Issue 768 Table of Contents, January 2025
The January 2025 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee and Tobi Ogundiran and a spotlight on artist Ethan Price. Main stories include the last Kitschies Awards winners, Percival Everett’s National Book Awards win, the conclusion of the Internet Archive case, and more. People and publishing covers news about Isabel Allende, Ken Liu, Kosoko Jackson, Adam Cesare, Ai Jiang, Sarah Gailey, and many others. Obituaries remember Trent Zelazny and Anand Vaidya. Reviews cover new titles by Nick Newman, Mary G. Thompson, Amal El-Mohtar, Cory Doctorow, Stefan Ekman, Olivia Waite, Katherine Addison, Lois McMaster Bujold, Grady Hendrix, Leyna Krow, Eliza Clark, Julia Armfield, Hiromi Kawakami, Ali Smith, Erin K. Wagner, Jordan Shiveley, Sofia Ajram, J.S. Breukelaar, M.L. Rio, Brian Evenson, H.G. Parry, Maiga Doocy, Beth Revis, Makana Yamamoto, Allan Kaster (ed), Gautam Bhatia, and others.
TABLE of CONTENTS
December 2024 • Issue 767 • Vol. 93 • No. 6
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art & design by Francesca Myman.
INTERVIEWS
Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee: Breath of the Dragon / 10
Tobi Ogundiran: Choices & Consequences / 28
MAIN STORIES / 6
The Last Kitschies Awards Winners • Everett Wins NBA • IA Case Concludes •
SFWA News • Best Books of 2024
THE DATA FILE / 7
World Conventions News • Workshop News • Dragon Awards Nominations
Open • Stonefruit Studio Launch • Goodreads Choice Award Winners • ASFS
Statement on Ekpeki and New Code of Conduct • King Closes Stations • Wiz Duos
• Publishing News • Top Audiobooks of 2024 • New Tidhar Film • Bookstore
News • Announcements • Awards News • Financial News • International
Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Isabel
Allende, Ken Liu, Kosoko Jackson, Adam Cesare, Ai Jiang, Sarah Gailey, and
many others.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Artist Ethan Price, 27 • Brooklyn Books and Booze, 51
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: November, 30 • Books Received: November, 31 • Bestsellers, 44 • New & Notable, 45
OBITUARIES / 53
Trent Zelazny • Anand Vaidya • Appreciation by Manjula Menon
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 54
January • Recommended List • Change Is in the Air… • To All of Our Supporters • This Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Escape Pod 10/31/24; Worlds of Possibility 10/24; Samovar 10/28/24; Flash Fiction Online 10/24; Cast of Wonders 10/20/24, 11/11/24; Strange Horizons 10/21/24, 11/4/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11/14/24, 11/28/24; Small Wonders 11/24; Lightspeed 11/24; Fusion Fragment 11/24; GigaNotoSaurus 11/24; Diabolical Plots 11/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
The Sunday Morning Transport (9/22/24 – 12/01/24); The Deadlands Fall ’24; The Dark 12/24; Nightmare 10/24; Uncanny 11/12-24; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 9/24; Reactor (10/2/24 – 11/20/24).
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
Clarkesworld 11/24; Augur 7.2; Asimov’s 11-12/24.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
The Garden, Nick Newman; One Level Down, Mary G. Thompson; The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar; Picks and Shovels, Cory Doctorow; SHORT TAKE: Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic, Stefan Ekman.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 18
Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite; The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar; The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison; Demon Daughter, Lois McMaster Bujold.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 19
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix; Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids, Leyna Krow; She’s Always Hungry, Eliza Clark.
Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 20
Private Rites, Julia Armfield; Under the Eye of the Big Bird, Hiromi Kawakami; Gliff, Ali Smith; Mechanize My Hands to War, Erin K. Wagner.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 22
Hot Singles in Your Area, Jordan Shiveley; Coup de Grâce, Sofia Ajram; Remedy, J.S. Breukelaar; Graveyard Shift, M.L. Rio; Good Night, Sleep Tight, Brian Evenson.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 24
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, H.G. Parry; Sorcery and Small Magics, Maiga Doocy; How to Steal a Galaxy, Beth Revis.
Reviews by Divers Hands: ALEXANDRA PIERCE, ABIGAIL NUSSBAUM / 25
Hammajang Luck, Makana Yamamoto; The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fifth Annual Collection, Allan Kaster, ed; The Sentence, Gautam Bhatia.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Escape Pod 10/31/24 (Charles Payseur)
Worlds of Possibility 10/24 (Charles Payseur)
Samovar 10/28/24 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 10/24 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 10/20/24, 11/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 10/21/24, 11/4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 11/14/24, 11/28/24 (Charles Payseur)
Small Wonders 11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 11/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 11/24 (Charles Payseur)
The Sunday Morning Transport (9/22/24 – 12/01/24) (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands Fall ’24 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 12/24 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 10/24 (Paula Guran)
Uncanny 11/12-24 (Paula Guran)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 9/24 (Paula Guran)
Reactor (10/2/24 – 11/20/24) (Paula Guran)
Clarkesworld 11/24 (AC Wise)
Augur 7.2 (AC Wise)
Asimov’s 11-12/24 (AC Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Addison, Katherine • The Tomb of Dragons (Liz Bourke)
Ajram, Sofia • Coup de Grâce (Gabino Iglesias)
Armfield, Julia • Private Rites (Niall Harrison)
Bhatia, Gautam • The Sentence (Abigail Nussbaum)
Breukelaar, J. S. • Remedy (Gabino Iglesias)
Bujold, Lois McMaster • Demon Daughter (Liz Bourke)
Clark, Eliza • She’s Always Hungry (Ian Mond)
Doctorow, Cory • Picks and Shovels (Gary K. Wolfe)
Doocy, Maiga • Sorcery and Small Magics (Colleen Mondor)
Ekman, Stefan • Urban Fantasy: Exploding Modernity through Magic (Gary K. Wolfe)
El-Mohtar, Amal • The River Has Roots (Gary K. Wolfe)
El-Mohtar, Amal • The River Has Roots (Liz Bourke)
Evenson, Brian • Good Night, Sleep Tight (Gabino Iglesias)
Hendrix, Grady • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Ian Mond)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fifth Annual Collection (Alexandra Pierce)
Kawakami, Hiromi • Under the Eye of the Big Bird (Niall Harrison)
Krow, Leyna • Sinkhold and Other Inexplicable Voids (Ian Mond)
Newman, Nick • The Garden (Gary K. Wolfe)
Parry, H. G. • The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door (Colleen Mondor)
Revis, Beth • How to Steal a Galaxy (Colleen Mondor)
Rio, M. L. • Graveyard Shift (Gabino Iglesias)
Shiveley, Jordan • Hot Singles in Your Area (Gabino Iglesias)
Smith, Ali • Gliff (Niall Harrison)
Thompson, Mary G. • One Level Down (Gary K. Wolfe)
Wagner, Erin K. • Mechanize My Hands to War (Niall Harrison)
Waite, Olivia • Murder by Memory (Liz Bourke)
Yamamoto, Makana • Hammajang Luck (Alexandra Pierce)
