Locus Online went online in April 1997, as an online venue for Locus Magazine. Like the magazine, Locus Online focuses on news of the Science Fiction publishing field and coverage of new science fiction books and magazines. The site has both online-only content and articles and excerpts from the magazine.
The website is produced from Oakland, California. Locus Online‘s editor and webmaster is Mark R. Kelly.
Here’s a retrospective of 20 Years of Locus Online.
The website currently includes the following sections:
- News – Awards nominations and results, obituaries, and major publishing developments. As of January 2009 these are posted in the Locus SF&F News blog, with most posts from the Locus Magazine offices in San Leandro, CA.
- Reviews – Selected book reviews (three or more per month), plus special-to-the-website book reviews by Paul Di Filippo and film reviews by Gary Westfahl.
- Features – Excerpts from the magazines interviews and spotlights, essays and commentary, including Cory Doctorow’s and Kameron Hurley’s columns, and the Roundtable with guest blog posts and conversations about the field.
- Eye on Books (Monitor) – Weekly to monthly listings of new books and magazines, with descriptions, cover images, links to relevant author and publisher websites, and quotes from reviews; and a weekly compilation of genre books that appear on general bestseller lists.
- Resources – Static and periodically updated pages of indexes and links, including the Links Portal, selected Forthcoming Books, indexes to reviews and interviews, and the independently compiled Locus Index to Science Fiction by William G. Contento, and the Science Fiction Awards Database by Mark R. Kelly.
- The Magazine – Samples of each issue of Locus Magazine, including the Table of Contents, excerpts from the interviews, and listings of Locus Bestsellers and of New & Notable Books.
- SF/F on the Web (Blinks) – An ongoing selection of notable reviews, articles, and websites covering genre books and publishing.
You can view the archived older versions of Locus Online here, going back to 1997.