November 2018 • Issue 694 • Vol. 81 • No. 5
51st Year of Publication • 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and Interview Design by Francesca Myman

INTERVIEW
Andy Duncan: The Nature of Belief / 10

MAIN STORIES / 6
Link Wins Genius Grant • British Fantasy Awards Winners • Erewhon Books • Mysterious Galaxy for Sale • Aurora Awards Winners

THE DATA FILE / 7
Sunburst Awards Winners • Copper Cylinder Awards Winners • Condé Wins New Academy Prize • PEN Sues Trump • Andrew Carnegie Medals Longlist • 2018 National Book Awards Finalists • Clarion and Clarion West 2019 Instructors • Geffen Awards Winners • Elgin Awards Winners • Dick Does Chicago • One Book, One Philadelphia • Self-Publishing Breaks a Million • BSFA Nominations and Eligibility Changes • Carnegie Diversity Initiative • Amazon News • EU Ebook Tax Rates • Bookstore News • Publishing News • Agency News • Workshop News • Spectrum 26 Open for Submissions • Announcements • Awards News • World Conventions News • Legal News • Financial News • International Rights • Other Rights • Publications Received

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Catherynne M. Valente, Tamora Pierce, Isabel Allende, Tananarive Due, Lois McMaster Bujold, Robert Jordan, and many others

SPECIAL FEATURES
Photo Story: Galactic Philadelphia / 7 Photo Story: Neukom Awards Ceremony / 8 Photo Story: GRRM at the Emmys / 9 Commentary: Cory Doctorow: What the Internet Is For / 25 Worlds Beyond Here / 58 Photo Story: Genrepalooza / 61

INTERNATIONAL
SF in Israel: Introduction by Sheldon Teitelbaum, with spotlights on Israeli authors: Shimon Adaf, Yael Furman, Guy Hasson, Aharon Hauptman, Keren Landsman, and Ehud Maimon / 26 ICon / 34 Estcon 2018 / 36 Stalker Awards Winners / 36 International Magazines Received / 59

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: September / 38 Books Received: September / 39 British Books Received: August / 50 Bestsellers / 52

OBITUARIES / 65
Pat Lupoff • Anthea Bell • David J. Willoughby • DEATH REPORTED: William L. Hamling

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 66
Visiting • This Issue/Next Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by Rich Horton / 12
Infinity's End, Jonathan Strahan, ed.; F&SF 9-10/18; Galaxy's Edge 9/18; Uncanny 9-10/18; Speculative Japan 4, Edward Lipsett, ed.; Shades Within Us, Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, eds.; Infinite Fantastika, Paul Di Filippo; Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 9-10/18.

Short Fiction Reviews by Karen Burnham / 13
Clarkesworld 9/18; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/11/18, 10/25/18; Strange Horizons 9/18, 10/18; Giganotosaurus 9/18; Tor.com 9/19/18; Future Tense 8/18; Lightspeed 10/18; Apex Magazine 8/18; Future Fire 8/18.

Reviews by Gary K. Wolfe / 14
Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar; Hazards of Time Travel, Joyce Carol Oates; An Agent of Utopia, Andy Duncan; The Book of Magic, Gardner Dozois, ed.; Sense of Wonder: Short Fiction Reviews (2009-2017), Gardner Dozois.

Reviews by Liz Bourke / 16
In the Vanishers' Palace, Aliette de Bodard; Time's Children, D.B. Jackson; The Brilliant Death, Amy Rose Capetta; Girls of Paper and Fire, Natasha Ngan.

Reviews by Russell Letson / 18
Terran Tomorrow, Nancy Kress; The Accidental War, Walter Jon Williams.

Reviews by John Langan / 19
The Immaculate Void, Brian Hodge; Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren.

Reviews by Ian Mond / 20
Suspended in Dusk II, Simon Dewar, ed.; We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix; My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh; By the Pricking of Her Thumb, Adam Roberts.

Reviews by Divers Hands: Lila Garrott, Colleen Mondor, Paul Di Filippo / 22
City of Broken Magic, Mirah Bolender; Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi; The Tropic of Eternity, Tom Toner.

Terry Bisson: This Month in History / 13, 17, 18, 23

Magazines reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 9-10/18 (Rich Horton)
Apex Magazine 8/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/11/18 (Karen Burnham)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 10/25/18 (Karen Burnham)
Clarkesworld 9/18 (Karen Burnham)
F&SF 9-10/18 (Rich Horton)
Future Fire 8/18 (Karen Burnham)
Future Tense 8/18 (Karen Burnham)
Galaxy's Edge 9/18 (Rich Horton)
Giganotosaurus 9/18 (Karen Burnham)
Lightspeed 10/18 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 9/18 (Karen Burnham)
Strange Horizons 10/18 (Karen Burnham)
Tor.com 9/19/18 (Karen Burnham)
Uncanny 9-10/18 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer)—
Adeyemi, Tomi • Children of Blood and Bone (Colleen Mondor)
Bolender, Mirah • City of Broken Magic (Lila Garrott)
Capetta, Amy Rose • The Brilliant Death (Liz Bourke)
de Bodard, Aliette • In the Vanishers' Palace (Liz Bourke)
Dewar, Simon, ed. • Suspended in Dusk II (Ian Mond)
Di Filippo, Paul • Infinite Fantastika (Rich Horton)
Dozois, Gardner • Sense of Wonder: Short Fiction Reviews (2009-2017) (Gary K. Wolfe)
Dozois, Gardner, ed. • The Book of Magic (Gary K. Wolfe)
Duncan, Andy • An Agent of Utopia (Gary K. Wolfe)
Forest, Susan, & Lucas K. Law, eds. • Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders (Rich Horton)
Hendrix, Grady • We Sold Our Souls (Ian Mond)
Hodge, Brian • The Immaculate Void (John Langan)
Jackson, D. B. • Time's Children (Liz Bourke)
Kress, Nancy • Terran Tomorrow (Russell Letson)
Lipsett, Edward, ed. • Speculative Japan 4 (Rich Horton)
Moshfegh, Ottessa • My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ian Mond)
Ngan, Natasha • Girls of Paper and Fire (Liz Bourke)
Oates, Joyce Carol • Hazards of Time Travel (Gary K. Wolfe)
Roberts, Adam • By the Pricking of Her Thumb (Ian Mond)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Infinity's End (Rich Horton)
Tidhar, Lavie • Unholy Land (Gary K. Wolfe)
Toner, Tom • The Tropic of Eternity (Paul Di Filippo)
Warren, Kaaron • Tide of Stone (John Langan)
Williams, Walter Jon • The Accidental War (Russell Letson)