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2023 Caine Prize ShortlistFinalists for the 2023 Caine Prize for African Writing, including several works of genre interest, have been announced: “A Soul of...
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Alex Brown Reviews The Severed Thread by Leslie VedderThe Severed Thread , Leslie Vedder (Razorbill 978-0-59332-585-8, $19.99. 416pp, hc) February 2023. Vedder’s young-adult second world fantasy...
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2023 Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards FinalistsFinalists for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book have been announced by...
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Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Strange Horizons, Cast of Wonders, and Escape PodStrange Horizons 3/20/23, 3/27/23, 4/3/23, 4/10/23 Cast of Wonders 3/24/23, 4/4/23, 4/13/23 Escape Pod 3/9/23, 3/16/23, 3/30/23, 4/6/23, 4/13/23...
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New Books: 4 July 2023Asher, Neal: War Bodies (Macmillan/Tor UK 9781529050080, £20.00, 576pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audio, 7/6/2023) Science fiction...
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Colleen Mondor Reviews Into the Light by Mark OshiroInto the Light , Mark Oshiro (Tor Teen 978-1-250-81225-5, $19.99, hc, 437pp) March 2023. Cover by Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor. Mark Oshiro...
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Eugen M. Bacon Reviews Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction by Chinelo Onwualu, ed.Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction , Chinelo Onwualu, ed. (Hydra House 978-1-957898-00-1, $19.95, 176pp, tp) June 2023....
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2023 Wellman Award ShortlistThe North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation (NCSFF) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Manly Wade Wellman Award. The award recognizes...
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Weekly Bestsellers, 3 July 2023After a six month hiatus, the USA Today Best-selling Booklist returns. The list compiles all genres and all formats into a single...
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Commentary by Cory Doctorow: SF Doesn‘t Predict, It ContestsOn June 20, 2023, I will be awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws from York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, in...
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Caren Gussoff Sumption Reviews The Wick by Julianna BaggottThe Wick , Julianna Baggott (Underland 978-1-63023-068-5, $13.99, 100pp, tp), January 2023. Julianna Baggott’s latest novella, The Wick , is a...
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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays by Niall HarrisonAll These Worlds: Reviews & Essays , Niall Harrison (Briardene Books 978-1-870824-67-5, £20.00, 394pp, tp) April 2023. I suppose it’s way...
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“I’m Happier When I’m Writing Stories” Kim Stanley Robinson Audio Clip from the ArchivesGreetings from beyond the paywall! We have been posting new content monthly on our Patreon Archive Feed – scans of vintage Locus and audio...
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Frances Collin (1935-2023)Literary agent FRANCES COLLIN , 87, died February 27, 2023 in Wayne PA. Frances Wene was born July 11, 1935 in Philadelphia PA. She graduated...
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Paula Guran Reviews The Deadlands, The Sunday Morning Transport, and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud WristletThe Deadlands 4/23 The Sunday Morning Transport Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 11/22 The standout story in The Deadlands #24 is Katie...
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Issue 750 Table of Contents, July 2023The July 2023 issue of Locus has interviews with Ann Leckie and Kemi Ashing-Giwa. News covers the 2023 Locus Awards winners, the Bram Stoker and...
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Blinks: Connie Willis, Ken Liu, Ted Chiang, Madeleine L’Engle, Iain Banks, Cormac McCarthy; Old magazines, Latin American SF, Arrival» Lit Hub: In Praise of Sci-Fi Legend Connie Willis’s Cinematic Universe, “Joel Cuthbertson Looks at Willis’s Oeuvre and Her Latest,...
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2023 Deutsche Science Fiction Preis FinalistsFinalists for the 2023 Deutsche Science Fiction Preis have been announced. Best German Language Short Story “Fast...
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2023 Society of Authors’ Awards WinnersThe winners of the Society of Authors’ Awards have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest follow. ADCI Literary Prize...
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Apex Staff ChangesApex Magazine has announced that Lesley Conner is now editor-in-chief, and Rebecca Treasure is now managing editor. Conner was previously...
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Russell Letson Reviews Translation State by Ann LeckieTranslation State , Ann Leckie (Orbit US 978-0-31628-971-9, $29.00, 432 pp, hc) June 2023. Speaking of horror, Ann Leckie’s Radchaai world is...
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Russell Letson Reviews The Best of Michael Swanwick: Volume Two by Michael SwanwickThe Best of Michael Swanwick: Volume Two , Michael Swanwick (Subterranean 978-1-64524-112-6, $50.00, 530pp, hc) July 2023. Cover by Lee Moyer....
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Ian Mond Reviews Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahChain-Gang All-Stars , Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon 978-0-59331-733-4, $27.00, 384pp, hc) May 2023. Dystopian fiction is having a moment....
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Magazines Received – MayThis 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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New Books: 27 June 2023Arm, Aaron H.: The Artifice of Eternity (John Hunt/Cosmic Egg Books 9781803412023, $23.95, 416pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 7/1/2023)...
