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Gary K Wolfe
Jonathan Strahan
2 days ago
Coode Street 714: The Year in Books @JonathanStrahan & @garykwolfe are joined by James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Alex Pierce to discuss the year in books.
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Episode 714: The Year in Books with James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Alex Pierce
For our year-end discussion of 2025 books, we’re joined by Locus reviewers Ian Mond and Alex Pierce, and distinguished critic and novelist James Bradley. As usual, we mention a lot of authors and titl...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-a3hnv-1a028cb
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
3 days ago
Explore
@garykwolfe
’s review of THE KING MUST DIE by
@kashinggiwa.bsky.social
: “at its best it’s a vibrant, provocative, and often surprisingly violent adventure…”
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The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The King Must Die, Kemi Ashing-Giwa (Saga 978-1-66806-101-5, $20.00, 496pp, tp) NovemÂber 2025. Kemi Ashing-Giwa calls The King Must Die a “science fantasy reboot” of a novel she began as a teenage…
https://locusmag.com/review/the-king-must-die-by-kemi-ashing-giwa-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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An excellent finale to the Advent series.
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7 days ago
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Certainly among the most entertaining chats we've had in this series, as anyone who has heard Ursula would suspect.
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7 days ago
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We're in the home stretch, and these guys were a lot of fun.
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9 days ago
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Jonathan Strahan
10 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 21 Today Gary and Jonathan talk to Francis Spufford about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, and his new novel, Nonesuch.
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Episode 709: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 21 - Francis Spufford
As both the Advent Calendar and the year move slowly towards a close, Gary and Jonathan chat with Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill, Light Perpetual, and the wonderful Cahokia Jazz about what he...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-2c8t3-19f1d64
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Jonathan Strahan
11 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 20 Jonathan and Gary chat with Becky Chambers about books she's read and would recommend, holiday favourites, what she's had out, and her upcoming novel.
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Episode 708: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 20 - Becky Chambers
For Day 20 of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Gary and Jonathan talk to Hugo Award winning author of the Wayfarer series, Becky Chambers, about what Becky's been reading and would recommend, holiday...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9umgy-19f102b
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Natalia has some intriguing reading recommendations, as well as observations on his own work.
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12 days ago
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Here we are catching up with Al Reynolds again, 25 years after Revelation Space helped redefine Space Opera.
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14 days ago
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Sounds like Stan isn’t yet done writing fiction, which is great news.
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15 days ago
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While we do get a chance to chat about Michael's excellent upcoming collection The Universe Box, this is also the first of these podcasts in which we get to talk about Moomins.
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16 days ago
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Jonathan Strahan
17 days ago
Today Jonathan chats with Wole Talabi about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, his fabulous 2025 novella "Descent" and his forthcoming novel, The Fist of Memory.
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Episode 702: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 14 - Wole Talabi
For the 14th day of Advent, Jonathan is joined by Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated writer, Wole Talabi, to discuss the books he's been reading, what he'd recommend, his brand new novella...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wiepa-19ec67e
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Just go clarify my program note, Dora was the one in Budapest, but as always she was game for a lively conversation. And do check out her new collection.
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
19 days ago
Check out
@garykwolfe
’s review of THE OUTSPOKEN AND THE INCENDIARY by Terry Bisson: “I came away feeling as though I’d just staggered home from a great party with some of our smartest and most committed writers.”
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The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers by Terry Bisson: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers, Terry Bisson (PM Press 979-8-88744-121-4, $24.95, 398pp, tp) August 2025. I’ve always been fascinated by colle…
https://locusmag.com/review/the-outspoken-and-the-incendiary-interviews-with-radical-speculative-fiction-writers-by-terry-bisson-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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700 episodes seems like a lot (and we'll talk about it on the podcast soon), but glad to celebrate it with an old friend like Nnedi.
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19 days ago
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Jonathan Strahan
20 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 11 Jonathan chats with James Bradley about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend and what he's working on right now.
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Episode 699: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 11 - James Bradley
For Day 11 of our Advent Calendar, Jonathan calls up long-time friend of the podcast, acclaimed writer James Bradley, to discuss what he's been reading lately, his fabulous new novel Landfall, whether...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-uucfa-19e7f89
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Jonathan Strahan
21 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 10 Jonathan chats with Emily Tesh about what she's beenb reading, her podcast Eight Days of Dianna Wynne Jones, The Incandescent, and what's next!
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Episode 698: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 10 - Emily Tesh
As we approach the halfway mark of our Advent Calendar, Jonathan calls Emily Tesh, Hugo Award winning author of Some Desperate Glory and co-host of reigning Hugo Best Fancast Eight Days of Diana Wynne...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-tgxam-19e4bac
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Jonathan Strahan
22 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 9 Jonathan & Gary talk to Paul McAuley about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, and what he has coming up!
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Episode 697: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 9 - Paul McAuley
For Day 9 of the 2025 Advent Calendar, Jonathan and Gary called Paul McAuley to discuss the books he's been reading and would recommend, holiday traditions, what he's had out recently, and his excitin...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-u9y7d-19e224a
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This was a delightful chat, and it always fascinates me to hear what books folks have been reading, and what's coming up.
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22 days ago
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Jonathan Strahan
24 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 7 Jonathan talks to BSFA Award winner Aliya Whitely about what she's been reading, would recommend and has coming up.
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Episode 695: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 7 - Aliya Whitely
Today Jonathan sits down with British SF Award winner and Arthur C. Clarke Award, BFA, and Tiptree Award nominee Aliya Whiteley to talk about what she's been reading and would recommend as the holiday...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-7vyvv-19e076a
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Always glad to chat with Nancy!
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25 days ago
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Jonathan Strahan
26 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 5 Gary and Jonathan chat with Adrian Tchaikovsky about what he's been reading, what he has coming out, and what he'd recommend for the holidays.
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Episode 693: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 5 - Adrian Tchaikovsky
As we move towards the end of the first week of our 2025 Advent Calendar, Gary and Jonathan take a moment to sit down with Adrian Tchaikovsky to talk about what he's been working on, what he has comin...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sg7kf-19dec58
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reposted by
Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
26 days ago
Explore
@garykwolfe
’s review of SNAKE-EATER by
@tkingfisher.com
: “its detailed and at times gritty depiction of a real community in a real environment might just make it more affecting.”
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Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Snake-Eater, T. Kingfisher (Titan Books UK 978-1-8354-1004-2, ÂŁ17.99, 208pp, hc) NovemÂber 2025. (47 North 978-1-66252-509-4, $16.99, 264pp, tp) December 2025. Cover by Tristan Elwell. Followers of…
https://locusmag.com/review/snake-eater-by-t-kingfisher-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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27 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
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Episode 692: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
The end of the year is fast approaching, we're behind on episodes and we're keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we're going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-iyi2x-19dd2a3
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Jonathan Strahan
28 days ago
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 3 - China Mieville Today we sit down to talk to China Mieville about what he's been reading, what he enjoys at this time of the year, and what he has coming up.
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Episode 691: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 3 - China Mieville
The end of the year is fast approaching, we're behind on episodes and we're keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we're going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-br9g6-19db994
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It's been only a few years since we lost Patricia, and this is a good way of reminding ourselves just how important she was.
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
about 2 months ago
Check out as
@garykwolfe
reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by
@nnedi.bsky.social
&
@johnjosephadams.com
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 edited by Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Best American Science Fiction and FantaÂsy 2025, Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner 978-0-06344-147-7, $19.99, 416pp, tp) October 2025 Despite what some writers might suspect…
https://locusmag.com/review/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2025-edited-by-nnedi-okorafor-john-joseph-adams-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
about 2 months ago
“If NOT WHAT I INTENDED is any indication, that series is still in good hands.”
@garykwolfe
reviews new work from @nancykress
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Not What I Intended by Nancy Kress: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Not What I Intended, Nancy Kress (PM Press 978-8-88744-120-7, $16.00, 126pp, tp) October 2025. As I’ve mentioned in these pages before, PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series has, for more than 15 yea…
https://locusmag.com/review/not-what-i-intended-by-nancy-kress-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
2 months ago
“SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS! has something of the feel of an archeological dig... for those interested in the granular details of writers who did, in fact, shape much of modern SF”
@garykwolfe
reviews work edited by Richard Wolinsky
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Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! Interviews with Science Fiction Legends edited by Richard Wolinsky: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! Interviews with Science Fiction Legends, RichÂard Wolinsky, ed. (Tachyon 978-1-61696-442-9, $17.95, 264pp, tp) September 2025. Between 1977 and 2000, radio …
https://locusmag.com/review/space-ships-ray-guns-martian-octopods-interviews-with-science-fiction-legends-edited-by-richard-wolinsky-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Kemi's one of the most promising younger writers, I think--and she knows a lot about the Permian extinction, as well.
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2 months ago
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
2 months ago
Check out
@garykwolfe
’s review of MAKING HISTORY by K.J. Parker: “we’re left enjoying another fine example Parker’s deep sense of irony and chronically untrustworthy characters.”
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Making History by K.J. Parker: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Making History, K.J. Parker (Tordotcom 978-1-250-83578-9, $18.99, 128pp, tp) September 2025. Much of the delight of K.J. Parker’s faux-historical fiction comes from the ingratiating and affable voi…
https://locusmag.com/review/making-history-by-k-j-parker-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Alix takes some risks with this one, and as usual it pays off beautifully.
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3 months ago
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A great chat with the always insightful Ken Liu.
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3 months ago
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
4 months ago
“That rare balance of wit and genuine dread has become one of Kingfisher’s most distinctive trademarks, and HEMLOCK & SILVER is another fine example of what her devoted horde of followers cherish in her work.”
@garykwolfe
reviews new work from @UrsulaV
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Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher (Tor 978-1-25034-203-4, $28.99, 368pp, hc) August 2025. Like many writers of her generation – and for that matter, several generations before her – T. Kingfisher…
https://locusmag.com/review/hemlock-silver-by-t-kingfisher-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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I think we were both missing Quinn, even though it had been years since either of us chatted with her.
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4 months ago
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Despite its apparently cozy trappings, this one also has political teeth, set in a future San Francisco newly liberated from--well, wait and see.
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4 months ago
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧
4 months ago
And finally! I saw the print version of
@locusmag.bsky.social
's wonderful review of Lessons (by the always fantastic
@garykwolfe.bsky.social
) a while ago, but now it's online and worth reading. It's so thoughtful and erudite:
locusmag.com/2025/08/less...
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4 months ago
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Misha (she/her)
5 months ago
The Outspoken & Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Science Fiction Writers
@nisishawl.bsky.social
@eileengunn.bsky.social
@garykwolfe.bsky.social
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Gary K Wolfe
Jonathan Strahan
5 months ago
Coode Street 683: China Mieville joins Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan to discuss Perdido Street Station and 25 Years of Bas Lag
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Episode 683: China Mieville and 25 Years of Bas Lag
Twenty five years ago China Mieville's second novel, Perdido Street Station, introduced the world to the fantastical city of Bas Lag. It went on to win the Arthur C Clarke and British Fantasy awards, ...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5dr4d-192dc3e
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
5 months ago
“A rich combination of dream vision, acerbic satire, intellectual playfulness, and human drama, KATABASIS should more than satisfy...” @garykwolfe reviews new work from R.F. Kuang
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Katabasis by R.F. Kuang: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager 978-0063021471, $35.00, 560pp, hc) August 2025. Several weeks ago, on the fivebooks.com website, Lev Grossman was asked about Dark Academia, which, he quite co…
https://locusmag.com/2025/08/katabasis-by-r-f-kuang-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Scott Edelman
5 months ago
Ran errands this morning listening to
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
and
@garykwolfe.bsky.social
chat with
@charliejane.bsky.social
and
@annaleen.bsky.social
about their latest books — which kinda made me feel as if
@seattlein2025.org
had already begun!
jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-68...
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Episode 682: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz | The Coode Street Podcast
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by two of our most exciting writers, each of whom has a new book out in August. Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster offers a wonderful combination o...
https://jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-682-charlie-jane-anders-and-annalee-newitz/
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Jonathan Strahan
5 months ago
Coode St 682: Gary and Jonathan talk to Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz about Lessons in Magic and Disaster and Automatic Noodle.
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Episode 682: Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz | The Coode Street Podcast
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by two of our most exciting writers, each of whom has a new book out in August. Charlie Jane Anders’ Lessons in Magic and Disaster offers a wonderful combination o...
https://jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-682-charlie-jane-anders-and-annalee-newitz/
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
5 months ago
Check out @garykwolfe’s review of THE BEWITCHING by @silviamg.bsky.social: “Moreno-Garcia’s skill at precisely evoking par¬ticular times and places serves her especially well in balancing these three narrative lines”
locusmag.com/2025/07...
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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey 978-0-59387-432-5, $29.00, 368pp, hc) July 2025. From early in her career, Silvia Moreno-GarÂcia has shown an almost scholarly interest not only in Mex…
https://locusmag.com/2025/07/the-bewitching-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
6 months ago
“IF WISHES WERE RETAIL, for all its cozy-fantasy trappings and screwball-comedy antics, actually has something sharp to say about many of the real contradictions inherent in American capitalism.” @garykwolfe reviews @aahabershaw.bsky.social
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If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
If Wishes Were Retail, Auston Habershaw (Tachyon 978-1-61696-434-4, $16.95, 272pp, tp) June 2025. Even though they’ve been around for centuries in complex ways, djinns have in the past few decades …
https://locusmag.com/2025/07/if-wishes-were-retail-by-auston-habershaw-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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6 months ago
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It's just us again this time, but at least we talk about some interesting folks.
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7 months ago
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
7 months ago
“In a career of barely a decade, Premee Mohamed has emerged as one of the more adventurous new voices in SFF, both in terms of genre and form…” @garykwolfe’s reviews ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by @premeemohamed.com -
locusmag.com/2025/06...
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One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
One Message Remains, Premee Mohamed (PsyÂchopomp 979-8-89115-010-1, $19.99, 205pp, tp) February 2025. In a career of barely a decade, Premee Mohamed has emerged as one of the more adventurous new v…
https://locusmag.com/2025/06/one-message-remains-by-premee-mohamed-review-by-gary-k-wolfe/
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Gary K Wolfe
Locus Magazine
7 months ago
We have locked in some special events for the Locus Awards! Tune in to The Plot Thickens: A Conversation with the Locus Awards Guests, a panel moderated by our reviewer @GaryKWolfe! Buy tickets in bio or here:
locusmag.com/2025-lo...
@tochitruestory
@sarahgailey
@kashinggiwa
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Jonathan Strahan
7 months ago
Coode Street 679: Guy Gavriel Kay and Written on the Dark This week we talk to
@guygavrielkay.bsky.social
about his new novel, Written on the Dark, and much more!
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Episode 679: Guy Gavriel Kay and Written on the Dark
This week we are joined by an old friend of the podcast, the distinguished Canadian novelist Guy Gavriel Kay, whose wonderful new novel Written on the Dark is out this month. As always, we not only to...
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-e4t2w-18c36c3
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