Locus Magazine, Issue # 657, October 2015

Locus Issue #657 October features an interview with Elizabeth Hand, reports on Sasquan and Hugo voting results, a column by Kameron Hurley, and reviews of short fiction and books by Gene Wolfe, Christopher Moore, Ian McDonald, Michael Swanwick, Mercedes Lackey, Paul Tremblay, and others.

Magazine Issues reviewed (indicating reviewer) —
Analog October 2015 (Rich Horton)
Asimov’s September 2015 (Rich Horton)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies July and August 2015 (Rich Horton)
Clarkesworld March through June and August 2015 (Gardner Dozois)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet July 2015 (Rich Horton)
Lightspeed March through June 2015 (Gardner Dozois)
Lightspeed September 2015 (Rich Horton)
Tor.com July and August 2015 (Rich Horton)

Books reviewed, listed by author (indicating reviewer) —
Ahdieh, Renée • The Wrath and the Dawn (Carolyn Cushman)
Bardugo, Leigh • Six of Crows (Liz Bourke)
Clines, Peter • The Fold (Adrienne Martini)
Dunstall, S. K. • Linesman (Carolyn Cushman)
Gilman, Laura Anne • Silver on the Road (Carolyn Cushman)
Helms, Alyc • The Dragons of Heaven (Faren Miller)
Hill, Joe, ed. • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (Gary K. Wolfe)
Holland, Cecelia • Dragon Heart (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lackey, Mercedes • Closer to the Heart (Carolyn Cushman)
Law, Ingrid • Switch (Carolyn Cushman)
Leckie, Ann • Ancillary Mercy (Adrienne Martini, Russell Letson)
Lee, Tanith • Dancing Through the Fire (Faren Miller)
Maas, Sarah J. • A Court of Thorns and Roses (Carolyn Cushman)
Maguire, Gregory • After Alice (Faren Miller)
Mamatas, Nick, & Masumi Washington, eds. • Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan (Karen Burnham)
McDonald, Ian • Luna: New Moon (Russell Letson)
McGuire, Seanan • A Red Rose Chain (Carolyn Cushman)
Moore, Christopher • Secondhand Souls (Faren Miller)
Nesbet, Anne • The Wrinkled Crown (Tom Whitmore)
Okorafor, Nnedi • Binti (Gary K. Wolfe)
Parker, K. J. • The Last Witness (Gary K. Wolfe)
Sterling, Bruce, ed. • Twelve Tomorrows: The Best New Science Fiction, 2016 (Rich Horton)
Stroud, Jonathan • The Hollow Boy (Colleen Mondor)
Swanwick, Michael • Chasing the Phoenix (Adrienne Martini)
Swendson, Shanna • Rebel Mechanics (Carolyn Cushman)
Tambour, Anna • The Finest Ass in the Universe (Faren Miller)
Tremblay, Paul • A Head Full of Ghosts (Laird Barron)
van Eekhout, Greg • Dragon Coast (Adrienne Martini)
Westerfeld, Scott, & Margo Lanagan • Zeroes (Gary K. Wolfe)
Williams, Sean • Crashland, Hollow Girl, and Twinmaker (Colleen Mondor)
Wolfe, Gene • A Borrowed Man (Gary K. Wolfe)

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