Locus Magazine Goes Steampunk For September

For those of you unfamiliar with it, Locus is a book magazine covering the sci-fi and fantasy (SFF) field. It’s popular with writers, genre lovers, and book sellers. It can be purchased at book stores such as Mysterious Galaxy as well as fine magazine purveyors.

My Taller Half (who’s a SFF/Horror writer) is a big fan of Locus and last night he brought home the latest issue. And it is ALL on steampunk. (for those of you unfamiliar with this SFF genre check out my Steampunk Reading List, which includes a fine definition if I do say so myself)

Steampunk is really big right now so when Locus put out a call for article submissions for the September 2010 issue… Heh heh heh. And, being Locus, they got some serious heavy weights in the Steampunk and sci-fi prose scene; from writers like Cherie Priest and Michael Moorcock to editors like Ann Vandermeer.

Peak At The Steampunk Articles

The big feature articles for this steampunk issue of Locus magazine are interviews with Cherie Priest (Boneshaker), Gail Carriger (Souless), and Phil & Kaja Foglio (Girl Genius).

The Cherie Priest article is titled “Pornography & War”

The Gail Carriger one is called “Remember to Behave”

The Foglios’ interview is titled “Gaslamp Fantasies.

Essays in the “Steampunk Unpacked” Section by:

• Bruce Sterling (Islands in the Net, A Good Old Fashioned Future, co-author of The Difference Engine)
• James P. Blaylock (Homunculus, Adventures of Langdon St. Ives)
• Michael Moorcock (Warlord of the Air, Elric Of Melnibone)
• Liz Gorinsky
• Jay Lake (Mainspring)
• Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan)
• Ann Vandermeer (an editor of Steampunk)
• Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, The Drawing of the Dark)
• Gavin J. Grant (an editor of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror series)
• Joe R. Lansdale (Zeppelins West, Dead in the West)
• Mike Perschon

Other Steampunk Goodies in This Issue

The editorial section of the September 2010 issues of Locus has a portion devoted to steampunk.

Other Article Goodies

Of course, this is Locus so their regular publishing industry sections on new releases and what literary agents bought what works and such are still there.

Some of the Articles

• Notes on milestones, author news, awards, books sold, etc.
• 2009 World Fantasy Award Nominations
• 2010 Chesley Awards Winners
• Comic-Con 2010
• “Dorchester Goes Digital”
• “B&N for Sale”
• “More Borders Layoffs”
• “Simon & Schuster Reorganization
• “Odyssey Editions Controversy”
• “All the Books in the World”
• “Superman Saves Family”
• “Worldcons News”
• “Publishing News”
• “International Rights”
• “Publications Received”
• Spotlight on artist Daniel Dos Santos
• US and British Forthcoming Books
• Book Listings
• Commentary section is an article by author Cory Doctorow(Eastern Standard Tribe) called “Proprietary Interest”.

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