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The June 2016 issue of Locus magazine has an interview with Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling and spotlights on Masumi Washington of Haikasoru and David Steffen of Diabolical Plots. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2017. News includes the 2015 Nebula Awards, the Stoker Awards, the Spectrum 23 Awards, the Asimov's Readers' and Analog AnLab Awards, the Clarke Award shortlist, 2016 Science Fiction Hall of Fame nominees, the SF Signal shutdown, Hugo Awards news with revisions due to withdrawals, and more. Event coverage with photos and reports includes World Horror, the first StokerCon, and Hal-Con 2016 in Japan. The column by Kameron Hurley is entitled "Hard Publishing Truths: Relationships Matter". There are obituaries for Katherine Dunn and Hector Raul Pessina. Reviews cover new titles by Ada Palmer, Eleanor Arnason, Patricia A. McKillip, Tim Powers, Andrea Hairston, Sonia Orin Lyris, Genevieve Cogman, E. Catherine Tobler, Madeline Ashby, Hugh Howey, Angela Slatter, Philip Reeve, Gemma Files, and others.

 

Table of Contents: 

June 2016 • Issue 665 • Vol. 76 • No. 6
49th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEW
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling: Depth and Heart / 12
 
MAIN STORIES / 6
2015 Nebula Awards Winners • Spectrum 23 Awards Winners • Clarke Awards Shortlist • Stoker Awards Winners • Asimov’s Readers’ and Analog AnLab Awards Winners • SF Signal Shuts Down • 2016 Science Fiction Hall of Fame Nominees • Hugo Awards News
 
THE DATA FILE / 9
SFWA News • Australian Parallel Imports • Humble E-Book Bundles • Bookstore News • Legal News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • International Magazines Received • Audiobooks Received • Publications Received • Catalogs Received
 
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 10
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Silverberg, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Tananarive Due, Mike Resnick, and many others
 
FORTHCOMING BOOKS
US Forthcoming Books / 24 British Forthcoming Books / 36
 
CONVENTIONS
World Horror 2016 / 34 StokerCon 2016 / 35 Hal-Con 2016 / 62
 
SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Kameron Hurley: Hard Publishing Truths: Relationships Matter / 23 Photo Story: Art of Horror Signing / 59 Spotlight on: Masumi Washington of Haikasoru / 63 Spotlight on: David Steffen of Diabolical Plots / 64
 
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: April / 42 Books Received: April / 43 British Books Received: March / 52 Bestsellers / 54
 
OBITUARIES / 65
Katherine Dunn • Hector Raul Pessina • Appreciation for Hector Raul Pessina by Christian Vallini Lawson

LOCUS LETTER / 65

 
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 66
Visits • Nebulas • SF Signal • Locus Awards • This Issue/Next Issue
 
LOCUSLOOKS AT BOOKS¨
Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois / 14
Asimov’s 4-5/16; Tor.com 1/6/16 – 4/13/16; Lightspeed 4/16; Slate 4/26/16.
Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 15
Interzone 3-4/16; Clarkesworld 4/16; Lightspeed 5/16; Asimov’s 4-5/16; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/31/16, 4/14/16; Tor.com 3/16, 4/16; Technologies of the Self, Haris A. Durani.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16
Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer; Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens, Eleanor Arnason; Dreams of Distant Shores, Patricia A. McKillip; Down and Out in Purgatory, Tim Powers.
Reviews by Faren Miller / 18
Will Do Magic For Small Change, Andrea Hairston; The Seer, Sonia Orin Lyris; The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman; SHORT TAKE: The Kraken Sea, E. Catherine Tobler.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 19
Company Town, Madeline Ashby; Beacon 23: The Complete Novel, Hugh Howey; Of Sorrow and Such, Angela Slatter.
Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran / 20
Nightmare 4/16, 5/16; The Dark 5/16; Cemetery Dance 4/16; Black Static 3-4/16; Strange Aeons #19.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Colleen Mondor & John Langan / 21
Railhead, Philip Reeve; Experimental Film, Gemma Files.
Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 15, 17, 19, 21

 

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov's April/May 2016 (Rich Horton)
Asimov's April/May 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies March 2016 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies April 2016 (Rich Horton)
Black Static Mar-Apr 2016 (Paula Guran)
Cemetery Dance April 2016 (Paula Guran)
Clarkesworld April 2016 (Rich Horton)
Interzone March/April 2016 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed April 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed May 2016 (Rich Horton)
Nightmare Magazine April 2016 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare Magazine May 2016 (Paula Guran)
Slate April 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Strange Aeons #19, 2016 (Paula Guran)
The Dark May 2016 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com January 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com February 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com March 2016 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com March 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com April 2016 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com April 2016 (Gardner Dozois)
 

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

Arnason, Eleanor • Hwarhath Stories: Transgressive Tales by Aliens (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ashby, Madeline • Company Town (Adrienne Martini)
Cogman, Genevieve • The Invisible Library (Faren Miller)
Durani, Haris A. • Technologies of the Self (Rich Horton)
Files, Gemma • Experimental Film (John Langan)
Hairston, Andrea • Will Do Magic for Small Change (Faren Miller)
Howey, Hugh • Beacon 23: The Complete Novel (Adrienne Martini)
Lyris, Sonia Orin • The Seer (Faren Miller)
McKillip, Patricia A. • Dreams of Distant Shores (Gary K. Wolfe)
Palmer, Ada • Too Like the Lightning (Gary K. Wolfe)
Powers, Tim • Down and Out in Purgatory (Gary K. Wolfe)
Reeve, Philip • Railhead (Colleen Mondor)
Slatter, Angela • Of Sorrow and Such (Adrienne Martini)
Tobler, E. Catherine • The Kraken Sea (Faren Miller)