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  From this issue: Table of Contents Poll & Survey Recommended Reading List Locus Bestsellers New & Notable Books Jo Walton interview excerpts Felix Gilman interview excerpts Sample review(s): Adrienne Martini reviews Connie Willis No other content from this issue is available online |
The February 2010 issue of Locus Magazine features:
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
February 2010 • Issue 589 • Vol. 64 No. 2
I N T E R V I E W S
Jo Walton: Feral Writer / 6
Felix Gilman: Making the World Stranger / 81
2 0 0 9 : T H E Y E A R I N R E V I E W
2009: Recommended Reading: Liza Groen Trombi, Mark R. Kelly, Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Jonathan Strahan, Paul Witcover, Russell Letson, Graham Sleight, Adrienne Martini, Carolyn Cushman, Gardner Dozois, Rich Horton / 32 2009 Recommended Reading List / 42 2009 Book Summary / 50 2009 Magazine Summary / 54
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 Kage Baker, Peter Straub, Diana Wynne Jones, Neil Gaiman, and many others
M A I N S T O R I E S
/ 10
2009 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees • 2010 World Fantasy Awards Judges • Le Guin Resigns in Protest • Hugo Nominations Open • Takumi Shibano (1926-2010)
T H E D A T A F I L E
/ 11
Kirkus Reborn • Google Books Settlement News • More Gormenghast • Dick Fights Google • Rothfuss’s Golden Ticket • Hoffman Donates Books • TAFF Winners • Awards News • Worldcons News • Publishing News • Magazine News • Bookstore News • Announcements • Financial News • International Rights
L I S T I N G S
Magazines Received: December / 58
Books Received: December / 59
British Books Received: November / 72 Bestsellers / 74
O B I T U A R I E S
/ 10 & 79
Takumi Shibano • Appreciation by Gregory Benford • Jeffrey M. Elliot • Karen Duff • Knox Burger • Mark Owings • Ernesto Vegetti
L O C U S L E T T E R S
/ 79
Ellen Datlow
E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S
/ 80
Locus Poll & Survey • The List & Summaries • Changes • Next Issue
L O C U S L O O K S A T B O O K S
Gardnerspace: Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois
/ 12
Interzone 224, 225; X6, Keith Stevenson, ed.; Panverse One, Dario Ciriello, ed.; Footprints, Jay Lake & Eric T. Reynolds, eds.; Talebones Winter ’09.
Short Fiction Reviews by Richard Horton
/ 13
The Dragon Book, Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, eds.; X6, Keith Stevenson, ed.; L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future, Volume XXV, K.D. Wentworth, ed.; The Push, Dave Hutchinson; Wireless, Charles Stross; Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight, Cat Rambo; Asimov’s 2/10; Analog 3/10; Realms of Fantasy 2/10; Fantasy 1/10.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe
/ 15
Gardens of the Sun, Paul McAuley; Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle, Peter S. Beagle; Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy, Volume 3, Kevin Brockmeier, ed.
Reviews by Faren Miller
/ 17
The Shadow on the Doorstep, James Blaylock; Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits, Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson; Jade Man’s Skin, Daniel Fox; Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb.
Reviews by Russell Letson
/ 19
Gardens of the Sun, Paul McAuley; The Trade of Queens, Charles Stross.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 21
Blackout, Connie Willis; Mr. Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett; And Another Thing..., Eoin Colfer.
Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman
/ 27
The Spirit Lens, Carol Berg; Shalador’s Lady, Anne Bishop; Reaver’s Ransom, Emily Diamand (republished in the UK as Flood Child; in the US as Raider’s Ransom); Betraying Season, Marissa Doyle; Blood Cross, Faith Hunter; Wild Hunt, Margaret Ronald; Spellbent, Lucy A. Snyder; Kitty’s House of Horrors, Carrie Vaughn.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Stefan Dziemianowicz & Graham Sleight / 25
Under the Dome, Stephen King; The Ask and The Answer, Patrick Ness.
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Graham Sleight
/ 26
The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe; Peace, Gene Wolfe; The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe; The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe; The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe; The Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe; The Citadel of the Autarch, Gene Wolfe.
Locus Looks at Art Books: Reviews by Karen Haber
/ 28
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn’t Exist, James Gurney; Imaginaire I: Magic Realism 2008-2009, Claus Brusen, ed.; Imaginaire II: Magic Realism 2010, Claus Brusen, ed.; The Future of Fantasy Art, Aly Fell & Duddlebug, eds.; SHORT TAKE: The Child Thief, Brom; Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Rodney Matthews, illus.; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Eric Shanower & Skottie Young; From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul, Stephen D. Korshak, ed.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History
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13, 15, 19, 21
Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Beagle, Peter S., edited by Jonathan Strahan • Mirror Kingdoms: The Best of Peter S. Beagle (Gary K. Wolfe) Bennett, Robert Jackson • Mr. Shivers (Adrienne Martini) Berg, Carol • The Spirit Lens (Carolyn Cushman) Bishop, Anne • Shalador's Lady (Carolyn Cushman) Blaylock, James P. • The Shadow on the Doorstep (Faren Miller) Brockmeier, Kevin, ed. • Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy, Volume 3 (Gary K. Wolfe) Brom • The Child Thief (Karen Haber) Brusen, Claus, ed. • Imaginaire I: Magic Realism 2008-2009 (Karen Haber) Brusen, Claus, ed. • Imaginaire II: Magic Realism 2010 (Karen Haber) Ciriello, Dario, ed. • Panverse One (Gardner Dozois) Colfer, Eoin • And Another Thing... (Adrienne Martini) Dann, Jack, & Gardner Dozois, eds. • The Dragon Book (Rich Horton) Diamond, Emily • Raider's Ransom (Carolyn Cushman) Diamond, Emily • Reaver's Ransom (Carolyn Cushman) Doyle, Marissa • Betraying Season (Carolyn Cushman) Fell, Aly, & Duddlebug, eds. • The Future of Fantasy Art (Karen Haber) Fox, Daniel • The Jade Man's Skin (Faren Miller) Gurney, James • Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Karen Haber) Hobb, Robin • Dragon Keeper (Faren Miller) Hobb, Robin • Dragon Keeper (Faren Miller) Hunter, Faith • Blood Cross (Carolyn Cushman) Hutchinson, David • The Push (Rich Horton) King, Stephen • Under the Dome (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Korshak, Stephen D., ed. • From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul (Karen Haber) Lake, Jay, & Eric T. Reynolds, eds. • Footprints (Gardner Dozois) Matthews, Rodney, illustrator • Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (Karen Haber) McAuley, Paul • Gardens of the Sun (Gary K. Wolfe) McAuley, Paul • Gardens of the Sun (Russell Letson) McAuley, Paul • Gardens of the Sun (Gary K. Wolfe) McAuley, Paul • Gardens of the Sun (Russell Letson) McKinley, Robin, & Peter Dickinson • Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits (Faren Miller) Ness, Patrick • The Ask and the Answer (Graham Sleight) Ness, Patrick • The Ask and the Answer (Graham Sleight) Rambo, Cat • Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight (Rich Horton) Ronald, Margaret • Wild Hunt (Carolyn Cushman) Shanower, Eric, & Skottie Young • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Karen Haber) Snyder, Lucy A. • Spellbent (Carolyn Cushman) Stevenson, Keith, ed. • X6 (Gardner Dozois) Stevenson, Keith, ed. • X6 (Rich Horton) Stross, Charles • The Trade of Queens (Russell Letson) Stross, Charles • Wireless (Rich Horton) Vaughn, Carrie • Kitty's House of Horrors (Carolyn Cushman) Wentworth, K. D., ed. • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXV (Rich Horton) Willis, Connie • Blackout (Adrienne Martini) Wolfe, Gene • The Best of Gene Wolfe (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • The Citadel of the Autarch (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • The Claw of the Conciliator (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • The Fifth Head of Cerberus (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • Peace (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • The Shadow of the Torturer (Graham Sleight) Wolfe, Gene • The Sword of the Lictor (Graham Sleight) |
February 2010 Issue
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