Tag: Locus

A couple of more Masks reviews to note…

First, Masks got a second review in Locus this latest issue. Carolyn Cushman writes (not online), “Blake…know how to turn out an old-fashioned adventure with just enough of a dystopian edge to feel new again.” Meanwhile, Dark Faerie Tales gives Masks 4/5 stars…er, ravens, saying: “Young adult books can sometimes be hit or miss with …

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The Space-Time Continuum: In praise of Locus

Here’s the latest of my SF/fantasy columns for the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild’s magazine Freelance. *** For most of the world, Charlie Brown is only a beloved cartoon character with a round head. But for those immersed in the science fiction and fantasy genres, Charlie Brown was also the nickname (though he hated it) of Charles …

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I’m in Locus!

No, no review (alas), but I show up in two photos in the coverage of the World Fantasy Convention in the current issue of Locus (“The Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field“): one with fellow Canadian authors Simon Rose and Leslie Carmichael at the mass autograph session, and one with DAW editors Sheila …

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Neil Gaiman one step closer to sainthood…

…and other April Fool’s “stories” are at Locus Online. Apparently it is not an April Fool’s story, however, that here has been a correction to the Hugo Award nominees I listed recently: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest has been replaced on the long-form dramatic presentation ballot by Pan’s Labyrinth.

Index to science fiction awards

If you want to know who won what when in the field of science fiction literature, then the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards, newly updated, is the place to go. And if you’re interested in SF and don’t visit Locus Online regularly, you’re missing out. In fact, if you’re really interested in SF, especially …

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