http://www.locusmag.com/ Science Fiction News, Reviews, Resources, and Perspectives. en-us Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0000 FeedLiquifier/2.00 (+http://www.mobileread.com/) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.locusmag.com/ <b>Editorial Blog</b>: <a href="http://locusmag.blogspot.com/2009/08/all-time-novels-polls.html">All-Time Novels Polls</a> .. Suggestions welcome for how to set up one or more new polls for all-time best SF/F/H novels Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Please participate in this Communication Studies <a href="http://tinyurl.com/sf-fans">online survey</a> about Worldcon 09! Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.fantasticliterature.com/">Fantastic Literature</a>'s November list is online Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: James Parker <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/JParker-t.html">reviews Stephen King's <b>Under the Dome</b></a>; also, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/20091108_best-illustrated_gg/list.html">Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009</a> includes Shaun Tan's <b>Tales from Outer Suburbia</b>; Hugo Lindgren <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/Lindgren-t.html">reviews Tan's book</a>; Lev Grossman <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/Grossman-t.html">reviews Scott Westerfeld's <b>Leviathan</b></a>; Regina Marler <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/Marler-t.html">reviews Malinda Lo, Melissa Marr, and others</a> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/">Apex Magazine</a> posts a 'celebration of world SF', edited by Lavie Tidhar, with stories by Aliette de Bodard, Nir Yaniv, and others; interview with Tunku Halim Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Terry Bisson <a href="http://shareable.net/blog/galileos-dream">interviews Kim Stanley Robinson</a> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ B&amp;N: Elizabeth Hand <a href="http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/In-Brief/Finch/ba-p/1688">reviews VanderMeer's <b>Finch</b></a> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview has Gary Gibson's column <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/an-open-letter-to-those-terrified-of-e-piracy-by-gary-gibson/">An open letter to those terrified of e-piracy</a> and Alan DeNiro's <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/tag/world-fantasy-convention-2009/">World Fantasy Con coverage</a> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.quantummuse.com/">Quantum Muse</a>'s November issue is posted Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.fantasticliterature.com/">Fantastic Literature</a>'s November list is online Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Guardian: Berkley signs <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/29/fantasy-author-new-isaac-asimov-novels">Mickey Zucker Reichert to write new Susan Calvin novels</a>, based on Isaac Asimov's character Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Rick Klaw <a href="http://www.sacurrent.com/arts/review.asp?rid=14038">reviews Jeff VanderMeer's <b>Finch</b></a>; Cynthia Hawkins <a href="http://www.sacurrent.com/columns/story.asp?id=70661">interviews VanderMeer</a>; at Bookslut, <a href="http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2009_10_015337.php">J.W. McCormack reviews <b>Finch</b></a> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Tin House: Cory Doctorow's <a href="http://tinhousebooks.com/blog/?p=410">Radical Presentism</a> introduces the new issue Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Wired's GeekDad <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/2009giftguide1/">Holiday Gift Guide for Books</a> recommends Cory Doctorow, Iain Banks, China Mi&eacute;ville, and Bruce Sterling, among others Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ New York Post: <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/where_work_jonathan_lethem_zRjJkXA5brUvSRGwGghpQM">Where I Work: Jonathan Lethem</a> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Gary Farber is following <a href="http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com/2009/11/terminate-this.html">Joss Whedon's offer to buy the Terminator franchise</a> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Publishers Weekly's <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704595.html">Best Books of 2009</a> includes SF/F/H titles (scroll down) by Bacigalupi, Datlow, Gregory, Mi&eacute;ville, and Priest; plus titles by Simmons (fiction) and Carriger (mass market) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Amazon.com's <a href="http://www.m.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2233760011">Best of 2009: Books</a> includes <a href="http://www.m.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_85920671_20?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000446561&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=0PB1TT5FECMZ8P0GDSZA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=497521731&pf_rd_i=2233760011">SF &amp; Fantasy</a> titles by Valente, Kiernan, Durham, Straub, Priest, Ajvaz, Roberts, Strahan, Sherman &amp; Barzak, and Bullington; <a href="http://www.m.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_85924571_34?ie=UTF8&docId=1000444391&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0PB1TT5FECMZ8P0GDSZA&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=497463751&pf_rd_i=2233760011">Top 100 Editors' Picks</a> put China Mi&eacute;ville at #8, Jonathan Lethem at #37, Margaret Atwood at #38, Suzanne Collins at #42, Bernard Beckett at #49, Lev Grossman at #52, Audrey Niffenegger at #77, J.G. Ballard at #89, Thomas Pynchon at #94 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Dave Langford's <a href="http://news.ansible.co.uk/a268.html">Ansible 268</a> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ io9 has <a href="http://io9.com/5394302/the-experts-picks-for-notable-books-of-the-year-at-world-fantasy-con">The Experts' Picks for Notable Books of the Year at World Fantasy Con</a> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ World Fantasy Con photos from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathryncramer/sets/72157622574372749/">David G. Hartwell</a> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Scott Edelman's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8293436@N04/sets/72157622693405732/">photos from World Fantasy Con</a> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Salon: Laura Miller <a href="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html">interviews Peter Straub</a> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ SF Signal's Mind Meld explores <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/10/speculative-fiction-and-mainstream-acceptance-part-2/">Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance</a>, part 2 (earlier, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/10/speculative-fiction-and-mainstream-acceptance-part-1">part 1</a>) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ B&N: Paul Di Filippo <a href="http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/The-Speculator/The-Year-of-the-Flood/ba-p/1644">review Atwood's <b>The Year of the Flood</b></a> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/arts/design/27punchatz.html">Don Ivan Punchatz, Artist for Fantasy Book Covers, Dies at 73</a> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Naples News: Ben Bova: <a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/24/ben-bova-no-writer-island-either/">No writer is an island, either</a> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ RevolutionSF is hosting a <a href="http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4657">contest to win Jeff VanderMeer's Ambergris novels</a>; plus, Rick Klaw <a href="http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4662">interviews VanderMeer</a>; Peggy Hailey <a href="http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4654">reviews <b>Finch</b></a> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Salon <a href="http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/">interviews Jonathan Lethem</a>; Laura Miller <a href="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/">reviews Neil Gaiman's Twitter story</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Publishers Weekly: <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703373.html">Scott Westerfeld, Michael Grant, and others discuss vampires in YA fiction</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Cleveland Plain Dealer: John R. Alden <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2009/10/five_science_fiction_and_fanta.html">reviews Wilson, Mi&eacute;ville, Sanderson, Banks, Dozois</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The Outer Alliance <a href="http://blog.outeralliance.org/?p=257">profiles Nicola Griffith</a> about LGBTQ literature Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ WSFA Press is offering a <a href="http://www.wsfapressbooks.org/?page_id=3&category=1&product_id=4">special set of 5 hardcovers</a> for $100, in support of <a href="http://www.capclave.org/">Capclave</a>; details <a href="http://oldcharliebrown.livejournal.com/279924.html">here</a> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Ticonderoga Publications is also having a sale of existing stock; visit <a href="http://indiebooksonline.com/catalog/">indiebooksonline.com</a> and click on Specials at right Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Breaking News: Artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ivan_Punchatz">Don Punchantz</a>, born 1936, died yesterday; obits at <a href="http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/">Spectrum Fantastic Art</a>, <a href="http://adch.org/blog/?p=45">Houston AD Club</a> [Punchantz' cover for Avon's paperback edition of Asimov's <b>Foundation</b>, left] <br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Spectrum also notes the passing of <a href="http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/full_content.php?article_id=1065&full=yes&pbr=1">Dean Ellis and Ed Valigursky</a> [Ellis' cover for Bantam's paperback edition of Bradbury's <b>The Martian Chronicles</b>, left] <br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: Gregory Cowles <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/books/review/Cowles-t.html">reviews Jonathan Lethem's <b>Chronic City</b></a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Ellen Datlow's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35025258@N00/sets/72157622516459175/">photos from KGB raeding October 21st</a> with John Langan and Michael Cisco Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.pjfarmer.com/">Philip Jos&eacute; Farmer</a> <a href="http://www.pjfarmer.com/estate.htm">estate sale</a> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Globe and Mail: Guy Gavriel Kay, <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/authors-draw-their-knives-during-literary-awards-season/article1326246/">Authors draw their knives during literary awards season</a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ SF Chronicle: David Hellman <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/18/RV3C1A4IQL.DTL">reviews Jonathan Lethem's <b>Chronic City</b></a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NPR's Rick Kleffel: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113862140">Rule of the Undead: Zombies Invade Bookstores</a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The World SF News Blog <a href="http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/exclusive-interview-with-ashok-banker/">interviews Ashok Banker</a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview has columns by <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/escaping-into-fiction-by-sharon-shinn/">Sharon Shinn</a> and new author <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/how-to-get-ideas-talk-to-cows-by-john-brown/">John Brown</a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ LA Times: Jeff VanderMeer blogs how <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-caw-off-the-shelf18-2009oct18,0,956721.story">A writer's fascination with a pipe opens up a world of fantasy</a> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Sci Fi Wire: John Clute <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/10/the-complete-stories-of-j.php">reviews <b>The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard</b></a> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Asimov's has posted December issue features, including <a href="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0912/editorial.shtml">Sheila Williams' editorial</a>, James Patrick Kelly's <a href="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0912/onthenet.shtml">On the Net</a>, Robert Silverberg's <a href="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0912/ref.shtml">Reflections</a>, and Peter Heck's <a href="http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0912/onbooks.shtml">book reviews</a> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Locus Online <a href="http://locusmag.blogspot.com/2009/10/reading-notes-beckett-morrow-tan.html">reads Beckett, Tan, Morrow, Zebrowski, Disch, Baker, Hamilton</a> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/bsc-interview-james-sallis/">interviews James Sallis</a> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ PW: <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701457.html">Neil Gaiman to launch crowd-sourced story on Twitter</a> tomorrow, 13 Oct, at noon EDT - details at <a href="http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/trade/">BBC Audiobooks America</a> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Ellen Datlow reports on <a href="http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/222858.html">The Funeral (that should have been) for Edgar Allan Poe</a> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The Agony Column <a href="http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/10-12-09-podcast.htm#podcast101209">interviews Margaret Atwood</a> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The <a href="http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/arts/hearst-art-gallery/">Hearst Art Gallery</a> at Saint Mary's College in Moraga CA exhibits "Out of This World: Real and Imagined Landscapes of our Solar System" now through December 13th Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ LA Times: Ed Park <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-j-g-ballard11-2009oct11,0,7969007.story">reviews <b>The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard</b>, from A to Z</a> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Washington Post: Ron Charles <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100603282.html">reviews Richard Powers' <b>Generosity</b></a> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ San Francisco Chronicle: Jeremy Adam Smith <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/11/RVTO19QD5A.DTL">reviews Michael Chabon's <b>Manhood for Amateurs</b></a> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: Gabrielle Zevin <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/books/review/Zevin-t.html">reviews Suzanne Collins' <b>Catching Fire</b></a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Telegraph: Peter Ingham <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/6251343/Science-Fiction-round-up-review.html">reviews Baxter <b>Ark</b>, Khoury, Bestwick, Fenn</a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ LA Times Hero Complex blog: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/10/surprised-author-tim-powers-finds-himself-setting-sail-with-pirates-of-the-caribbean-.html">Surprised author Tim Powers finds himself setting sail with 'Pirates of the Caribbean'</a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Pan Macmillan's interview with <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330507885/1898"><b>The Temporal Void</b></a> author Peter F. Hamilton, including your invited questions, is on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFa4s0gRHcw">part one</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd4ZGcpmMBU">part two</a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ October <a href="http://www.irosf.com/">Internet Review of SF</a> features Australian dark fantasy, Aliette de Bodard, Readercon 20, Gary Westfahl, Lois Tilton, and others Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview has <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/sharon-shinn-interview-bsc/">an interview with Sharon Shinn</a> and Gary Gibson's "Burn After Reading" column <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/burn-after-reading-science-fiction-and-why-it-needs-secret-decoder-rings-by-gary-gibson/">Science Fiction, And Why It Needs Secret Decoder Rings</a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Green Man Review <a href="http://greenmanreview.com/book/book_langan_houseofwindows.html">reviews John Langan's <b>House of Windows</b></a> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://worldsf.wordpress.com/">World SF News Blog</a> has a new URL, and has begun original content with <a href="http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/world-sf-round-table-1-on-environment-and-background/">World SF Round Table 1: On Environment and Background</a> featuring Kaaron Warren, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Vandana Singh, Aliette de Bodard Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com">Beneath Ceaseless Skies</a>'s anniversary issue features Yoon Ha Lee, Ian McHugh, Sara M. Harvey, Michael Anthony Ashley, Justin Howe Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ October <a href="http://www.monthlyreview.org/">Monthly Review</a> features Terry Bisson Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Dave Langford's <a href="http://news.ansible.co.uk/a267.html">Ansible 267</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Jeff VanderMeer announces <a href="http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/10/04/the-first-annual-last-drink-bird-head-award-finalists/">The First Annual Last Drink Bird Head Award Finalists</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview has new Hal Duncan column <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/notes-from-new-sodom-to-the-water-fountains/">Notes from New Sodom: To the Water-Fountains</a>, and an <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/on-the-spot-at-bsc-thomas-harlan-interview/">interview with Thomas Harlan</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The 50th anniversary of <i>The Twilight Zone</i> is noted by <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/the-twilight-zone-turns-50/">Wired</a>, <a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/the-twilight-zone-turns-50-whats-your-favorite-episode/">The New York Times</a>, and <a href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-news/50-years-later-twilight-zone-still-intrigues-1004016994.story">Back Stage [AP]</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Michael Swanwick's <b>A Periodic Guide to the Elements</b> is now available <a href="http://www.sftim.com/svonvik/">in Serbian</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ LA Times covers the <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/10/octavia-butler.html">Octavia Butler story</a> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Literary Review of Canada: Robert Charles Wilson <a href="http://reviewcanada.ca/reviews/2009/10/01/a-dystopia-sketched-in-crayon/">reviews Margaret Atwood: "A Dystopia Sketched in Crayon"</a> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Washington Post: Michael Dirda <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093004459.html">reviews Iain M. Banks' <b>Transition</b></a> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.fantasticliterature.com/">Fantastic Literature</a>'s October list is online Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Washington Post: Michael Dirda <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304278.html">reviews Margaret Atwood's <b>The Year of the Flood</b></a> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Telegraph <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6231337/SIr-Terry-Pratchett-interview.html">interviews Sir Terry Pratchett</a> about <b>Unseen Academicals</b>, Alzheimer's Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Life magazine, 1951: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=fVEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA127#v=twopage&q=&f=false">Through the Interstellar Looking Glass</a>, article about SF fandom (<a href="http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com/"><i>via</i></a>) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: Susann Cokal <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/books/review/Cokal-t.html">reviews Audrey Niffenegger's <b>Her Fearful Symmetry</b></a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <b>Yellow Blue Tibia</b> author Adam Roberts <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/sep/24/science-fiction-adam-roberts-booker">chimes in on the debate about SF and the Man Booker prize</a>, launched last week <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/18/science-fiction-booker-prize">by Kim Stanley Robinson</a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Baltimore City Paper: Adrienne Martini on <a href="http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=18999">the endurance of short stories in the SF field</a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Lapham's Quarterly: John Crowley essay <a href="http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/in-the-midst-of-death.php">In the Midst of Death</a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Jeff VanderMeer plugs <a href="http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/09/24/last-drink-bird-head-for-charity-party-pre-orders-awards-and-more/">charity anthology <b>Last Drink Bird Head</b></a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ David Wellington is posting <a href="http://dailylit.com/books/30-stories-in-30-days">30 Stories in 30 Days</a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Amazon's Omnivoracious <a href="http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/09/23/in-the-dragons-jaws-the-immaculate-interrogation-of-jesse-bullington/">interviews first novelist Jesse Bullington</a> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Time Magazine has video interview with Robert J. Sawyer: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,41501574001_1925525,00.html">The Scientific Mind Behind 'FlashForward'</a> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://s256537080.websitehome.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=369&Itemid=35">British Fantasy Awards winners</a> include William Heaney (aka Graham Joyce), Tim Lebbon, Sarah Pinborough, and others Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ New Yorker on <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/09/28/090928ta_talk_khatchadourian">Ralph Nader's utopian novel <b>Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!</b></a> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Boston Globe: Peter Bebergal <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/09/21/china_mivilles_the_city_and_the_city_weirdly_unsettles_its_characters_sense_of_borders/">reviews China Mi&eacute;ville's <b>The City &amp; the City</b></a> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times profiles Margaret Atwood: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/books/22atwood.html">Back to the Scary Future and the Best-Seller List</a> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ B&amp;N Review: Paul Di Filippo <a href="http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/The-Speculator/Fantastical-Conceits-and-Turbulent-Souls/ba-p/1436">reviews new volumes by Roger Zelazny</a> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times on the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/business/media/21audio.html">podcast of Iain M. Banks' new novel <b>Transition</b></a> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ LA Times: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bradbury19-2009sep19,0,1580926.story">Ray Bradbury celebrates 89th birthday</a> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: Jeanette Winterson <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/books/review/Winterson-t.html">reviews Margaret Atwood's <b>The Year of the Flood</b></a> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ More from Kim Stanley Robinson in New Scientist: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/18/science-fiction-booker-prize">Science fiction author hits out at Booker judges</a> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Washington Post: Michael Dirda <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/16/AR2009091603053.html">reviews <b>The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard</b></a> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ New Scientist: Kim Stanley Robinson's <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327263.200-science-fiction-the-stories-of-now.html">Science fiction: The stories of now</a>, about Olaf Stapledon, Virginia Woolf, and contemporary British SF Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Locus readers are invited to <a href="mailto:publicity@macmillan.co.uk">submit questions to Peter F. Hamilton</a>, about his Void trilogy or his other work, for a video interview to be conducted and posted next week Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Ellen Datlow's <a href="http://tinyurl.com/l7xxb8">photos from KGB reading</a> Sept. 16th, with Chris Genoa and Andrew Fox Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Tor.com has original story <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=55339">Silver Linings, by Tim Pratt</a> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Locus Online <a href="http://locusmag.blogspot.com/2009/09/locus-online-makes-boeuf-bourguignon.html">makes Boeuf Bourguignon</a> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ New Scientist features <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/special/sci-fi-the-fiction-of-now">flash fiction</a> by Macleod, McDonald, Ryman, Griffith, Baxter, McAuley, Watson, and Robson, with <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17779-new-scientist-flash-fiction-competition-2009.html">rules for a new competition</a> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview features guest Michael Hanlon's <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/09/ive-seen-the-future-and-it-works-for-me-by-michael-hanlon/">I've seen the future - and it works for me!</a> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Sci Fi Wire: John Clute <a href="http://scifiwire.com/2009/09/john-clute-the-windup-gir.php">reviews Paolo Bacigalupi's <b>The Windup Girl</b></a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Concatenation's <a href="http://www.concatenation.org/news/news9~09.html">Autumn news roundup</a> covers awards, book news, film and TV news, much more Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://www.flurb.net/">Flurb</a> #8 features Gregory Benford, Paul Di Filippo, Howard V. Hendrix, Carter Scholz, and others Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ The Agony column <a href="http://bookotron.com/agony/news/2009/09-14-09-podcast.htm#podcast091409">podcast interviews Kage Baker</a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ BSCreview launches a new column by Charles Tan, beginning with <a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2009/09/a-stalkers-notebook-speculative-fiction-the-genre-without-limitations-by-charles-tan/">Speculative Fiction – The Genre without Limitations</a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Torque Control begins <a href="http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-discussion-about-lavinia/">a discussion about <b>Lavinia</b></a>, which continues on <a href="http://punkadiddle.blogspot.com/2009/09/lavinia-discussion.html">three</a> <a href="http://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2009/09/discussion-about-lavinia-part-3.html">other</a> <a href="http://evesalexandria.typepad.com/eves_alexandria/2009/09/lavinia.html">blogs</a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Coilhouse: David Forbes looks back at <a href="http://coilhouse.net/2009/09/all-tomorrows-the-demolished-man/">The Demolished Man</a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ Independent <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/iain-banks-looks-on-the-bright-side-of-dystopia-with-his-hybrid-book-1784884.html">profiles Iain Banks</a> and his 'hybrid' book <b>Transition</b> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://davidherter.blogspot.com/">David Herter</a> and Earthling Publications are offering "insanely scribbled-up manuscript pages" to those who purchase copies of upcoming novel <a href="http://www.earthlingpub.com/dh_octoberdark.html">October Dark</a> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ <a href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com">Beneath Ceaseless Skies</a> has stories by Erin Cashier and Chris Tissell and audio fiction by Christopher Green Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.locusmag.com/ NY Times Book Review: Jonathan Lethem essays on J.G. Ballard, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Lethem-t.html">Poet of Desolate Landscapes</a>; also, Michael Agger <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Agger-t.html">reviews Lev Grossman's <b>The Magicians</b></a>; and Regina Marler <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/books/review/Marler-t.html">reviews YA books</a> by David Klass and others Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.mobileread.com <p>Mark redesigned Locusmag which is why our Locusmag feed was temporarily down. I am happy to inform you that the feed is back now. As a little bonus, I've also made a feed for Locusmag's Blinks section. Enjoy!</p><p>Locusmag RSS 2.0 feed:<br /><a href="http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/locus.xml">http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/locus.xml</a></p><p>Locusmag Blinks RSS 2.0 feed:<br /><a href="http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/locusblinks_rss20.xml">http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/locusblinks_rss20.xml</a></p><p>If you have any suggestions, feel free to join me at <a href="http://www.mobileread.com">http://www.mobileread.com</a>. As a side note, Mobileread is an online community that loves to talk about books, especially if SciFi and Fantasy related.</p> Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:45:58 +0000