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2025 British Audio Awards Shortlists
The Bookseller has announced the shortlists for the inaugural British Audio Awards.
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GigaNotoSaurus, Small Wonders and Lightspeed: Reviews by Charles Payseur
GigaNotoSaurus 6/25 Small Wonders 6/25 Lightspeed 6/25 The June GigaNotoSaurus story is “The Starter Family” by Sage Tyrtle, which introduces readers to Charles, a supposedly good citizen and Forever Boy. He’s supposed to grow up and pick out his own Starter Wife and Starter Child, eventually graduating to a Forever Wife and Forever Child if he’s successful enough. And what happens to the Starters Wives and Children? Probably best not
Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise
Clarkesworld 6/25 The June issue of Clarkesworld gets off to a strong start with “Emily of Emerald Starship” by Ng Yi-Sheng, a gorgeously written story full of lush detail, which borrows inspiration and characters (with permission) from Stella Kon’s play Emily of Emerald Hill. Kijani runs a stable, giving riding lessons, where he meets and ultimately falls for Richard. Richard’s mother is a starship who gave up the human parts
Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang: Review by Archita Mittra
Immaculate Conception, Ling Ling Huang (Dutton 9780593850435, $28.00, 304pp, hc) May 2025. Ling Ling Huang’s sophomore novel Immaculate Conception is a compelling, meticulously crafted foray into the futures of art and technology, mediated through the lens of a codependent friendship that blossoms between two artistically inclined women, Enka (our protagonist) and her muse and rival, Mathilde. Philosophical, nuanced, and engrossing, Immaculate Conception turned out to be a fascinating read, raising
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher (Tor 978-1-25034-203-4, $28.99, 368pp, hc) August 2025. Like many writers of her generation – and for that matter, several generations before her – T. Kingfisher occasionally revisits the materials of fairy tales, confronting the age-old problem of what to do with age-old stories. To borrow from the sort of oddball biology lessons that have become a trademark of Ursula Vernon’s awards acceptance talks at conventions,
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity edited by Lee Mandelo: Review by Alex Brown
Being queer and trans in the United States in 2025 is both a herculean effort and an experience of profound joy. Every day brings some new horror aimed at eradicating my rights as a person, putting eugenics back on the law books, and dragging us back into the closet and chaining the door shut.
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Weekly New Releases Video is Live!
Locus is back with another video where we go over the top new releases in the SF, Fantasy, Horror, and YA genres! We post weekly, and don’t want you to miss out on these amazing new releases, so consider subscribing to the channel to keep up-to-date on future videos whilst supporting what we do! We hope to see you here next week!
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People & Publishing Roundup, September 2025
MILESTONES THOMAS HA is now represented by Michael Curry of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. AWARDS KRIS NEVILLE is the winner of the 2025 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors, announced at Readercon 34, held July 17-20, 2025 in Quincy MA. The jurors are Ann VanderMeer, Steven H Silver, and Rich Horton. MARLON JAMES is the winner of the 2025 Best in
2025 National Book Awards Longlists
Longlists for the National Book Awards (NBA) have been announced. Categories, authors, and books of genre interest include Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People’s Literature, and Translated Literature. Finalists will be announced October 7, 2025 and winners will be honored at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 19, 2025.
New Book Video for the Week of September 9th!
Welcome back to another exciting video on our favorite new releases for the week of September 9th, 2025! We’re going over the top releases in the SF, Fantasy, Horror, and YA fields! We post weekly, so consider subscribing to the channel to keep up-to-date on future videos whilst also supporting what we do! Swing by next week for another amazing new video!
Hopkinson Wins 2025 Sunburst Award
The Sunburst Award Society has announced Nalo Hopkinson, author of Blackheart Man (Saga), as the winner of this year’s Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Other shortlisted works include: Mood Swings, Frankie Barnet (McClelland & Stewart) Bird Suit, Sydney Hegele (Invisible) Code Noir, Canisia Lubrin (Knopf Canada) A Seal of Salvage, Clayton B. Smith (Breakwater) Hopkinson, who also won the Award in 2003 and 2008, receives
2025 Prix ActuSF de l’Uchronie Winners
ActuSF has announced the winners for the 2025 Prix de l’Uchronie. The prize is awarded to works of alternate history, written or translated into French and published between March 15, 2024 and March 14, 2025. Prix Littéraire WINNER: Kid Wolf et Kraken Boy [Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy], Sam J. Miller, translated by Michel Pagel (Le Bélial) Halcyon, Elliot Ackerman, translated by Janique Jouin-de Laurens (Gallmeister) La Croisière bleue, Laurent
