Locus May 2021

The May 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Nnedi Okorafor and Nghi Vo and a spotlight on Spanish magazine Windumanoth. News includes the 2021 Hugo Awards Ballot, changes to the 2021 Worldcon dates and venue, Pillai’s promotion to head Tor, News Corp’s acquisition of HMH, Stine’s Philip K. Dick Award win, Jones’s Bradbury Prize win, BSFA winners, and more. Photo reports cover the 2021 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts and Norwescon 43. Cory Doctorow‘s column is entitled “Qualia” and a special feature by Douglas F. Dluzen & Christopher Mark Rose examines “Seasonal Bias in Speculative Fiction Awards Nominations”. Obituaries remember John C. Pelan, Wanda June Alexander, and Margaret Wander Bonanno. Reviews cover new titles by P. Djèlí Clark, Sarah Pinsker, Zen Cho, Karin Tidbeck, Nick Mamatas, Katherine Addison, T. Kingfisher, Django Wexler, Alexandra Oliva, Robbie Arnott, Natasha Pulley, Sam Riviere, Priyanka Champaneri, Patrick Allington, Nino Cipri, Kate Milford, Kosoko Jackson, Anna Carey, Nadia Afifi, Joe R. Lansdale, Rivers Solomon, Namina Forna, Bruce Sterling, David Brin, and others.