazil / 34
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: March / 36
Books Received: March / 37
British Books Received: February / 48 Bestsellers / 50
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 58
George H. Scithers • Appreciations by Darrell Schweitzer and John Betancourt • Patricia Wrightson • William Mayne • John Schoenherr
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 60
Spring • Visitors • 1,000,000 Books • Ballantine Bantam Dell • 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
/ 15
Sword & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds.; Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber; Is Anybody Out There?, Nick Gevers & Marty Halpern, eds.; Asimov’s 4-5/10; Interzone 1-2/10.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 17
Asimov’s 4-5/10; F&SF 5-6/10; Tales of the Unanticipated #30; Black Static 2-3/10; Strange Horizons 3/10; Clarkesworld 4/10; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/11/10; Alembical 2, Lawrence M. Schoen & Arthur Dorrance, eds.; The God Engines, John Scalzi.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 18
Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay; Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi; Leviathan Wept and Other Stories, Daniel Abraham; SHORT TAKES: Conversations with Octavia Butler, Conseula Francis, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 21
The Folding Knife, K.J. Parker; Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde; Dragon Haven, Robin Hobb; Changeless, Gail Carriger; SHORT TAKE: Moonshine, Alaya Johnson.
Reviews by Paul Witcover / 24
Sleepless, Charlie Huston; Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear; The Taborin Scale, Lucius Shepard; Hespira, Matthew Hughes
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 27
Changeless, Gail Carriger; Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris; Hex Hall, Rachel Hawkins; Unholy Ghosts, Stacia Kane; A Local Habitation, Seanan McGuire; The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 7: Lord Sunday, Garth Nix; Burning Lamp, Amanda Quick; Avenging Angels, Mary Stanton; Blood Magic, Eileen Wilks; Foiled, Jane Yolen & Mike Cavallaro.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Rich Horton, & Tim Pratt / 29
Blockade Billy, Stephen King; Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds.; A Matter of Blood, Sarah Pinborough.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
/
17, 19, 25, 27
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) — Asimov's April/May 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Asimov's April/May 2010 (Rich Horton) Beneath Ceaseless Skies February 2010 (Rich Horton) Black Static Feb-Mar 2010 (Rich Horton) Clarkesworld Magazine April 2010 (Rich Horton) F&SF May/June 2010 (Rich Horton) Interzone Jan-Feb 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Strange Horizons March 2010 (Rich Horton) Tales of the Unanticipated #30 2010 (Rich Horton) Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Abraham, Daniel • Leviathan Wept and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe) Bacigalupi, Paolo • Ship Breaker (Gary K. Wolfe) Bear, Elizabeth • Bone and Jewel Creatures (Paul Witcover) Brown, Charles N., & Jonathan Strahan, eds. • Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories (Gardner Dozois) Carriger, Gail • Changeless (Carolyn Cushman) Carriger, Gail • Changeless (Faren Miller) Fforde, Jasper • Shades of Grey (Faren Miller) Francis, Consuela, ed. • Conversations with Octavia Butler (Gary K. Wolfe) Gevers, Nick, & Marty Halpern, eds. • Is Anybody Out There? (Gardner Dozois) Harris, Charlaine • Dead in the Family (Carolyn Cushman) Hawkins, Rachel • Hex Hall (Carolyn Cushman) Hobb, Robin • Dragon Haven (Faren Miller) Hughes, Matthew • Hespira (Paul Witcover) Huston, Charlie • Sleepless (Paul Witcover) Johnson, Alaya • Moonshine (Faren Miller) Kane, Stacia • Unholy Ghosts (Carolyn Cushman) Kay, Guy Gavriel • Under Heaven (Gary K. Wolfe) Kay, Guy Gavriel • Under Heaven (Gary K. Wolfe) King, Stephen • Blockade Billy (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. • Warriors (Rich Horton) McGuire, Seanan • A Local Habitation (Carolyn Cushman) Nix, Garth • The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 7: Lord Sunday (Carolyn Cushman) Parker, K. J. • The Folding Knife (Faren Miller) Pinborough, Sarah • A Matter of Blood (Tim Pratt) Quick, Amanda • Burning Lamp (Carolyn Cushman) Scalzi, John • The God Engines (Rich Horton) Schoen, Lawrence M., & Arthur Dorrance, eds. • Alembical 2 (Rich Horton) Shepard, Lucius • The Taborin Scale (Paul Witcover) Stanton, Mary • Avenging Angels (Carolyn Cushman) Strahan, Jonathan, & Lou Anders, eds. • Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery (Gardner Dozois) Wilks, Eileen • Blood Magic (Carolyn Cushman) Yolen, Jane, & Mike Cavallaro • Foiled (Carolyn Cushman) |
May 2010 Issue
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