June 2023 • Issue 749 • Vol. 90 • No. 6 
56th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner 
Cover and interview design by Stephen H. Segal 

INTERVIEWS
Connie Willis: Roswell Redux / 10 
Emma Törzs: Explaining Things to Myself / 28 

MAIN STORIES / 5 & 6 
2023 Nebula Awards Winners • Griffith Wins Bradbury Prize • Orbit Works • HWA Awards • New Leaf Controversy • Aurora Awards Ballot

THE DATA FILE / 7 
Book Ban Lawsuit • Inaugural Infinity Award • Announcements • Contest News • Toni Morrison Exhibit • Westercon 75 Canceled • Bookstore News • Mythopoeic Awards Finalists • Kitschies Finalists • Seiun Award Nominees • Edgar Awards Winners • World Conventions News • Publishing News • Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Shortlist • Omega Sci-Fi Awards • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8 
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Terry Bisson, Amal El-Mohtar, Ada Hoffman, R.S.A. Garcia, Patrick Rothfuss, and many others

CONVENTIONS 
SFWA Nebula Conference, 5 • 2023 Writers & Illustrators of the Future Awards, 34 • Hal-Con 2023, 35 

SPECIAL FEATURES 
Spotlight on Eli John, 33 • Photo Story: Bay Area Book Festival, 53 

FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 38 

LISTINGS 
Magazines Received: April, 54 • Books Received: April, 55 • Bestsellers, 66 • New & Notable, 67 

OBITUARIES / 76 
Martin Amis • Lee Harding • Appreciation by Janeen Webb • Sara Schwager • Appreciation by Janny Wurts

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78 
Locus Awards • A New Fan • Nebs Plus This Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS 

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12 
Strange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23; Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23; Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23; Kaleidotrope 4/23; Fiyah Spring ’23; Diabolical Plots 4/23; GigaNotoSaurus 4/23; Fusion Fragment 4/23; 3LBE 4/23; Baffling 4/23; Flash Fiction Online 4/23; Lightspeed 5/23; F&SF 5-6/23.

Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14 
Uncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23; Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23; Apex #137; The Deadlands 4/23; The Dark 3/23; Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/22; Podcastle 4/11/23; PseudoPod 4/14/23; The Sunday Morning Transport 2/26/23, 3/5/23, 3/12/23, 4/2/23, 4/9/23 & 4/23/23; Weird Horror Spring ’23.

Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 15 
Labyrinth’s Heart, M.A. Carrick; The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang; The Ghosts of Trappist, K.B. Wagers.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16 
Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Flight & Anchor, Nicole Kornher-Stace; H’ard Starts: The Early Waldrop, Howard Waldrop; The Legend of Charlie Fish, Josh Rountree; All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays, Niall Harrison.

Reviews by ALEX BROWN / 18 
Against the Stars, Christopher Hartland; The Severed Thread, Leslie Vedder.

Reviews by IAN MOND / 19 
Chlorine, Jade Song; The Last Vanishing Man, Matthew Cheney; All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays, Niall Harrison.

Reviews by EUGEN BACON / 20 
Where Rivers Go to Die, Dilman Dila; Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction, Chinelo Onwualu, ed.; Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Con- junctions, Khadijah Queen & K. Ibura, eds..

Reviews by CAREN GUSSOFF SUMPTION / 22 
Human Sacrifices, María Fernanda Ampuero; The Wick, Julianna Baggott; Apollo Weeps, Xian Mao.

Reviews by ALEXANDRA PIERCE / 23 
House of Odysseus, Claire North; The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7, Allan Kaster, ed.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 24 
The Donut Legion, Joe R. Lansdale; No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed; Ascension, Nicholas Binge.

Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 25 
Into the Light, Mark Oshiro; The Making of Yolanda La Bruja, Lorraine Avila; Harvest House, Cynthia Leitich Smith.

Reviews by Divers Hands: RUSSELL LETSON, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ARCHITA MITTRA / 26
Ragged Maps, Ian R. MacLeod; The Road to Roswell, Connie Willis; Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher; The Jasad Heir, Sara Hashem.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 17, 19, 24 

Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Strange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Kaleidotrope 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fiyah Spring ’23 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
3LBE 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Baffling 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 4/23 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 5/23 (Charles Payseur)
F&SF 5-6/23 (Charles Payseur)
Uncanny 3-4/23, 5-6/23 (Paula Guran)
Tor.com 3/29/23, 4/26/23 (Paula Guran)
Apex #137 (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands 4/23 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 3/23 (Paula Guran)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/22 (Paula Guran)
Podcastle 4/11/23 (Paula Guran)
PseudoPod 4/14/23 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 2/26/23, 3/5/23, 3/12/23, 4/2/23, 4/9/23 & 4/23/23 (Paula Guran)
Weird Horror Spring ’23 (Paula Guran)

Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Ampurero, María Fernanda • Human Sacrifices (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Avila, Lorraine • The Making of Yolanda La Bruja (Colleen Mondor)
Baggott, Julianna • The Wick (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Binge, Nicholas • Ascension (Gabino Iglesias)
Carrick, M. A. • Labyrinth's Heart (Liz Bourke)
Cheney, Matthew • The Last Vanishing Man (Ian Mond)
Dila, Dilman • Where Rivers Go to Die (Eugen Bacon)
Harrison, Niall • All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays (Gary K. Wolfe)
Harrison, Niall • All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays (Ian Mond)
Hartland, Christopher • Against the Stars (Alex Brown)
Hashem, Sara • The Jasad Heir (Archita Mittra)
Huang, S. L. • The Water Outlaws (Liz Bourke)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 (Alexandra Pierce)
Kingfisher, T. • Thornhedge (Adrienne Martini)
Kornher-Stace, Nicole • Flight & Anchor (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lansdale, Joe R. • The Donut Legion (Gabino Iglesias)
MacLeod, Ian R. • Ragged Maps (Russell Letson)
Mao, Xian • Apollo Weeps (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Mohamed, Premee • No One Will Come Back for Us (Gabino Iglesias)
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia • Silver Nitrate (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire • House of Odysseus (Alexandra Pierce)
Onwualu, Chinelo, ed. • Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction (Eugen Bacon)
Oshiro, Mark • Into the Light (Colleen Mondor)
Queen, Khadijah, & K. Ibura, eds. • Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Conjunctions (Eugen Bacon)
Rountree, Josh • The Legend of Charlie Fish (Gary K. Wolfe)
Smith, Cynthia Leitich • Harvest House (Colleen Mondor)
Song, Jade • Chlorine (Ian Mond)
Vedder, Leslie • The Severed Thread (Alex Brown)
Wagers, K. B. • The Ghosts of Trappist (Liz Bourke)
Waldrop, Howard • H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop (Gary K. Wolfe)
Willis, Connie • The Road to Roswell (Adrienne Martini)