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January 2008 • Issue 564 • Vol. 60 No. 1
41st Year of Publication • 28-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Design by Arnie Fenner

I N T E R V I E W S
Brian Aldiss: Above Ground / 6
M. Rickert: The Right Shape / 68
H A P P Y    9 0 T H    B I R T H D A Y,    A R T H U R    C.    C L A R K E! / 5
Dispatches From the Future by Sir Arthur C. Clarke • Letters and Appreciations for Arthur C. Clarke from Frederik Pohl, Greg Bear, Stephen Baxter, David Brin, Gregory Benford, Richard A. Lupoff, and Frank M. Robinson • Arthur C. Clarke: A Photo Retrospective • Q&A with Sir Arthur C. Clarke
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 William Gibson, Terry Pratchett, Frederik Pohl, Tim Powers, Lester del Rey, Ken MacLeod, and many others
M A I N    S T O R I E S / 10
Sanderson Named Jordan’s Collaborator • Sanderson, d’Angelo Win 2007 UPC Award • Hobb Wins Endeavour
T H E    D A T A    F I L E / 11
Taos Toolbox • Harry Potter and the Amazon Bid • Garth’s Game • SF Professor Position Open • Judge Rules Reading Private • Dating, the Final Frontier • The Attributor • British Children Reading Less • AMS Liquidated • PMA Battles Galley Sales • First Edition Book Clubs • Pullman Pulled • Bixby Film Finished • Worldcons News • Potter News • US Discworld Convention • Publishing News • Awards News • Magazine News • Financial News • Manga Madness • International Rights • Other Rights
C O M M E N T A R Y / 31
Artist Rights by Cory Doctorow
C O N V E N T I O N S
World Fantasy / 5    SFWA New York Reception / 39
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: November / 44    Books Received: November / 45   
British Books Received: October / 57    Bestsellers / 60
O B I T U A R I E S / 65
Peter Haining • Appreciation by Stephen Jones • Colin KappCharles WhitingSidney Coleman • Appreciations by Earl Kemp and Gregory Benford • Susan Chandler
E D I T O R I A L    M A T T E R S / 67
My Month • Arthur C. Clarke at 90 • Ken Slater at 90 • Sid Coleman • This Issue • Next Issue



L O C U S    L O O K S    A T    B O O K S
Short Fiction Reviews by Nick Gevers / 12
Asimov’s 1/08; Asimov’s 2/08; F&SF 2/08; The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two, George Mann, ed.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton / 13
F&SF 1/08; Asimov’s 1/08; Analog 1-2/08; Realms of Fantasy 12/07; Paradox Autumn ’07; Tin House Fall ’07; Abyss and Apex 4Q ’07; Black Static 9/07; Apex Digest 11; Postscripts Autumn ’07; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/07; Subterranean #7, Summer ’07; Subterranean 7, Fall ’07.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 15
Pump Six and Other Stories, Paolo Bacigalupi; The Secret History of Moscow, Ekaterina Sedia; Firstborn, Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter; Five Stories, Peter Straub; SHORT TAKES: The Voyage of the Proteus: An Eyewitness Account of the End of the World, Thomas M. Disch; Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury; Summer Morning, Summer Night, Ray Bradbury.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 21
Ghost, Alan Lightman; Zeroville, Steve Erickson; Tin House: Fantastic Women Fall ’07, Rick Moody, ed.; The Secret History of Moscow, Ekaterina Sedia; SHORT TAKES: The Night Tourist, Katherine Marsh; Rynemonn, Terry Dowling.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 21
The Dragons of Babel, Michael Swanwick; Hunter’s Run, George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, & Daniel Abraham.
Reviews by Nick Gevers / 23
Galactic Empires, Gardner Dozois, ed.; Hunter’s Run, George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, & Daniel Abraham.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25
A War of Gifts, Orson Scott Card; Angel Isle, Peter Dickinson; Igraine the Brave, Cornelia Funke; Book of a Thousand Days, Shannon Hale; The Outlaw Demon Wails, Kim Harrison; Reserved for the Cat, Mercedes Lackey; Dog Days, John Levitt; The Down Home Zombie Blues, Linnea Sinclair; Kitty and the Silver Bullet, Carrie Vaughn.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Graham Sleight & Rich Horton / 27
The Dreaming Void, Peter F. Hamilton; Hello Summer, Goodbye/I Remember Pallahaxi, Michael Coney.
Locus Looks at Art Books: Reviews by Karen Haber / 31
Beowulf: A Tale of Blood, Heat and Ashes, Nicky Raven & John Howe; John Howe Fantasy Art Workshop, John Howe; The Devil’s Rose, Brom; Fantasy Art Now: The Very Best In Contemporary Fantasy Art & Illustration, Martin McKenna, ed.; Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara, James Gurney; SHORT TAKES: The True Meaning of Smekday, Adam Rex; The Art of Daniel Merriam: The Eye of the Dreamer, Daniel Merriam; The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sis.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 15, 19, 27
Quoted Without Comment / 45
 
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