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Roy
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 Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: Interzone 216: the Mundane SF issue |
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A repeat of material on the Interzone home page.
Geoff Ryman will be talking about Interzone 216, the mundane sf issue, on Radio 4 tonight (Friday 2 May) at 7:30, Front Row, I assume, and you should be able to listen again using the BBC website if you miss it.
Damien G Walter has a brilliant article in the Guardian Unlimited/Guardian On line.
Here is a quote
| Quote: | | The Mundane manifesto was perfectly pitched to infuriate the SF community. On the one hand it aimed a casual insult at SF readers who enjoyed the powerful myths it criticised. On the other it alienated the science-obsessed "Hard SF" faction who felt directly attacked by the Mundanistas. The attitudes of both sides hardened around a series of wonderfully arrogant statements issuing from the Mundanista camp, claiming …. |
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Aliette de Bodard
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Mike A
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Andy
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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All being well IZ216 will be on its way to subscribers and contributors, and in shops on the 8th May. As you know, it’s the special Mundane-SF issue with fiction selected by guest editors and Mundanistas Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters.
Cover art and all story illustrations by featured artist, film writer/director Christopher Nurse.
Mundane-SF:
Introduction by Geoff Ryman
How To Make Paper Airplanes by Lavie Tidhar
Endra — From Memory by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
The Hour Is Getting Late by Billie Aul
Remote Control by R.R. Angell
The Invisibles by Élisabeth Vonarburg
Into The Night by Anil Menon
Talk Is Cheap by Geoff Ryman
Features:
Greg Egan: Beyond The Veil Of Reality
interview by Jetse De Vries
SPECIAL OFFER for IZ readers on Greg Egan’s new novel Incandescence: you may order copies of the hardback (published May 15th) for the special price of £11.99 (rrp £18.99) by calling 01903 828503 and quoting reference number MA01. UK postage and packing is free, overseas add £1.60
Alastair Reynolds: House Of Suns
interview by David Mathew
Plenty of book reviews
Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe
film reviews
Laser Fodder by Tony Lee
DVD reviews
Ansible Link by David Langford
news and gossip
2007 Readers’ Poll: The Results
plus comments
We'll also announce the Poll Results on this forum when the magazine is out. Thanks for all your votes (we received more than ever) and letters of comment, reproduced in this issue.
Subscribe now!
Coming soon: stories by Paul McAuley, Karen Fishler, Jason Sanford, Paul Tremblay, Chris Beckett, Jason Stoddard, Nina Allan, Aliette de Bodard, Suzanne Palmer, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Neil Williamson, Jeremiah Tolbert, M.K. Hobson, Tim Lees and others. |
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Andy
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| All contributor and subscriber copies have now left TTA Towers. UK copies should arrive towards the end of next week, and overseas copies in a couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer if you're unlucky (see separate thread for reports of arrival/non-arrival). It's a fine looking issue I think, especially considering the speed at which it was done, and Chris Nurse's stunning artwork has come out extremely well. Looking forward to your comments and discussions. There has been some already, on the Asimov's forum, Guardian blog, BSFA forum, places like that. It'd be nice to have some of that here! |
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Andy
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| Don't forget the special offer on Greg Egan's new novel Incandescence. I've given that a separate thread if you can't wait for your copy to arrive. |
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Vague
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy wrote: | | All contributor and subscriber copies have now left TTA Towers. UK copies should arrive towards the end of next week, and overseas copies in a couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer if you're unlucky (see separate thread for reports of arrival/non-arrival). It's a fine looking issue I think, especially considering the speed at which it was done, and Chris Nurse's stunning artwork has come out extremely well. Looking forward to your comments and discussions. There has been some already, on the Asimov's forum, Guardian blog, BSFA forum, places like that. It'd be nice to have some of that here! |
Makes for a better informed discussion if we've actually read it first  |
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Roy
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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No no, Vaque, much better to comment before you've read it.
Reviewers do get advance PDF's of the magazine but its hard work reading that on screen. Its also a big print out. |
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Vague
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| Roy wrote: | No no, Vaque, much better to comment before you've read it.
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As a humble subscriber I have to wait until the issue finds its way into the Cumbrian hinterlands - books, covers, not much scope for comment. But it looks to me as if those lacings would chafe. 
BTW, is it a closely guarded secret how many review copies you issue? |
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Troo
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Don't suppose you know if WH Smith in Heathrow Terminal 3 sell this, Roy? Could use reading material to see me through twelve hours of boredom.
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Foxie
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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For those interested, I picked up a copy today at my local Londis. Here I am, wilds of nowhere, shop full of people who'll scowl as soon as serve you, and I find Interzone.
I've been looking forwards to reading this one ...
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Arrived in the wilds of West Cumbria yesterday - I'll be reading it over my week off.
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Vague
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| Journeymouse wrote: | | Arrived in the wilds of West Cumbria yesterday - I'll be reading it over my week off. |
... and in East Cumbria today |
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Roy
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry Troo. I've been away and hence the late reply.
We have to pay £1000's to get it in such locations so it's very unlikely you'll find it there. |
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Mike A
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