June 2018 • Issue 689 • Vol. 80 • No. 6
51st Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS
Jeffrey Ford: Leviathan / 10
Theodora Goss: Monstrous Voices / 28
MAIN STORIES / 5
2018 Nebula Awards Winners • Asimov’s Readers’ Awards and Analog AnLab Awards • 2018 Chesley Awards Finalists • 2018 Clarke Awards Shortlist • Spectrum 25 Awards Winners • 2018 Gemmell Awards Shortlist • Shirley Jackson Awards Finalists
THE DATA FILE / 7
Hugo Awards Voting Open • Le Guin Tribute • Amazing Stories Returns to Print • Romantic Times Closes • Díaz Harassment Accusations • Waterstones Sold • No Nobel for Literature This Year • SF Auctions • Pratchett Charity Exhibition • Publishing News • Awards News • World Conventions News • Announcements • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received • Catalogs Received
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Kelly Robson, Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, George R.R. Martin, Justin Cronin, Ellen Datlow, and many others
SPECIAL FEATURE
Commentary: Kameron Hurley: On Patience, Goal-Setting, and Gardening / 27
FORTHCOMING BOOKS
US Forthcoming Books / 30 British Forthcoming Books / 42
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: April / 48 Books Received: April / 49 British Books Received: March / 60 Bestsellers / 62
OBITUARIES / 73
Susan Ann Protter • Appreciation by Rudy Rucker • William O’Connor
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 74
Nebula Conference • GRRM Event • Interns • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Gardner Dozois / 12
Clarkesworld 3/18; Lightspeed 3/18; F&SF 3-4/18.
Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 13
F&SF 5-6/18; Clarkesworld 4/18; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/12/18, 4/26/18; Lightspeed 5/18; Tor.com 4/18; Giganotosaurus 2/18, 3/18, 4/18.
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 14
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, Theodora Goss; Summerland, Hannu Rajaniemi; The Freeze-Frame Revolution, Peter Watts; How To Stop Time, Matt Haig.
Reviews by Liz Bourke / 16
Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse; Black Chamber, S.M. Stirling; The Descent of Monsters, JY Yang; Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee.
Reviews by Russell Letson / 18
The Freeze-Frame Revolution, Peter Watts; The Bend at the End of the Road, Barry N. Malzberg.
Reviews by Adrienne Martini / 19
A Study in Honor, Claire O’Dell; Head On, John Scalzi; The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal; Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente.
Reviews by Stefan Dziemianowicz / 21
The Outsider, Stephen King; The Hunger, Alma Katsu.
Reviews by Lila Garrott / 22
The Book of Hidden Things, Francesco Dimitri; Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik.
Reviews by Ian Mond / 23
Gnomon, Nick Harkaway; Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi.
Reviews by Divers Hands: Katharine Coldiron, Colleen Mondor, Adam Roberts, Paul Kincaid / 24
MEM: A Novel, Bethany C. Morrow; Midnight at the Electric, Jodi Lynn Anderson; Meet Me In the Strange, Leander Watts; The Quantum Magician, Derek Künsken; Shelter: Tales of the Aftermath, Dave Hutchinson.

Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/12/18 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/26/18 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld 3/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Clarkesworld 4/18 (Rich Horton)
F&SF 3-4/18 (Gardner Dozois)
F&SF 5-6/18 (Rich Horton)
Giganotosaurus 2/18 (Rich Horton)
Giganotosaurus 3/18 (Rich Horton)
Giganotosaurus 4/18 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 3/18 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed 5/18 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com 4/18 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue —

Anderson, Jodi Lynn • Midnight at the Electric (Colleen Mondor)
Dimitri, Francesco • The Book of Hidden Things (Lila Garrott)
Goss, Theodora • European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Gary K. Wolfe)
Haig, Matt • How to Stop Time (Gary K. Wolfe)
Harkaway, Nick • Gnomon (Ian Mond)
Hutchinson, Dave • Shelter (Paul Kincaid)
Katsu, Alma • The Hunger (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
King, Stephen • The Outsider (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Kowal, Mary Robinette • The Calculating Stars (Adrienne Martini)
Künsken, Derek • The Quantum Magician (Adam Roberts)
Lee, Yoon Ha • Revenant Gun (Liz Bourke)
Malzberg, Barry N. • The Bend at the End of the Road (Russell Letson)
Morrow, Bethany C. • MEM: A Novel (Katharine Coldiron)
Novik, Naomi • Spinning Silver (Lila Garrott)
O’Dell, Claire • A Study in Honor (Adrienne Martini)
Rajaniemi, Hannu • Summerland (Gary K. Wolfe)
Roanhorse, Rebecca • Trail of Lightning (Liz Bourke)
Saadawi, Ahmed • Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ian Mond)
Scalzi, John • Head On (Adrienne Martini)
Stirling, S. M. • Black Chamber (Liz Bourke)
Valente, Catherynne M. • Space Opera (Adrienne Martini)
Watts, Leander • Meet Me in the Strange (Colleen Mondor)
Watts, Peter • The Freeze-Frame Revolution (Gary K. Wolfe)
Watts, Peter • The Freeze-Frame Revolution (Russell Letson)
Yang, JY • The Descent of Monsters (Liz Bourke)