May 2022 • Issue 736 • Vol. 88 • No. 5 
55th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner 
Cover and interview art and design by Francesca Myman 

INTERVIEWS
Adrian Tchaikovsky: From Star to Star / 10 
Dhonielle Clayton: Future of Magic / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5 
2022 Hugo Awards Ballot • Wallace Wins PKD Award • Prometheus Award Finalists • BSFA Awards Winners • SFWA Support for Ukraine • Baen Memorial Award Winners

THE DATA FILE / 7 
Emeka Walter Dinjos Memorial Award • SFWA News • HWA Awards • Aurora Awards Ballot • Aurealis Awards Shortlist • Australian Shadows Awards Winners • Ignyte Awards Finalists • International Booker Prize Shortlist • Guggenheim Fellowships • Esquire 50 Best Sci-Fi Books • Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize • Eagle-Con Awards • Pullman Steps Down as SoA President • World Conventions News • Announcements • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8 
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about John Skipp, Kij Johnson, P. Djèlí Clark, Gene Wolfe, J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary by Cory Doctorow: Six Weeks Is a Long Time / 26 Spotlight on Artist Alyssa Winans / 27 Photo Story: Rainforest Writers Village / 36 

CONVENTIONS
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts / 30 Writers and Illustrators of the Future / 33 Norwescon / 34 Magazines Received: March / 37 Williamson Lectureship / 35  

LISTINGS 
Books Received: March / 39 British Books Received: New & Notable / 51 February / 48 Bestsellers / 50

OBITUARIES / 61 
Robert C. Cornett • Bill Johnson • Valerio Evangelisti • Joël Houssin • Appreciation by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier • Carlos Emílio C. Lima • Lygia Fagundes Telles 

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 62 
Conventions • Paper and Fuel Rising, Donate Now • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 12 
Future SF Digest 3/22; Clarkesworld 3/22; Asimov’s 3-4/22; Slate Future Tense 1/22; Translunar Traveler’s Lounge 2/22; The Sunday Morning Transport 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27/22.

Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur / 14 
Reckoning 1/22; Drabblecast 1-2/22; Strange Horizons 2/21/22, 2/28/22, 3/7/22, 3/14/22; Hexagon 3/22; Fireside 3/22; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/10/22, 3/24/22; GigaNotoSaurus 3/22; Cast of Wonders 2-3/22; Escape Pod 3/22; Fusion Fragment 3/22; Lightspeed 4/22; Fantasy 4/22.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 16
Siren Queen, Nghi Vo; All the Seas of the World, Guy Gavriel Kay; The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, John Kessel; These Prisoning Hills, Christopher Rowe.

Reviews by Liz Bourke / 18 
Prison of Sleep, Tim Pratt; The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison.

Reviews by Rusell Letson / 19 
Aspects, John M. Ford; Memory’s Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection, James S.A. Corey.

Reviews by Ian Mond / 20 
Poguemahone, Patrick McCabe; The Immortal King Rao, Vauhini Vara; My Volcano, John Elizabeth Stintzi.

Reviews by Maya C. James / 22 
Glory, NoViolet Bulawayo; Call Me Cassandra, Marcial Gala.

Reviews by Gabino Iglesias / 23 
Milk Teeth, Helene Bukowski; The Unfamiliar Garden, Benjamin Percy; The Fervor, Alma Katsu; All the Wrong Ideas, Jeremy Robert Johnson.

Reviews by Caren Gusoff Sumption / 24
Tell Me an Ending, Jo Harkin; Under Fortunate Stars, Ren Hutchings.

Reviews by Divers Hands: Alex Brown, Colleen Mondor / 25
Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse; Only a Monster, Vanessa Len; A Comb of Wishes, Lisa Stringfellow.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 17, 19, 22 

Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Future SF Digest 3/22 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 3/22 (Karen Burnham)
Asimov’s 3-4/22 (Karen Burnham)
Slate Future Tense 1/22 (Karen Burnham)
Translunar Traveler’s Lounge 2/22 (Karen Burnham)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27/22 (Karen Burnham)
Reckoning 1/22 (Charles Payseur)
Drabblecast 1-2/22 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 2/21/22, 2/28/22, 3/7/22, 3/14/22 (Charles Payseur)
Hexagon 3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Fireside 3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/10/22, 3/24/22 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 2-3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 3/22 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 4/22 (Charles Payseur)
Fantasy 4/22 (Charles Payseur)

Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Addison, Katherine • The Grief of Stones (Liz Bourke)
Bukowski, Helene • Milk Teeth (Gabino Iglesias)
Bulawayo, NoViolet • Glory (Maya C. James)
Corey, James S. A. • Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection (Russell Letson)
Ford, John M. • Aspects (Russell Letson)
Gala, Marcial • Call Me Cassandra (Maya C. James)
Harkin, Jo • Tell Me an Ending (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Hutchings, Ren • Under Fortunate Stars (Caren Gussoff Sumption)
Johnson, Jeremy Robert • All the Wrong Ideas (Gabino Iglesias)
Katsu, Alma • The Fervor (Gabino Iglesias)
Kay, Guy Gavriel • All the Seas of the World (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kessel, John • The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel (Gary K. Wolfe)
Len, Vanessa • Only a Monster (Colleen Mondor)
McCabe, Patrick • Poguemahone (Ian Mond)
Percy, Benjamin • The Unfamiliar Garden (Gabino Iglesias)
Pratt, Tim • Prison of Sleep (Liz Bourke)
Roanhorse, Rebecca • Fevered Star (Alex Brown)
Rowe, Christopher • These Prisoning Hills (Gary K. Wolfe)
Stintzi, John Elizabeth • My Volcano (Ian Mond)
Stringfellow, Lisa • A Comb of Wishes (Colleen Mondor)
Vara, Vauhini • The Immortal King Rao (Ian Mond)
Vo, Nghi • Siren Queen (Gary K. Wolfe)