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The December 2010 issue of Locus Magazine features --
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
December 2010 Issue 599 Vol. 65 No. 6
I N T E R V I E W S
Nancy Kress: People Matter / 6
Robert V.S. Redick: Sorcerer's Apprentice / 80
2 0 1 0 W O R L D F A N T A S Y A W A R D S W I N N E R S
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2 0 1 0 W O R L D F A N T A S Y C O N V E N T I O N
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Report by Amelia Beamer
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 Diana Wynne Jones, Toni Morrison, Terry Pratchett and Martin Amis, J.K. Rowling, Jim Butcher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Vicki Pettersson, and many others
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 11
Marusek Wins Endeavour PW’s Best of 2010 Gaiman’s 50th Birthday Amazon’s Best of 2010
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 13
Realms Resurrected WisCon Withdraws Moon’s GoH Invitation The Witches of Lublin Hull Zero Starbucks Barnes & Noble News Borders News Amazon News Book Exports Decline E-Book News Dorchester Woes Random Reduces Office Space BEA and ALA Won’t Merge Awards News Announcements Publishing News Books Sold, Continued Media News Online News Financial News International Rights Other Rights Catalogs Received
F O R T H C O M I N G B O O K S
US Forthcoming Books / 34
British Forthcoming Books / 44
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: October / 50
Books Received: October / 52
British Books Received: September / 65 Bestsellers / 66
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 73
Glen GoodKnight Alain Le Bussy Bob Guccione
L O C U S L E T T E R S
/ 73
David Brin Phil Stephensen-Payne Jeffery Fisher
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 79
Squirrelzilla WFC This Issue Staff Next Issue #600!
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
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (in the US as The Mammoth Book of the End of the World), Mike Ashley, ed.; The Immersion Book of SF, Carmelo Rafala, ed.; Legends of Australian Fantasy, Jack Dann & Jonathan Strahan, eds.; The Company He Keeps: Postscripts 22/23, Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, eds.; Lightspeed 7/10; Lightspeed 8/10; Lightspeed 9/10; Lightspeed 11/10; Lightspeed 12/10.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
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Asimov’s 12/10; Fantasy 12/10; Giganotosaurus 10/10; Giganotosaurus 12/10; The Immersion Book of SF, Carmelo Rafala, ed.; Panverse Two, Dario Ciriello, ed.; The Way of the Wizard, John Joseph Adams, ed.; The Big Bah-Ha, C.S.E. Cooney; Blue and Gold, K.J. Parker; The Man With the Knives, Ellen Kushner.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 18
Home Fires, Gene Wolfe; Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld; Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1, 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr.; The Executioness, Tobias S. Buckell; The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 20
The Habitation of the Blessed, Catherynne M. Valente; Factotum, D.M. Cornish; Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare; The Sky That Wraps, Jay Lake; SHORT TAKE: On the Banks of the River of Heaven, Richard Parks.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 23
The Best of Larry Niven, Larry Niven; Betrayer of Worlds, Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 25
Yarn, Jon Armstrong; Seed Seeker, Pamela Sargent; The White City, Elizabeth Bear; Zombies vs. Unicorns, Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, eds.; All Clear, Connie Willis.
Review by Stefan Dziemianowicz
/ 26
Of Love and Evil, Anne Rice; Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King; Frankenstein’s Monster, Susan Heyboer O'Keefe.
Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 29
Harvest Moon, Anonymous, ed.; Plain Kate, Erin Bow; Brayan’s Gold, Peter V. Brett; Masques/Wolfsbane, Patricia Briggs; Afterlife, Merrie Destefano; Mob Rules, Cameron Haley; Troubled Waters, Sharon Shinn; Shotgun Sorceress, Lucy A. Snyder; The Ring of Solomon, Jonathan Stroud.
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Graham Sleight
/ 31
The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham; The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham; The Chrysalids, John Wyndham; Chocky, John Wyndham.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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17, 19, 21, 25
Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) Asimov's December 2010 (Rich Horton) Fantasy Magazine December 2010 (Rich Horton) Giganotosaurus November 2010 (Rich Horton) Giganotosaurus December 2010 (Rich Horton) Lightspeed July 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Lightspeed August 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Lightspeed September 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Lightspeed November 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Lightspeed December 2010 (Gardner Dozois) Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) Adams, John Joseph, ed. The Way of the Wizard (Rich Horton) Anonymous, ed. Harvest Moon (Carolyn Cushman) Armstrong, Jon Yarn (Adrienne Martini) Ashley, Mike, ed. The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (Gardner Dozois) Ashley, Mike, ed. The Mammoth Book of the End of the World (Gardner Dozois) Bacigalupi, Paolo The Alchemist (Gary K. Wolfe) Bear, Elizabeth The White City (Adrienne Martini) Black, Holly, & Justine Larbalestier, eds. Zombies vs. Unicorns (Adrienne Martini) Bow, Erin Plain Kate (Carolyn Cushman) Brett, Peter V. Brayan's Gold (Carolyn Cushman) Briggs, Patricia Masques (Carolyn Cushman) Briggs, Patricia Wolfsbane (Carolyn Cushman) Buckell, Tobias S. The Executioness (Gary K. Wolfe) Ciriello, Dario, ed. Panverse Two (Rich Horton) Clare, Cassandra The Clockwork Angel (Faren Miller) Cooney, C. S. E. The Big Bah-Ha (Rich Horton) Cornish, D. M. Factotum (Faren Miller) Crowther, Peter, & Nick Gevers, eds. Postscripts 22/23: The Company He Keeps (Gardner Dozois) Dann, Jack, & Jonathan Strahan, eds. Legends of Australian Fantasy (Gardner Dozois) Destefano, Merrie Afterlife (Carolyn Cushman) Haley, Cameron Mob Rules (Carolyn Cushman) King, Stephen Full Dark, No Stars (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Kushner, Ellen The Man with the Knives (Rich Horton) Lake, Jay The Sky that Wraps (Faren Miller) Newman, Kim Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (Rich Horton) Niven, Larry, & Edward M. Lerner Betrayer of Worlds (Russell Letson) Niven, Larry, edited by Jonathan Strahan The Best of Larry Niven (Russell Letson) O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer Frankenstein's Monster (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Parker, K. J. Blue and Gold (Rich Horton) Parks, Richard On the Banks of the River of Heaven (Faren Miller) Patterson, William H., Jr. Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century (Gary K. Wolfe) Rafala, Carmelo The Immersion Book of SF (Gardner Dozois) Rafala, Carmelo The Immersion Book of SF (Rich Horton) Rice, Anne Of Love and Evil: The Songs of the Seraphim (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Sargent, Pamela Seed Seeker (Adrienne Martini) Shinn, Sharon Troubled Waters (Carolyn Cushman) Snyder, Lucy A. Shotgun Sorceress (Carolyn Cushman) Stroud, Jonathan The Ring of Solomon (Carolyn Cushman) Stroud, Jonathan The Ring of Solomon (Carolyn Cushman) Valente, Catherynne M. The Habitation of the Blessed (Faren Miller) Westerfeld, Scott Behemoth (Gary K. Wolfe) Willis, Connie All Clear (Adrienne Martini) Wolfe, Gene Home Fires (Gary K. Wolfe) Wyndham, John Chocky (Graham Sleight) Wyndham, John The Chrysalids (Graham Sleight) Wyndham, John The Day of the Triffids (Graham Sleight) Wyndham, John The Kraken Wakes (Graham Sleight) |
December 2010 Issue
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