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Liz Bourke Reviews The Price of Redemption by Shawn Carpenter
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/liz-bourke-reviews-the-price-of-redemption-by-shawn-carpenter/
Published: September 7, 2024 15:30
The Price of Redemption, Shawn Carpenter (Saga 978-1-6680-3373-9, $18.99, 358pp, tp) July 2024.
The Price of Redemption is Shawn CarpenÂterâs debut novel. Inspired by the exploits of the British Royal Navy during during the French revolutionary wars, itâŠ
Paul Di Filippo Reviews Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/paul-di-filippo-reviews-key-lime-sky-by-al-hess/
Published: September 7, 2024 15:30
Key Lime Sky, Al Hess (Angry Robot 978-1915998125, trade paperback, 304pp, $18.99) August 2024
It has been said that Irish fantasist Flann OâBrien had a penchant for involving the humble bicycle in his surreal fiction, until the vehicle became a kind ofâŠ
Internet Archive Loses Appeal
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/internet-archive-loses-appeal/
Published: September 6, 2024 20:00
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower-court ruling against the Internet Archive (IA).
The suit was first brought in 2020 by HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, and Wiley, alleging âwillful mass copyright infringementââŠ
WSFS Issues Apology
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/wsfs-issues-apology/
Published: September 6, 2024 17:46
The following resolution passed at the 2024 Business Meeting of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), held during Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures, in Glasgow, Scotland, August 8-12, 2024:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the World Science Fiction SocietyâŠ
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror in Spain
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/fantasy-science-fiction-and-horror-in-spain/
Published: September 6, 2024 15:30
The genre is experiencing a blooming peÂriod. Big names like George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, Andrzej Sapkowski, J.R.R. Tolkien, and RobÂert Jordan sell hundreds of copies every week, thanks to television adaptations, but also, inâŠ
Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Small Wonders, Flash Fiction Online, and Cast of Wonders
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/charles-payseur-reviews-short-fiction-small-wonders-flash-fiction-online-and-cast-of-wonders/
Published: September 6, 2024 15:30
Small Wonders 5/24
Flash Fiction Online 5/24
Cast of Wonders 5/29/24
Iâll start off with Mayâs Small Wonders, a pubÂlication dedicated to flash fiction and poetry, which includes Angel Lealâs powerful poem ââMusic of the Seraphimââ. A child meets an angelâŠ
What to Expect When Youâre Expecting a Chestburster: Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce Discuss Alien: Romulus
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-a-chestburster-arley-sorg-and-josh-pearce-discuss-alien-romulus/
Published: September 6, 2024 00:42
As Alien: Romulus opens on a stunning starscape and clever title sequence, the Weyland-Yutani corporation is up to its usual tricks, recovering something foreboding from deep space and whisking it away for further study/experimentation.
Sometime later, aâŠ
2024 NESFA Short Story Contest
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/2024-nesfa-short-story-contest/
Published: September 5, 2024 22:39
The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) SF/F short story contest is now open to entries.
âThe purpose of this contest is to encourage amateur and semi-professional writers to reach the next level of proficiencyâŠ. If you have received more thanâŠ
Garcia Wins 2024 Sturgeon Award
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/garcia-wins-2024-sturgeon-award/
Published: September 5, 2024 22:18
âTantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200â by R.S.A. Garcia (Uncanny, 7/23) is the winner of the 2024 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story, presented by the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.âŠ
Alex Brown Reviews The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/alex-brown-reviews-the-black-girl-survives-in-this-one-edited-by-desiree-s-evans-saraciea-j-fennell/
Published: September 5, 2024 15:30
The Black Girl Survives in This One, Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell, eds. (Flatiron 978-1-25032-199-2, $19.99, 368pp, hc) April 2024.
Horror is in a golden age in young adult fiction. Just a few years ago, you could count the number of YA horrorâŠ
2024 SLF Working Class Writers Grant Applications Open
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/2024-slf-working-class-writers-grant-applications-open/
Published: September 4, 2024 22:30
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is accepting applications for its $1,000 Working Class Writers Grant, âawarded annually to speculative fiction writers who are working class, blue-collar, financially disadvantaged, or homeless, who have beenâŠ
2024 Washington State Book Award Finalists
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/2024-washington-state-book-award-finalists/
Published: September 4, 2024 22:01
Finalists fpr the 2024 Washington State Book Awards, presented by the Washington Center for the Book, have been announced, including titles and authors of genre interest.
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Tor) and Jewel Box: Stories by E. Lily YuâŠ
Changes At Gamut
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/changes-at-gamut/
Published: September 4, 2024 17:12
House of Gamut has rebranded and relaunched Gamut Publishing as RuadĂĄn Books, including âAll anthologies and novel contractsâ previously signed with Gamut. Scheduled titles include anthology 120 Murders edited by Nick Mamatas. RuadĂĄn is open to submissionsâŠ
SHORT TAKES: Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Tomorrowing by Terry Bisson and The Book Blinders by John Clute
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/short-takes-gary-k-wolfe-reviews-tomorrowing-by-terry-bisson-and-the-book-blinders-by-john-clute/
Published: September 4, 2024 15:30
Tomorrowing, Terry Bisson (Duke University Press 978-1-4780-3068-3, $15.95, 168pp, tp) May 2024.
Terry Bisson, who died in January, began writing his ââThis Month in Historyââ column of hilarious microfictions for Locus on April Foolâs Day 2004, and forâŠ
Brown Wins Resnick Award
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/brown-wins-resnick-award/
Published: September 3, 2024 18:27
âWhen I was Your Ageâ by Sam Brown is the winner of the Mike Resnick Memorial Award, presented at Dragon Con, held August 29 â September 2, 2024 in Atlanta GA. âWhat the Cat Dragged Inâ by Bailey Maybray was first runner-up.
Other finalists were:
âTheâŠ
Jones Wins Eugie Award
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/jones-wins-eugie-award/
Published: September 3, 2024 18:25
âThe Sound of Children Screamingâ by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23) is the winner of the 2024 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction for âstories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain.â
Other finalists were:
âTantieâŠ
2023 Dragon Awards Winners
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/2023-dragon-awards-winners/
Published: September 3, 2024 18:14
The winners of the 2024 Dragon Awards were presented at Dragon Con, held August 29 â September 2, 2024 in Atlanta GA.
Best Science Fiction Novel
WINNER: Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, Samit Basu (Tordotcom)
TheâŠ
New Books, 3 September 2024
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/new-books-3-september-2024/
Published: September 3, 2024 15:58
Aiello, K.J.: The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
(ECW Press 9781770417083, $18.95, 272pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 09/03/2024)
Non-fiction, a memoir mixed with research and cultural criticism showing waysâŠ
Weekly Bestsellers, 2 September 2024
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/weekly-bestsellers-2-september-2024/
Published: September 3, 2024 15:45
Two debuts this week. Frances Whiteâs Voyage of the Damned (Mira) is #22 on Publishers Weeklyâs fiction hardcover list. And Brandon Sandersonâs Wind and Truth (Tor), fifth book in his Stormlight Archive series, appears on two Amazon lists withâŠ
A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: khĆrĂ©Ć
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/a-c-wise-reviews-short-fiction-khoreo-2/
Published: September 3, 2024 15:30
khĆrĂ©Ć 3.4
Due to an error in my logging stories for review, I accidenÂtally left three stories out of my initial review of khĆrĂ©Ć 3.4. The stories are reviewed here with apologies to the authors, editors, and publisher of the magazine.
âThe Maiden VoyageâŠ
Cory Doctorow: Marshmallow Longtermism
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/cory-doctorow-marshmallow-longtermism/
Published: September 2, 2024 15:30
There are many ways to cleave the views of the political right from the political left, but none is so science fictional as the rightâs confidence in the role of individual self-discipline on oneâs life chances. Dip into any political fight about crime andâŠ
Ian Mond Reviews Gogmagog by Jeff Noon & Steve Beard
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/ian-mond-reviews-gogmagog-by-jeff-noon-steve-beard/
Published: September 2, 2024 15:30
Gogmagog, Jeff Noon & Steve Beard (Angry Robot 978-1-91520-282-6, $18.99, 353pp, tp) February 2024.
Gogmagog is the first novel Iâve read by Jeff Noon since the publication of Nyphomation in 1997. The books he wrote immediately after his Vurt phase ââŠ
Colleen Mondor Reviews A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/colleen-mondor-reviews-a-tempest-of-tea-by-hafsah-faizal/
Published: September 1, 2024 15:30
A Tempest of Tea, Hafsah Faizal (Farrar Straus Giroux 978-0-374-38940-6, hc, 336 pp) February 2024. Cover by Valentina Remenar.
Hafsah Faizal has written a banger of a caper novel with A Tempest of Tea. Her tale of thieves, forgery, and politicalâŠ
Issue 764 Table of Contents, September 2024
https://locusmag.com/2024/09/issue-764-table-of-contents-september-2024/
Published: September 1, 2024 07:05
The September 2024 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Catherynne M. Valente and Justin C. Key and a spotlight on artist Micaela Alcaino. The issue lists US and UK forthcoming books through June 2025. News covers 2024 Hugo Awards winners, the WorldâŠ