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The June 2025 issue of Locus has interviews with Akwaeke Emezi and Joan Slonczewski and a spotlight on publisher Beehive Books. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books titles through March 2026. News includes Percival Everett's Pulitzer Prize win, Brenda Peynado's Philip K. Dick Award win, Seattle Worldcon's AI controversy, the LA Times Book Prize and Otherwise winners, and much more. Norwescon 47 and Hal-Con are covered with reports and photos.
Obituaries remember Damien Broderick, Nancy Kilpatrick, Peter Morwood, George Barr, and David Schleinkofer. Reviews include new titles by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Josh Rountree, Auston Habershaw, Yoon Ha Lee, Ruben Reyes Jr., Susanna Kwan, Seth Haddon, John Pistelli, Michael Cisco, Sayaka Murata, Aaron Starmer, Vanessa L. Torres, Jonathan Stroud, Suzanne Collins, Amerie, Madeleine Thien, J.R. Dawson, Agustina Bazterrica, Marie-Helene Bertino, Edward Ashton, Adam Oyebanji, T. Kingfisher, and more.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
June 2025 · Issue 773 · Vol. 94 No. 6
58th Year of Publication · 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Art/Design by Francesca Myman
INTERVIEWS
Akwaeke Emezi – Claiming the Center · p.10
Joan Slonczewski – Really Far Out · p.24
MAIN STORIES · p.6
– Peynado Wins PKD Award
– Seattle Worldcon 2025 News
– Everett Wins Pulitzer Prize
– LA Times Book Prize Winners
– Otherwise Award Winners
THE DATA FILE · p.7
– Guggenheim Fellows
– BSFA Awards Winners
– Aurealis Awards Winners
– Seiun Awards Nominees
– Philip K. Dick Award Judges
– Gaiman News
– Clarke Award Shortlist
– Edgar Awards Winners
– HWA Specialty Awards
– SFWA News
– Australasian Shadows Awards Ballot
– British Book Awards
– Splatterpunk Awards Nominees
– Tolkien Society Awards
– Future Worlds Prize Shortlist
– Vogel Awards Winners
– Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners
– Premio Italia Winners
– Announcements
– Publishing News
– Awards News
– Financial News
– International Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING · p.8
Notes on milestones, awards, and books sold — featuring Frank Herbert, Nicola Griffith, Naomi Kritzer, Philip Fracassi, Darin Bradley, Kendare Blake, and many others
SPECIAL FEATURES
– Spotlight on Beehive Books · p.26
– Photo Story: Hexagon XVI · p.63
– Photo Story: MoCon 2025* · p.65
– Photo Story: Brooklyn Books and Booze · p.66
CONVENTIONS
– Norwescon 47 · p.27
– Hal-Con · p.27
FORTHCOMING BOOKS · p.28
LISTINGS
– Magazines Received: April · p.45
– New & Notable · p.46
– Books Received: April · p.47
– Bestsellers · p.56
– Audiofile Monthly Recommendations · p.57
OBITUARIES · p.69
Damien Broderick · Nancy Kilpatrick · Peter Morwood · George Barr · David Schleinkofer
EDITORIAL MATTERS · p.70
– Thank You!
– Locus Awards
– ChatGPT’s Summer Reads
– This Issue / Next Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur · p.12
Strange Horizons 3/10/25, 3/17/25, 3/31/25 · Flash Fiction Online 3/25 · Fiyah Spring ’25 · Baffling 4/25 · Kaleidotrope Spring ’25 · Small Wonders 4/25 · GigaNotoSaurus 4/25 · Beneath Ceaseless Skies 4/3/25 · Lightspeed 5/25
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise · p.14
Analog 3–4/25 · Clarkesworld 4/25 · khōréō 5.1
Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe · p.15
– The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
– The Unkillable Frank Lightning, Josh Rountree
– If Wishes Were Retail, Auston Habershaw
Reviews by Alexandra Pierce · p.16
– Starstrike, Yoon Ha Lee
– Archive of Unknown Universes, Ruben Reyes Jr.
– Awake in the Floating City, Susanna Kwan
– Volatile Memory, Seth Haddon
Reviews by Ian Mond · p.18
– Major Arcana, John Pistelli
– Black Brane, Michael Cisco
– Vanishing World, Sayaka Murata
Reviews by Colleen Mondor · p.20
– Night Swimming, Aaron Starmer
– On the Wings of la Noche, Vanessa L. Torres
– The Legendary Scarlett & Browne, Jonathan Stroud
– Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins
Reviews by Niall Harrison · p.21
– This Is Not A Ghost Story, Amerie
– The Book of Records, Madeleine Thien
Reviews by Divers Hands (Liz Bourke, Gabino Iglesias, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini) · p.22
– The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, J.R. Dawson
– The Unworthy, Agustina Bazterrica
– Exit Zero, Marie-Helene Bertino
– The Fourth Consort, Edward Ashton
– Esperance, Adam Oyebanji
– Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher
Amerie • This Is Not a Ghost Story (Niall Harrison)
Ashton, Edward • The Fourth Consort (Russell Letson)
Bazterrica, Agustina • The Unworthy (Gabino Iglesias)
Bertino, Marie-Helene • Exit Zero: Stories (Gabino Iglesias)
Cisco, Michael • Black Brane (Ian Mond)
Collins, Suzanne • Sunrise on the Reaping (Colleen Mondor)
Dawson, J. R. • The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Liz Bourke)
Habershaw, Auston • If Wishes Were Retail (Gary K. Wolfe)
Haddon, Seth • Volatile Memory (Alexandra Pierce)
Kingfisher, T. • Hemlock & Silver (Adrienne Martini)
Kwan, Susanna • Awake in the Floating City (Alexandra Pierce)
Lee, Yoon Ha • Starstrike (Alexandra Pierce)
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia • The Bewitching (Gary K. Wolfe)
Murata, Sayaka • Vanishing World (Ian Mond)
Oyebanji, Adam • Esperance (Adrienne Martini)
Pistelli, John • Major Arcana (Ian Mond)
Reyes, Ruben Jr. • Archive of Unknown Universes (Alexandra Pierce)
Rountree, Josh • The Unkillable Frank Lightning (Gary K. Wolfe)
Starmer, Aaron • Night Swimming (Colleen Mondor)
Stroud, Jonathan • The Legendary Scarlett & Browne (Colleen Mondor)
Thien, Madeleine • The Book of Records (Niall Harrison)
Torres, Vanessa L. • On the Wings of la Noche (Colleen Mondor)
