Issue 748 Table of Contents, May 2023

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Locus Magazine, Science Fiction Fantasy


TABLE of CONTENTS
May 2023 • Issue 748 • Vol. 90 • No. 5
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Stephen H. Segal

INTERVIEWS
Mary Robinette Kowal: The Futures of Many Pasts / 10 C.L. Clark: Hope and Tragedy / 26

MAIN STORIES / 6
Unger Wins PKD Award • Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit • Whitehead Wins National Humanities Medal BSFA Awards Winners • Satifka Wins Endeavour

THE DATA FILE / 7
Tokuda-Hall and Scholastic Controversy • Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices • Jennings Wins Crook Award • Guggenheim Fellows • Prometheus Award Finalists • Audie Awards Winners • SFWA News • Amazon News • Publishing News • Legal News • Announcements • Awards News • Financial News

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Salman Rushdie, Kelley Armstrong, Zen Cho, Chuck Wendig, Cherie Priest, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: The Swivel-Eyed Loons Have a Point, 24 • Photo Story: Salam Award Writers’ Workshop, 29 • Photo Story: Rainforest Writers Retreat, 33 • Spotlight on Ed Binkley, 34

CONVENTIONS
2023 Williamson Lectureship, 28 • 2023 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 30 • Norwescon 45, 33

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: March, 35 • Books Received: March, 36 • Bestsellers, 46 • New & Notable, 47

OBITUARIES / 55
Rachel Pollack • Appreciations by Ellen Kushner, Roz Kaveney, Alisa Kwitney, Terry Bisson, and John Clute • Eric Brown • Michael Reaves • Joseph Wrzos • Anne Perry

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 58
Karen Burnham’s Farewell • Creature Feature • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Cast of Wonders 2/25/23, 2/28/23; Worlds of Possibility 2/23; Samovar 2/27/23; Strange Horizons 2/20/23, 3/6/23, 3/13/23; Diabolical Plots 3/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/9/23, 3/23/23; GigaNotoSaurus 3/23; Hexagon 3/23; Flash Fiction Online 3/23; Lightspeed 3/23, 4/23; Fantasy 3/23, 4/23.

Short Fiction Reviews by KAREN BURNHAM / 14
Analog 3-4/23; Asimov’s 3-4/23; Clarkesworld 3/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 2/19/23, 3/5/23.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
The Way Home, Peter S. Beagle; Under My Skin, K.J. Parker; Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee.

Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 17
The Iron Princess, Barbara Hambly; To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose.

Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 18
Season of Skulls, Charles Stross; Translation State, Ann Leckie.

Reviews by IAN MOND / 19
Titanium Noir, Nick Harkaway; Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Hospital, Han Song.

Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 20
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix; Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross; The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, Roshani Chokshi.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 21
The Haunting of Alejandra, V. Castro; Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez; The Merry Dredgers, Jeremy C. Shipp.

Reviews by Divers Hands: ANGELA SLATTER, CAREN GUSSOFF SUMPTION / 22
Don’t Fear the Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones; The Curator, Owen King.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 16, 18, 21


Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Cast of Wonders 2/25/23, 2/28/23 (Charles Payseur)
Worlds of Possibility 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Samovar 2/27/23 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 2/20/23, 3/6/23, 3/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/9/23, 3/23/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Hexagon
3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online
3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed
3/23, 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy
3/23, 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Analog
3-4/23 (Karen Burnham)
Asimov’s
3-4/23 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld
3/23 (Karen Burnham)
The Sunday Morning Transport
2/19/23, 3/5/23 (Karen Burnham)


Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame • Chain-Gang All-Stars (Ian Mond)
Beagle, Peter S. • The Way Home (Gary K. Wolfe)
Blackgoose, Moniquill • To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (Liz Bourke)
Castro, V. • The Haunting of Alejandra (Gabino Iglesias)
Chokshi, Roshani • The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Colleen Mondor)
Enriquez, Mariana • Our Share of Night (Gabino Iglesias)
Hambly, Barbara • The Iron Princess (Liz Bourke)
Harkaway, Nick • Titanium Noir (Ian Mond)
Jones, Stephen Graham • Don’t Fear the Reaper (Angela Slatter)
King, Owen • The Curator (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Leckie, Ann • Translation State (Russell Letson)
Lee, Fonda • Untethered Sky (Gary K. Wolfe)
Nix, Garth • The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Colleen Mondor)
Parker, K. J. • Under My Skin (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ross, Rebecca • Divine Rivals (Colleen Mondor)
Shipp, Jeremy C. • The Merry Dredgers (Gabino Iglesias)
Song, Han • Hospital (Ian Mond)
Stross, Charles • Season of Skulls (Russell Letson)

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