Locus February 2019 (#697) Liza Groen Trombi et al.
The February 2019 issue of Locus magazine is the annual Year in Review overview with essays, the Locus 2018 Recommended Reading List, and book and magazine summaries tracking the progress of the industry. The issue also features an interview with Derek Künsken, and news including William Gibson’s induction as a SFWA Grand Master, the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, the Stoker preliminary ballot, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s lawsuit, SFWA updates including the qualifying pay rate change, and more.
The column by Kameron Hurley is entitled “Are You Overthinking It?”. Obituaries remember Fred Patten, Jane Langton, Larry Eisenberg, and Walter Dinjos.
Reviews cover new titles by Marlon James, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tim Powers, Jim C. Hines, Katharine Duckett, Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy, Alex White, Ann Leckie, Elizabeth Bear, Kameron Hurley, S.L. Huang, T. Kingfisher, Tim Maughan, Helen Marshall, Asja Bakic, Richard Chiem, Micah Yongo, Holly Black, Gwenda Bond & Christopher Rowe, Dave Duncan, Michael R. Johnston, and others.