September 2013 • Issue 632 • Vol. 71 • No. 3
46th Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Designs by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEWS

Nalo Hopkinson: As Magic Does / 6
Jack Skillingstead: Ups and Downs / 76

MAIN STORIES / 5&10

2012 World Fantasy Awards Nominations • DoJ and Apple Argue Injunctions • Omni Reboot • Beale Expelled from SFWA

SPECIAL FEATURES

Jack Vance Memorial / 5 Spotlight on Luis Ortiz, Publisher / 40 JayWake: The Jay Lake Living Wake / 41Spotlight on Betsy Mitchell of Open Road Media / 42 Italcon 39 / 71 Summer Workshops / 71

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8

Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Lucius Shepard, Margo Lanagan, Robert Rankin, Robert Sheckley, Alan Gardner, and many others.

THE DATA FILE / 11

2013 Seiun Awards Winners • 2013 Prometheus Award Winners • B&N & S&S Make Up • Vonnegut Joins Kindle Worlds • Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship • KGB Kickstarter Success • Rowling Pseudonym Settlement • Robert E. Howard Materials Donated to Ransom Center • Forbes’s Top-Earning Authors • Amazon News • World Conventions News • Awards News • Publishing News • Announcements • Media Notes • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Audiobooks Received • Publications Received • Catalogs Received

COMMENTARY

Cory Doctorow: Libraries and E-books / 29

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

US Forthcoming Books / 30 British Forthcoming Books / 44

LISTINGS

Magazines Received: July / 50 Books Received: July / 51 British Books Received: June / 62 Bestsellers /64 

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 74

San Antonio • Tax Deduction • Next Issue

OBITUARIES / 74

Elmore Leonard • Mick Farren • Douglas R. Mason • Barbara Mertz • Jean-Claud Suares • Appreciation for Jack Vance by Faren Miller

Locus letters / 75

Richard Curtis • Toni Weisskopf • Cleve Evans

LOCUS looks at books

Gardnerspace: A Short Fiction Column by Gardner Dozois / 15

Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe, J.E. Mooney & Bill Fawcett, eds.; F&SF7-8/13; Asimov’s 4-5/13; Tor.com 6/19/13 – 7/17/13.

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 17

Glitter & Mayhem, John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, eds.; Clockwork Phoenix 4, Mike Allen, ed.; Fearsome Journeys, Jonathan Strahan, ed.; Oz Reimagined, John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen, eds.; Asimov’s 9/13.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 18

Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson; The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed.; The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2013, Rich Horton, ed.

Reviews by Faren Miller / 20

The Curiosity, Stephen P. Kiernan; The Age of Ice, J.M. Sidorova; The Scroll of Years, Chris Willrich; Swords of Good Men, Snorri Kristjansson; SHORT TAKE: The Incrementalists, Steven Brust & Skyler White.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 23

Evening’s Empires, Paul McAuley; Life on the Preservation, Jack Skillingstead.

Reviews by Gwenda Bond / 24

Midwinterblood, Marcus Sedgwick; The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black; Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo.

Short Reviews by Carolyn Cushman / 25

Seven Kinds of Hell, Dana Cameron; Wolf in Shadow, John Lambshead; Crown of Midnight, Sarah J. Maas; Chimes at Midnight, Seanan McGuire; Possession, Kat Richardson; The Wells Bequest, Polly Shulman; Eight Million Gods, Wen Spencer; Kitty in the Underworld, Carrie Vaughn; Golden Girl, Sarah Zettel.

Divers Hands: Reviews by Cecelia Holland, Karen Burnham, Tom Whitmore, Stefan Dziemianowicz / 27

Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson; Self-Reference ENGINE, Toh EnJoe; The Incrementalists, Steven Brust & Skyler White; Alice Walks, Michael Aronovitz.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 17, 19, 21, 23

 

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Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) —

Asimov’s April/May 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Asimov’s September 2013 (Rich Horton)
F&SF July/Aug 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com June 2013 (Gardner Dozois)
Tor.com July 2013 (Gardner Dozois)

Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —

Adams, John Joseph, & Douglas Cohen, eds. • Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (Rich Horton)
Allen, Mike, ed. • Clockwork Phoenix 4 (Rich Horton)
Aronovitz, Michael • Alice Walks (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Bardugo, Leigh • Siege and Storm (Gwenda Bond)
Black, Holly • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (Gwenda Bond)
Brust, Steven, & Skyler White • The Incrementalists (Faren Miller)
Brust, Steven, & Skyler White • The Incrementalists (Tom Whitmore)
Cameron, Dana • Seven Kinds of Hell (Carolyn Cushman)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (Gary K. Wolfe)
Horton, Rich, ed. • The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2013 Edition (Gary K. Wolfe)
Kiernan, Stephen P. • The Curiosity (Faren Miller)
Klima, John, & Lynne M. Thomas, eds. • Glitter & Mayhem (Rich Horton)
Kristjansson, Snorri • Swords of Good Men (Faren Miller)
Lambshead, John • Wolf in Shadow (Carolyn Cushman)
Maas, Sarah J. • Crown of Midnight (Carolyn Cushman)
McAuley, Paul • Evening’s Empires (Russell Letson)
McGuire, Seanan • Chimes at Midnight (Carolyn Cushman)
Mooney, J. E., & Bill Fawcett, ed. • Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (Gardner Dozois)
Richardson, Kat • Possession (Carolyn Cushman)
Robinson, Kim Stanley • Shaman (Cecilia Holland)
Robinson, Kim Stanley • Shaman (Gary K. Wolfe)
Sedgwick, Marcus • Midwinterblood (Gwenda Bond)
Shulman, Polly • The Wells Bequest (Carolyn Cushman)
Sidorova, J. M. • The Age of Ice (Faren Miller)
Skillingstead, Jack • Life on the Preservation (Russell Letson)
Spencer, Wen • Eight Million Gods (Carolyn Cushman)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Fearsome Journeys (Rich Horton)
Toh, EnJoe • Self-Reference Engine (Karen Burnham)
Vaughn, Carrie • Kitty in the Underworld (Carolyn Cushman)
Willrich, Chris • The Scroll of Years (Faren Miller)
Zettel, Sarah • Golden Girl (Carolyn Cushman)