August 2012 • Issue 619 • Vol. 69 No. 2
45th Year of Publication • 29-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

I N T E R V I E W S

Jack Vance: Go For Broke / 6
Ann & Jeff VanderMeer: The Weird / 7

F E A T U R E S

Spotlight: E. Lily Yu / 5
Locus Survey / 28

C O N V E N T I O N S

Locus Awards Weekend / 5
Readercon / 34

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 Fredric Brown, Neil Gaiman, Gail Carriger, Patrick Ness, Mike Resnick, James Gunn, and many others

M A I N    S T O R I E S / 10

2012 Locus Awards Winners • 2012 Locus Poll Results • 2012 Nebula Awards Weekend • Ness Wins Carnegie, Kay Wins Greenaway • 2012 Chesley Awards Finalists • Antitrust Suit Update

T H E    D A T A    F I L E / 13

World Fantasy Life Achievement Awards • Priest and Slonczewski Win Campbell, McAuley Wins Sturgeon • Shirley Jackson Awards Winners

L I S T I N G S

Magazines Received: June / 36
Books Received: June / 37
British Books Received: May / 49
Bestsellers / 50
International Books and Magazines Received / 54

E D I T O R I A L    M A T T E R S / 56

Looking Back • Travel • This Issue • Next Issue

O B I T U A R I E S / 57

Appreciations for Ray Bradbury by Susan Bradbury Nixon, David Brin, and Lou Aronica • Margaret Mahy • Suzanne Allés Blom • Cynthia Goldstone • Appreciation for Jim Young by Michael Swanwick

 

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L O C U S    L O O K S    A T    B O O K S

 

Gardnerspace: Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois / 15

The New Yorker 6/4/12-6/11/12; Asimov’s 4-5/12; Asimov’s 6/12; Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas, Robert Reed.

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 17

The New Yorker 6/4/12-6/11/12; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/31/12; Clarkesworld 6/12; Lightspeed 6/12; Interzone 5-6/12; Tor.com 6/12; Intergalactic Medicine Show 3/12; Analog 9/12; Strange Horizons 6/12; The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories, Andy Duncan.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 18

At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson; Cracklescape, Margo Lanagan; Be My Enemy, Ian McDonald; Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010, Damien Broderick & Paul Di Filippo.

Reviews by Faren Miller / 20

The Wanderers, Paula Brandon; Worldsoul, Liz Williams; Blackwood, Gwenda Bond; Zeuglodon, James P. Blaylock; SHORT TAKE: Permeable Borders, Nina Kiriki Hoffman.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 23

Bowl of Heaven, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven; The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross.

Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 25

Raise the Gipper, John Barnes; Spin the Sky, Katy Stauber; Existence, David Brin; vN: The First Machine Dynasty, Madeline Ashby.

Locus Looks at Art Books by Karen Haber / 27

Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art, Jeffrey Jones & Cliff Biggers; The Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings, Patrick Wilshire & David Spurlock, eds.; SHORT TAKE: Michael Wm. Kaluta: Sketchbook Series 1: Sketchbook, Michael William Kaluta.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 
17,19,21,23

 

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Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Analog September 2012 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s April/May 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies May 2012 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld June 2012 (Rich Horton)
Intergalactic Medicine Show March 2012 (Rich Horton)
Interzone May-Jun 2012 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed June 2012 (Rich Horton)
New Yorker June 4 & 11 2012 (Gardner Dozois)
New Yorker June 4 & 11 2012 (Rich Horton)
Strange Horizons June 2012 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com June 2012 (Rich Horton)

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

Ashby, Madeline • vN (Adrienne Martini)
Barnes, John • Raise the Glass (Adrienne Martini)
Benford, Gregory, & Larry Niven • Bowl of Heaven (Russell Letson)
Blaylock, James P. • Zeuglodon (Faren Miller)
Bond, Gwenda • Blackwood (Faren Miller)
Brandon, Paula • The Wanderers (Faren Miller)
Brin, David • Existence (Adrienne Martini)
Broderick, Damien, & Paul Di Filippo • Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Duncan, Andy • The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories (Rich Horton)
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • Permeable Borders (Faren Miller)
Johnson, Kij • At the Mouth of the River of Bees (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Jeffrey • Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art (Karen Haber)
Kaluta, Michael William • Michael Wm. Kaluta: Sketchbook Series 1: Sketchbook (Karen Haber)
Lanagan, Margo • Cracklespace (Gary K. Wolfe)
McDonald, Ian • Be My Enemy (Gary K. Wolfe)
Reed, Robert • Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas (Gardner Dozois)
Stauber, Katy • Spin the Sky (Adrienne Martini)
Stross, Charles • The Apocalypse Codex (Russell Letson)
Williams, Liz • Worldsoul (Faren Miller)
Wilshire, Patrick, & David Spurlock, eds. • The Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (Karen Haber)