The 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List includes Elizabeth Bear, Kerstin Hall, and Martha Wells!
First Novels
Star Eater, Kerstin Hall (Tordotcom)
Novellas
A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear (Audible Originals 10/20; Asimov’s 9-10/21)
Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
Novelettes
“The Red Mother”, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com 6/23/21)
Double congratulations to Martha Wells for Network Effect, the fifth book in the Murderbot Diaries, winning the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel and The Murderbot Diaries winning the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Series!
Crowbones by Anne Bishop
“A new entry (following Lake Silence) in Bishop’s “World of the Others” urban fantasy series set in an alternate North America. It’s Trickster Night in Lake Silence, a celebration of ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. Lake Silence is a mostly human settlement in an area controlled by the terra indigene, or the Others (a group of supernatural beings and cryptids), making Trickster Night a perfect chance to generate tourism from humans who want to walk a bit closer to the real wild side. It’s all fun and games and just a bit of a fright, until someone uses those small fears to turn humans and terra indigene against each other in order to cause trouble and learn how to get the better of the powerful Others. It’s up to the human storyteller, the police chief, and the local vampire leader to figure out what’s gone rotten in town before the overseeing council sweeps in with a permanent and deadly solution.
VERDICT A compelling exploration of manipulative personalities, small town murders, and the lengths to which these fascinating and beloved characters will go in order to protect one of their own.” — Library Journal
Amazon’s Best Books of 2021 list includes Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells!
Congratulations to Jim Butcher on Battle Ground, the seventeenth book in the Dresden Files series, winning the 2021 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)!
