Issue 751 Table of Contents, August 2023
The August 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Karen Lord and Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore. News covers the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees, Sheila Gilbert’s retirement, Irene Gallo’s departure from Tor, and the Shirley Jackson, Kitschies, and Prometheus awards winners. Reports include StokerCon, BayCon, the 2023 Locus Survey results, and more. This year’s Locus Awards Weekend is covered with a full report and photos. Alan Arkin and Nicky Singer are remembered with obituaries. Reviews cover new titles by Lauren Beukes, Wole Talabi, Christopher Priest, T. Kingfisher, Nghi Vo, Shelley Parker-Chan, Cat Rambo, R.J. Barker, Melissa Scott, E.G. Condé, Isabel Cañas, Tananarive Due, Chloe Gong, Lina Rather, Kell Woods, Hilary Leichter, Molly Lynch, Yukimi Ogawa, Sara Flannery Murphy, Kika Hatzopoulou, Alex Woodroe (ed.), Danielle Trussoni, Martin MacInnes, Kit Whitfield, Daniel M. Ford, Eugen Bacon (ed.), Sue Burke, and many others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
August 2023 • Issue 751 • Vol. 91 • No. 2
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Francesca Myman
INTERVIEWS
Karen Lord: First Contact / 10
Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore: No Borders / 26
MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6
2023 Hugo Awards Ballot • Shirley Jackson Awards Winners • SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees • The Kitschies • Prometheus Awards Winners • Gilbert Retires • Gallo Leaves Tor
THE DATA FILE / 7
PRH Layoffs • Hugo Voting Open • Phoenix Books Launch • Wellman Award Winner • ChatGPT Lawsuits • Le Guin Prize Shortlist • Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Finalists • Eugie Award Finalists • Utopia Awards Nominees • Ignotus Finalists • Yoto Carnegie Medal Winners • Publishing News • Bookstore News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Robert Silverberg, Nnedi Okorafor, Jack Skillingstead, Naomi Kritzer, Jordan Peele, Eden Royce, and many others.
CONVENTIONS
2023 Locus Awards, 28 • BayCon 2023, 30 • StokerCon 2023, 31
SPECIAL FEATURES
2023 Locus Survey Results, 34 • Photo Story: Sycamore Hill Writers Conference, 59
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: June, 37 • Books Received: June, 39 • Bestsellers, 50 • New & Notable, 51
OBITUARIES / 61
Alan Arkin • Nicky Singer
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 62
Awards Season • Locus Awards • Locus Awards Videos • Worldcon/World Fantasy
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Cast of Wonders, 5/25/23; Strange Horizons 5/22/23, 5/29/23, 6/5/23, 6/10/23, 6/12/23; Hexagon Sum- mer ’23; Flash Fiction Online 6/23; Diabolical Plots 6/23; Fantasy 6/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/1/23, 6/15/23; GigaNotoSaurus 6/23; Fusion Fragment 6/23; Lightspeed 7/23; F&SF 7-8/23.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 15
The Sunday Morning Transport 5/7/23; 5/14/23; 5/18/23; 5/28/23; 6/4/23; 6/11/23; 6/18/23; Tor.com 5/10/23; 5/24/23; 6/4/23; 6/7/23; 6/11/23; 6/18/23; The Deadlands 5/23, 6/23; The Dark 5/23, 6/23; Nightmare 6/23, 7/23; PodCastle 4/11/23; 5/9/23; 5/23/23; Baffling 4/23.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Bridge, Lauren Beukes; Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi; Airside, Christopher Priest; Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher; Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 18
He Who Drowned the World, Shelley Parker-Chan; Devil’s Gun, Cat Rambo; Gods of the Wyrdwood, R.J. Barker; The Master of Samar, Melissa Scott.
Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 20
Sordidez, E.G. Condé; Vampires of El Norte, Isabel Cañas; The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Tananarive Due.
Reviews by ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 21
Immortal Longings, Chloe Gong; A Season of Monstrous Conceptions, Lina Rather; After the Forest, Kell Woods.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 22
Terrace Story, Hilary Leichter; The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman, Molly Lynch; Like Smoke, Like Light, Yukimi Ogawa.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 23
The Wonder State, Sara Flannery Murphy; Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulou.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 24
Dark Matter Presents Monstrous Futures: A Sci-Fi Horror Anthology, Alex Woodroe, ed.; The Puzzle Master, Danielle Trussoni.
Reviews by Divers Hands: NIALL HARRISON, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ARCHITA MITTRA / 25
In Ascension, Martin MacInnes; All the Hollow of the Sky, Kit Whitfield; The Warden, Daniel M. Ford; Dual Memory, Sue Burke; Languages of Water, Eugen Bacon, ed.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 17, 19, 21
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Cast of Wonders 5/25/23 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 5/22/23, 5/29/23, 6/5/23, 6/10/23, 6/12/23 (Charles Payseur)
Hexagon Summer ’23 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy 6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/1/23, 6/15/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 7/23 (Charles Payseur)
F&SF 7-8/23 (Charles Payseur)
The Sunday Morning Transport 5/7/23, 5/14/23, 5/18/23, 5/28/23, 6/4/23, 6/11/23, 6/18/23 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 5/10/23, 5/24/23, 6/4/23, 6/7/23, 6/11/23, 6/18/23 (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands 5/23, 6/23 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 5/23, 6/23 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 6/23, 7/23 (Paula Guran)
PodCastle 4/11/23, 5/9/23, 5/23/23 (Paula Guran)
Baffling 4/23 (Paula Guran)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Bacon, Eugen, ed. • Languages of Water (Archita Mittra)
Barker, R. J. • Gods of the Wyrdwood (Liz Bourke)
Beukes, Lauren • Bridge (Gary K. Wolfe)
Burke, Sue • Dual Memory (Adrienne Martini)
Cañas, Isabel • Vampires of El Norte (Alex Brown)
Condé, E. G. • Sordidez (Alex Brown)
Due, Tananarive • The Wishing Pool and Other Stories (Alex Brown)
Ford, Daniel M. • The Warden (Adrienne Martini)
Gong, Chloe • Immortal Longings (Alexandra Pierce)
Hatzopoulou, Kika • Threads That Bind (Colleen Mondor)
Kingfisher, T. • Thornhedge (Gary K. Wolfe)
Leichter, Hilary • Terrace Story (Ian Mond)
Lynch, Molly • The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman (Ian Mond)
MacInnes, Martin • In Ascension (Niall Harrison)
Murphy, Sara Flannery • The Wonder State (Colleen Mondor)
Ogawa, Yukimi • Like Smoke, Like Light (Ian Mond)
Parker-Chan, Shelley • He Who Drowned the World (Liz Bourke)
Priest, Christopher • Airside (Gary K. Wolfe)
Rambo, Cat • Devil’s Gun (Liz Bourke)
Rather, Lina • A Season of Monstrous Conceptions (Alexandra Pierce)
Scott, Melissa • The Master of Samar (Liz Bourke)
Talabi, Wole • Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Gary K. Wolfe)
Trussoni, Danielle • The Puzzle Master (Gabino Iglesias)
Vo, Nghi • Mammoths at the Gate (Gary K. Wolfe)
Whitfield, Kit • All the Hollow of the Sky (Niall Harrison)
Woodroe, Alex, ed. • Dark Matter Presents Monstrous Futures: A Sci-Fi Horror Anthology (Gabino Iglesias)
Woods, Kell • After the Forest (Alexandra Pierce)
