May 2024 • Issue 760 • Vol. 92 • No. 5
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview design by Francesca Myman.

INTERVIEWS
Malka Older: Perspective Shift / 10
Victor Manibo: Space Thriller / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5, 6
2024 Hugo Awards Ballot • Jacobs Wins Philip K. Dick Award • Small Press Distribution Shuts Down • Chesley Awards Winners

THE DATA FILE / 7
Hugo Awards Ballot Declines and Ineligibles • AI News • HWA Awards • Ashing-Giwa Wins Compton Crook Award • BSFA Awards Winners • SF Caledonia Launched • CSFFA Hall of Fame Nominees • Prometheus Novel Award Finalists • Lambda Awards Finalists • Future Worlds Prize • Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists • Most Challenged Books of 2023 • 2024 Sturgeon Symposium • Forbes Greatest Book Series • World Conventions News • HWA Summer Scares • Bookstore News • Announcements • Legal News • Awards News • Financial News

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Jeff VanderMeer, Gregory Frost, Stephanie Burgis, L.D. Lewis, Cassandra Clare, Usman T. Malik, and many others.

SPECIAL FEATURES / 27
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: No One Is the Enshittifier of Their Own Story

CONVENTIONS
2024 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 30 • Norwescon 46, 33 • 2024 Williamson Lectureship, 34

INTERNATIONAL REPORT / 35
SF in Ukraine: On Fantasy Tropes and Romanticizing Reality by Daria Piskozub

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: March, 38 • Books Received: March, 39 • Bestsellers, 50 • New & Notable, 51

OBITUARIES / 60
Vernor Vinge • Appreciation by James Frenkel • James A. Moore • John Barth • Trina Robbins • Kirk Dougal • Deb Geisler • R.F. Lucchetti • Caitlin Thomas • DEATH NOTED: Sharon Green

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 63
ICFA • The Fundraiser • TB • Locus Awards • Volunteers

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Escape Pod 1/25/24, 2/8/24, 2/22/24, 2/29/24; Fusion Fragment 2/24; Strange Horizons 2/19/24, 2/26/24, 3/4/24, 3/11/24; Flash Fiction Online 2/24, 3/24; Cast of Wonders 2/29/24, 3/3/24; Lightspeed 3/24, 4/24; Hexagon 3/24; GigaNotoSaurus 3/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/7/24, 3/21/24; Diabolical Plots 2/24.

Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/1/24 - 3/17/24; Weird Horror Spring ’24; Uncanny 1-2/24, 3-4/24; Apex #142, #143; Nightmare 2/24, 3/24, 4/24; The Deadlands Winter ’24; The Dark 1/24, 2/24, 3/24.

Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
Asimov’s 3-4/24; The Deadlands Winter ’24; Clarkesworld 3/24.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons, Peter S. Beagle; The Bezzle, Cory Doctorow; The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo.

Reviews by IAN MOND / 17
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley; Mood Swings, Frankie Barnet; Takaoka’s Travels, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa.

Reviews by LIZ BOURKE / 18
Road to Ruin, Hana Lee; Lady Eve’s Last Con, Rebecca Fraimow; Necrobane, Daniel M. Ford.

Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 20
The Climate Action Almanac, Joey Eschrich & Ed Finn, eds.; Ocean’s Godori, Elaine U. Cho; The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits, Ben Berman Ghan.

Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 21
River Mumma, Zalika Reid-Benta; Diavola, Jennifer Thorne; The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, Malka Older.

Reviews by Divers Hands: EUGEN BACON, ALEX BROWN, PAULA GURAN, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ARCHITA MITTRA, ALEXANDRA PIERCE, WOLE TALABI / 22
Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa, Helen Moffett & Rachel Zadok, eds.; The Book Censor’s Library, Bothayna Al-Essa; The Angel of Indian Lake, Stephen Graham Jones; The Proper Thing and Other Stories, Seanan McGuire; Those Beyond the Wall, Micaiah Johnson; Lyorn, Steven Brust; The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Sarah Brooks; Sun of Blood and Ruin, Mariely Lares; The Man Who Saw Seconds, Alexander Boldizar; In the Shadow of the Fall, Tobi Ogundiran.

Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Escape Pod 1/25/24, 2/8/24, 2/22/24, 2/29/24 (Charles Payseur)
Fusion Fragment 2/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 2/19/24, 2/26/24, 3/4/24, 3/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 2/24, 3/24 (Charles Payseur)
Cast of Wonders 2/29/24, 3/3/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 3/24, 4/24 (Charles Payseur)
Hexagon 3/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 3/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/7/24, 3/21/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 2/24 (Charles Payseur)
The Sunday Morning Transport 1/1/24 - 3/17/24 (Paula Guran)
Weird Horror Spring ’24 (Paula Guran)
Uncanny 1-2/24, 3-4/24 (Paula Guran)
Apex #142, #143 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 2/24, 3/24, 4/24 (Paula Guran)
The Deadlands Winter ’24 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 1/24, 2/24, 3/24 (Paula Guran)
Asimov’s 3-4/24 (A.C. Wise)
The Deadlands Winter ’24 (A.C. Wise)
Clarkesworld 3/24 (A.C. Wise)

Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—

Al-Essa, Bothayna • The Book Censor's Library (Alex Brown)
Barnet, Frankie • Mood Swings (Ian Mond)
Beagle, Peter S. • I'm Afraid You’ve Got Dragons (Gary K. Wolfe)
Boldizar, Alexander • The Man Who Saw Seconds (Alexandra Pierce)
Bradley, Kalianne • The Ministry of Time (Ian Mond)
Brooks, Sarah • The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands (Adrienne Martini)
Brust, Steven • Lyorn (Adrienne Martini)
Cho, Elaine U. • Ocean's Godori (Jake Casella Brookins)
Doctorow, Cory • The Bezzle (Gary K. Wolfe)
Eschrich, Joey, & Ed Finn, eds. • The Climate Action Almanac (Jake Casella Brookins)
Ford, Daniel M. • Necrobane (Liz Bourke)
Fraimnow, Rebecca • Lady Eve's Last Con (Liz Bourke)
Ghan, Ben Berman • The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Jake Casella Brookins)
Johnson, Micaiah • Those Beyond the Wall (Adrienne Martini)
Jones, Stephen Graham • The Angel of Indian Lake (Paula Guran)
Lares, Mariely • Sun of Blood and Ruin (Archita Mittra)
Lee, Hana • Road to Ruin (Liz Bourke)
McGuire, Seanan • The Proper Thing and Other Stories (Paula Guran)
Moffett, Helen, & Rachel Zadok, eds. • Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa (Eugen Bacon)
Ogundiran, Tobi • In the Shadow of the Fall (Wole Talabi)
Older, Malka • The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (Colleen Mondor)
Reid-Benta, Zalika • River Mumma (Colleen Mondor)
Shibusawa, Tatsuhiko • Takaoka's Travels (Ian Mond)
Thorne, Jennifer • Diavola (Colleen Mondor)
Vo, Nghi • The Brides of High Hill (Gary K. Wolfe)