Issue 762 Table of Contents, July 2024
The July 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with Cory Doctorow and Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ. News covers the 2024 Locus Awards winners and Locus Poll writeup, as well as the 2023 Nebula Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, and Seiun Awards, the transformation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s home into a writers residency site, the auction of the first Hugo trophy, the RWA bankruptcy, and much more. StokerCon 2024 is covered with a report and photos. Obituaries remember John Maddox Roberts, MaryAnn Harris, and Doug Lewis. Cory Doctorow’s column is entitled “SF Doesn’t Predict, It Contests”. Reviews cover new titles by Greg Egan, Nalo Hopkinson, Minsoo Kang, Christopher Barzak, Jonathan Lethem, Sarah Rees Brennan, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa Caruso, P.H. Low, Kaaron Warren, Joel Dane, Adam Marek, Robin Wasley, Kacen Callender, Gwenda Bond, Melissa Marr, Jared Pechaček, Michael J. DeLuca, Elwin Cotman, Anton Hur, Dee Kelly, Jr., Eric LaRocca, Chris Panatier, A.D. Sui, Michael Shea, Tim Pratt, Christopher Buehlman, Kevin Hearne, H.A. Clarke, Allan Kaster (ed.), and others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
July 2024 • Issue 762 • Vol. 93 • No. 1
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Francesca Myman
INTERVIEWS
Cory Doctorow: Reckoning / 10
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ: Mindframe / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6
2024 Locus Awards Winners • Locus Poll 2024 • 2023 Nebula Awards Winners • Bram Stoker Awards • Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees • Seiun Awards Winners • Lammy Winners
THE DATA FILE / 7
Le Guin Home to Host Writers Residency • First Hugo Trophy Auctioned • AnLab Awards Winners • SFWA Election Results • RWA Files for Bankruptcy • Violet Lichen Books • Mythopoeic Award Finalists • Nommo Awards Shortlist • Frank R. Paul Award Nominees • Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners • Xingyun Awards Winners • Kurd Laßwitz Preis Winners • Premios Kelvin Finalists • Announcements • SFPA News • World Conventions News • Legal News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Eugen Bacon, Ted Chiang, David Brin, Suzanne Collins, Pat Murphy, and many others.
CONVENTIONS
40th Anniversary Writers & Illustrators of the Future, 32 • LuxCon 2024, 52
SPECIAL FEATURES
Photo Story: Brooklyn Books & Booze, 59
CONVENTIONS
StokerCon 2024, 30
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May, 38 • Books Received: May, 39 • Bestsellers, 50 • New & Notable, 51
OBITUARIES / 61
John Maddox Roberts • MaryAnn Harris • Doug Lewis • Appreciation by Thom Kellogg
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 62
Scheduling • Nebula Awards • Locus Awards • This Issue and Beyond
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Subterranean 8/27/23, 4/21/24; Worlds of Possibility 4/24; Flash Fiction Online 4/24; Zooscape 4/15/24; Cast of Wonders 4/13/24, 5/5/24; Escape Pod 4/25/24; Strange Horizons 4/29/24, 5/16/24; Lightspeed 5/24; Diabolical Plots 5/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/2/24, 5/16/24; GigaNotoSaurus 5/1/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
Uncanny 5-6/24; The Deadlands Spring ’24; Apex #144; The Sunday Morning Transport 4/7/24, 4/21/24, 4/28/24, 5/5/24, 5/19/24; Reactor (1/1/24 – 5/22/24).
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 16
Asimov’s 5-6/24; Clarkesworld 5/24.
Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 17
Morphotrophic, Greg Egan.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 18
Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson; The Melancholy of Untold History, Minsoo Kang; A Voice Calling, Christopher Barzak; The Collapsing Frontier, Jonathan Lethem.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 20
Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan; In the Shadow of the Ship, Aliette de Bodard; The Last Hour Between Worlds, Melissa Caruso; These Deathless Shores, P.H. Low.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 22
The Underhistory, Kaaron Warren; The Ragpicker, Joel Dane; The Universe Delivers The Enemy You Need, Adam Marek.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 23
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, Robin Wasley; Infinity Alchemist, Kacen Callender; The Frame-Up, Gwenda Bond; Remedial Magic, Melissa Marr.
Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 24
The West Passage, Jared Pechaček; The Jaguar Mask, Michael J. DeLuca; Weird Black Girls, Elwin Cotman; Toward Eternity, Anton Hur.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 26
The Malachi Covenant, Dee Kelly, Jr.; This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances, Eric LaRocca; The Redemption of Morgan Bright, Chris Panatier.
Reviews by Divers Hands: ALEX BROWN, PAULA GURAN,
ADRIENNE MARTINI, ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 27
The Dragonfly Gambit, A.D. Sui; Momma Durtt, Michael Shea; The Knife and the Serpent, Tim Pratt; The Daughters’ War, Christopher Buehlman; The Hermit Next Door, Kevin Hearne; The Feast Makers, H.A. Clarke; The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8, Allan Kaster, ed.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Subterranean 8/27/23, 4/21/24 (Charles Payseur)
Worlds of Possibility 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Zooscape 4/15/24 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 4/13/24, 5/5/24 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 4/25/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 4/29/24, 5/16/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 5/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 5/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/2/24, 5/16/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 5/1/24 (Charles Payseur)
Uncanny 5-6/24 (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands Spring ’24 (Paula Guran)
Apex #144 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 4/7/24, 4/21/24, 4/28/24, 5/5/24, 5/19/24 (Paula Guran)
Reactor (1/1/24 – 5/22/24) (Paula Guran)
Asimov’s 5-6/24 (A.C. Wise)
Clarkesworld 5/24 (A.C. Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Barzak, Christopher • A Voice Calling (Gary K. Wolfe)
Bond, Gwenda • The Frame-Up (Colleen Mondor)
Brennan, Sarah Rees • Long Live Evil (Liz Bourke)
Buehlman, Christopher • The Daughters’ War (Adrienne Martini)
Callender, Kacen • Infinity Alchemist (Colleen Mondor)
Caruso, Melissa • The Last Hour Between Worlds (Liz Bourke)
Clarke, H. A. • The Feast Makers (Alexandra Pierce)
Cotman, Elwin • Weird Black Girls (Jake Casella Brookins)
Dane, Joel • The Ragpicker (Ian Mond)
de Bodard, Aliette • In the Shadow of the Ship (Liz Bourke)
DeLuca, Michael J. • The Jaguar Mask (Jake Casella Brookins)
Egan, Greg • Morphotrophic (Russell Letson)
Hearne, Kevin • The Hermit Next Door (Adrienne Martini)
Hopkinson, Nalo • Blackheart Man (Gary K. Wolfe)
Hur, Anton • Toward Eternity (Jake Casella Brookins)
Kang, Minsoo • The Melancholy of Untold History (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 (Alexandra Pierce)
Kelly, Dee, Jr. • The Malachi Covenant (Gabino Iglesias)
LaRocca, Eric • This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances (Gabino Iglesias)
Lethem, Jonathan • The Collapsing Frontier (Gary K. Wolfe)
Low, P. H. • These Deathless Shores (Liz Bourke)
Marek, Adam • The Universe Delivers the Enemy You Need (Ian Mond)
Marr, Melissa • Remedial Magic (Colleen Mondor)
Panatier, Chris • The Redemption of Morgan Bright (Gabino Iglesias)
Pechaček, Jared • The West Passage (Jake Casella Brookins)
Pratt, Tim • The Knife and the Serpent (Adrienne Martini)
Shea, Michael • Mamma Durtt (Paula Guran)
Sui, A. D. • The Dragonfly Gambit (Alex Brown)
Warren, Kaaron • The Underhistory (Ian Mond)
Wasley, Robin • Dead Things AreCloser Than They Appear (Colleen Mondor)
