Locus Magazine, Issue 638, March 2014 (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Locus is the magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields, with book reviews, author interviews, news, and listings. Locus Issue #638, March 2014, contain interviews with authors Joan Slonczewski and Paul Cornell; lists of forthcoming books through December 2014; a new column by Cory Doctorow titled “Cold Equations and Moral Hazard”; a spotlight on SF Signal; short fiction reviews by Rich Horton and Gardner Dozois, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and Richard Lupoff, of new books by Christopher Priest, Jeff VanderMeer, Karl Schroeder, Reggie Oliver, and many others. Magazine Issues reviewed in this issue (indicating reviewer) — Asimov’s January 2014 (Gardner Dozois) Asimov’s February 2014 (Rich Horton) F&SF Jan/Feb 2014 (Gardner Dozois) F&SF Jan/Feb 2014 (Rich Horton) F&SF Mar/Apr 2014 (Rich Horton) Lightspeed February 2014 (Rich Horton) Nightmare Magazine February 2014 (Rich Horton) Strange Horizons January 2014 (Rich Horton) Subterranean Winter 2014 (Gardner Dozois) Subterranean Winter 2014 (Rich Horton) Books reviewed in this issue, listed by author (indicating reviewer) — Adaf, Shimon • Sunburnt Faces (Gary K. Wolfe) Attebery, Brian • Stories About Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth (Gary K. Wolfe) Ballantyne, Tony • Dream London (Faren Miller) Campbell, Ramsey • The Last Revelation of Gla’aki (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Elliott, Will • The Pilgrims (Faren Miller) Greenfield, Jeff • If Kennedy Lived (Richard A. Lupoff) Greenfield, Jeff • Then Everything Changed (Richard A. Lupoff) Gregory, Stephen • The Waking That Kills (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Gunn, Eileen • Questionable Practices (Gary K. Wolfe) Lansdale, Joe R. • Bleeding Shadows (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Miyabe, Miyuki • Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo (Faren Miller) Morris, Mark • It Sustains (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Oliver, Reggie • Flowers of the Sea (Stefan Dziemianowicz) Priest, Christopher • The Adjacent (Gary K. Wolfe) Priest, Christopher • The Adjacent (Gary K. Wolfe) Schroeder, Karl • Lockstep (Russell Letson) Steele, Allen • V-S Day (Russell Letson) VanderMeer, Jeff • Annihilation (Faren Miller) About Locus: Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 40 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. The magazine's website, which contains a sampling of magazine content as well as additional genre news, media reviews, the Roundtable Blog, indexes of reviews and interviews published, the science fiction awards database, and much much more, can be found at http://www.locusmag.com. Information about advertising in the magazine can be found at http://locusmag.com/Magazine/RateCard.html or on the website at http://www.locusmag.com/Home/LocusOnlineRates.html. Our Quarterly Forthcoming Book issues (March, June, September, and December) usually sell out, and are used by librarians, bookstores, publishers, and readers to keep abreast of forthcoming titles. Each contains publishing schedules from the major genre publishers – big houses to small presses – for the next nine months. Our February issue summarizes the previous year, and includes a highly regarded annual Recommended Reading List. The August issue has the Locus Awards, voted on by our readers from the best of the previous year. The October and November issues cover the World SF Convention and are constant back issue favorites. All issues have a list of the new books that month, a list of recommended books and bestsellers, and interviews with leading authors. For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.