All being well IZ216 will be on its to subscribers and contributors, and in shops on the 8th May. It’s the special Mundane-SF issue with fiction selected by guest editors and Mundanistas Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters. (more…)

Tags: Alastair Reynolds • Anil Menon • Billie Aul • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • Chris Beckett • Christopher Nurse • David Langford • Elisabeth Vonarburg • Geoff Ryman • Greg Egan • INTERZONE • Lavie Tidhar • Mundane-SF • Nick Lowe • Paul McAuley • R.R. Angell • Tony Lee

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

“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 ….â€�

Tags: Damien G Walter • Geoff Ryman • Guardian • Mundane-SF • Radio 4

IZ216 has now gone to press. It’s the special Mundane-SF issue with fiction guest edited by Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters. Introduction by Geoff Ryman. Stories by Lavie Tidhar, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Bille Aul, R.R. Angell, Anil Menon, Élisabeth Vonarbug and Geoff Ryman.

Cover art and all illustrations by featured artist Christopher Nurse. Greg Egan and Alastair Reynolds are interviewed. We have the results of the 2007 Readers’ Poll. And the usual columns and reviews including David Langford’s Ansible Link, Nick Lowe’s Mutant Popcorn and Tony Lee’s Laser Fodder.

IZ216 is out on the 8th May. Subscribe now!

Tags: Alastair Reynolds • Anil Menon • Billie Aul • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • Elisabeth Vonarburg • Geoff Ryman • Greg Egan • INTERZONE • Lavie Tidhar • Mundane-SF • R.R. Angell