Brain in a Jar

Brain in a Jar is the new ebook publishing line from Gary Gibson. The first title is Michael Cobley’s Iron Mosaic and there are forthcoming titles from Angus McAllister, Duncan Lunan, Fergus Bannon and others. I’ve already read some of the fiction  in one form or another and I highly recommend these books.

Whoa

Lulu are offering free shipping with the code WHOASHIPPINGUK305 until the end of January.

They are also offering a discount of 25% over the same period when you use the code LULUBOOKUK305 but I have no idea what happens if you try to use both codes at the same time.

The Silver Wind of Dawn

Nina Allan’s The Silver Wind (Interzone 233) and Al Robertson’s Of Dawn (Interzone 235) can be downloaded for free. This is because they’ve both been shortlisted for the BSFA Awards, but read them even if you’re not entitled to vote. Both are excellent stories. It’s also great to see SF Mistressworks on the shortlists.

If you’re not voting for the BSFA Awards, you might consider voting for the best stories and artwork in the annual Interzone Readers’ Poll.

Of course, some people are voting on both sets of awards. It’s not an either/or situation.

Icy

The January 2012 Fantastic Literature booklist is available and Interzone 238 is in there.

2011 BSFA Awards Shortlist

Can be found here.

Pigasus Pressure

Tony Lee lists and rates the films he reviewed for Interzone 238.

Kill List

A review for The Zone.

Next time you have some guests round for dinner and conversation maybe starts to flag a bit afterwards, why not put on this film? It’ll liven things up.

2011 BSFA Awards Update

The deadline for the 2011 British Science Fiction Awards was extended by a week at the last minute for reasons too complicated togo into here, so here is the new final list of nominations.

Fata Morgana

Mark Watson reviews Ray Cluley’s story from Interzone 238.

Line-Hawling

D.F. Lewis reviews Interzone 238.

Issuu

Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction 38 is available online with  Issuu.

Interzone 238

Artwork by Ben Baldwin

Interzone 238 will be published in a couple of days. This issue’s Bookzone will have reviews of the following titles:

The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

Lemistry: A Celebration of the Work of Stanislaw Lem, edited by Ra Page & Magda Raczyńska (reviewed by Andy Hedgecock)

White Tiger by Kylie Chan (reviewed by Lawrence Osborn)

Daylight on Iron Mountain by David Wingrove (reviewed by me)

The Cold Commands by Richard Morgan (reviewed by Paul F. Cockburn)

Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka, edited by John Kessel & James Patrick Kelly (reviewed by John Howard)

The Islanders by Christopher Priest (reviewed by Alan Fraser)

Manhatten In Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton (reviewed by Tony Lee)

In the Lion’s Mouth by Michael Flynn (reviewed by Paul Kincaid)

Songs of the Dying Earth, edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (reviewed by Ian Sales)

The Joy of Technology by Roy Gray (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

You can see what else will be in this issue on Ben’s cover but for a more detailed look (including  interior artwork, story samples and lists of the the films reviewed) go here.

BSFA Award Nominations Update

The complete list of nominations for the 2011 BSFA Awards can be found here.

Nom nom.

The Devil’s Kiss

A review of a horrible film for The Zone.

Sorry. A review of a horror film for The Zone.

SF Revu January 2012

Sam Tomaino reviews Interzone 237.