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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 World Fantasy Awards ballot, Dragon Awards finalists, SFWA resignations, SF&F Hall of Fame inductees Okorafor and Griffith, MacInness Clarke win, additional Gaiman allegations, the Galaxy magazine revival, and more. This months commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled Marshmallow Longtermism. International coverage includes the Future Fiction Workshop in Sichuan and SF/F/H in Spain. Taral Wayne, M.J. Engh, Deborah P. Kolodji, and A. Heather Wood are remembered with obituaries. Reviews include new titles by Rivers Solomon, Alan Moore, Adam Roberts, Nghi Vo, James S.A. Corey, Cherie Priest, Molly Morris, H.E. Edgmon, Helen Phillips, Pol Guasch, Logic, Michael J. DeLuca, Ken MacLeod, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ananda Lima, Jesse Ball, Kerstin Hall, Sven Holm, Sunny Moraine, Nikhil Singh, and others.

TABLE of CONTENTS
September 2024 Issue 764 Vol. 93 No. 3
58th Year of Publication 30-Time Hugo Winner
Cover and interview art & design by Francesca Myman.

INTERVIEWS
Catherynne M. Valente: Get to the Future / 10
Justin C. Key: Roller Coaster / 28

MAIN STORIES / 5, 6 & 7
2024 Hugo Awards Winners 2024 World Fantasy Awards Ballot Dragon Awards Finalists SFWA Resignations

THE DATA FILE / 7
MacInnes Wins Clarke SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees Worldcon 2026: Los Angeles Alfie Awards More Gaiman Allegations Aurora Awards Winners Mythopoeic Awards Winners Sidewise Awards Winners Nommo Awards Winners Galaxy Revival Clarion West News 2024 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists First Fandom Awards Analog AnLab Winners Asimovs Readers Awards Winners Otherwise Award Changes Rosenbaums Game Aldiss Awards Launch BSFS Contest Honors Miller Booker Prize Longlist Eisner Awards Winners WSFA Small Press Award Finalists World Conventions News Frank R. Paul Award Winners Obama Summer Reading List Workshop News Book Ban News Publishing News Bookstore News DarkLit Press Troubles Awards News Financial News

PEOPLE & PUBLISHING / 8
Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Rebecca Yarros, Samuel R. Delany, John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear, Eugen Bacon, Chuck Tingle, and many others.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Marshmallow Longtermism, 27 Spotlight on Micaela Alcaino, 35

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Future Fiction Workshop, 30 Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror in Spain, 32

FORTHCOMING BOOKS / 36

LISTINGS
Magazines Received: July, 52 Books Received: July, 53 Bestsellers, 64 New & Notable, 65

OBITUARIES / 77
Taral Wayne M.J. Engh Deborah P. Kolodji A. Heather Wood

EDITORIAL MATTERS / 78
Glasgow Alfies SFWA This Issue

LOCUS LOOKS AT BOOKS

Short Fiction Reviews by CHARLES PAYSEUR / 12
Flash Fiction Online 6/24; Strange Horizons 6/9/24, 6/24/24; Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/27/24, 7/11/24; Escape Pod 7/11/24; Lightspeed 7/24; Baffling 7/24; GigaNotoSaurus 7/24; Diabolical Plots 7/24; Kaleidotrope Summer24; Small Wonders 7/24.

Short Fiction Reviews by PAULA GURAN / 14
Reactor 6/5/24 to 7/10/24; The Sunday Morning Transport 5/26/24 to 7/14/24; Nightmare 7/24; The Dark 6/24; Uncanny 7-8/24; Apex #145; Weird Horror Fall 24.

Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. WISE / 15
khoréo 4.1; The Deadlands Spring 24; Asimovs 7-8/24.

Reviews by GARY K. WOLFE / 16
Model Home, Rivers Solomon; The Great When, Alan Moore; Lake of Darkness, Adam Roberts; The City in Glass, Nghi Vo.

Reviews by RUSSELL LETSON / 17
The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey.

Reviews by COLLEEN MONDOR / 18
Cinderwich, Cherie Priest; Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet, Molly Morris; Merciless Saviors, H.E. Edgmon.

Reviews by IAN MOND / 19
Hum, Helen Phillips; Napalm in the Heart, Pol Guasch; Ultra 85, Logic.

Reviews by NIALL HARRISON / 20
The Jaguar Mask, Michael J. DeLuca; A Jura for Julia, Ken MacLeod; Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Reviews by JAKE CASELLA BROOKINS / 23
The City in Glass, Nghi Vo; Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Ananda Lima; The Repeat Room, Jesse Ball.

Reviews by Divers Hands: LIZ BOURKE, GABINO IGLESIAS, NEDINE MOONSAMY / 24
Asunder, Kerstin Hall; Termush, Sven Holm; Your Shadow Half Remains, Sunny Moraine; Dakini Atoll, Nikhil Singh.

Magazines reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Flash Fiction Online 6/24 (Charles Payseur)
Strange Horizons 6/9/24, 6/24/24 (Charles Payseur)
Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/27/24, 7/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Escape Pod 7/11/24 (Charles Payseur)
Lightspeed 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Baffling 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
GigaNotoSaurus 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Diabolical Plots 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Kaleidotrope Summer 24 (Charles Payseur)
Small Wonders 7/24 (Charles Payseur)
Reactor 6/5/24 to 7/10/24 (Paula Guran)
The Sunday Morning Transport 5/26/24 to 7/14/24 (Paula Guran)
Nightmare 7/24 (Paula Guran)
The Dark 6/24 (Paula Guran)
Uncanny 7-8/24 (Paula Guran)
Apex #145 (Paula Guran)
Weird Horror Fall 24 (Paula Guran)
khoréo 4.1 (A.C. Wise)
The Deadlands Spring 24 (A.C. Wise)
Asimovs 7-8/24 (A.C. Wise)

Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer)

Ball, Jesse The Repeat Room (Jake Casella Brookins)
Corey, James S. A. The Mercy of Gods (Russell Letson)
DeLuca, Michael J. The Jaguar Mask (Niall Harrison)
Edgmon, H. E. Merciless Saviors (Colleen Mondor)
Guasch, Pol Napalm in the Heart (Ian Mond)
Hall, Kerstin Asunder (Liz Bourke)
Holm, Sven Termush (Gabino Iglesias)
Lima, Ananda Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Jake Casella Brookins)
Logic Ultra 85 (Ian Mond)
MacLeod, Ken A Jura for Julia (Niall Harrison)
Moore, Alan The Great When (Gary K. Wolfe)
Moraine, Sunny Your Shadow Half Remains (Gabino Iglesias)
Morris, Molly Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet (Colleen Mondor)
Phillips, Helen Hum (Ian Mond)
Priest, Cherie Cinderwich (Colleen Mondor)
Roberts, Adam Lake of Darkness (Gary K. Wolfe)
Singh, Nikhil Dakini Atoll (Nedine Moonsamy)
Solomon, Rivers Model Home (Gary K. Wolfe)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian Alien Clay (Niall Harrison)
Vo, Nghi The City in Glass (Gary K. Wolfe)
Vo, Nghi The City in Glass (Jake Casella Brookins)

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Locus Magazine, Issue #764, September 2024

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