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LOCUS 581 - 2009 JUNE.

OVERVIEW: The June 2009 issue of Locus Magazine features: Interviews with Robert Charles Wilson and Kay Kenyon. Listings of Forthcoming Books in the US and UK through March 2010. Coverage of Nebula Awards Weekend, and lots of news. Obituaries of Tom Dietz and others, plus an appreciation of Ken Rand by Kevin J. Anderson, and a report from the Forrest J Ackerman Memorial by John De Chancie. Bibliographic listings of the months New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK. Short fiction reviews by Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, Adrienne Martini, and others, of books by Gene Wolfe, China Miéville, Jay Lake, Charles Stross, and many others. Graham Sleights Yesterdays Tomorrow column, about Octavia E. Butler.

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June 2009 • Issue 581 • Vol. 62 No. 6, 42nd Year of Publication • 29-Time Hugo WinnerCover and Interview Design by Arnie Fenner.

I N T E R V I E W S. Robert Charles Wilson: The Cosmic and the Intimate / 6. Kay Kenyon: No Apologies / 72.

P E O P L E & P U B L I S H I N G / 8. Notes on milestones, awards, books sold, etc., with news this issue about Eric Flint, Cormac McCarthy, Terry Pratchett, Elizabeth Hand, Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Jane Yolen & Midori Snyder, Robert J. Sawyer, and many others.

M A I N S T O R I E S / 5 & 10. 2009 Nebula Awards Weekend • MacLeod Wins Clarke • Ness and Shawl Win Tiptree • Sturgeon Award Finalists • Amazon Expands Again • Google Search Settlement Suspect.

T H E D A T A F I L E / 11. Spectra Switches • Norton Lawsuit Finally Ends • Salmon of Doubt on the Radio • Heinlein Prize Trust Winner • Harlequin Teen • Source Interlink Goes Private • B&N Launches Audiobook Store • Worldcons News • Announcements • Book News • Awards News • Magazine News • Publishing News • Financial News • International Rights.

F O R T H C O M I N G B O O K S. US Forthcoming Books / 36 British Forthcoming Books / 46.

L I S T I N G S. Magazines Received: April / 52 Books Received: April / 53. British Books Received: March / 62 Bestsellers / 64. O B I T U A R I E S / 69. Tom Deitz • Appreciation by Brad Strickland • Jack Owen Jardine • Hans Holzer • Jonathan Bayliss • A. Langley Searles • Appreciation of Ken Rand by Kevin J. Anderson • Forrest J Ackerman Memorial by John De Chancie (Page 9). L O C U S L E T T E R S / 70. David G. Hartwell. E D I T O R I A L M A T T E R S / 71. Locus Family News • Barbecue • Visitors • Books • Subterranean Press • Subscription Rates • This Issue • Looking Ahead.