December 2013 • Issue 635 • Vol. 71 • No. 6
46th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS

Tanya Huff: Builder / 6
Hugh Howey: Artisanal Publishing / 72

WORLD FANTASY

World Fantasy Awards / 5 British Fantasy Awards / 5 World Fantasy Convention 2013 / 65

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8

Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dave Duncan, Michael Moorcock, G. Willow Wilson, and many others.

MAIN STORIES / 10

Google Wins Book Scanning Suit • Frankel Wins Endeavour • New SF/F Imprint at Simon & Schuster • Amazon News • NEA on Reading

THE DATA FILE / 11

World Fantasy 2015 Guest of Honor • SMOFCon Scholarship Winners • Bradbury Collection Donated • Publishing News • Legal News • Legend Awards Winners • Awards News • Contest News • Announcements • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights • Publications Received • Catalogs Received

SPECIAL FEATURES

Commentary: Kameron Hurley: Making Excuses for Science Fiction / 25 Hartwell Symposium / 64

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

US Forthcoming Books / 26 British Forthcoming Books / 36

LISTINGS

Magazines Received: October / 42 Books Received: October / 43 British Books Received: September / 54 Bestsellers / 56 

OBITUARIES / 62

Doris Lessing • William Harrison • Andrea M. Dubnick • Frank Dietz • Jim Goldfrank • DEATH NOTED: Marion Sturgeon

Locus letters / 62

Jonathan Strahan

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 63

WFC/Brighton • This Issue/Next Issue

Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois / 14

Asimov’s 8/13; Asimov’s 9/13; Asimov’s 10-11/13; Analog 9/13; F&SF 11-12/13.

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 15

Asimov’s 12/13; Analog 12/13; Clarkesworld 9/13; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/3/13; Starship Century, Gregory Benford & James Benford, eds.; Beyond the Doors of Death, Robert Silverberg & Damien Broderick.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16

Year’s Best SF 18, David G. Hartwell, ed.; Kabu Kabu, Nnedi Okorafor; Beyond the Rift, Peter Watts; SHORT TAKE: Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer.

Reviews by Faren Miller / 19

Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard, Kim Newman; Something More Than Night, Ian Tregillis; Masks, E.C. Blake; Short TakeS: Allegiance, Beth Bernobich; Fiddlehead, Cherie Priest.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 21

The Last President, John Barnes; Transcendental, James Gunn.

Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 22

Lexicon, Max Barry; When It’s a Jar, Tom Holt; Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie; Big Egos, S.G. Browne; Archetype, M.D. Waters.

Divers Hands: Reviews by Cecelia Holland, Gwenda Bond, and Richard A. Lupoff / 22

Hild: A Novel, Nicola Griffith; The Golden Day, Ursula Dubosarsky; The Bitter Kingdom, Rae Carson; Tales of Jack the Ripper, Ross E. Lockhart, ed.; The Complete Tales of Doctor Satan, Paul Ernst.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog September 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Analog December 2013 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s August 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s September 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s October/November 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s December 2013 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies October 2013 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld September 2013 (Rich Horton)
F&SF Nov/Dec 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —

Barnes, John • The Last President (Russell Letson)
Barry, Max • Lexicon (Adrienne Martini)
Benford, Gregory, & James Benford, eds. • Starship Century (Rich Horton)
Bernobich, Beth • Allegiance (Faren Miller)
Blake, E. C. • Masks (Faren Miller)
Browne, S. G. • Big Egos (Adrienne Martini)
Carson, Rae • The Bitter Kingdom (Gwenda Bond)
Dubosarsky, Ursula • The Golden Day (Gwenda Bond)
Ernst, Paul • The Complete Tales of Doctor Satan (Richard A. Lupoff)
Griffith, Nicola • Hild (Cecilia Holland)
Gunn, James • Transcendental (Russell Letson)
Hartwell, David G., ed. • Year’s Best SF 18 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Holt, Tom • When It’s a Jar (Adrienne Martini)
Leckie, Ann • Ancillary Justice (Adrienne Martini)
Lockhart, Ross E., ed. • Tales of Jack the Ripper (Richard A. Lupoff)
Newman, Kim • Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard (Faren Miller)
Okorafor, Nnedi • Kabu, Kabu (Gary K. Wolfe)
Priest, Cherie • Fiddlehead (Faren Miller)
Silverberg, Robert, & Damien Broderick • Beyond the Doors of Death (Rich Horton)
Tregillis, Ian • Something More Than Night (Faren Miller)
VanderMeer, Jeff • Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Gary K. Wolfe)
Waters, M. D. • Archetype (Adrienne Martini)
Watts, Peter • Beyond the Rift (Gary K. Wolfe)