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The November 2010 issue of Locus Magazine features --
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
November 2010 • Issue 598 • Vol. 65 No. 5
I N T E R V I E W S
Mercedes Lackey: Making Fun / 6
Greg van Eekhout: Story Grenades / 68
A U S S I E C O N 4 : T H E 6 8 T H W O R L D
S C I E N C E F I C T I O N C O N V E N T I O N 5
Report by Francesca Myman • 2010 WSFS Business Meeting by Cheryl Morgan & Kevin Standlee
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 Jonathan Lethem, Paolo Bacigalupi, Mike Resnick, Liz Williams, Kelley Armstrong, and many others
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 10
Realms of Fantasy Folds • World Fantasy Life Achievement Winners • Dellamonica and Goto Win Sunburst
P H O T O S T O R I E S
Pohl's Fan Award / 10
Doctorow Interview Gibson / 57
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
Borders Headquarters for Sale • Barnes & Noble Board Battle • Comic-Con Stays in San Diego • Baxter Trilobite • Pratchett’s Coat of Arms • Hugo Base Competition • Macmillan Films • Random Hammer Horror • E-reader News • Book Spending Declines • Announcements • Awards News • Publishing News • Worldcons News • Amazon News • Harry Potter News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Other Media Received • Publications Received
C O M M E N T A R Y / 31
Cory Doctorow: A Cosmopolitan Literature for the Cosmopolitan Web
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
/ 34
SF in Brazil
F E A T U R E S
Spotlight on Mur Lafferty, Podcaster / 36
Spotlight on Frank Wu, Artist / 37
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: September / 39
Books Received: September / 40
British Books Received: August / 50 Bestsellers / 52
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 60
Ralph M. Vicinanza • Appreciations by Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, Robert J. Sawyer, Jack McDevitt, and Malcolm Edwards • Report from the Vicinanza Funeral by Connie Willis • A Statement from Some Vicinanza Clients • Jennifer Rardin • Betty Bond • Donald H. Tuck
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 62
Weddings and Visitors • Ralph M. Vicinanza • Digital Locus • Rec List Run-Up • 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
Interzone 7-8/10; Interzone 9-10/10; Panverse Two, Dario Ciriello, ed.; Subterranean Summer ’10; The Dragon and the Stars, Derwin Mak & Eric Choi, eds.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 17
F&SF 11-12/10; Asimov’s 10-11/10; Lightspeed 11/10; Subterranean Summer ’10; Interzone 9-10/10; Tor.com 8/10; The Homeless Moon 3, Scott H. Andrews, Jason S. Ridler, Michael J. DeLuca, Erin Hoffman, Justin Howe.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 18
Hull Zero Three, Greg Bear; Holiday, M. Rickert; Luka and the Fire of Life, Salman Rushdie; 80! Memories & Reflection on Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler & Debbie Notkin, eds.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 20
The Broken Kingdoms, N.J. Jemisin; Midsummer Night, Freda Warrington; Journeys, Ian R. MacLeod; The Best of Talebones, Patrick Swenson, ed.; No Such Thing as Dragons, Philip Reeve.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 23
Echo, Jack McDevitt.
Reviews by Paul Witcover / 24
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, & Carol McGuirk, eds.; Go, Mutants!, Larry Doyle; Hull Zero Three, Greg Bear.
Review by Tim Pratt
/ 27
The Wolf Age, James Enge
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 29
Enchanted Ivy, Sarah Beth Durst; Cold Magic, Kate Elliott; Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey; Intrigues, Mercedes Lackey; Scumble, Ingrid Law; Truthseeker, C.E. Murphy; Grave Witch, Kalayna Price; Unsympathetic Magic, Laura Resnick; Queen of Shadows, Dianne Sylvan.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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17, 19, 21, 25
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) — Asimov's October/November 2010 (Rich Horton) F&SF Nov/Dec 2010 (Rich Horton) Interzone Jul-Aug 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Interzone Sep-Oct 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Interzone Sep-Oct 2010 (Rich Horton) Lightspeed November 2010 (Rich Horton) Subterranean Summer 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Tor.com August 2010 (Rich Horton) Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Andrews, Scott H., et al • The Homeless Moon 3 (Rich Horton) Bear, Greg • Hull Zero Three (Gary K. Wolfe) Bear, Greg • Hull Zero Three (Paul Witcover) Ciriello, Dario, ed. • Panverse Two (Gardner Dozois) Doyle, Larry • Go, Mutants! (Paul Witcover) Durst, Sarah Beth • Enchanted Ivy (Carolyn Cushman) Elliott, Kate • Cold Magic (Carolyn Cushman) Enge, James • The Wolf Age (Tim Pratt) Evans, Arthur B., & Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., eds. • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (Paul Witcover) Fowler, Karen Joy, & Debbie Notkin, eds. • 80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin (Gary K. Wolfe) Healey, Karen • Guardian of the Dead (Carolyn Cushman) Jemisin, N. K. • The Broken Kingdoms (Faren Miller) Lackey, Mercedes • Intrigues (Carolyn Cushman) Law, Ingrid • Scumble (Carolyn Cushman) MacLeod, Ian R. • Journeys (Faren Miller) Mak, Derwin, & Eric Choi, eds. • The Dragon and the Stars (Gardner Dozois) McDevitt, Jack • Echo (Russell Letson) Murphy, C. E. • Truthseeker (Carolyn Cushman) Price, Kalayna • Grave Witch (Carolyn Cushman) Reeve, Philip • No Such Thing as Dragons (Faren Miller) Resnick, Laura • Unsympathetic Magic (Carolyn Cushman) Rickert, M. • Holiday (Gary K. Wolfe) Rushdie, Salman • Luka and the Fire of Life (Gary K. Wolfe) Swenson, Patrick, ed. • The Best of Talebones (Faren Miller) Sylvan, Dianne • Queen of Shadows (Carolyn Cushman) Warrington, Freda • Midsummer Night (Faren Miller) |
November 2010 Issue
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