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Locus, June 2014

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by Locus Publications


  Aug ’14: History Zero: Tales of the Iron War by Scott Harrison (h, tp).

  SPHERE

  Apr ’14: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (r, ya, tp); The Round Table by Jack Whyte (r, tp); War of the Celts by Jack Whyte (r, tp).

  May ’14: Grail Knight by Angus Donald (r, a, tp).

  Jul ’14: Omens by Kelley Armstrong (r, tp).

  Aug ’14: Visions by Kelley Armstrong (hc).

  Sep ’14: The Quest by Nelson DeMille (r, a, tp).

  Jan ’15: The Nightwalker by Sebastian Fitzek (a, tp).

  THE BODLEY HEAD

  Jun ’14: The Spook’s: A New Darkness by Joseph Delaney (ebya, hc).

  TITAN

  Apr ’14: Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear by Charles Ardai (r, a, tp); Valour’s Trial by Tanya Huff (r, tp); The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff (r, tp); Guild Wars: Edge of Destiny by J. Robert King (r, tp); Life’s Lottery by Kim Newman (r, tp); Thornlost by Melanie Rawn (r, tp).

  May ’14: Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (r, x, tp); The Dark Blood of Poppies by Freda Warrington (r, h, tp); Guild Wars: Sea of Sorrows by Rae Soesbee (r, tp); Godzilla by Greg Cox (x); Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre (tp); Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Steadfast by Jack Campbell (tp); Alien 3 by Alan Dean Foster (r, x, tp); Hot Lead, Cold Iron by Ari Marmell (r, tp); Dead Man’s Hand ed. by John Joseph Adams (r, h, tp); The Art of John Harris by John Harris (art, hc); Hunt at World’s End by Nicholas Kaufman (r, a, tp).

  Jun ’14: Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan (r, tp); The Final Battle by William C. Dietz (r, tp); Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz (r, tp); The Truth of Valour by Tanya Huff (r, tp); Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War by James Lovegrove (a, tp); Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea (eb, tp); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm by Greg Keyes (r, x, tp); Deadbeat: Dogs of Waugh by Guy Adams (tp); Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire by Christa Faust (r, x, tp); Blood Red by Mercedes Lackey (tp); Acolytes of Cthulhu: Short Stories Insired by H.P. Lovecraft ed. by Robert M. Price (r, h, tp).

  Jul ’14: Resistance by Samit Basu (tp); Andromeda’s Choice by William C. Dietz (r, tp); Plague World by Diana Fredsti (r, tp); Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore (x, tp); The Art of Greg Spalenka by Greg Spalenka (art, hc); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Alex Irvine (x, tp); Bowl of Heaven by Larry Niven & Gregory Benford (r, tp); Dark Shepherd: The Art of Fred Gambino by Fred Gambino (art, hc).

  Aug ’14: Girl Genius: Agatha H and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio & Kaja Foglio (eb, tp); Afterparty by Daryl Gregory (r, tp); Hunt Among the Killers of Men by David J. Schow (r, a, tp); Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann (a, tp).

  Sep ’14: Hyperluminal: The Art of Jim Burns by Jim Burns (art, hc); Beauty & The Beast: Vendetta by Nancy Holder (r, x, tp); The Heralds of Valdemar Omnibus by Mercedes Lackey (r, om, tp); Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann (tp); Burnt Tongues ed. by Chuck Palahniuk, Dennis Widmyer & Richard Thomas (tp); The Edge of Reason by Melinda Snodgrass (r, h, tp); Grimm: The Killing Time by Tim Waggoner (r, x, tp); Yesterday’s Hero by Jonathan Wood (h, tp); Anno Dracula 1976-1991: Johnny Alucard by Kim Newman (r, tp).

  Oct ’14: The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher (tp); The Lost Stars: Imperfect Sword by Jack Campbell (tp); By Blood Alone by William C. Dietz (r, tp); The Madness of Cthulhu: Volume 1 ed. by S.T. Joshi (r, h, hc); The Clone Apocalypse by Steven L. Kent (tp); The Wolves of London by Mark Morris (h, tp); An English Ghost Story by Kim Newman (h, tp); Reign of Evil by Weston Ochse (h, tp); The Dark Arts of Blood by Freda Warrington (h, tp).

  Nov ’14: Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden (x, tp); The Future Falls by Tanya Huff (tp); Peacemaker by Tanya Huff (r, tp); The Edge of Ruin by Melinda Snodgrass (r, h, tp).

  Dec ’14: Andromeda’s War by William C. Dietz (tp); By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz (r, tp); Bad Dreams by Kim Newman (r, tp).

  Jan ’15: Wastelands ed. by John Joseph Adams (r, tp); For More Than Glory by William C. Dietz (r, tp); Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. by Stephen Jones (r, tp); Shipstar by Larry Niven & Gregory Benford (r, tp).

  Feb ’15: For Those Who Fell by William C. Dietz (r, tp).

  Mar ’15: The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan (tp); The Jovian Conspiracy by Adam Christopher (tp); When All Seems Lost by William C. Dietz (r, tp); Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths ed. by Stephen Jones (r, tp); Ghosts of War by George Mann (tp); AntiHero by Jonathan Wood (h, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/BANTAM UK

  Apr ’14: Game of Thrones: A Pop-Up Guide to Westeros by Matthew Reinhart (art, hc).

  Jun ’14: A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton (eb, hc); Skinjob by Bruce McCabe (eb, hc); A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin (eb, tp).

  Jul ’14: Assail by Ian C. Esslemont (eb, hc); The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (hc).

  Sep ’14: Willful Child by Steven Erikson (hc).

  Oct ’14: The Last Oprichnik by Jasper Kent (eb, tp).

  Jan ’15: The Productions of Time 2 by Paul Witcover (eb, hc).

  Feb ’15: Full of Light by Steven Erikson (eb, hc); Assail by Ian C. Esslemont (r).

  Mar ’15: A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin (r, eb).

  TRANSWORLD/BLACK SWAN

  Apr ’14: This House is Haunted by John Boyne (r, h, tp).

  Jun ’14: Emporium Stories by Adam Johnson (r, c, tp); Parasites Like Us by Adam Johnson (r, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/CORGI

  Apr ’14: Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence (ya, tp); The City by Stella Gemmell (r, tp); The Fearless by Emma Pass (tp).

  May ’14: The Eyes of a King by Catherine Banner (ya, tp); The History Keepers 3: Nightship to China by Damian Dibben (r, ya, tp); The Goblin’s Gift by Conrad Mason (r, ya, tp); Inferno by Dan Brown (r, a, tp); I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (r, a); The Oathbreaker’s Shadow by Amy McCulloch (r, tp); Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two: Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish (ya, tp); Time’s Chariot by Ben Jeapes (r, ya, tp).

  Jun ’14: The Feathered Man by Jeremy de Quidt (r, ya, tp); The Demons of Ghent by Helen Grant (h, ya, tp); Hexed by Michell Krys (ya, tp); The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (r, tp); Angel City by Jon Steele (r); The Teardrop by Lauren Kate (r, ya, tp).

  Jul ’14: The Eye of Minds by James Dashner (r, ya, tp); Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye by Alison Goodman (r, ya, tp); The Lost Art by Simon Morden (r, ya, tp); The Edge Chronicles 10: The Immortals by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (ya, tp); The Edge Chronicles 7: The Last of the Sky Pirates by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The Edge Chronicles 8: Vox by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The Edge Chronicles 9: Freeglader by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The Shadow’s Curse by Amy McCulloch (tp); Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (r, ya, tp).

  Sep ’14: The Devil Delivered and Other Tales by Steven Erikson (r, om, tp).

  Oct ’14: Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrois (ya, tp); The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett & Gray Joliffe (r, tp); Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (r).

  Nov ’14: Dodger’s Guide to London by Terry Pratchett (r, nf, a, tp).

  Jan ’15: Skinjob by Bruce McCabe (r); Wyrmeweald: The Bone Trail by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (r, ya, tp); The Queen of Dreams by Peter Hamilton (r, ya, tp).

  Feb ’15: Bryant & May: The Bleeding Heart by Christopher Fowler (r, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/DOUBLEDAY UK

  Apr ’14: The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler (ya, hc).

  Jun ’14: Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski (hc); The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (eb, hc).

  Jul ’14: The Incarnations by Susan Barker (a, hc); The Hive Construct by Alexander Maskill (ebhc).

  Sep ’14: Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Stories by Terry Pratchett (c, ya, hc); A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction by Terry Pratchett (c, eb, hc).

  Oct ’14: Mrs. Bradshaw’s Handbook by Terry Pratchett (art, eb, hc).

  Mar ’15: Bryant & May: The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler (ebhc).

  UNBOUND

  Nov ’14: News from the Squares by Robe
rt Llewellyn (r, tp).

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  MAGAZINES RECEIVED: APRIL

  Analog Science Fiction and Fact–Trevor Quachri, ed. Vol. 134 No. 7 & 8, July/August 2014, $7.99, 10 times a year, 192pp, 15 x 22 cm. Novella by Michael F. Flynn, novelettes by Juliette Wade, Daniel Hatch, Rajnar Vajra, Bill Johnson, and Paula S. Jordan; short stories by R. Garrett Wilson, James K. Isaac, Timons Esaias, Eric Choi, Andrew Reid, and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro; non-fiction articles by Michael F. Flynn and Richard A. Lovett; poetry, etc.

  Asimov’s Science Fiction–Sheila Williams, ed. Vol. 38 No. 7, Whole Number 462, July 2014, $4.99, 10 times a year, 112pp, 15 x 22 cm. Novella by Allen M. Steele; novelette by Robert Reed; short stories by Alexander Jablokov, Evan Fuller, Sandra McDonald, Karl Bunker, and M. Bennardo; poetry, reviews, etc.

  The Cascadia Subduction Zone–Lew Gilchriist, et al. eds. Vol. 4 No. 2, April 2014, $5.00 print/$3.00 pdf, quarterly, 24pp, 20½ x 28 cm. Literary magazine with essays, poetry, and reviews. In this issue Brit Mandelo revisits Sarah Lefanu’s In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction; a spotlight on artist Dale McBride; poems, and reviews. Cover by Dale McBride. Subscription: $16.00 print/$10.00 pdf for four issues to Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787 (WA state residents add 9.5 % sales tax); website: .

  Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine: Moonscapes–Dean Wesley Smith, ed. Issue No. 6, February 2014, $15.99 paper/$6.99 digital, bimonthly, 253pp, 14 x 21½ cm. Themed anthology magazine, each issue has a different editor and a different theme or genre with Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith as the overall series editors. This issue’s theme is moonscapes with stories by Steven Mohan , Jr., Maggie Jaimeson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others. Subscriptions: $39.99 digital/US$99.99 paper (contact for international delivery costs) for seven issues to WMG Publishing, PO Box 269, Lincoln City OR 97367; website: ; e-mail: .

  Jupiter: Kallichore–Ian Redman, ed. #44, April 2014, £2.75 + shipping, quarterly, 52pp, 15 x 21 cm. British SF ’zine with short fiction by Sam S. Kepfield, Nicholas Mark Harding, Roderick Gladwish, and Jeff Pfaller. Subscription: £10.00 UK/£16.00 EU countries/£20.00 rest of world for four issues to Jupiter, 4 Stoneleigh Mews, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3UT, UK; e-mail: ; website: .

  On Spec–Diane L. Walton, ed. Vol. 26 No. 1, Whole No. 96, Spring 2014, C$6.95, quarterly, 124pp, 13½ x 20½ cm. Small-press fiction magazine, with stories by Tina Callaghan, Chris Tarry, Dave Cherniak, and others; an interview with Chris Tarry; a comic by Chuck Bazaar; and poetry. Cover by Chuck Bazaar. Subscription: C$24.00 Canada/USD$25.00 US/USD$35.00 overseas a year, to On Spec, Box 4727, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6E 5G6; website: .

  Science Fiction Trails–David B. Riley, ed. # 11, 2014, $7.50, annually, 102pp, 21½ x 28 cm. Perfect-bound, small-press science fiction western magazine with short fiction by R.A. Conine, Lyn McConchie, Henrik Ramsager, and others. Cover by Sam Knight. Subscriptions: Not available. Single issues may be purchased from David B. Riley, PO Box 3000, PMB 132, Edwards CO 81632; through their website: ; or through Amazon.com.

  Smith’s Monthly–Dean Wesley Smith, Issue #7, April 2014, $6.99 digital/$12.99 print/$30.00 print sent internationally, monthly, 162pp, 17½ x 25½ cm. A monthly magazine written entirely by Dean Wesley Smith with four short stories; a complete novel, The Slots of Saturn; chapters 19-21 of The Life and Times of Buffalo Jimmy and chapters 19-21 of The Adventures of Hawk; non-fiction and poetry. Subscription: Digital-only $29.99 (six issues)/$49.99 (12 issues); Print plus digital $59.99 (six issues)/$99.99 for (12 issues)/$30.00 per issue internationally, on his website or by mail to WMG Publishing, PO Box 269, Lincoln City OR 97367; website: .

  Magazines Received continues after ad.

  ONLINE MAGAZINES

  Arc: Chromewash –Sumit Paul-Choudhury, ed. Issue Vol. 2, No. 2, January 2014, $6.99 eedition, bimonthly, 152pp. Digital magazine produced by the makers of New Scientist. This issue includes short fiction by Ned Beauman, Matthew De Abaitua, Jane Rogers, and Tim Maughan; and articles and essays on a variety of subjects by Sumit Paul-Choudhury, Marek Kohn, Michael Marshall, Brendan Byrne, Adam Rothstein, Peter Hajek, Joanna Kavenna, and M. John Harrison. Subscription: Currently sold on a issue per issue basis via Zino, Google Play, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble; queries to Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Rd, London WC1X 8NS; e-mail: ; website: .

  Apex Magazine –Sigrid Ellis, ed. Issue #60, May 2014, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction. This issue includes fiction by Caroline M. Yoachim, Liz Argall, and E. Saxey (with accompanying podcast); poetry; a non-fiction essay by Javier Grillo-Marxuach; and interviews with Caroline M. Yoachim and Anneliese Jurgensen. Ebook/subscriber exclusives include a story by Joan Slonczewski and a novel excerpt from Afterparty by Daryl Gregory. New issues posted the first Tuesday of the month. Cover by Anneliese Jurgensen. Subscription: $19.95/year from Apex or Weightless Books . Also available from Amazon.com at $1.99/month.

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies –Scott H. Andrews, ed. Issue #146, May 1, 2014, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by Andrea Stewart and Nicole M. Taylor (with accompanying podcasts). Cover by David Demaret. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies –Scott H. Andrews, ed. Issue #147, May 15, 2014, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by Carrie Patel and E. Catherine Tobler (with accompanying podcasts). Cover by David Demaret. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Clarkesworld –Neil Clarke, ed. Issue #92, May 2014, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original short fiction by Matthew Kressel (with accompanying podcast), Maggie Clark, and E. Catherine Tobler; reprints by Howard Waldrop and Andy Duncan; an interview with L.E. Modesitt, Jr.; and non-fiction essays by Ed Grabianowski and Bud Sparhawk. Cover by Albert Urmanov. Subscription: $1.99/month Amazon.com, £1.99/month via Amazon.co.uk, or $23.88/year from Weightless Books .

  Crowded – Baden Chant & Ethan Fode, eds. March 2014, free online, stories monthly, issues annually. This month’s stories are ‘‘Theobromancy’’ by A.E. Decker, and ‘‘The Spider Thief and The Sorcerer’’ by A.G. Carpenter. Crowded is a speculative fiction site with a crowd-sourced editorial feature. Authors can submit stories directly to the editors or their stories can be posted and voted on by the site’s membership. Each month, the best one or two stories are posted on their website, and at the end of the year, the stories are compiled into an annual. Subscription: AUD$18.00 b&w/AUD$48.00 full color for print at lulu.com; AUD$5.49 for pdf version from their website and through Apple itunes.

  Daily Science Fiction –Michele-Lee Barasso & Jonathan Laden, eds., April/May 2014, free online, every weekday. Online daily SF magazine. This site e-mails one piece of short SF to subscribers every weekeday; stories are posted online one week later. From April 18, 2014 through May 21, 2014 the site sent out fiction by Therese Arkenberg, M.K. Hutchins, Eliza Hirsch, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Sarah L. Byrne, Will Kaufman, R.C. Bartholomew, Steve Zisson, Peter A. Schaefer, John P. Murphy, Patricia Russo, Matt Mikalatos, Callie Snow, Michael Haynes, Timothy R. Kruck, Dave Beynon, Anatoly Belilovsky, Nathaniel Lee, Nicky Drayden, Mari Ness, Michal Wojcik, Brian Yamauchi, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Scott E. Ritter. Subscription: Free by e-mail; $2.99/monthly compilations for the Kindle can be purchased from Amazon.com.

  Galaxy’s Edge–Mike Resnick, ed. No. 8,
May 2014, $6.99 for print or $3.99 for a digital download from Amazon.com or B&N.com/$3.99 for a digital download or free online directly from , bimonthly. SF magazine with a mixture of original and reprinted fiction, reviews, and columns. This issue includes original stories by Tina Gower, Tom Gerencer, Andrew Liptak, Eric Leif Davin, Robin Reed, Nancy Kress, and Alex Shvartsman; reprints by Robert Silverberg, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and David Brin; the second installment of Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp; and interview with Gene Wolfe; columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford; and reviews by Paul Cook. Cover by Phoenix Pick. Subscription: $14.99 for six digital issues at . For more information contact Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339; e-mail: ; website: .

  Lightspeed Magazine –John Joseph Adams, ed. Issue #48, May 2014, free online or $3.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes original SF stories by Seth Dickinson and Sandra McDonald; reprints by Nisi Shawl and Sean Williams; original fantasy fiction by Matthew Hughes and Fred Van Lente; fantasy reprints by Rachel Pollack and Rajan Khanna; interviews with Jeff VanderMeer and Michio Kaku; and an artist showcase on Peter Mohrbacher. The e-book edition is available on the first of the month with exclusive content not available on the website including a novella reprint by Nancy Kress; and novel excerpts from Will McIntosh and Chris Willrich. On the website, each month’s contents are serialized throughout the month with new features published on the first four Tuesdays. Cover by Peter Mohrbacher. Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Weightless Books .

  The New York Review of Science Fiction –Kevin J. Maroney et al., eds. Vol. 26 No. 7, Whole No. 307, March 2014, $5.00 cover price ($10.00 + shipping for two copies sold bimonthly bundled from Lulu.com) or $2.99 from Weightless Books , monthly, 32pp. Review and criticism magazine, with essay-length and short reviews, etc. In this issue Karen Burnham examines how the theme of free will and its limits runs throughout Greg Egan’s fiction up to his recently finished Orthogonal Trilogy; Brian Stableford considers the impact of the Prometheus myth as interpreted by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein and Percy Shelley in Prometheus Unbound on the evolution of the scientific romance; and Jen Gunnels reviews the play Nothing Stays as performed at The Network in Manhattan. Subscriptions: $30.00/year from Weightless Books

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