The results of the 2009 Locus poll were announced in the July issue. Interzone came 6th (again) in the Best Magazine catagory, and Andy Cox was 22nd (up from 26th) in the Best Editor catagory. Greg Egan’s Crystal Nights (Interzone 218) was 7th in Best Novelette and Paul Kincaid’s What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction was 4th in Best Non-Fiction/Art Book.
Gardner Dozois reviewed Interzone 221 and says that “The best story in Interzone 221, by a considerable margin, is “Black Swan“, by veteran cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling, which expertly spins us through a gyre of alternate worlds, all featuring well-thought-out and plausible alternate Europes; this is politically savvy, bitingly cynical, and infused with Sterling’s trademark deapan wit – a lot of fun.” He also has much to say about Will McIntosh’s A Clown Escapes From Circustown, citing it as an example of the ‘comic inferno’ type of story. “This is not my favorite type of SF, but at least the examples of it that Interzone have been running are pretty well-crafted. [...] if you can suspend your disbelief to get past all of that, McIntosh tells a satisfying and even rather traditional story…”
And a last thank you to Charles N. Brown, wherever you are.
