Issue 761 Table of Contents, June 2024
The June 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with M.R. Carey and Travis Baldree and a spotlight on artist Raya Golden. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2025. News includes the Aurealis Awards winners, Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist, LA Times Book Prize winners, British Book Awards winners, and much more. The 40th Anniversary Writers & Illustrators of the Future and LuxCon 2024 are covered with reports and photos, plus an international report on SF in Bulgaria & Romania: How Many Dwarfs Does It Take to Match a Giant?, by Valentin D. Ivanov & Cristian Tamaș. Obituaries remember Ray Garton, Paul Auster, Travis Heermann, and John Trimble. Reviews include new titles by Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobi Ogundiran, Sarah Brooks, Jenn Lyons, Genoveva Dimova, Tim Pratt, Ken MacLeod, Cynthia Pelayo, Joma West, Ellen Oh, Georgia Summers, Lev Grossman, Vajra Chandrasekera, Cécile Cristofari, Emet North, Juli Min, Harlan Ellison, Kira Peikoff, Rebecca Roanhorse, Leigh Bardugo, ’Pemi Aguda, George R.R. Martin & Melinda M. Snodgrass (eds.), co-authors David Ritter, Daniel Ritter, Sam McDonald, & John L. Coker III., and more.
TABLE of CONTENTS
June 2024 • Issue 761 • Vol. 92 • No. 6
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art & design by Francesca Myman.
INTERVIEWS
M.R. Carey: Vertical Freedom / 10
Travis Baldree: Event Horizon / 30
MAIN STORIES / 6
Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist • Aurealis Awards Winners • LA Times Book Prize Winners • Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame • SFRA Awards • British Book Awards Winners
THE DATA FILE / 7
Aurora Awards Ballot • PRH News • Seiun Awards Nominees • World Conventions News • Apparition Lit to Close • Sturgeon Symposium News • Edgar Awards Winners • Australasian Shadows Awards Shortlist • Announcements • Publishing News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about R.S.A. Garcia, Kate Heartfield, Michael Cisco, H.G. Parry, Nadia Afifi, Cynthia Pelayo, and many others.
CONVENTIONS
40th Anniversary Writers & Illustrators of the Future, 32 • LuxCon 2024, 52
FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 34
INTERNATIONAL REPORT / 50
SF in Bulgaria & Romania: How Many Dwarfs Does It Take to Match a Giant? by Valentin D. Ivanov & Cristian Tamaș
SPECIAL FEATURES
Photo Story: Hexagon Retreat XV, 52 • Spotlight on Raya Golden, 53 • Photo Story: Rainforest Writers Retreat, 76
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: March, 54 • Books Received: March, 55 • Bestsellers, 66 • New & Notable, 67
OBITUARIES / 77
Ray Garton • Appreciation by Richard Curtis • Paul Auster • Travis Heermann • John Trimble
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Locus Awards • Fundraiser Rewards • Interns & Volunteers • This Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Escape Pod 3/21/24, 3/28/24; Three-Lobed Burning Eye 3/24; Strange Horizons 3/18/24, 3/25/24, 4/1/24, 4/8/24; GigaNotoSaurus 3/24; Fiyah Spring ’24; Baffling 4/24; Diabolical Plots 4/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/4/24, 4/18/24; Kaleidotrope 4/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
Analog 3-4/24; khōréō 3.4; Clarkesworld 4/24.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Navola, Paolo Bacigalupi; In the Shadow of the Fall, Tobi Ogundiran; The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Sarah Brooks; The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom, Volume Three: 1941, David Ritter, Daniel Ritter, Sam McDonald, & John L. Coker III.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 18
The Sky on Fire, Jenn Lyons; Foul Days, Genoveva Dimova; The Knife and the Serpent, Tim Pratt.
Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 20
Beyond the Reach of Earth, Ken MacLeod; Beyond the Light Horizon, Ken MacLeod.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 21
Forgotten Sisters, Cynthia Pelayo; Twice Lived, Joma West; The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, Ellen Oh; The City of Stardust, Georgia Summers.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 22
The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman; Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera; The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands, Sarah Brooks.
Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 24
Elephants in Bloom, Cécile Cristofari; Beyond the Light Horizon, Ken MacLeod; In Universes, Emet North; Shanghailanders, Juli Min.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 27
Forgotten Sisters, Cynthia Pelayo; Greatest Hits, Harlan Ellison; Baby X, Kira Peikoff.
Reviews by Divers Hands: ALEX BROWN, PAULA GURAN, ALEXANDRA PIERCE, WOLE TALABI / 28
Mirrored Heavens, Rebecca Roanhorse; Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle, George R.R. Martin & Melinda M. Snodgrass, eds.; The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo; Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Escape Pod 3/21/24, 3/28/24 (Charles Payseur)
Three-Lobed Burning Eye 3/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 3/18/24, 3/25/24, 4/1/24, 4/8/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 3/24 (Charles Payseur)
Fiyah Spring ’24 (Charles Payseur)
Baffling 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/4/24, 4/18/24 (Charles Payseur)
Kaleidotrope 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Analog 3-4/24 (A.C. Wise)
khōréō 3.4 (A.C. Wise)
Clarkesworld 4/24 (A.C. Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Aguda, ‘Pemi • Ghostroots (Wole Talabi)
Bacigalupi, Paolo • Navola (Gary K. Wolfe)
Bardugo, Leigh • The Familiar (Alexandra Pierce)
Brooks, Sarah • The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands (Gary K. Wolfe)
Brooks, Sarah • The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands (Ian Mond)
Chandrasekera, Vajra • Rakesfall (Ian Mond)
Christofar, Cécile • Elephants in Bloom (Niall Harrison)
Dimova, Genoveva • Foul Days (Liz Bourke)
Ellison, Harlan • Greatest Hits (Gabino Iglesias)
Grossman, Lev • The Bright Sword (Ian Mond)
Lyons, Jenn • The Sky on Fire (Liz Bourke)
MacLeod, Ken • Beyond the Light Horizon (Niall Harrison)
MacLeod, Ken • Beyond the Light Horizon (Russell Letson)
MacLeod, Ken • Beyond the Reach of Earth (Russell Letson)
Martin, George R. R., & Melinda M. Snodgrass, eds. • Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle (Paula Guran)
Min, Julie • Shanghailanders (Niall Harrison)
North, Emet • In Universes (Niall Harrison)
Ogundiran, Tobi • In the Shadow of the Fall (Gary K. Wolfe)
Oh, Ellen • The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee (Colleen Mondor)
Peikoff, Kira • Baby X (Gabino Iglesias)
Pelayo, Cynthia • Forgotten Sisters (Colleen Mondor)
Pelayo, Cynthia • Forgotten Sisters (Gabino Iglesias)
Pratt, Tim • The Knife and the Serpent (Liz Bourke)
Ritter, David, & Daniel Ritter • The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom, Volume Three: 1941 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Roanhorse, Rebecca • Mirrored Heavens (Alex Brown)
Summers, Georgia • The City of Stardust (Colleen Mondor)
West, Joma • Twice Lived (Colleen Mondor)
