Issue 763 Table of Contents, August 2024
The August 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Sarah Langan and Moniquill Blackgoose and spotlights on artist Chris McGrath and the Authors Against Book Bans organization. News covers the Shirley Jackson and Prometheus awards winners, the Hugo Awards disqualification, a new Orbit horror imprint, and much more. Reports include the 2024 Locus Awards Weekend, the SFWA Nebula Conference, Readercon, BayCon, the Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the 2024 Locus Survey results. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled “Unpersoned”. Robert Irwin is remembered with an obituary. Reviews cover new titles by Nnedi Okorafor, Sarah Pinsker, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Terry Bisson, John Clute, Rob Costello (ed.), Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell (eds.), Leslye Penelope, Nicola Yoon, Puloma Ghosh, Jeff Noon & Steve Beard, Abigail Nussbaum, Shawn Carpenter, T. Kingfisher, Tomi Adeyemi, Xueting C. Ni (ed.), Hafsah Faizal, Ciera Burch, Allie Millington, Kim Harrison, Andrea Hairston, Ahmed Naji (ed.), Craig DiLouie, Josh Malerman, Ann Liang, and many others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
August 2024 • Issue 763 • Vol. 93 • No. 2
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Francesca Myman.
INTERVIEWS
Sarah Langan: The Ultimate Gaslight / 10
Moniquill Blackgoose: Also There Are Dragons / 28
MAIN STORIES / 6 & 7
Shirley Jackson Awards Winners • Sturgeon Award Finalists • Prometheus Awards Winners • Eugie Award Finalists • Hugo Awards Disqualification
THE DATA FILE / 7
CSFFA Hall of Fame • Wellman Award Winner • Sidewise Awards Nominees • Ignyte Awards Finalists • Le Guin Prize Shortlist • Sir Julius Vogel Awards Winners • Changes at Augur • New Orbit Horror Imprint • N3F Awards • Prix Imaginales Winners • Scribe Awards Finalists • Tolkien Memorial Unveiled • Heinlein Scholarship Recipients • World Conventions News • DuBois Arrested • Gaiman Allegations • Publishing News • Magazine News • Bookstore News • Workshop News • Announcements • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Theodora Goss, John Chu, Park Seolyeon, AG Rodriguez, Liselle Sambury, L. Marie Wood, and many others.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Unpersoned, 27 • Spotlight on Chris McGrath, 41 • 2024 Locus Survey Results, 42 • Spotlight on Authors Against Book Bans, 45 • Photo Story: Sycamore Hill, 65
CONVENTIONS
SFWA Nebula Conference, 30 • BayCon 2024, 34 • Readercon 33, 34 • The Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, 35 • 2024 Locus Awards, 38
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May, 46 • Books Received: May, 47 • Bestsellers, 58 • New & Notable, 59
OBITUARIES / 69
Robert Irwin • Appreciation by Eric Lane
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 70
Locus Awards • Worldcon • This Issue/Next Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Small Wonders 5/24; Flash Fiction Online 5/24; Cast of Wonders 5/29/24; Escape Pod 5/16/24; Strange Horizons 5/20/24, 5/27/24, 6/10/24, 6/17/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/30/24, 6/13/24; Hexagon 6/24; Fusion Fragment 6/24; Diabolical Plots 6/24; GigaNotoSaurus 6/24; Lightspeed 6/24; Worlds of Possibility 6/24; Reactor 6/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
khōréō 3.4; Analog 5-6/24; Clarkesworld 6/24.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
She Who Knows, Nnedi Okorafor; Haunt Sweet Home, Sarah Pinsker; New Adventures in Space Opera, Jonathan Strahan, ed. SHORT TAKES: Tomorrowing, Terry Bisson; The Book Blinders, John Clute.
Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 18
We Mostly Come Out at Night, Rob Costello, ed.; The Black Girl Survives in This One, Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell, eds.; Daughter of the Merciful Deep, Leslye Penelope; One of Our Kind, Nicola Yoon.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 20
Mouth, Puloma Ghosh; Gogmagog, Jeff Noon & Steve Beard; Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 22
The Price of Redemption, Shawn Carpenter; A Sorceress Comes to Call, T. Kingfisher.
Reviews by EUGEN BACON / 23
Children of Anguish and Anarchy, Tomi Adeyemi; Sinophagia, Xueting C. Ni, ed.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 24
A Tempest of Tea, Hafsah Faizal; Something Kindred, Ciera Burch; Olivetti, Allie Millington; Three Kinds of Lucky, Kim Harrison.
Reviews by Divers Hands: SEAN DOWIE, NIALL HARRISON, GABINO IGLESIAS, ARCHITA MITTRA / 25
Archangels of Funk, Andrea Hairston; Egypt + 100, Ahmed Naji, ed.; How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive, Craig DiLouie; Incidents Around the House, Josh Malerman; A Song to Drown Rivers, Ann Liang.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Small Wonders 5/24 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 5/24 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 5/29/24 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 5/16/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 5/20/24, 5/27/24, 6/10/24, 6/17/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/30/24, 6/13/24 (Charles Payseur)
Hexagon 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Worlds of Possibility 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Reactor 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
khōréō 3.4 (A.C. Wise)
Analog 5-6/24 (A.C. Wise)
Clarkesworld 6/24 (A.C. Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Adeyemi, Tomi • Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Eugen Bacon)
Bisson, Terry • Tomorrowing (Gary K. Wolfe)
Burch, Ciera • Something Kindred (Colleen Mondor)
Carpenter, Shawn • The Price of Redemption (Liz Bourke)
Clute, John • The Book Blinders (Gary K. Wolfe)
Costello, Rob, ed. • We Mostly Come Out at Night (Alex Brown)
DiLouie, Craig • How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive (Gabino Iglesias)
Evans, Desiree S., & Saraciea J. Fennell, eds. • The Black Girl Survives in This One (Alex Brown)
Faizal, Hafsah • A Tempest of Tea (Colleen Mondor)
Ghosh, Puloma • Mouth (Ian Mond)
Hairston, Andrea • Archangels of Funk (Sean Dowie)
Harrison, Kim • Three Kinds of Lucky (Colleen Mondor)
Kingfisher, T. • A Sorceress Comes to Call (Liz Bourke)
Liang, Ann • A Song to Drown Rivers (Archita Mittra)
Malerman, Josh • Incidents Around the House (Gabino Iglesias)
Millington, Allie • Olivetti (Colleen Mondor)
Naji, Ahmed, ed. • Egypt + 100 (Niall Harrison)
Ni, Xueting C., ed. • Sinophagia (Eugen Bacon)
Noon, Jeff, & Steve Beard • Gogmagog (Ian Mond)
Nussbaum, Abigail • Track Changes (Ian Mond)
Okorafor, Nnedi • She Who Knows (Gary K. Wolfe)
Penelope, Leslye • Daughter of the Merciful Deep (Alex Brown)
Pinsker, Sarah • Haunt Sweet Home (Gary K. Wolfe)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • New Adventures in Space Opera (Gary K. Wolfe)
Yoon, Nicola • One of Our Kind (Alex Brown)
