Issue 749 Table of Contents, June 2023
The June 2023 issue of Locus has interviews with Connie Willis and Emma Törzs and a spotlight on artist Eli John. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2024. News covers the 2023 Nebula Awards, Nicola Griffith’s Bradbury Prize win, HWA awards, the Orbit Works imprint launch, the Aurora Awards ballot, the book ban lawsuit in Florida, and much more. The SFWA Nebula Conference, 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, and Hal-Con 2023 are covered with reports and photos, plus a photo story on the Bay Area Book Festival. Obituaries remember Martin Amis, Lee Harding, and Sara Schwager. Reviews include new titles by M.A. Carrick, S.L. Huang, K.B. Wagers, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Howard Waldrop, Josh Rountree, Niall Harrison, Christopher Hartland, Leslie Vedder, Jade Song, Matthew Cheney, Dilman Dila, María Fernanda Ampuero, Julianna Baggott, Xian Mao, Claire North, Joe R. Lansdale, Premee Mohamed, Nicholas Binge, Mark Oshiro, Lorraine Avila, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ian R. MacLeod, Connie Willis, T. Kingfisher, Sara Hashem, and editors Chinelo Onwualu, Khadijah Queen, K. Ibura, and Allan Kaster, among others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
June 2023 • Issue 749 • Vol. 90 • No. 6
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Stephen H. Segal
INTERVIEWS
Connie Willis: Roswell Redux / 10
Emma Törzs: Explaining Things to Myself / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6
2023 Nebula Awards Winners • Griffith Wins Bradbury Prize • Orbit Works • HWA Awards • New Leaf Controversy • Aurora Awards Ballot
THE DATA FILE / 7
Book Ban Lawsuit • Inaugural Infinity Award • Announcements • Contest News • Toni Morrison Exhibit • Westercon 75 Canceled • Bookstore News • Mythopoeic Awards Finalists • Kitschies Finalists • Seiun Award Nominees • Edgar Awards Winners • World Conventions News • Publishing News • Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Shortlist • Omega Sci-Fi Awards • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Terry Bisson, Amal El-Mohtar, Ada Hoffman, R.S.A. Garcia, Patrick Rothfuss, and many others
CONVENTIONS
SFWA Nebula Conference, 5 • 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, 34 • Hal-Con 2023, 35
SPECIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Eli John, 33 • Photo Story: Bay Area Book Festival, 53
FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 38
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: April, 54 • Books Received: April, 55 • Bestsellers, 66 • New & Notable, 67
OBITUARIES / 76
Martin Amis • Lee Harding • Appreciation by Janeen Webb • Sara Schwager • Appreciation by Janny Wurts
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Locus Awards • A New Fan • Nebs Plus This Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Strange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23; Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23; Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23; Kaleidotrope 4/23; Fiyah Spring ’23; Diabolical Plots 4/23; GigaNotoSaurus 4/23; Fusion Fragment 4/23; 3LBE 4/23; Baffling 4/23; Flash Fiction Online 4/23; Lightspeed 5/23; F&SF 5-6/23.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
Uncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23; Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23; Apex #137; The Deadlands 4/23; The Dark 3/23; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/22; Podcastle 4/11/23; PseudoPod 4/14/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 2/26/23, 3/5/23, 3/12/23, 4/2/23, 4/9/23 & 4/23/23; Weird Horror Spring ’23.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 15
Labyrinth’s Heart, M.A. Carrick; The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang; The Ghosts of Trappist, K.B. Wagers.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Flight & Anchor, Nicole Kornher-Stace; H’ard Starts: The Early Waldrop, Howard Waldrop; The Legend of Charlie Fish, Josh Rountree; All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays, Niall Harrison.
Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 18
Against the Stars, Christopher Hartland; The Severed Thread, Leslie Vedder.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 19
Chlorine, Jade Song; The Last Vanishing Man, Matthew Cheney; All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays, Niall Harrison.
Reviews by EUGEN BACON / 20
Where Rivers Go to Die, Dilman Dila; Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction, Chinelo Onwualu, ed.; Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Con- junctions, Khadijah Queen & K. Ibura, eds..
Reviews by CAREN GUSSOFF SUMPTION / 22
Human Sacrifices, María Fernanda Ampuero; The Wick, Julianna Baggott; Apollo Weeps, Xian Mao.
Reviews by ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 23
House of Odysseus, Claire North; The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7, Allan Kaster, ed.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 24
The Donut Legion, Joe R. Lansdale; No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed; Ascension, Nicholas Binge.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 25
Into the Light, Mark Oshiro; The Making of Yolanda La Bruja, Lorraine Avila; Harvest House, Cynthia Leitich Smith.
Reviews by Divers Hands: RUSSELL LETSON, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ARCHITA MITTRA / 26
Ragged Maps, Ian R. MacLeod; The Road to Roswell, Connie Willis; Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher; The Jasad Heir, Sara Hashem.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 17, 19, 24
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Strange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Kaleidotrope 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fiyah Spring ’23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
3LBE 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Baffling 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 5/23 (Charles Payseur)
F&SF 5-6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Uncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23 (Paula Guran)
Apex #137 (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands 4/23 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 3/23 (Paula Guran)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/22 (Paula Guran)
Podcastle 4/11/23 (Paula Guran)
PseudoPod 4/14/23 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 2/26/23, 3/5/23, 3/12/23, 4/2/23, 4/9/23 & 4/23/23 (Paula Guran)
Weird Horror Spring ’23 (Paula Guran)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Ampurero, María Fernanda • Human Sacrifices (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Avila, Lorraine • The Making of Yolanda La Bruja (Colleen Mondor)
Baggott, Julianna • The Wick (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Binge, Nicholas • Ascension (Gabino Iglesias)
Carrick, M. A. • Labyrinth’s Heart (Liz Bourke)
Cheney, Matthew • The Last Vanishing Man (Ian Mond)
Dila, Dilman • Where Rivers Go to Die (Eugen Bacon)
Harrison, Niall • All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays (Gary K. Wolfe)
Harrison, Niall • All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays (Ian Mond)
Hartland, Christopher • Against the Stars (Alex Brown)
Hashem, Sara • The Jasad Heir (Archita Mittra)
Huang, S. L. • The Water Outlaws (Liz Bourke)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 (Alexandra Pierce)
Kingfisher, T. • Thornhedge (Adrienne Martini)
Kornher-Stace, Nicole • Flight & Anchor (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lansdale, Joe R. • The Donut Legion (Gabino Iglesias)
MacLeod, Ian R. • Ragged Maps (Russell Letson)
Mao, Xian • Apollo Weeps (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Mohamed, Premee • No One Will Come Back for Us (Gabino Iglesias)
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia • Silver Nitrate (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire • House of Odysseus (Alexandra Pierce)
Onwualu, Chinelo, ed. • Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction (Eugen Bacon)
Oshiro, Mark • Into the Light (Colleen Mondor)
Queen, Khadijah, & K. Ibura, eds. • Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Conjunctions (Eugen Bacon)
Rountree, Josh • The Legend of Charlie Fish (Gary K. Wolfe)
Smith, Cynthia Leitich • Harvest House (Colleen Mondor)
Song, Jade • Chlorine (Ian Mond)
Vedder, Leslie • The Severed Thread (Alex Brown)
Wagers, K. B. • The Ghosts of Trappist (Liz Bourke)
Waldrop, Howard • H’ard Starts: The Early Waldrop (Gary K. Wolfe)
Willis, Connie • The Road to Roswell (Adrienne Martini)
