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The April 2023 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Charlie Jane Anders and Ray Nayler, a spotlight on artist Eli Minaya, and the 2022 Year in Review book summary. News includes the 2022 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, the SFWA Awards winners, the BSFA and Aurealis shortlists, and much more. Boskone 60 is covered with a report and photos. Christopher Fowler, John Jakes, Valerie Smith, John Teehan, Kenzaburo Oe, and Dave Pether are remembered with obituaries. Reviews cover new titles by Nina Allan, Theodora Goss, James Tiptree, Jr., James Morrow, T. Kingfisher, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie, Arkady Martine, Jack McDevitt, J.S. Dewes, H.G. Parry, Jinwoo Chong, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, Marie Hélène Poitras, Juan Martinez, Lee Mandelo, Jaroslav Kalfař, H.S. Valley, Ai Jiang, Brittany N. Williams, Ness Brown, Christopher Golden, Johnny Compton, Kristin Cashore, Heather Fawcett, Lauren Blackwood, Gareth L. Powell, Mia Tsai, Tobi Ogundiran, and others.
Table of Contents:
April 2023 • Issue 747 • Vol. 90 • No. 4
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Francesca Myman
INTERVIEWS
Charlie Jane Anders: Know What You Want / 10
Ray Nayler: Biosemiotics / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6
2022 Nebula Awards Ballot • Stoker Awards Final Ballot • SFWA Awards • BSFA Shortlist • Aurealis Awards Shortlist • Bradbury Prize Finalists
THE DATA FILE / 7
Hugo Nominations Are Open • Clarkesworld Poll Winners • Asimov’s Readers’ Awards • AnLab Awards Finalists • Endeavour Award Finalists • Dick Award Judges • Uncanny Reader Poll • Apex Reader’s Choice Awards • Audie Awards Finalists • Ekpeki Denied US Entry • 2023 Sturgeon Symposium • Lambda Awards Finalists • Horror Spotlight Best of 2022 • Publishing News • Bookstore News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Ling Ma, Terry Pratchett, Leigh Bardugo, Fonda Lee, Minsoo Kang, and many others
2022 THE YEAR IN REVIEW / 32
2022 Book Summary
SPECIAL FEATURES / 37
Spotlight On Eli Minaya
CONVENTIONS / 38
Boskone 60
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: February / 39 Books Received: February / 40 Bestsellers / 52 New & Notable / 53
OBITUARIES / 62
Christopher Fowler • John Jakes • Valerie Smith • John Teehan • Kenzaburo Oe • DEATH NOTED: Dave Pether
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 63
Boskone • ICFA • Poll & Survey/Locus Awards • This Issue/Next Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Reckoning 1/23; Fusion Fragment 1/23; Drabblecast 1-2/23; Strange Horizons 1/16/23, 1/23/23, 1/30/23, 2/6/23, 2/13/23; Diabolical Plots 2/23; GigaNotoSaurus 2/23; Escape Pod 2/3/23; Cast of Wonders 2/1/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/9/23, 2/23/23; Lightspeed 2/23; Fantasy 2/23; F&SF 3-4/23.
Short Fiction Reviews by KAREN BURNHAM / 14
Asimov’s 1-2/23; Clarkesworld 2/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23.
Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 15
Uncanny 1-2/23; Tor.com 2/1/23, 2/8/23, 2/15/23, 2/22/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 1/8/23, 1/18/23, 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23, 2/19/23; Apex 1/23.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Conquest, Nina Allan; The Collected Enchantments, Theodora Goss; The Voice That Murmurs in the Darkness, James Tiptree, Jr.; Behold the Ape, James Morrow.
Reviews by ADRIENNE MARTINI / 18
A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher; Witch King, Martha Wells; Translation State, Ann Leckie.
Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 19
Rose/House, Arkady Martine; Village in the Sky, Jack McDevitt.
Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 20
Rubicon, J.S. Dewes; The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry.
Reviews by IAN MOND / 21
Flux, Jinwoo Chong; Dazzling, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ; Sing, Nightingale, Marie Hélène Poitras.
Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 22
Extended Stay, Juan Martinez; Feed Them Silence, Lee Mandelo; A Brief History of Living Forever, Jaroslav Kalfař; Rose/House, Arkady Martine.
Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 24
Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues, H.S. Valley; Linghun, Ai Jiang; That Self-Same Metal, Brittany N. Williams.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 25
The Scourge Between Stars, Ness Brown; All Hallows, Christopher Golden; The Spite House, Johnny Compton.
Reviews by Divers Hands: ARCHITA MITTRA, COLLEEN MONDOR, ALEXANDRA PIERCE, CAREN GUSSOFF SUMPTION, WOLE TALABI / 26
Seasparrow, Kristin Cashore; Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Heather Fawcett; Wildblood, Lauren Blackwood; Descendant Machine, Gareth L. Powell; Bitter Medicine, Mia Tsai; Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran.
TERRY BISSON: This Month in History / 13, 15, 18, 25
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Reckoning 1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Drabblecast 1-2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 1/16/23, 1/23/23, 1/30/23, 2/6/23, 2/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 2/3/23 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 2/1/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/9/23, 2/23/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy 2/23 (Charles Payseur)
F&SF 3-4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Asimov’s 1-2/23 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 2/23 (Karen Burnham)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 1-2/23 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 2/1/23, 2/8/23, 2/15/23, 2/22/23 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/8/23, 1/18/23, 1/22/23, 2/5/23, 2/12/23, 2/19/23 (Paula Guran)
Apex 1/23 (Paula Guran)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Allan, Nina • Conquest (Gary K. Wolfe)
Blackwood, Lauren • Wildblood (Colleen Mondor)
Brown, Ness • The Scourge Between Stars (Gabino Iglesias)
Cashore, Kristin • Seasparrow (Archita Mittra)
Chong, Jinwoo • Flux (Ian Mond)
Compton, Johnny • The Spite House (Gabino Iglesias)
Dewes, J. S. • Rubicon (Liz Bourke)
Emelumadu, Chikodili • Dazzling (Ian Mond)
Fawcett, Heather • Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Colleen Mondor)
Golden, Christopher • All Hallows (Gabino Iglesias)
Goss, Theodora • The Collected Enchantments (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jiang, Ai • Linghun (Alex Brown)
Kalfar, Jaroslav • A Brief History of Living Forever (Jake Casella Brookins)
Kingfisher, T. • A House With Good Bones (Adrienne Martini)
Leckie, Ann • Translation State (Adrienne Martini)
Mandelo, Lee • Feed Them Silence (Jake Casella Brookins)
Martine, Arkady • Rose/House (Jake Casella Brookins)
Martine, Arkady • Rose/House (Russell Letson)
Martinez, Juan • Extended Stay (Jake Casella Brookins)
McDevitt, Jack • Village in the Sky (Russell Letson)
Morrow, James • Behold the Ape (Gary K. Wolfe)
Ogundiran, Tobi • Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic (Wole Talabi)
Parry, H. G. • The Magician's Daughter (Liz Bourke)
Poitras, Marie Hélène • Sing, Nightingale (Ian Mond)
Powell, Gareth L. • Descendant Machine (Alexandra Pierce)
Tiptree, James, Jr. • The Voice That Murmers in the Darkness (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tsai, Mia • Bitter Medicine (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Valley, H. S. • Tim Te Maro and the Subteerranean Heartsick Blues (Alex Brown)
Wells, Martha • Witch King (Adrienne Martini)
Williams, Brittany N. • That Self-Same Metal (Alex Brown)
