Interzone 265

Artwork by Vincent Sammy

In Interzone 265‘s Book Zone, Juliet E. McKenna interviews Lisa Tuttle about her new novel, The Curious Case of the Somnambulist and the Phychic Thief. Juliet also reviews it. There are also reviews of:

Extinction by Kazuaki Takano (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (reviewed by Lawrence Osborn)

Not So Much, Said The Cat by Michael Swanwick (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

Into Everywhere by Paul McAuley (reviewed by Paul Kincaid)

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

World of Water by James Lovegrove (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Hunters & Collectors by M. Suddain  (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Interzone 264

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In Interzone 264 we have reviews of the following titles:

Science-Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines From 1981 to 1990 by Mike Ashley (reviewed by John Howard)

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Central Station by Lavie Tidhar (reviewed by Jonathan McCalmont)

Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (reviewed by Peter Loftus)

The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Reality by Other Means by James Morrow (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

The Ship by Antonia Honeywell (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Medusa Chronicles by Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

Interzone 263

Artwork by Vincent Sammy

This issue’s Book Zone features:

Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente (reviewed by Jo Lindsay Walton)

The Guns of Ivrea by Clifford Beal (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

Sockpuppet by Matthew Blakstad (reviewed by Shaun Green)

The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Afro SF volume 2 edited by Ivor W. Hartmann (reviewed by me)

Down Station by Simon Morden (reviewed by Juliet E. McKenna)

Maresi by Maria Turtschanioff (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

All The Birds In The Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

The Stars Seem So Far Away by Margrét Helgadóttir (reviewed by Barbra Melville)

You can find a print copy of Interzone 263 here.

Or, if you pefer it on Kindle, go here for the UK, here for the USA, here for Germany, here for France, here for Italy or here for Spain.

Dreams of the Space Age

Artwork by Kay Sales

Ian Sales’ new short story collection Dreams of the Space Age is now available through Kindle UK and Kindle US. It will shortly be available in hardback and paperback as well as other digital formats. It is published by Whippleshield Books and I had a small hand in editing it.

This is a seriously impressive collection. Try the Kindle free sample.

Interzone 262

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And here’s the Book Zone contents for the current issue, Interzone 262.

The main feature is an interview with Dave Hutchinson by Andy Hedgecock, who also reviews Dave’s Europe at Midnight and Europe in Autumn.

We also have reviews of the following books:

Planetfall by Emma Newman (reviewed by Jo L. Walton)

The Night Clock by Paul Meloy (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Hanzai Japan edited by Haikasoru (reviewed by Shaun Green)

Occupy Me by Tricia Sullican (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Ultima by Stephen Baxter (reviewed by John Howard)

The Sand Men by Christopher Fowler (reviewed by Ian Sales)

After the Saucers Landed by Douglas Lain (reviewed by Paul Graham Raven)

Testament by Hal Duncan (reviewed by Lawrence Osborn)

Finnish Weird 2 edited by Toni Jerrman (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

There are also personal round ups of 2015 proved by Nina Allan, Jack Deighton, Elaine Gallagher, Andy Hedgecock, Ian Hunter, Paul Kincaid, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Tony Lee, Ian Sales, and Jo L. Walton.

Use the links for further details.

 

Interzone 261

Artwork by Martin Hanford

Interzone 262 is out and I haven’t even posted the contents of the Book Zone of Interzone 261. What can I say? I’s been sick and stuff. Bah humbug, et cetera. It’s even been so long since I last posted something here that WordPress has changed the controls. So bear with me. In this issue (Interzone 261) we have reviews of the following books:

The Three-Body Problem & The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

The Bone Clocks & Slade House by David Mitchell (reviewed by Ian Sales)

The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Board (reviewed by Paul Kincaid)

The Thinking Engine by James Lovegrove (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

If Then by Matthew de Abaitua (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Heart of the Original by Steve Aylett (reviewed by Andy Hedgecock)

Stories for Chip edited by Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell (reviewed by me)

Phew. Now on to the current issue.

 

 

 

The 40p

I have a new short story out today. It’s available from brand-new publisher The 40p

The name says it all — pay 40p and get a short story on mobi and PDF, or, if you prefer, you can read it online. The talented Michael Collins also has a story up there and more will follow soon from others. This is the launch day for the site.

My story is Thrilling Air Stories.

Interzone 260

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Interzone 260 is here, and has been here for a couple of weeks. Click on the cover to find out more details. And if you want an ebook edition, head over to the Weightless site, UK Kindle or US Kindle.

In this issue’s Book Zone, Shaun Green interviews Becky Chambers about The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet.

We also have reviews of:

Gene Mapper by Taiyo Fujii (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Fifth Dimension by Martin Vopěnka (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

The Feminine Future edited by Mike Ashley (reviewed by John Howard)

Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett (reviewed by Juliet E. McKenna)

Armada by Ernest Cline (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

The Water Knife by Paulo Bacigalupi (reviewed by Paul Graham Raven)

Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Skin by Ilka Tampke (reviewed by Ian Sales)

A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Beneath London by James P. Blaylock (reviewed by me)

Enjoy!

Interzone 259

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Running to stay in the same place, I’m posting the Book Zone contents of Interzone 259 a matter of mere days before Interzone 260 is issued.

Barbara Melville interviews Al Robertson about Crashing Heaven and also reviews it.

We also have:

The Great Bazaar & Brayan’s Gold by Peter V. Brett (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Chasing the Phoenix by Michael Swanwick (reviewed by Lawrence Osborn)

Poseiden’s Wake & Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

The Doll Collection edited by Ellen Datlow (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Collected Fiction by Hannu Rajaniemi (reviewed by Paul F. Cockburn)

The Book of Pheonix by Nnedi Okorafor (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Dark Orbit by Carol Ives Gilman (reviewed by Ian Sales)

Expiration Date by Tim Powers (reviewed by Andy Hedgecock)

Sisters of the Revolution edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (reviewed by Elaine Gallagher)

The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road by Abbie Bernstein

Phew.

Interzone 258

Artwork by Martin Hanford

I love what Martin’s doing with this year’s covers.

Anyway, to the Book Zone. In Interzone 258 Maureen Kincaid Speller does a cracking job of interviewing E.J. Swift and reviews her new novel, Tamaruq. We also have reviews of the following books:

Touch by Clair North (reviewed by Ian Sales)

The Silence by Tim Lebbon (reviewed by John Howard)

The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Those Above by Daniel Polansky (reviewed by Peter Loftus)

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 edited by Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Where by Kit Reed (reviewed by Paul Kincaid)

Impulse by Dave Bara (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

The Whispering Swarm by Michael Moorcock (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

See you soon in the next issue!

Very soon.

Apollo Quartet 4

Artwork by Kay Sales

The final volume in Ian Sales’ Apollo Quartet is available. I’m listed as the editor but in truth I hardly did anything. This novella is damned-near perfect. You really should read it. Again, for those of you new to this, it is a thematic quartet and each volume can be read on its own. All That Outer Space Allows is available in hardback and paperback, and  for Kindle in both UK and US stores.

Ian’s also just launched the first volume of his space opera trilogy, A Prospect of War, which will be a limited-edtion hardback and is already available for Kindle UK and US. I’ve read it and it’s enormous fun.

Fly to them, my friends. You won’t regret it.

Interzone 257

Artwork by Martin Hanford

Interzone 257 has an interview with Helen Marshall by Andy Hedgecock, who also reviews Gifts For The One Who Comes After. I highly recommend Helen’s work to anyone who loves weird fiction.

This issue’s Book Zone also has reviews of:

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway (reviewed by Juliet E. McKenna)

The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Pheonix  (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

Hyperluminal by Jim Burns  (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Edge of Darkness by Brenda Cooper  (reviewed by Ian Sales)

Revenger 1 by Warwick Fraser-Coombe  (reviewed by me)

The Very Best of Kate Elliot by Kate Elliot  (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Beta-Life edited by Martin Amos & Ra Page  (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Tell No Lies by John Grant  (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson  (reviewed by me)

Ditko’s Shorts by Steve Ditko  (reviewed by me)

Follow the links for more information.

TTA Press

Weightless epub, PDF, mobi

Amazon Kindle UK

Amazon Kindle USA

Smashwords epub

The Speculative Bookshop 5

What I did at the weekend. If I had my wits about me, I would have posted something in advance — but there was a good turnout anyway.

Interzone 256

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Interzone 256 is upon us. Follow the link to order your copy. If you’d prefer a Kindle edition, go here for UK or here for USA.

The lead feature in this month’s Book Zone is an interview with Ann Leckie and a review of her latest novel, Ancillary Sword, both by Elaine Gallagher. We also have reviews of the following books:

Shadowboxer by Tricia Sullivan (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Brick Moon/Another Brick in the Moon by Edward Hale & Adam Roberts (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

Willful Child by Steven Erikson (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Retribution by Mark Charan Newton (reviewed by Lawrence Osborn)

Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets edited by David Thomas Moore (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Greg Egan by Karen Burnham (reviewed by John Howard)

Sibilant Fricative by Adam Roberts (reviewed by Paul Graham Raven)

Irregularity edited by Jared Shurin (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Solaris Rising 3 edited by Ian Whates (reviewed by Matthew S. Dent)

Sacrifice on Spica III by Eric Brown (reviewed by Peter Tennant)

Of Whimsies & Noubles by Matthew Hughes (reviewed by Peter Tennant)

So there you have it. Like I say, check out the link — if only for no other reason than to scope out the seriously impressive artwork in this issue. Won’t cost you to take a peek at it.

 

 

Interzone 255

Artwork by Wayne Haag

Interzone 255‘s  Book Zone features a Paul F. Cockburn interview with Hannu Rajaniemi. Paul also reviews Hannu’s latest novel, The Causal Angel.

We also have reviews of:

The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit by Graham Joyce (reviewed by Elaine Gallagher)

My Real Children by Jo Walton (reviewed by Paul Kincaid)

Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Thomas Sweterlitsch (reviewed by Barbara Melville)

Bête by Adam Roberts (reviewed by Jack Deighton)

Chain of Events by Fredrik T. Olsson (reviewed by Duncan Lunan)

The Fourth Gwenevere by John James (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)

The Relic Guide by Edward Cox (reviewed by Ian Hunter)

The Peripheral by William Gibson (reviewed by Andy Hedgecock)

Mind Seed edited by David Gullen & Gary Couzens (reviewed by Jo L. Walton)

Black and Brown Planets edited by Isiah Lavender III (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)

Scruffians by Hal Duncan (reviewed by Matthew S. Dent)

Rhapsody by Hal Duncan (reviewed by Matthew S. Dent)

And an appreciation of the late Graham Joyce by Andy Hedgecock.