Issue 764 Table of Contents, September 2024
The September 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Catherynne M. Valente and Justin C. Key and a spotlight on artist Micaela Alcaino. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2025. News covers 2024 Hugo Awards winners, the World Fantasy Awards ballot, Dragon Awards finalists, SFWA resignations, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees Okorafor and Griffith, MacInnes’s Clarke win, additional Gaiman allegations, the Galaxy magazine revival, and more. This month’s commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled Marshmallow Longtermism. International coverage includes the Future Fiction Workshop in Sichuan and SF/F/H in Spain. Taral Wayne, M.J. Engh, Deborah P. Kolodji, and A. Heather Wood are remembered with obituaries. Reviews include new titles by Rivers Solomon, Alan Moore, Adam Roberts, Nghi Vo, James S.A. Corey, Cherie Priest, Molly Morris, H.E. Edgmon, Helen Phillips, Pol Guasch, Logic, Michael J. DeLuca, Ken MacLeod, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ananda Lima, Jesse Ball, Kerstin Hall, Sven Holm, Sunny Moraine, Nikhil Singh, and others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
September 2024 • Issue 764 • Vol. 93 • No. 3
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art & design by Francesca Myman.
INTERVIEWS
Catherynne M. Valente: Get to the Future / 10
Justin C. Key: Roller Coaster / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5, 6 & 7
2024 Hugo Awards Winners • 2024 World Fantasy Awards Ballot • Dragon Awards Finalists • SFWA Resignations
THE DATA FILE / 7
MacInnes Wins Clarke • SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees • Worldcon 2026: Los Angeles • Alfie Awards • More Gaiman Allegations • Aurora Awards Winners • Mythopoeic Awards Winners • Sidewise Awards Winners • Nommo Awards Winners • Galaxy Revival • Clarion West News • 2024 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists • First Fandom Awards • Analog AnLab Winners • Asimov’s Readers’ Awards Winners • Otherwise Award Changes • Rosenbaum’s Game • Aldiss Awards Launch • BSFS Contest Honors Miller • Booker Prize Longlist • Eisner Awards Winners • WSFA Small Press Award Finalists • World Conventions News • Frank R. Paul Award Winners • Obama Summer Reading List • Workshop News • Book Ban News • Publishing News • Bookstore News • DarkLit Press Troubles • Awards News • Financial News
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Rebecca Yarros, Samuel R. Delany, John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Eugen Bacon, Chuck Tingle, and many others.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Marshmallow Longtermism, 27 • Spotlight on Micaela Alcaino, 35
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Future Fiction Workshop, 30 • Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror in Spain, 32
FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 36
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: July, 52 • Books Received: July, 53 • Bestsellers, 64 • New & Notable, 65
OBITUARIES / 77
Taral Wayne • M.J. Engh • Deborah P. Kolodji • A. Heather Wood
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Glasgow • Alfies • SFWA • This Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Flash Fiction Online 6/24; Strange Horizons 6/9/24, 6/24/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/27/24, 7/11/24; Escape Pod 7/11/24; Lightspeed 7/24; Baffling 7/24; GigaNotoSaurus 7/24; Diabolical Plots 7/24; Kaleidotrope Summer ’24; Small Wonders 7/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
Reactor 6/5/24 to 7/10/24; The Sunday Morning Transport 5/26/24 to 7/14/24; Nightmare 7/24; The Dark 6/24; Uncanny 7-8/24; Apex #145; Weird Horror Fall ’24.
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
khōréō 4.1; The Deadlands Spring ’24; Asimov’s 7-8/24.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Model Home, Rivers Solomon; The Great When, Alan Moore; Lake of Darkness, Adam Roberts; The City in Glass, Nghi Vo.
Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 17
The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 18
Cinderwich, Cherie Priest; Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet, Molly Morris; Merciless Saviors, H.E. Edgmon.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 19
Hum, Helen Phillips; Napalm in the Heart, Pol Guasch; Ultra 85, Logic.
Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 20
The Jaguar Mask, Michael J. DeLuca; A Jura for Julia, Ken MacLeod; Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 23
The City in Glass, Nghi Vo; Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Ananda Lima; The Repeat Room, Jesse Ball.
Reviews by Divers Hands: LIZ BOURKE, GABINO IGLESIAS, NEDINE MOONSAMY / 24
Asunder, Kerstin Hall; Termush, Sven Holm; Your Shadow Half Remains, Sunny Moraine; Dakini Atoll, Nikhil Singh.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Flash Fiction Online 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 6/9/24, 6/24/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/27/24, 7/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 7/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Baffling 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Kaleidotrope Summer ’24 (Charles Payseur)
Small Wonders 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Reactor 6/5/24 to 7/10/24 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 5/26/24 to 7/14/24 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 7/24 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 6/24 (Paula Guran)
Uncanny 7-8/24 (Paula Guran)
Apex #145 (Paula Guran)
Weird Horror Fall ’24 (Paula Guran)
khōréō 4.1 (A.C. Wise)
The Deadlands Spring ’24 (A.C. Wise)
Asimov’s 7-8/24 (A.C. Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Ball, Jesse • The Repeat Room (Jake Casella Brookins)
Corey, James S. A. • The Mercy of Gods (Russell Letson)
DeLuca, Michael J. • The Jaguar Mask (Niall Harrison)
Edgmon, H. E. • Merciless Saviors (Colleen Mondor)
Guasch, Pol • Napalm in the Heart (Ian Mond)
Hall, Kerstin • Asunder (Liz Bourke)
Holm, Sven • Termush (Gabino Iglesias)
Lima, Ananda • Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Jake Casella Brookins)
Logic • Ultra 85 (Ian Mond)
MacLeod, Ken • A Jura for Julia (Niall Harrison)
Moore, Alan • The Great When (Gary K. Wolfe)
Moraine, Sunny • Your Shadow Half Remains (Gabino Iglesias)
Morris, Molly • Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet (Colleen Mondor)
Phillips, Helen • Hum (Ian Mond)
Priest, Cherie • Cinderwich (Colleen Mondor)
Roberts, Adam • Lake of Darkness (Gary K. Wolfe)
Singh, Nikhil • Dakini Atoll (Nedine Moonsamy)
Solomon, Rivers • Model Home (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian • Alien Clay (Niall Harrison)
Vo, Nghi • The City in Glass (Gary K. Wolfe)
Vo, Nghi • The City in Glass (Jake Casella Brookins)
