LOCUS

Locus

Locus, subtitled "The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade journal for the English language fantasy and science fiction field. The magazine also presents the annual Locus Awards.

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locus

Noun

  1. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
    The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
  2. The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
    A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
  3. A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.


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