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Weekly Bestsellers, 4 March 2024Several titles and sets of Frank Herbert’s series that begins with Dune (Ace), including a three-book boxed set and a...
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Chandrasekera Wins CrawfordVajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors (Tor) is the winner of the 2024 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International...
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Cory Doctorow: Capitalists Hate CapitalismIn conflict, we find clarity. We all hold contradictory views: We love our families, but they drive us crazy. We want more housing in our...
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Adrienne Martini Reviews Paladin’s Faith by T. KingfisherPaladin’s Faith , T. Kingfisher (Argyll Productions 978-1614506096, $6.99, 422pp, eb) December 2023. T. Kingfisher (AKA Ursula Vernon) ventures...
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Paul Di Filippo Reviews Equimedian by Alvaro Zinos-AmaroEquimedian , Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Hex 979-8988082712, hardcover, 326pp, $31.99) February 2024 I would venture to guess that most SF fans know...
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Jake Casella Brookins Reviews Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed ParkSame Bed Different Dreams , Ed Park (Random House 978-0-8129-9897-9, $30.00. 544pp, hc) November 2023. Cover by Will Staehle. Framed from the...
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Paul Di Filippo Reviews Beggar’s Sky by Wil McCarthyBeggar’s Sky , Wil McCarthy (Baen 978-1982193188, hardcover, 320pp, $28.00) February 2024 Wil McCarthy has had an atypical career that is...
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A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: AnalogAnalog 11-12/23 Analog’s November/December issue includes a wide variety of short fiction. The standout story in the issue was “ An Infestation...
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Jaime Lee Moyer Found DeceasedJaime Lee Moyer was discovered deceased on February 29, 2024, apparently of natural causes. Her friends C.C. Finlay & Rae Carson organized a...
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Issue 758 Table of Contents, March 2024The March 2024 issue of Locus has interviews with Shelley Parker-Chan and Moses Ose Utomi and spotlights on artists Manzi Jackson and Richard A....
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: GigaNotoSaurus, Diabolical Plots, Lightspeed and Rosalind’s SiblingsGigaNotoSaurus 12/23 Diabolical Plots 12/23 Lightspeed 12/23, 1/24 Rosalind’s Siblings , Bogi Takács, ed. (Atthis Arts) September 2023 The...
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Around the Web: Profiles of Sarah J. Maas and Stanislaw Lem; Reviews by Amal El-Mohtar, Sophie Mackintosh, Gabino Iglesias, and Charlie Jane Anders; Recalling the book Poor Things; Scott Edelman Dines» Vox, Constance Grady , 27 Feb 2024: Why half the people you know are obsessed with this book series, subtitled “With A Court of Thorns...
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Magazines Received – FebruaryThis list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on...
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The Year in Review 2023 by Charles Payseur2023 was certainly… a year for short speculative fiction. Another amazing year in terms of the quality and quantity of stories published,...
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Paula Guran Reviews The Sunday Morning Transport, Apex, and The DarkThe Sunday Morning Transport 10/24/23, 9/10/23, 9/3/23 Apex #140 The Dark 9/23, 10/23 I know I am repeating myself, but every story The Sunday...
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The Year in Review 2023 by Graham SleightI’m always reluctant to pick out trends when summarising a year’s books for Locus. There are too many contingencies at play in what gets...
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Jake Casella Brookins Reviews Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay BashamSwim Home to the Vanished , Brendan Shay Basham (Harper 978-0-0632-4108-4, $30.00. 240pp, hc) August 2023. Cover by Elina Cohen. Brendan Shay...
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Glasgow 2024 Confirms Los Angeles as Sole Bidder for 2026 Worldcon SiteGlasgow 2024 has announced that LA in 2026 (Los Angeles) is the only site bid submitted by the filing deadline of February 18, 2024, as required...
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Brian Stableford (1948-2024)Author, academic, critic, editor, and translator Brian Stableford, 75, died February 24, 2024 after a long illness. He was married twice and is...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 26 February 2024Kelly Link’s The Book of Love (Random House) debuts on two lists this week, ranking as high as #2 at the L.A. Times ....
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New Books, 27 February 2024Bakis, Kirsten: King Nyx (Norton/Liveright 9781324093534, $28.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/27/2024) Feminist gothic novel...
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Ian Mond Reviews Again and Again by Jonathan EvisonAgain and Again , Jonathan Evison (Dutton 978-0-59318-415-8, $28.00, 336pp, hc) November 2023. I’ve been a massive fan of Jonathan Evison’s...
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SFPA Announces 2024 Grand MastersThe Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has named F.J. Bergmann as their 2024 Grand Master. The title is given “to an...
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Alexandra Pierce Reviews 2022 Best of Utopian Speculative Fiction edited by Justine Norton-Kertson2022 Best of Utopian Speculative Fiction , Justine Norton-Kertson, ed. (Android Press 978-1-95812-166-5, $21.99, 240pp, tp) December 2023. In...
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The Year in Review 2023 by Russell LetsonLong Games, Nightmares, and Retrospectives by Russell Letson I look into the tea leaves – well, the coffee grounds – at the bottom of the...
