Issue 747 Table of Contents, April 2023

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Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy


TABLE of CONTENTS
April 2023 • Issue 747 • Vol. 90 • No. 4
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS
Charlie Jane Anders: Know What You Want / 10
Ray Nayler: Biosemiotics / 28

MAIN STORIES /
5 & 6
2022 Nebula Awards Ballot • Stoker Awards Final Ballot • SFWA Awards • BSFA Shortlist • Aurealis Awards Shortlist • Bradbury Prize Finalists

THE DATA FILE / 7
Hugo Nominations Are Open • Clarkesworld Poll Winners • Asimov’s Readers’ Awards • AnLab Awards Finalists • Endeavour Award Finalists • Dick Award Judges • Uncanny Reader Poll • Apex Reader’s Choice Awards • Audie Awards Finalists • Ekpeki Denied US Entry • 2023 Sturgeon Symposium • Lambda Awards Finalists • Horror Spotlight Best of 2022 • 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 Ling Ma, Terry Pratchett, Leigh Bardugo, Fonda Lee, Minsoo Kang, and many others

2022 THE YEAR IN REVIEW / 32
2022 Book Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES / 37
Spotlight On Eli Minaya

CONVENTIONS / 38
Boskone 60

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: February / 39 Books Received: February / 40 Bestsellers / 52 New & Notable / 53

OBITUARIES / 62
Christopher Fowler • John Jakes • Valerie Smith • John Teehan • Kenzaburo Oe • DEATH NOTED: Dave Pether

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 63
Boskone • ICFA • Poll & Survey/Locus Awards • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Reckoning 1/23; Fusion Fragment 1/23; Drabblecast 1-2/23; Strange Horizons 1/16/23, 1/23/23, 1/30/23, 2/6/23, 2/13/23; Diabolical Plots 2/23; GigaNotoSaurus 2/23; Escape Pod 2/3/23; Cast of Wonders 2/1/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/9/23, 2/23/23; Lightspeed 2/23; Fantasy 2/23; F&SF 3-4/23.

Short Fiction Reviews by KAREN BURNHAM / 14
Asimov’s 1-2/23; Clarkesworld 2/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23.

Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 15
Uncanny 1-2/23; Tor.com 2/1/23, 2/8/23, 2/15/23, 2/22/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 1/8/23, 1/18/23, 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23, 2/19/23; Apex 1/23.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Conquest, Nina Allan; The Collected Enchantments, Theodora Goss; The Voice That Murmurs in the Darkness, James Tiptree, Jr.; Behold the Ape, James Morrow.

Reviews by ADRIENNE MARTINI / 18
A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher; Witch King, Martha Wells; Translation State, Ann Leckie.

Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 19
Rose/House
, Arkady Martine; Village in the Sky, Jack McDevitt.

Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 20
Rubicon, J.S. Dewes; The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry.

Reviews by IAN MOND / 21
Flux
, Jinwoo Chong; Dazzling, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ; Sing, Nightingale, Marie Hélène Poitras.

Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 22
Extended Stay, Juan Martinez; Feed Them Silence, Lee Mandelo; A Brief History of Living Forever, Jaroslav Kalfař; Rose/House, Arkady Martine.

Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 24
Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues
, H.S. Valley; Linghun, Ai Jiang; That Self-Same Metal, Brittany N. Williams.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 25
The Scourge Between Stars, Ness Brown; All Hallows, Christopher Golden; The Spite House, Johnny Compton.

Reviews by Divers Hands: ARCHITA MITTRA, COLLEEN MONDOR, ALEXANDRA PIERCE, CAREN GUSSOFF SUMPTION, WOLE TALABI / 26
Seasparrow
, Kristin Cashore; Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett; Wildblood, Lauren Blackwood; Descendant Machine, Gareth L. Powell; Bitter Medicine, Mia Tsai; Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran.

TERRY BISSON: This Month in History / 13, 15, 18, 25


Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Reckoning 1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment
1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Drabblecast 1-2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 1/16/23, 1/23/23, 1/30/23, 2/6/23, 2/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 2/3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 2/1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/9/23, 2/23/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
F&SF 3-4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Asimov’s 1-2/23 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 2/23 (Karen Burnham)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 1-2/23 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 2/1/23, 2/8/23, 2/15/23, 2/22/23 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/8/23, 1/18/23, 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23, 2/19/23 (Paula Guran)
Apex 1/23 (Paula Guran)


Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Allan, Nina • Conquest (Gary K. Wolfe)
Blackwood, Lauren • Wildblood (Colleen Mondor)
Brown, Ness • The Scourge Between Stars (Gabino Iglesias)
Cashore, Kristin • Seasparrow (Archita Mittra)
Chong, Jinwoo • Flux (Ian Mond)
Compton, Johnny • The Spite House (Gabino Iglesias)
Dewes, J. S. • Rubicon (Liz Bourke)
Emelumadu, Chikodili • Dazzling (Ian Mond)
Fawcett, Heather • Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Colleen Mondor)
Golden, Christopher • All Hallows (Gabino Iglesias)
Goss, Theodora • The Collected Enchantments (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jiang, Ai • Linghun (Alex Brown)
Kalfar, Jaroslav • A Brief History of Living Forever (Jake Casella Brookins)
Kingfisher, T. • A House With Good Bones (Adrienne Martini)
Leckie, Ann • Translation State (Adrienne Martini)
Mandelo, Lee • Feed Them Silence (Jake Casella Brookins)
Martine, Arkady • Rose/House (Jake Casella Brookins)
Martine, Arkady • Rose/House (Russell Letson)
Martinez, Juan • Extended Stay (Jake Casella Brookins)
McDevitt, Jack • Village in the Sky (Russell Letson)
Morrow, James • Behold the Ape (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ogundiran, Tobi • Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic (Wole Talabi)
Parry, H. G. • The Magician’s Daughter (Liz Bourke)
Poitras, Marie Hélène • Sing, Nightingale (Ian Mond)
Powell, Gareth L. • Descendant Machine (Alexandra Pierce)
Tiptree, James, Jr. • The Voice That Murmers in the Darkness (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tsai, Mia • Bitter Medicine (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Valley, H. S. • Tim Te Maro and the Subteerranean Heartsick Blues (Alex Brown)
Wells, Martha • Witch King (Adrienne Martini)
Williams, Brittany N. • That Self-Same Metal (Alex Brown)

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