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The April 2009 issue of Locus Magazine features:
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
April 2009 • Issue 579 • Vol. 62 No. 4
I N T E R V I E W S
Graham Joyce: Ghost Writing / 6
Ekaterina Sedia: Secret History / 68
P E O P L E & P U B L I S H I N G
/ 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Murray Leinster, Tanith Lee, Nalo Hopkinson, Greg Bear, Orson Scott Card, Robert J. Sawyer and many others
P H O T O S T O R I E S
/ 9
Poe in Pennsylvania • Dubai Literary Festival
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 5 & 10
2009 Hugo Awards Nominations • 2008 Nebula Awards Ballot • 2009 Clarke Award Nominees • 2009 SF Hall of Fame Inductees • Realms Revived • 2008 Stoker Ballot
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
Angry Robot Launch • 2009 Philip K. Dick Award Judges • Sci Fi/Syfy • Solaris for Sale • Ellison Sues • Cussler Loses Case • Barnes and Noble Buys Fictionwise • Kevin J. Anderson Rocks • Ackerman Auction • Borders Embattled • Amazon Backs Down • Amazon Defends Kindle • King's Kindle Exclusive • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Off the Block • Random Buys Ten Speed • Clarion South Seeking Donations • EU Allows VAT Cut for E-books • Google Book Settlement News • Anderson News Closes and Sues • Big Money for Books • Suvudu Free First Book Library • Free Book Free-for-All • Patterson's Chain Thriller • Announcements • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received • Catalogues Received
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 32 & 67
Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) and appreciations from Gary K. Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, Christopher Paul Carey, Mary A. Turzillo, and Richard A. Lupoff • Edward Upward • James Purdy • Chuck Crayne • André Caroff
2 0 0 8 B R I T I S H B O O K S U M M A R Y
/ 42
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: February / 46
Books Received: February / 47
British Books Received: January / 56 Bestsellers / 58
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 70
Our Anniversary • Hugo Nomination • Visitors • Awards Nominations • More Awards • Phil • Asides • This Issue • Next Issue • Locus Awards Voting & Ceremony
L O C U S L O O K S A T B O O K S
Gardnerspace: Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois
/ 13
Other Earths, Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, eds.; We Think, Therefore We Are, Peter Crowther, ed.; Cyberabad Days, Ian McDonald; F&SF 3/09; Asimov's 3/09; Apex Magazine 2/09; Apex Magazine 1/09; Tor.com.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 15
We Think, Therefore We Are, Peter Crowther, ed.; Crime Spells, Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, eds.; Ages of Wonder, Julie E. Czerneda & Rob St. Martin, eds.; Other Earths, Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, eds.; Realms of Fantasy 4/09; F&SF 4-5/09; Analog 4/09; Strange Horizons 2/09; Tor.com 1/09; Tor.com 2/09; Abyss & Apex 1st Quarter '09; Lone Star Stories 2/09; Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed.; The Sun Inside, David J. Schwartz.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 17
The City & The City, China Miéville; The Manual of Detection, Jedediah Berry; Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover; The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There, Daniel Pinkwater; Cheek by Jowl, Ursula K. Le Guin.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 19
Corambis, Sarah Monette; Kings and Assassins, Lane Robins; The Dark Volume, Gordon Dahlquist; Hand of Isis, Jo Graham; The Ten Thousand, Paul Kearney.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 21
The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume One: Call Me Joe, Poul Anderson; The Revolution Business, Charles Stross.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 23
Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts; This Is Not a Game, Walter Jon Williams; The Caryatids, Bruce Sterling; The Mystery of Grace, Charles de Lint.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 25
Worldweavers: Cybermage, Alma Alexander; The Glassmaker's Daughter, V. Briceland; Turn Coat, Jim Butcher; Flinx Transcendent, Alan Dean Foster; Imager, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.; A Forthcoming Wizard, Jody Lynn Nye; Mortal Coils, Eric Nyland; Prophets; S. Andrew Swann.
Review by Richard A. Lupoff
/ 27
The Dracula Dossier, James Reese.
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Graham Sleight
/ 29
Dune, Frank Herbert.
Locus Looks at Art Books: Reviews by Karen Haber
/ 31
The Dangerous Alphabet, Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Gris Grimley; Forging Dragons, John Howe; Gothic Art Now, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, ed.; SHORT TAKE: Dragon's Dream, Roger Dean.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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15, 17, 19, 21
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Alexander, Alma • Worldweavers: Cybermage (Carolyn Cushman) Anderson, Poul • The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 1: Call Me Joe (Russell Letson) Becket-Griffith, Jasmine • Gothic Art Now (Karen Haber) Berry, Jedediah • The Manual of Detection (Gary K. Wolfe) Briceland, V. • The Glassmaker's Daughter (Carolyn Cushman) Butcher, Jim • Turn Coat (Carolyn Cushman) Crowther, Peter, ed. • We Think, Therefore We Are (Gardner Dozois) Crowther, Peter, ed. • We Think, Therefore We Are (Rich Horton) Czerneda, Julie E., & Rob St. Martin • Ages of Wonder (Rich Horton) Dahlquist, Gordon • The Dark Volume (Faren Miller) Datlow, Ellen, ed. • Poe (Rich Horton) de Lint, Charles • The Mystery of Grace (Adrienne Martini) Dean, Roger • Dragon's Dream (Karen Haber) Foster, Alan Dean • Flinx Transcendent (Carolyn Cushman) Gaiman, Neil, illustrated by Gris Grimly • The Dangerous Alphabet (Karen Haber) Gevers, Nick, & Jay Lake, eds. • Other Earths (Gardner Dozois) Gevers, Nick, & Jay Lake, eds. • Other Earths (Rich Horton) Graham, Jo • Hand of Isis (Faren Miller) Greenberg, Martin H., & Loren L. Coleman, eds. • Crime Spells (Rich Horton) Herbert, Frank • Dune (Graham Sleight) Howe, John • Forging Dragons (Karen Haber) Kearney, Paul • The Ten Thousand (Faren Miller) Le Guin, Ursula K. • Cheek by Jowl: Essays (Gary K. Wolfe) McDonald, Ian • Cyberabad Days (Gardner Dozois) Miéville, China • The City & the City (Gary K. Wolfe) Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Imager: The First Book of the Imager Portfolio (Carolyn Cushman) Monette, Sarah • Corambis (Faren Miller) Nye, Jody Lynn • A Forthcoming Wizard (Carolyn Cushman) Nylund, Eric • Mortal Coils (Carolyn Cushman) Pinkwater, Daniel M. • The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There (Gary K. Wolfe) Reese, James • The Dracula Dossier (Richard A. Lupoff) Roberts, Adam • Yellow Blue Tibia (Adrienne Martini) Robins, Lane • Kings and Assassins (Faren Miller) Schwartz, David J. • The Sun Inside (Rich Horton) Sterling, Bruce • Caryatids (Adrienne Martini) Stross, Charles • The Revolution Business (Russell Letson) Swann, S. Andrew • Prophets (Carolyn Cushman) Williams, Walter Jon • This Is Not a Game (Adrienne Martini) Witcover, Paul • Everland and Other Stories (Gary K. Wolfe) |
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