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Thursday 28 December 2006• Features: Yesterday's Tomorrows: Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight's column "Yesterday's Tomorrows" from Locus Magazine, looking at classic works by Arthur C. Clarke and George R. Stewart, is reposted here with responses from readers and comments enabled.
Saturday 23 December 2006• Locus Magazine: Yesterday's Tomorrows: Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight's column "Yesterday's Tomorrows" from Locus Magazine looks at classic works from a contemporary perspective -- here Arthur C. Clarke's 2001, Rendezvous with Rama, The City and the Stars, and Childhood's End, and George R. Stewart's Earth Abides. Locus publishers Charles N. Brown offers his comments, and yours are invited.
Thursday 21 December 2006• Locus Magazine: January Issue
The January issue, mailing today to subscribers (early this month due to the holiday break), has interviews with Naomi Novik, Ginjer Buchanan, and Allen Steele, more tributes to the late Jack Williamson, feature essays by Jeff VanderMeer, Cory Doctorow, and Amelia Beamer, and reviews of books by Stephen Baxter, Geraldine McCaughrean, Michael Flynn, Robert Charles Wilson, John Clute, and many others.
Thursday 7 December 2006• Locus Magazine: James Morrow: Reason & Doubt
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's December Issue interview with James Morrow.
For me, the great irony of our time is that even as Bush is denouncing Darwin, condemning stem-cell research as blasphemy, and encouraging what he calls 'faith-based initiatives,' his administration is hoping against hope that something resembling a rational, secular, post-Enlightenment republic will emerge in Iraq. It's a towering irony.
Tuesday 28 November 2006• Locus Magazine: December Issue
The December issue, mailing Thursday to subscribers, has an interview with James Morrow, obituaries and appreciations of Jack Williamson, Nelson Bond, and Stanley Meltzoff, and forthcoming books listings through September 2007.
Monday 27 November 2006• Future History: Forthcoming BooksSelected US and UK titles scheduled for December 2006 through September 2007, from Locus Magazine's December issue, are listed here by month. Friday 24 November 2006• Locus Magazine: China Miéville Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's November Issue interview with China Miéville.
SF and fantasy are inheritors of visionary literature, and science fiction is simply one fuzzy set of that modern pulp wing of visionary literature which describes its vision through a sometimes spurious, sometimes accurate vocabulary of scientific rationality. But SF is about is that kind of ecstatic vision.
Tuesday 14 November 2006• Locus Magazine: Cory Doctorow Commentary
The March of the Polygons: 
HD is poison for special-effects movies. Whatever sins are hidden in a standard-definition 12-inch TV set are thrown into stark relief by big, crisp displays. Whatever longevity can be wrung from a movie by releasing it to smaller, more forgiving screens is cut short by the living-room behemoths that are being pushed on us today.
Tuesday 31 October 2006• Locus Magazine: November Issue
The November issue, mailed today to subscribers, has an interview with China Miéville, essays by Cory Doctorow and Alastair Reynolds, and obituaries and appreciations of Wilson Tucker and John M. Ford.
Thursday 19 October 2006• Locus Magazine: Paul Park Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's October Issue interview with Paul Park.
Faith is almost antithetical to spirituality, not just in religious matters but in many others. When people have faith in their country, in their political party, in their leaders, it causes them to act in a way that can be controlled by others. That behavior comes out of a kind of laziness, where they don't examine the reasons why they do things. Doubt is a magical thing, doubt comes from God's hands and everything good that happens comes out of it, so it can't be inimical to spirituality.
• Locus Magazine: Mary Anne Mohanraj Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's October Issue interview with Mary Anne Mohanraj.
Transitioning from a mainstream story to a fantasy story is a difficult thing to do. I haven't figured out how to write within a fantasy framework while maintaining the level of realism that I need in my fiction. Right now my agent tells me probably the best career move is to solidify my mainstream fiction, and then I can write all the fantasy novels I want. Go the Michael Chabon route: win a Pulitzer first!
Thursday 28 September 2006• Locus Magazine: October Issue
The October issue, mailed today to subscribers, has interviews with Paul Park and Mary Anne Mohanraj, coverage of this year's Hugo Awards, and essays marking the 40th anniversary of Star Trek.
Tuesday 26 September 2006• Locus Magazine: James Patrick Kelly Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's September Issue interview with James Patrick Kelly.
I think science fiction is the most important writing there is today, because it tackles the largest issues fearlessly. These thought experiments get repeated, over and over again. Not that there isn't entertainment value in science fiction as well -- you've got characters and plots and beautiful writing, and I'm certainly not one who says the idea is more important than the story. The ideas are the story, and the story can't exist if there are no ideas to explore.
• Locus Magazine: Ken MacLeod Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's September Issue interview with Ken MacLeod.
The whole notion of extrapolation is one of those pseudoscientific pieces of gobbledygook that science fiction writers use to justify themselves. Science fiction doesn't really extrapolate; it explores and experiments. Attempts to use science fiction to project a particular political view often end up very preachy and not very convincing as writing.
Monday 11 September 2006• Commentary from Locus MagazineCory Doctorow: How Copyright Broke
The Internet is a machine for copying things cheaply, quickly, and with as little control as possible, while copyright is the right to control who gets to make copies, so these two abstractions seem destined for a fatal collision, right? Wrong.
Thursday 31 August 2006• Future History: Forthcoming BooksSelected US and UK titles scheduled for September 2006 through June 2007, from Locus Magazine's September issue, are listed here by month. Wednesday 30 August 2006• Locus Magazine: September Issue
The September issue, mailed yesterday to subscribers, has interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Ken MacLeod, a new Commentary by Cory Doctorow, obituary and remembrances of David Gemmell, and Forthcoming Books listings through June 2007.
Monday 21 August 2006• Locus Magazine: Ian McDonald Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's August Issue interview with Ian McDonald.
• Locus Magazine: John C. Wright Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's August Issue interview with John C. Wright.
Thursday 27 July 2006• Locus Magazine: August Issue
The August issue, mailing today to subscribers, remembers Jim Baen, with appreciations by Lois McMaster Bujold, David Weber, Tom Doherty, and others
Tuesday 25 July 2006• Locus Magazine: Peter Straub Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's July Issue interview with Peter Straub.
• Locus Magazine: Joe Hill Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's July Issue interview with Joe Hill.
Wednesday 5 July 2006• Commentary from Locus Magazine
Thursday 22 June 2006• Locus Magazine: Christopher Priest Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's June Issue interview with Christopher Priest.
• Locus Magazine: Betsy Wollheim Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's June Issue interview with Betsy Wollheim.
• Locus Magazine: Jay Lake Interview
Locus Online excerpts Locus Magazine's June Issue interview with Jay Lake.
Wednesday 7 June 2006• Future History: Forthcoming BooksSelected US and UK titles scheduled for June 2006 through March 2007, from Locus Magazine's June issue, are listed here by month. ... 2006» Future HistoryConvention Listings are updated through 2008. Thursday 2 March 2005• Future History: Forthcoming BooksSelected US and UK titles scheduled for March through December 2006, from Locus Magazine's March issue, are listed here by month Wednesday 1 February 2006• 2006 Locus Poll & Survey
The 2006 Locus Poll & Survey ballot is now online — along with a special online-only Poetry Poll. Deadline for both: April 15th.
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December 2006
 Thu 7 Dec 06 —
Excerpts are posted from the interview with James Morrow.
Tue 28 Nov 06 —
The December issue, mailing 30 November to subscribers, has
• an interview with James Morrow; • obituaries and appreciations of Jack Williamson, Nelson S. Bond, and Stanley Meltzoff • listings of forthcoming books through September 2007 • Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
November 2006
 Fri 24 Nov 06 —
Excerpts are posted from the interview with China Miéville.
Tue 31 Oct 06 —
The November issue, mailing today to subscribers, has
• interview with China Miéville; • essays by Cory Doctorow and Alastair Reynolds • obituaries and appreciations of John M. Ford and Wilson Tucker • coverage of L.A. Con IV and many reviews • Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
October 2006
 Thu 19 Oct 06 —
Excerpts are posted from interviews with Paul Park and Mary Anne Mohanraj.
Thu 28 Sep 06 —
The October issue, mailing today to subscribers, has coverage of this year's Hugo Awards, interviews with Paul Park and Mary Anne Mohanraj, and essays on the 40th anniversary of Star Trek
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
September 2006
 Tue 26 Sep 06 —
Excerpts are posted from interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Ken MacLeod.
Wed 30 Aug 06 —
The September issue, mailed 29 August to subscribers, has interviews with James Patrick Kelly and Ken MacLeod, remembrances of David Gemmell, and forthcoming books listings through June 2007
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
August 2006
 Mon 21 Aug 06 —
Excerpts are posted from interviews with Ian McDonald and John C. Wright.
Thu 27 Jul 06 —
The August issue, mailing today to subscribers, remembers Jim Baen, with appreciations by Lois McMaster Bujold, David Weber, Tom Doherty, and others; plus, interviews with Ian McDonald and John C. Wright
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
JULY 2006
 Tue 25 Jul 06 —
Excerpts are posted from interviews with Peter Straub and Joe Hill.
Sun 2 Jul 06 —
The July issue, mailed June 29th to subscribers, has interviews with Peter Straub and Joe Hill along with a Special Horror Section, the 2006 Locus Awards Winners and Poll Results, and a new column by Cory Doctorow
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
JUNE 2006
 Thu 22 Jun 06 —
Excerpts are posted from interviews with Christopher Priest, Jay Lake, and Betsy Wollheim.
Tue 30 May 06 —
The June issue, mailing today to subscribers, has interviews with Christopher Priest, Jay Lake, and Betsy Wollheim, forthcoming books listings through March 2007, and more
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
MAY 2006
 Thu 25 May 06 —
Excerpts from May interviews with Holly Black, Kenneth Oppel, and
Scott Westerfeld...A lot of YA is about identity: 'Who am I?' 'How do I fit into this world?' There's that uncomfortableness in your skin. And if you're a science fiction writer or reader that never goes away, because you're still looking at the world and challenging it, saying 'Does it have to be this way? Does it make any sense that we follow these rules?' Thu 27 Apr 06 —
The May issue of Locus Magazine, mailing today to subscribers, is a special Young Adult Fiction issue, with essays by Ursula K. Le Guin, Garth Nix, Graham Joyce, and others, plus interviews with Kenneth Oppel, Scott Westerfeld, and Holly Black.
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
APRIL 2006
 Mon 24 Apr 06 —
Excerpts from April interviews with Justina Robson...My new book is hugely autobiographical. When I was writing it I thought, 'I'm going to be honest about what goes on inside my head, just on the off-chance it goes through a lot of other people's heads as well.' ...and with Elizabeth Bear: I write my science fiction and fantasy exactly the same way: I try to be very rigorous and create logical structures. Science fiction is this great big chessboard, a game where you're moving stuff around, breaking it to see what happens. It's the literature of testing to destruction. Wed 29 Mar 06 —
The April issue, mailing 30 March to subscribers, has interviews with Elizabeth Bear and Justina Robson, an obituary and appreciations of Octavia E. Butler, reviews of books by Vernor Vinge, Naomi Novick, Hal Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, and many others.
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
MARCH 2006
Wed 22 Mar 06 —
Excerpts from March interviews with Robert Jordan...I started The Wheel of Time knowing how it began and how it all ended. I could have written the last scene of the last book 20 years ago. ...and with Harry Harrison: My generation of writers were all fans. The field was very small and we met in the old-fashioned way: We wrote letters to the editor with addresses on them.  Wed 1 Mar 06 —
The March issue, mailed 28 Feb to subscribers, has interviews with Robert Jordan and Harry Harrison, Forthcoming Books listings through December 2006, reviews of books by Stephen King, Justina Robson, Fredric Jameson, Charlie Huston, and others, and much more
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books
FEBRUARY 2006
Fri 24 Feb 06 —
February's interview with Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett is excerpted...We are actually just starting to think about beginning to ponder the idea of exploring the possibilities of perhaps someday writing a sequel together...  Tue 31 Jan 06 —
The February issue, mailing today to subscribers, is the annual year-in-review issue, with the 2005 Recommended Reading List, summaries of the year in publishing, and essays on the best books of the year, as well as new interviews of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books Online bonus: this earlier 1991 interview with Gaiman & Pratchett... 
JANUARY 2006
Thu 26 Jan 06 —
January issue's interview with Geoff Ryman is excerpted...
If you had asked me which was the worst thing to be labeled as, gay or an SF writer, I'd have said gay: kills you stone-dead in the market. Then ...
January issue's interview with S.M. Stirling is excerpted...
Changing one law of nature is like eating one salted peanut. It's really hard to confine things that way without totally losing internal consistency ...
January issue's interview with Dave Duncan is excerpted...
As for anyone who doesn't believe in evolution, ask them how they got there -- because they probably came in a car, driven on gasoline, which comes from oil. I was an oil geologist ...
 Wed 28 Dec 05 —
The January issue, mailed December 23rd to subscribers, is a special Canadian issue, with interviews of Geoff Ryman, Dave Duncan, and S.M. Stirling, and commentary by Cory Doctorow, Robert J. Sawyer, and others
• Table of Contents • Locus Bestsellers • New & Notable Books 
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