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AUGUST 2011 RESULTS OF THE LOCUS SURVEY THE MAGAZINE OF THE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FIELD • ISSUE 607 • VOL. 67 NO. 2 • $6.95 INTERVIEW Paolo Bacigalupi THE WINDUP BOY Complete Coverage of the Locus Awards & the SF Hall of Fame Ceremony The Sturgeon & Campbell Awards Winners KAREN LORD: Dual Reality Martin H. Greenberg 1941–2011 T A B L E o f C O N T E N T S August 2011 • Issue 607 • Vol. 67 • No. 2 44th Year of Publication • 29-Time Hugo Winner CHArles N. BroWN Founder Cover and Interview Designs by Arnie Fenner & Francesca Myman (1968-2009) lIZA GroeN TromBI Editor-in-Chief KIrsTeN GoNG-WoNG Managing Editor mArK r. KellY Electronic Editor-in-Chief CArolYN F. CusHmAN TIm Pratt Senior Editors AmelIA BeAmer Editor FrANCesCA mYmAN Associate Editor HeATHer sHAW Editorial Assistant 2011 Science Fiction Hall of Fame Lucite Blocks for Gardner Dozois, Harlan Ellison, Vincent Di Fate, and Jean Giraud (Moebius) Jonathan sTrAHAN Reviews Editor I N T e r V I e W TerrY BIssoN GWeNDA BoND Paolo Bacigalupi: The Windup Boy / 6 sTeFAN DZIemIANoWICZ Karen Lord: Dual Reality / 64 GArDNer DoZoIs rICH HorToN m A I N s T o r I e s / 5 & 10 russell leTsoN ADrIeNNe mArTINI 2010 World Fantasy Awards Nominations • McDonald and Landis Win Campbell and Sturgeon FAreN mIller Awards • 2010 British Fantasy Awards Finalists • Borders to be Liquidated • Shirley Jackson GrAHAm sleIGHT Awards Winners Tom WHITmore GArY K. WolFe C o N V e N T I o N s Contributing Editors KAreN BurNHAm Locus Awards/SF Hall of Fame Weekend / 5 Roundtable Blog Editor P e o P l e & P u B l I s H I N G / 8 WIllIAm G. CoNTeNTo Computer Projects Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about George r.r. martin, BeTH GWINN Patrick Ness, Katherine maclean, robert silverberg, Neil Gaiman, Charles stross, robert Photographer J. sawyer, maureen F. mcHugh, and many others Locus, The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field (ISSN 0047-4959), is published monthly, at $6.95 per copy, by Locus Publications, 34 Ridgewood Lane, Oakland T H e D A T A F I l e / 11 CA 94611. Please send all mail to: Locus Publications, PO Box 13305, Oakland CA 94661. Telephone (510) Readercon 2011 • Night Shade Probation Update • 2011 Mythopoeic Awards Winners • Free 339-9196; (510) 339-9198. FAX (510) 339-9198. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Individual subscriptions in the Encyclopedia of SF • Amazon News • Doctorow’s little Brother Adapted for Stage • Sturgeon US: $34.00 for six issues, $60.00 for 12 issues, $108.00 for 24 issues via periodical mail. 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Yesterday’s Tomorrows by Graham sleight / 31 The 4-Dimensional Nightmare (reissued as Voices of Time, J.G. Ballard); The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard; Concrete Island, J.G. Ballard; super-Cannes, J.G. Ballard. Terry Bisson: This month in History / 17, 19, 21, 23 Stina Leicht C o r r e C T I o N s To L O C U S # 6 0 6 ( J u l Y 2 0 1 1 ) (2010) In the Table of Contents we added an extra ‘‘e’’ to Mercedes In our New and Notable listing (pg. 55), we incorrectly Lackey’s name. We also spelled Toni Kelner’s name awarded a Hugo award to Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and incorrectly, adding an extra ‘‘l’’ both in the Table of Contents both a Hugo and a Nebula to Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse- p. 25 and in Carolyn Cushman’s review of Home Improvement: Five. Both books were nominees for the respective awards, Undead Edition. We apologize for the errors. but neither book won. Paolo Bacigalupi ....................(LT)1 Jay Lake ......................... (FM)61 Karen Lord .............................(LT)1 P H o T o l I s T I N G Pat Booze, Peggy Stewart, Martin H. Greenberg ............... (F)1 Doug Booze, Shawn & Hall of Fame Blocks ............. (FM)3 Eileen Gunn ................... (FM)59 Cate Gaidheal ................ (FM)60 Katrina Marier ................ (FM)61 Kathleen Ann Goonan ...........(LT)4 Paul Park ........................... (FM)59 Elizabeth Stephan, Hall of Fame Inductees, Mark Charan Newton ............(AB)4 Dale Ivan Smith, Julie McGalliard, J.A. Pitts ......................... (FM)60 Presenters, and Stina Leicht ........................(F/FC)4 Jerry Kaufman, Linda Deneroff, Torrey & Jon Wenger ........
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