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Locus Magazine, Issue #780, January 2026
The January 2026 Locus magazine, issue #780, has interviews with Tom Holt (AKA K.J. Parker) and Kamilah Cole, and a spotlight on Michael Kelly & Best Weird Fiction. Main Stories include an obituary and appreciations for John Varley (1947-2025), Time magazine's must-read books of 2025, and Lit Hub's 100 notable small press books. People and Publishing covers news about Cassandra Clare, Max Brooks, Lilly Lu, Kage Baker, James Islington, and many others. This month’s commentary by Cory Doctorow is entitled "The Post-American Internet". Obituaries remember Tom Stoppard, Jean-Louis Trudel, Sophie Kinsella, and Arthur Hlavaty. Reviews cover new works by Francis Spufford, Simon Stålenhag, T. Kingfisher, Ruth Francis Long, Alexis Hall, Mark Z. Danielewski, Thomas Pynchon, T.L. Huchu, Carrie Vaughn, Roshani Chokshi, Rym Kechacha, Darya Bobyleva, Kim Choyeop, Rafael Torrubia, Dave Hutchinson, Allan Kaster (ed.), Darkly Lem, Susana M. Morris, Philip Pullman, and others.Books reviews in this issue (indicating reviewer) —
Bobyleva, Darya • The Village at the Edge of Noon (Niall Harrison)
Chokshi, Roshani • The Swan’s Daughter (Colleen Mondor)
Choyeop, Kim • If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light (Niall Harrison)
Danielewski, Mark Z. • Tom’s Crossing (Ian Mond)
Hall, Alexis • Hell’s Heart (Liz Bourke)
Huchu, T. L. • Secrets of the First School (Colleen Mondor)
Hutchinson, Dave • The Essence (Alexandra Pierce)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Sixth Annual Collection (Alexandra Pierce)
Kechacha, Rym • The Apple and the Pearl (Niall Harrison)
Kingfisher, T. • Wolf Worm (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lem, Darkly • Transmentation Transgression (Alexandra Pierce)
Long, Ruth Frances • The Lore of Silver (Liz Bourke)
Morris, Susana • Positive The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
Pullman, Philip • The Book of Dust, Volume The Rose Field (Graham Sleight)
Pynchon, Thomas • Shadow Ticket (Ian Mond)
Spufford, Francis • Nonesuch (Gary K. Wolfe)
Stålenhag, Simon • Sunset at Zero Point (Gary K. Wolfe)
Torrubia, Rafael • The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver (Niall Harrison)
Vaughn, Carrie • The Glass Slide World (Colleen Mondor)
About Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 50 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
Bobyleva, Darya • The Village at the Edge of Noon (Niall Harrison)
Chokshi, Roshani • The Swan’s Daughter (Colleen Mondor)
Choyeop, Kim • If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light (Niall Harrison)
Danielewski, Mark Z. • Tom’s Crossing (Ian Mond)
Hall, Alexis • Hell’s Heart (Liz Bourke)
Huchu, T. L. • Secrets of the First School (Colleen Mondor)
Hutchinson, Dave • The Essence (Alexandra Pierce)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Sixth Annual Collection (Alexandra Pierce)
Kechacha, Rym • The Apple and the Pearl (Niall Harrison)
Kingfisher, T. • Wolf Worm (Gary K. Wolfe)
Lem, Darkly • Transmentation Transgression (Alexandra Pierce)
Long, Ruth Frances • The Lore of Silver (Liz Bourke)
Morris, Susana • Positive The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
Pullman, Philip • The Book of Dust, Volume The Rose Field (Graham Sleight)
Pynchon, Thomas • Shadow Ticket (Ian Mond)
Spufford, Francis • Nonesuch (Gary K. Wolfe)
Stålenhag, Simon • Sunset at Zero Point (Gary K. Wolfe)
Torrubia, Rafael • The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver (Niall Harrison)
Vaughn, Carrie • The Glass Slide World (Colleen Mondor)
About Locus is the news magazine and trade journal for chain SF and fantasy buyers, independent bookstore SF and fantasy buyers, and independent distributors as well as librarians, editors, authors, publishing personnel, and interested readers. The magazine has been covering the SF and fantasy fields for over 50 years, and has won the Hugo Award, science fiction's premier honor, 30 times. For information about the parent company, Locus Science Fiction Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation), see www.lsff.net.
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Published January 3, 2026
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