March 2020 • Issue 710 • Vol. 84 • No. 3
52nd Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS
Nina Allan: Never Enough Time / 10
Gareth L. Powell: A Rising Tide / 26
Sue Burke: Aliens Among Us / 48

MAIN STORIES / 5
2019 Nebula Awards Ballot • Muir Wins Crawford Award • World Fantasy Awards Judges • 2020 Dell Award Winner • 2019 BSFA Shortlist • Compton Crook Award Finalists • Analog AnLab Awards Finalists • Inaugural Ray Bradbury Prize • Asimov's Readers' Award Finalists

THE DATA FILE / 7
Hachette Acquires Disney Titles • RWA Resignations • Captions Settlement • SLF Grants • Spectrum 27 Awards Finalists • Announcements • Diverse Editions Debacle • Publishing News • Workshop News • World Conventions News • RUSA Selections • HWA Summer Scares • LITA SF Notable Lists • Bestsellers of 2019 • Edgar Awards Nominations • Audie Awards Finalists • ALA Youth Media Awards • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Owl Goingback and Thomas Ligotti, Cory Doctorow, Mike Resnick, Naomi Novik, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Photo Story: SF by the Bay / 29 Commentary: Kelly Lagor: Putting the "Science" in Science Fiction: Part Two / 24 Commentary: Cory Doctorow: A Lever Without A Fulcrum is Just a Stick / 25 Photo Story: Blumlein Memorial / 76

INTERNATIONAL
SF in India / 28

FORTHCOMING BOOKS
US Forthcoming Books / 30 UK Forthcoming Books / 42

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: January / 50 Books Received: January / 51 British Books Received: December / 63 Bestsellers / 64

OBITUARIES / 77
Paul Barnett • Appreciation for D.C. Fontana by David Gerrold

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
"SF by the Bay" • Magazine Summary Whoops • Locus Awards • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 12
F&SF 3-4/20; Uncanny 1/20; Galaxy's Edge 1/20; Interzone 1-2/20; Conjunctions 73.

Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 13
Mad Scientist Journal Winter '20; Clarkesworld 1/20; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/16/20; Strange Horizons 1/6/20, 1/20/20; Lightspeed 1/20; Tor.com 1/8/20, 1/15/20; Diabolical Plots 1/20.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 14
War of the Maps, Paul McAuley; Made to Order: Robots and Revolution, Jonathan Strahan, ed.; Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination, Rick Wilber; Prosper's Demon, K.J. Parker.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 16
What the Wind Brings, Matthew Hughes.

Reviews by Katharine Coldiron / 17
Stormsong, C.L. Polk; The Book of Lost Saints, Daniel José Older.

Reviews by Ian Mond / 18
88 Names, Matt Ruff; Providence, Max Barry; McSweeney's 58: 2040 A.D., Claire Boyle, ed.; Hearts of Oak, Eddie Robson.

Reviews by Colleen Mondor / 20
Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire; Red Hood, Elana K. Arnold; Summerwood/Winterwood, E.L. Chen; A Phoenix First Must Burn, Patrice Caldwell, ed.

Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 22
False Value, Ben Aaronovitch; The Secret Chapter, Genevieve Cogman; The Hanged Man, K.D. Edwards; Novice Dragoneer, E.E. Knight; Imaginary Numbers, Seanan McGuire; Cast in Wisdom, Michelle Sagara; The Immortal Conquistador, Carrie Vaughn.

Reviews by Divers Hands: Liz Bourke, Paula Guran, Ysabeau S. Wilce / 23
Shadows of Annihilation, S.M. Stirling; The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones; The Broken Heavens, Kameron Hurley.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 12, 15, 17, 22

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Beneath Ceaseless Skies 1/16/20 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
Conjunctions 73 (Rich Horton)
Diabolical Plots 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 3-4/20 (Rich Horton)
Galaxy's Edge 1/20 (Rich Horton)
Interzone 1-2/20 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed 1/20 (Karen Burnham)
Mad Scientist Journal Winter '20 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 1/6/20 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 1/20/20 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/8/20 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 1/15/20 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 1/20 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Aaronovitch, Ben • False Value (Carolyn Cushman)
Arnold, Elena K. • Red Hood (Colleen Mondor)
Barry, Max • Providence (Ian Mond)
Boyle, Claire, ed. • McSweeney’s 58: 2040 A.D. (Ian Mond)
Caldwell, Patrice • A Phoenix First Must Burn (Colleen Mondor)
Chen, E.L. • Summerwood/Winterwood (Colleen Mondor)
Cogman, Genevieve • The Secret Chapter (Carolyn Cushman)
Edwards, K.D. • The Hanged Man (Carolyn Cushman)
Hughes, Matthew • What the Wind Brings (Russell Letson)
Hurley, Kameron • The Broken Heavens (Ysabeau Wilce)
Jones, Stephen Graham • The Only Good Indians (Paula Guran)
Knight, E.E. • Novice Dragoneer (Carolyn Cushman)
McAuley, Paul • War of the Maps (Gary K. Wolfe)
McGuire, Seanan • Come Tumbling Down (Colleen Mondor)
McGuire, Seanan • Imaginary Numbers (Carolyn Cushman)
Older, Daniel José • The Book of Lost Saints (Katharine Coldiron)
Parker, K.J. • Prosper's Demon (Gary K. Wolfe)
Polk, C.L. • Stormsong (Katharine Coldiron)
Robson, Eddie • Hearts of Oak (Ian Mond)
Ruff, Matt • 88 Names (Ian Mond)
Sagara, Michelle • Cast in Wisdom (Carolyn Cushman)
Stirling, S.M. • Shadows of Annihilation (Liz Bourke)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Made to Order: Robots and Revolution (Gary K. Wolfe)
Vaughn, Carrie • The Immortal Conquistador (Carolyn Cushman)
Wilber, Rick • Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination (Gary K. Wolfe)