July 2022 • Issue 738 • Vol. 89 • No. 1
55th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art and design by Stephen Segal

INTERVIEWS
Daniel Abraham: The Aspects of Epic / 10
Nadia Afifi: Fractured Futures / 26

MAIN STORIES / 5 
2022 Locus Awards Winners • Fireproof Atwood Auction • Aurealis Awards Winners • Fletcher to Leave Jo Fletcher Books • UTA Buys Curtis Brown UK • Ladies of Horror Fiction Nominees • Costa Book Awards End

THE DATA FILE / 7 
Balen Wins Carnegie Medal • Glukhovsky On Russia’s Wanted List • SFWA Data Breach • Hunter Apologizes for Inappropriate Behaviour • Patterson Apologies for Racism Comments • Lackey Apologies for Panel Comment • Canadian SF News • Announcements • World Conventions News • Inaugural Utopia Awards Nominees • Scribe Award Nominees • Workshop News • HWA News • History of Fantasy Illustration Exhibit • Mythopoeic Awards Finalists • Prix Imaginales Winners • Amazon’s Best of the Year (So Far) • Legal News • Publishing News • Amazon 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 Quentin Blake, Salman Rushdie & Marina Warner; Cadwell Turnbull; Peter S. Beagle; Samuel R. Delany; Nalo Hopkinson; and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Locus Poll Results / 5 Commentary by Cory Doctorow: The Swerve / 25

CONVENTIONS
2022 SFWA Nebula Conference / 28 WisCon 45 / 31

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: May / 38 Books Received: May / 39  Bestsellers / 50 New & Notable / 51

OBITUARIES / 61
Ken Kelly • Appreciation by Bob Eggleton

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 62
We Are in Trouble

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 13 
Omenana 4/22; Samovar 4/22; Analog 5-6/22; Clarkesworld 5/22; The Sunday Morning Transport 5/22; Future Tense4/22.

Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur / 14
Kaleidotrope 4/22; Zooscape 4/22; Escape Pod 4/22; Drabblecast 4/22; Samovar 4/22; Strange Horizons 4/18/22, 5/2/22, 5/9/22; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/5/22, 5/19/22; GigaNotoSaurus 5/22; Cast of Wonders 5/22; Flash Fiction Online 5/22; Anathema 5/22; Lightspeed 6/22; Fantasy 6/22; Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa 9/21

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16
The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield; The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean; High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson; The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia.

Reviews by Maya C. James / 18
Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi; The Merciless Ones, Namina Forna; A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 19 
The Dark Ride, John Kessel.

Reviews by Caren Gussoff Sumption / 20 
The Girl Who Outgrew the World, Zoje Stage; Darling Girl, Liz Michalski; Queering SF: Readings, Ritch Calvin.

Reviews by Ian Mond / 21 
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; The Last Blade Priest, W.P. Wiles; The Doloriad, Missouri Williams.

Reviews by Gabino Iglesias / 22
Witches, Brenda Lozano; Echo, Thomas Olde Heuvelt; Hidden Pictures, Jason Rekulak; The Damage Done, Michael Landweber.

Reviews by Colleen Mondor / 23
Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore; This Is Not the Real World, Anna Carey; Gallant, V.E. Schwab; The Book of Living Secrets, Madeleine Roux.

Reviews by Divers Hands: Paula Guran, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro / 24 
The Path of Thorns, A. G. Slatter; Boys, Beasts & Men, Sam J. Miller; Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies, John Langan; Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World, Ryan Britt.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 19, 21, 23

Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Omenana 4/22 (Karen Burnham)
Samovar 4/22 (Karen Burnham)
Analog 5-6/22 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 5/22 (Karen Burnham)
The Sunday Morning Transport 5/22 (Karen Burnham)
Future Tense 4/22. (Karen Burnham)
Kaleidotrope 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Zooscape 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Drabblecast 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Samovar 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 4/18/22, 5/2/22, 5/9/22 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/5/22, 5/19/22 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 5/22 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 5/22 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 5/22 (Charles Payseur)
Anathema 5/22 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 6/22 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy 6/22 (Charles Payseur)
Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa 9/21 (Charles Payseur)

Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Britt, Ryan • Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
Calvin, Ritch • Queering SF: Readings (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Carey, Anna • This Is Not the Real World (Colleen Mondor)
Dean, Sunyi • The Book Eaters (Gary K. Wolfe)
Emezi, Akwaeke • Bitter (Maya C. James)
Forna, Namina • The Merciless Ones (Maya C. James)
Heartfield, Kate • The Embroidered Book (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jamnia, Naseem • The Bruising of Qilwa (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kessel, John • The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel (Russell Letson)
Landweber, Michael • The Damage Done (Gabino Iglesias)
Langan, John • Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (Paula Guran)
Lozano, Brenda • Witches (Gabino Iglesias)
McLemore, Anna-Marie • Lakelore (Colleen Mondor)
Michalski, Liz • Darling Girl (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Miller, Sam J. • Boys, Beasts, & Men (Paula Guran)
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Ian Mond)
Olde Heuvelt, Thomas • Echo (Gabino Iglesias)
Rekulak, Jason • Hidden Pictures (Gabino Iglesias)
Robson, Kelly • High Times in the Low Parliament (Gary K. Wolfe)
Roux, Madeleine • The Book of Living Secrets (Colleen Mondor)
Rowland, Alexandra • A Taste of Gold and Iron (Maya C. James)
Schwab, V. E. • Gallant (Colleen Mondor)
Slatter, A. G. • The Path of Thorns (Paula Guran)
Stage, Zoje • The Girl Who Outgrew the World (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Wiles, W. P. • The Last Blade Priest (Ian Mond)
Williams, Missouri • The Doloriad (Ian Mond)
Zadok, Rachel, & Karina M. Szczurek, eds. • Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa (Charles Payseur)