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In this issue:
The October 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Lev Grossman and Ananda Lima and a spotlight on The Deadlands and Psychopomp. Glasgow 2024 Worldcon is covered with an extensive report and photos, the complete Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. News covers the Dragon Awards winners, R.S.A. Garcia's Sturgeon Award win, F&SF's shift to quarterly publication, the Internet Archive appeal decision, and more. H. Bruce Franklin, Fran Skene, and Leonard Riggio are remembered with obituaries. Reviews cover new titles by Ian McDonald, Nalo Hopkinson, Jeff VanderMeer, Laura van den Berg, Jesse Ball, Alisa Alering, India Holton, Beth Revis, Indrapramit Das (ed.), Richard Powers, M. John Harrison, Manuela Draeger, Kay Chronister, Eden Robins, Dan Kois, Scott R. Jones, Nathan Ballingrud, Tanya Pell, Nghi Vo, J.M. Miro, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and others.
Table of Contents:
October 2024 • Issue 765 • Vol. 93 • No. 4
58th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art & design by Francesca Myman.
INTERVIEWS
Lev Grossman: The Divine & The Magical / 10
Ananda Lima: Different Certainties / 26
MAIN STORIES / 6
Dragon Awards Winners • Garcia Wins Sturgeon Award • Internet Archive Loses Appeal • F&SF Goes Quarterly • Jones Wins Eugie Award
THE DATA FILE / 7
Changes at Saga • SFWA Calls Special Election • Brown Wins Resnick Award • National Book Award Longlists • Sunburst Award Returns • Hearne Launches Horned Lark Press • Ditmar Preliminary Ballot • World Conventions News • Isabel Allende Barbie Doll • Announcements • Publishing News • Legal News • Awards News • Financial News • International Rights • Audio Rights
PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Scott Westerfeld & Justine Larbalestier, Jason Sanford, Paul Kincaid, V. Castro, Gardner Dozois, Andrew Joseph White, and many others.
GLASGOW 2024
Glasgow 2024, 28 • 2024 WSFS Business Meeting, 39 • Complete 2024 Hugo Voting, 40
SPECIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on The Deadlands and Psychopomp, 45 • Photo Story: Brooklyn Books and Booze, 65
LISTINGS
Magazines Received: August, 46 • Books Received: August, 47 • Bestsellers, 58 • New & Notable, 59
OBITUARIES / 69
H. Bruce Franklin • Fran Skene • Leonard Riggio
EDITORIAL MATTERS / 70
October Already? • Glasgow • Lev’s New Book • This Issue
LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS
Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Fiyah Summer ’24; Flash Fiction Online 7/24; Escape Pod 7/25/24; Strange Horizons 7/15/24, 7/29/24, 8/12/24; GigaNotoSaurus 8/24; Diabolical Plots 8/24; Small Wonders 8/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/8/24, 8/22/24; Lightspeed8/24; Worlds of Possibility 8/24.
Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 14
Analog 7-8/24; Clarkesworld 7/24, 8/24.
Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 15
The Wilding, Ian McDonald; Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, Nalo Hopkinson
Reviews by IAN MOND / 16
Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer; State of Paradise, Laura van den Berg; The Repeat Room, Jesse Ball.
Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 17
Smothermoss, Alisa Alering; The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love, India Holton; Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis.
Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 18
Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art, Indrapramit Das, ed.; Playground, Richard Powers; Wish I Was Here, M. John Harrison.
Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 20
Kree, Manuela Draeger; The Bog Wife, Kay Chronister; Remember You Will Die, Eden Robins.
Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 23
Hampton Heights, Dan Kois; Drill, Scott R. Jones; Crypt of the Moon Spider, Nathan Ballingrud; Cicada, Tanya Pell
Reviews by Divers Hands: LIZ BOURKE, ALEX BROWN, RUSSELL LETSON / 24
The City in Glass, Nghi Vo; Bringer of Dust, J.M. Miro; Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Fiyah Summer ’24 (Charles Payseur)
Flash Fiction Online 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 7/25/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 7/15/24, 7/29/24, 8/12/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 8/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 8/24 (Charles Payseur)
Small Wonders 8/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/8/24, 8/22/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 8/24 (Charles Payseur)
Worlds of Possibility 8/24 (Charles Payseur)
Analog 7-8/24 (A.C. Wise)
Clarkesworld 7/24, 8/24 (A.C. Wise)
Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Alering, Alisa • Smothermoss (Colleen Mondor)
Ball, Jesse • The Repeat Room (Ian Mond)
Ballingrud, Nathan • Crypt of the Moon Spider (Gabino Iglesias)
Chronister, Kay • The Bog Wife (Jake Casella Brookins)
Das, Indrapramit, ed. • Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art (Niall Harrison)
Draeger, Manuela • Kree (Jake Casella Brookins)
Harrison, M. John • Wish I Was Here (Niall Harrison)
Holton, India • The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love (Colleen Mondor)
Hopkinson, Nalo • Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions (Gary K. Wolfe)
Jones, Scott R. • Drill (Gabino Iglesias)
Kois, Dan • Hampton Height (Gabino Iglesias)
McDonald, Ian • The Wilding (Gary K. Wolfe)
Miro, J. M. • Bringer of Dust (Alex Brown)
Pell, Tanya • Cicada (Gabino Iglesias)
Powers, Richard • Playground (Niall Harrison)
Revis, Beth • Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Colleen Mondor)
Robins, Eden • Remember You Will Die (Jake Casella Brookins)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian • Alien Clay (Russell Letson)
van den Berg, Laura • State of Paradise (Ian Mond)
Vandermeer, Jeff • Absolution (Ian Mond)
Vo, Nghi • The City in Glass (Liz Bourke)
