Locus, March 2013

by Locus Publications

  Mar ’13: The Runaway Troll by Matt Haig (r, ya, tp); The Shadow Forest by Matt Haig (r, ya, tp); Rat Runners by Oisin McGann (ya, tp); Fire Chronicle by John Stephens (ya, tp); A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (r, a, tp); Eva by Peter Dickinson (r, tp); Shadow of a Hero by Peter Dickinson (r, a, tp); Tulku by Peter Dickinson (r, tp); The Inferior by Peadar O’Guilin (r, ya, tp).

  Apr ’13: Seeress of Kell by David Eddings (r, tp); Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton (r, ya, tp); The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney (ya, tp); Sorceress of Darshiva by David Eddings (r, tp); The ACID by Emma Pass (r, ya, tp).

  May ’13: The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott (r, ya, tp); Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan (r, h, tp); Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (r, ya, tp); The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (r, tp); Half-Sick of Shadows by David Logan (r, ya, tp); The Intruders by E.E. Richardson (r, ya, tp); The Summoning by E.E. Richardson (r, ya, tp).

  Jun ’13: Bryant & May and The Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler (r, tp); Renegade Heart by Theo Lawrence (ya, tp); Sky Dragons by Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey (r, tp); Dodger by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Jingo by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Snuff by Terry Pratchett (r, tp).

  Jul ’13: Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson (r, tp); Witchfall by Victoria Lamb (r, ya, tp); Starters by Lissa Price (r, tp).

  Aug ’13: Hot Blooded by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie (r, tp); The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost (r, tp); The Excalibur Codex by James Douglas (r, a, tp).

  Sep ’13: Angel City by Jon Steele (r, eb, tp).

  Oct ’13: Red Rain by R.L. Stine (r, h, tp); Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); The Truth by Terry Pratchett (r, tp); Dodger by Terry Pratchett (r, tp).

  Nov ’13: The Tripods by John Christopher (r, ya, tp).

  TRANSWORLD/DOUBLEDAY UK

  Apr ’13: Film Freak by Christopher Fowler (nf, eb, hc).

  Jun ’13: The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter (hc).

  Sep ’13: The Paladin Prophecy 2: Alliance by Mark Frost (tp).

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  MAGAZINES RECEIVED: JANUARY

  Analog Science Fiction and Fact–Trevor Quachri, ed. Vol. 133 No. 4, April 2013, $4.99, 10 times a year, 112pp, 15 x 21½ cm. Part one of a four-part serial by Edward M. Lerner; novelettes by Carl Frederick and Kyle Kirkland; short stories by Jennifer R. Povey, Brad Aiken, and Sarah Frost; a science article by Edward M. Lerner; and reviews. Cover by Donato Giancola.

  Asimov’s Science Fiction–Sheila Williams, ed. Vol. 37 No. 3, Whole Number 446, March 2013, $4.99, 10 times a year, 112pp, 15 x 21½ cm. Novella by Alexander Jablokov; novelettes by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Jason Sanford; short stories by Garrett Ashley, Lavie Tidhar, and Michael Cassutt; poetry, reviews, etc. Cover by Tomislav Tikulin.

  Black Static–Andy Cox, ed. Issue No. 32, January/February 2013, £4.99, bimonthly, 96pp, 17 x 24 cm. Dark British SF/F magazine with stories by Steve Rasnic Tem, Lavie Tidhar, Ray Cluley, Priya Sharma, Ilan Lerman, Drew Rhys White, and Tim Casson; a Q&A with Steve Rasnik Tem; columns and reviews. Cover by Richard Wagner. Subscription: UK £24.00/Europe £27.00/elsewhere £30.00 for six issues to TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK; website: ; e-mail: .

  Cemetery Dance–Richard Chizmar, ed. Issue No. 65, December 2011, $5.00, quarterly, 144pp, 21 x 26½ cm. Small press horror fiction magazine. This issue features the work of Graham Masterton; with fiction by Graham Masterton, Michael Koryta, Maurice Broaddus, Glen Hirshberg, Lisa Tuttle, and others; interviews with Graham Masterton, Maurice Broaddus, Ray Bradbury, Ellen Datlow, Michael Koryta,Whitley Strieber, and Bad Moon Books; plus columns and reviews. Cover by Vincent Chong. Subscription: $27.00 for six issues, to Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill MD 21050; e-mail: ; website: .

  Cemetery Dance–Richard Chizmar, ed. Issue No. 66, April 2012, $5.00, quarterly, 112pp, 21 x 26½ cm. Small press horror fiction magazine, with fiction by Bill Pronzini, Steve Rasnic Tem, Terry Dowling, Jeremy C. Shipp, David Lee Summers, and Sophie Littlefield; interviews with Terry Dowling, Edward Lee, Johnathan Maberry, and Joseph Nassise; plus columns and reviews. Cover by Steve Upham. Subscription: $27.00 for six issues, to Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill MD 21050; e-mail: ; website: .

  Cemetery Dance–Richard Chizmar, ed. Issue No. 68, December 2012, $5.00, quarterly, 104pp, 21 x 26½ cm. Small press horror fiction magazine, with fiction by Stephen King, Glenn Ghadbourne & Holly Newstein, Rick Hautala, Bruce McAllister, Weston Ochse, Rick Koster, and Elizabeth Voss; an interview with Glenn Chadbourne; plus columns and reviews. Cover by Glenn Chadbourne. Subscription: $27.00 for six issues, to Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill MD 21050; e-mail: ; website: .

  Interzone–Andy Cox, ed. Issue No. 244, January/February 2013, £4.99, bimonthly, 96pp, 17 x 24 cm. British SF/F magazine. Stories by Lavie Tidhar, Helen Jackson, George Zebrowski, Guy Haley, Jim Hawkins, and Tracie Welser; short interviews with Saladin Ahmed, and Karin Tidbeck; and reviews. Cover by Jim Burns. Subscription: UK £24.00/Europe £27.00/elsewhere £30.00 for six issues to TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB, UK; website: .

  Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts–Brian Attebery, ed. Vol. 23 No. 2, Whole No. 85, 2012, three times a year, 177pp, 15 x 21½ cm. Academic journal. This issue includes Alf Seegert’s examination of a virtual liaison in Bioy Casares’s novel The Invention of Morel; Kate Macdonald’s looks at two books on witches and witchcraft written during the 1920s to show how witchcraft was used for social commentary; Paula Brown’s description of gnostic magic in Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; Andrew Wenaus’s literary dissection of Jeff Noon’s Falling Out of Cars; and reviews. Subscription: $35.00 for three issues, payable by check only to JFA, Bill Clemente, Department of English, Peru State College, PO Box 10, 600 Hoyt Street, Peru NE 68421-0010; e-mail: . Members of IAFA received the journal as part of their membership benefits.

  Jupiter: Hegemone–Ian Redman, ed., #39, January 2013, £2.75 + shipping, quarterly, 52pp, 15 x 21 cm. British SF ’zine with six pieces of short fiction by Simon Fay, J. Rohr, and others. Cover by Daniel Bristow-Bailey. 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: .

  Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet–Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link, eds. Issue No. 28, January 2013, $5.00, irregular, 64pp, 18 x 21½ cm. Small-press magazine with fiction and essays. This issue has fiction by Michael Penkas, Krista Hoeppner Leahy, Helen Marshall, and others; poetry, and nonfiction. Cover by Junyi Wu. Subscription: $20.00 for four print issues, checks to Small Beer Press, 150 Pleasant St., #306, Easthamption MA 01027; $9.95 for four digital issues at ; e-mail: ; website:

  The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction–Gordon Van Gelder, ed. Vol. 124 No. 3 & 4, Whole No. 706, March/April 2013, $7.99, bimonthly, 260pp, 13 x 19½ cm. Novelettes by Deborah J. Ross, Naomi Kritzer, Albert E. Cowdrey, and Sean McMullen; short stories by Sean F. Lynch, Michael Reaves, Elizabeth Bourne & Mark Bourne, Steven Utley, Van Aaron Hughes, Chet Arthur, and Paul Di Filippo. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri.

  Shimmer Beth Wodzinski, ed. No. 16, January 2013, $8.00, quarterly, 134pp, 13½ x 21 cm. Speculative fantasy ’zine with stories by K.M. Szpara, Christie Yant, and others. Cover by Kurt Higgins. Subsc
ription: $27.00 (plus postage) for four print issues or $16.00 for four digital issues, to Beth Wodzinski, PO Box 58591, Salt Lake City UT 84158-0591; e-mail: ; website: .

  ONLINE MAGAZINES

  Apex Magazine –Lynne M. Thomas, ed. Issue #45, February 2013, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction. This issue inclues fiction by Patricia C. Wrede, Merrie Haskell, Kat Howard, and Kate Elliott; an essay by Sarah Monette; and an interview with Kate Elliott. New issues posted the first Tuesday of the month. Cover by Stacey Ransom & Jason Mitchell. 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 #113, January 24, 2013, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by Tori Truslow and Raphael Ordoñez; and a podcast of ‘‘Death Sent’’ by Christian K. Martinez. Cover by Jonas De Ro. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies –Scott H. Andrews, ed. Issue #114, February 7, 2013, free online, bi-weekly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes fiction by James L. Sutter and Leslianne Wilder; and a podcast of ‘‘Misbegotten’’ by Raphael Ordoñez. Cover by Jorge Jacinto. Subscription: $13.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Clarkesworld –Neil Clarke, ed. Issue #77, February 2012, free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine. This issue includes short fiction by Erzebet Yellowboy, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, and Greg Kurzawa; a podcast of ‘‘Gravity’’ by Erzebet Yellowboy, and ‘‘The Wonders’’ by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam; nonfiction essays by Mark Cole, Jeremy L.C. Jones, and Daniel Abraham; and the winners of the website’s reader’s poll. Cover by Yang Xueguo. Subscription: $1.99/month Amazon.com, £1.99/month via Amazon.co.uk, or $19.95/year from Weightlessbooks .

  Eclipse Online –Jonathan Strahan, ed. January/February 2013, free online. Eclipse Online posts original science fiction and fantasy stories twice a month. In January/February, Elipse Online presented work by Susan Palwick.

  Lightspeed Magazine –John Joseph Adams, ed. Issue #33, February 2013; free online or $3.99 e-book, monthly. Online SF/fantasy magazine publishing both new and reprinted fiction. This issue includes SF by C.C. Finlay, Robert Reed, Carrie Vaughn, and Mary Soon Lee; fantasy by Marly Youmans, Genevieve Valentine, John Crowley, and M. Bennardo; interviews with Steven Erikson and Lois McMaster Bujold and an artist showcase featuring the work of Yannick De Smet (AKA Norke). The e-book edition is available on the first of the month with an exclusive novella not available on the website. February’s exclusive content includes ‘‘The Happiest Dead Boy in the World ‘‘ by Tad Williams, an interview with Williams; and an excerpt from Karen Lord’s new novel The Best of All Possible Worlds. On the website, each month’s contents are posted throughout the month with new features published on the first four Tuesdays. Cover by Yannick De Smet (AKA Norke). Subscription: $2.99/month via Amazon.com or $35.88/year from Weightlessbooks .

  The New York Review of Science Fiction –David G. Hartwell, et al., eds., Vol. 25 No. 5, Whole No. 293, January 2013, $5.00 cover price ($10.00 + shipping for two copies sold bimonthly bundled from Lulu.com) or $2.99 monthly from Weightlessbooks . Review and criticism magazine, with essay-length and short reviews, etc. This issue includes Jen Gunnels’s review of the Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of Heart Like Fists, as well as three essays on the theatre from the Performing Science Fiction blog administered by Gunnels; Arthur D. Hlavaty’s essay/review of American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s edited by Gary K. Wolfe; a celebration of Samuel R. Delany’s 70th birthday by Ron Drummon; a humerous exchange between Michael Swanwick and Tom Purdom; David G. Hartwell’s list of 200 significant SF books written by women from 1984 to 2001; a H.P. Lovecraft letter annotated by Henry Wessells; and a call for papers. Subscriptions: $30.00/year from Weightlessbooks .

  Nightmare Magazine –John Joseph Adams, ed. Issue #5, February 2013; free online or $2.99 e-book, monthly. Online horror/dark fantasy magazine publishing both original and reprinted fiction. This issue includes stories by Sarah Langan, Margo Lanagan, Ted Kosmatka, and Norman Partridge; an interview with Caitlín R. Kiernan; an artist showcase featuring Sergio Diaz; and an essay by Dale Bailey. The e-book edition is available on the first of the month. On the website, each month’s contents are posted throughout the month with new features published on the first four Wednesdays. Cover by Sergio Diaz. Subscription: $2.08/billed monthly from Nightmare or $24.99/year from Weightless Books .

  Strange Horizons –Niall Harrison, ed., posts weekly, January 2013/February 2013; free online. Speculative fiction magazine with original fiction, poetry, articles, podcasts, and reviews. New issues are posted every Monday. For January and February, the site posted fiction, with accompanying podcasts, of works by Erik Amundsen, Lavie Tidhar, and Kelly Rose Pflug-Back; poetry and poetry podcasts; nonfiction articles by Kyla Ward, Genevieve Valentine, and Mark Plummer; and reviews.

  Tor.com –Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Irene Gallo, Fitz Foy, Tom Doherty, Liz Gorinsky, et al., eds.; January-February 2013; free online. Macmillian publishing house site specializing in genre fiction. Each month Tor.com publishes free fiction and articles including original works, reprints, novel excerpts, and comics; rereads/re-watches of novels and television shows; an artist gallery; original reviews; articles and commentary; as well as providing a forum for the genre community. New material is posted throughout the month. January/February fiction posts include novel excerpts by Hugh Howey, Michele Lang, Myke Cole, Paul Pope, Walter Mosley, Mary Robinette Kowal, Gail Carriger, Catherynne M. Valente, Angelica Gorodischer, Karen Healey, Ian Cameron Esslemont, Peter V. Brett, Marcus Sedgwick, Neal Stephenson (et al., with an excerpt from The Mongoliad: Book Three), Charles de Lint, Gordon Dahlquist, Robin Hobb, and Susan Palwick; a comic excerpt from Gene Luen Yang; and short fiction by Tim Maughan, Kali Wallace, and J.T. Petty.

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  BOOKS RECEIVED: JANUARY

  Compiled by Liza Groen Trombi & Carolyn Cushman. Please send all corrections to Carolyn Cushman c/o Locus. We will run all verified corrections.

  KEY: * = first edition + = first American edition.

  * Adams, Cat The Eldritch Conspiracy (Tor 978-0-7653-2874-8, $14.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Craig White) Urban fantasy novel, the fifth in the Blood Singer series featuring half-vampire Siren Celia Graves. E-book also available. This is a pen name for C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp.

  Ahmed, Saladin Throne of the Crescent Moon (DAW 978-0-7564-0778-0, $7.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Jason Chan) Reprint (DAW 2012) fantasy novel, the first book in the Crescent Moon Kingdoms trilogy.

  * Alpert, Mark Extinction (St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1-250-02134-2, $25.99, 373pp, hc) SF thriller. The Chinese develop a dangerous artificial intelligence. E-book also available.

  Andrews, Ilona Magic Bites (Ace 978-0-425-26420-1, $15.00, xii + 365pp, tp, cover by Juliana Kolesova) Reprint (2007) urban fantasy novel, the first book in the Kate Daniels series. This ‘‘Special Edition’’ adds bonus material: a FAQ section, a guide to characters and factions, two scenes from Curran’s point-of-view previously published on the author’s website, plus prequel story ‘‘A Questionable Client’’. This is a pen name for Andrew & Ilona Gordon.

  * Anonymous The Incontrovertibility of Rainbows (Lemage 978-1938022333, $25.95, 434pp, tp) Literary dystopian near-future SF novel. Increased longevity and environmental problems spark a youth revolution in America that leads
to the death of millions of elderly. Supposedly published from a manuscript left in a NYC restaurant. Lemage, 11 Bleecker Street, New York NY 10012;

  Anonymous, ed. Out of This World (Berkley 978-0-425-26388-4, $16.00, 360pp, tp) Reprint (Jove 2001) anthology of four paranormal romance stories by J.D. Robb, Susan Krinard, Maggie Shayne, and Laurell K. Hamilton. This drops the novel excerpts that accompanied the Krinard and Shayne stories.

  * Anonymous, ed. Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (Kurodahan Press (Japan) 978-4-902075-30-4, $16.00, x + 275pp, tp, cover by Katoh Naoyuki) Original anthology of 15 stories, all appearing for the first time in English. Preface by Edward Lipsett; introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. This is a print-on-demand edition. Kurodahan Press, 3-9-10-403 Tenjin, Chuo-Ku, Fukuoka 810-0001 Japan; .

  Asher, Jay & Carolyn Mackler The Future of Us (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-516-1, $9.99, 356pp, tp) Reprint (Razorbill 2011) young-adult quasi-SF novel.

  Asher, Neal The Departure (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-447-9, $14.95, 380pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) SF novel, the first book in the Owner series. First US edition (Tor UK 9/11). Night Shade Books; .

  * Baker, Kage & Kathleen Bartholomew Nell Gwynne’s on Land and at Sea (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-464-5, $35.00, 175pp, hc, cover by J.K. Potter) SF novella of Baker’s Company set in early-Victorian England, finished after Baker’s death by her sister Kathleen Bartholomew. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is a limited edition of 1,500 signed by Bartholomew. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; .

  * Barnes, Steven & Tananarive Due Domino Falls (Simon & Schuster/Atria 978-1-4516-1702-3, $15.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Nikki Smith) Apocalyptic near-future SF novel. An alien life form causes an epidemic of zombie-like victims called Freaks. E-book also available.