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The January issue features interviews with Charles Vess and Kathleen Jennings; Gaylactic Spectrum and Parsecs awards winners; Barnes and Noble and The New Yorker Best of the Year lists; a column by Cory Doctorow; photo stories on Nnedi Okorafor, Manchess Exhibition, and SF Writers in China; the Locus Holiday Party; Locus Looks at Art spotlights; an obituary for Thomas P. Dunn; and reviews of short fiction and books by Charlie N. Holmberg, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Tasha Suri, Maria Dahvana Headley and many others.
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January 2019 • Issue 696 • Vol. 82 • No. 1
51st Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Design by Francesca Myman
INTERVIEWS
Charles Vess: Narrative Impulse / 26
Kathleen Jennings: Raised by Wolves / 36
MAIN STORIES / 6
World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced • Klages Wins Gaylactic Spectrum Award • Apex Goes Digital Only • Tin House Magazine to Close • B&N Favorite SF&F Books of 2018 • 2018 ParsecAwards
THE DATA FILE / 7
New York Public Library Best Books of 2018 • The New Yorker Best Books of 2018 • Odyssey Workshop • Cymera Festival • World Book Night 2019 • World Convention News • Publishing News • Awards News • Book News • Agency News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Michael Bishop, Margaret Atwood, Gene Wolfe, Ann Chamberlin, Shelly Shapiro, Roald Dahl, and many others
SPECIAL FEATURES
Photo Story: Okorafor Named Person of the Year / 7 Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Disruptionfor Thee, But Not for Me / 23 Photo Story: Manchess Exhibition / 60 Photo Story: SF Writers in China / 61 Locus Holiday Party / 65
LOCUS LOOKS AT ART
Charles Vess: Narrative Impulse / 26 Victo Ngai / 31 Omar Rayyan / 32 Greg Ruth / 33 Cynthia Sheppard / 34 Kathleen Jennings: Raised by Wolves / 36
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: November / 40 Books Received: November / 41 British Books Received: October / 54 Bestsellers / 56
OBITUARIES / 63
Thomas P. Dunn • Appreciation by Donald M. Hassler • DEATHS REPORTED: H.M. Hoover • Donald Gordon Payne • Joe Poyer
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 66
Locus Holiday Party • The Cat's on the Roof • This Issue/Next Issue