March 21, 2013

Artwork by Jim Burns
Interzone 245 is already here. There’s even a review of it out there. What can I say? I’ve been busy. Apologies for my tardiness. Anyway, the link will take you to the contents.
In this issue’s Book Zone you will find reviews of:
London Falling by Paul Cornell (reviewed and interviewed by Paul F. Cockburn)
The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington (reviewed by Peter Loftus)
AfroSF edited by Ivor W. Hartman (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller)
The Vorrh by B. Catling (reviewed by Andy Hedgecock)
John Brunner by Jad Smith (reviewed by Stephen Theaker)
The Grim Company by Luke Scull (reviewed by me)
The Twyning by Terence Blacker (reviewed by me)
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (reviewed by me)
White Horse by Alex Adams (reviewed by Barbara Melville)
The Holders by Julianna Scott (reviewed by Simon Marshall-Jones)
Redshirts by John Scalzi (reviewed by Jack Deighton)
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes edited by Mike Chinn (reviewed by Ian Hunter)
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (reviewed by Elaine Gallagher)
Outlaw Bodies edited by Lori Selke & Djibril al-Ayad (reviewed by Matthew S. Dent)
The other nonfiction is from David Langford, Nick Lowe and Tony Lee. You can find the list and ratings of DVDs from Tony’s column here. Interzone 245 also has its own thread over at Interaction.
Enjoy!
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November 18, 2012
More books for the Interzone reviewers. I’m mentioning them here because we won’t have enough room to review all of them. Hope I haven’t missed anyone out.
Redshirts by John Scalzi
The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington
London Falling by Paul Cornell
Splintered by A.G. Howard
Outlaw Bodies edited by Lori Selke & Djibril al-Ayad
Malice by John Gwynne
Clockwork Angels by Kevin J Anderson & Neil Peart
The Immortals of Meluha by Amish
The Holders by Julianna Scott
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
World’s End by Will Elliott
Bells of the Kingdom by Leona Wisoker
Fires of the Desert by Leona Wisoker
Advent by James Treadwell
The Doctor and the Rough Rider by Mike Resnick
The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders edited by Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber
The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes edited by Mike Chinn
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April 5, 2011

- Artwork by Daniele Serra
Out now from the BFS and edited by Peter Coleborn, Andrew Hook, Ian Hunter, David A. Riley, Chrisopher Teague, Craig Lockley, Mathew F. Riley and Jay Eales. Fiction and poetry from Darren J. Guest, Sam Verrall, Terry Grimwood, William H. Wandless, C.E. Hyun, Allen Ashley, Mike Chinn, Rebbecca Anne Renner, Sarah Doyle, Stephen Bacon, Scott E. Green, Sam Stone, Stuart Hughes, Murray Ewing and me (Doctor Dark); non-fiction from Mike Barret, Ramsey Campbell, John Llewellyn Probert, Mark Morris, Rod Rees, Lou Morgan and others; artwork from Daniele Serra and David Bezzina.
It includes another favourable review of Music for another World, this time from Mario Guslandi. He says the standouts are from Jill Zeller (“delightful”) and Susan Lanigan (“masterful”) and also singles out the stories by Cyril Simsa (“delightful”), Vincent Lauzon (“a nice fantasy”), Andrew Hook and Gavin Inglis.
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March 24, 2011

Artwork by Daniele Serra
Scheduled to be published in the first week of April by the BFS in hardback with an electronic edition to follow.
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February 22, 2011

artwork by Daniele Serra
Daniele Serra’s artwork will be on the cover of the March issue of the British Fantasy Society Journal which will have fiction from Allen Ashley, Mike Chinn, Stephen Bacon, Sam Stone, Stuart Hughes, Murray Ewing, Darren Guest, Sam Verrall, Terry Grimwood, William H. Wandless, C.E. Hyun and me; poetry from Allen Ashley, Mike Chinn, Stephen Bacon, Sam Stone, Stuart Hughes, Murray Ewing, Darren Guest, Sam Verrall, Terry Grimwood, William H. Wandless, C.E. Hyun and Scott Green; non-fiction from Mike Barrett; additional artwork from David Bezzina and Dean Harkness. There will be reviews a-plenty and it’s edited by Peter Coleborn, Jan Edwards, Ian Hunter, Andrew Hook and David A. Riley.
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Posted by Jim Steel
December 20, 2009
The latest British Fantasy Society mailing came out at the start of the month.
It has Dark Horizons 55, which has fiction from Richard Ford, Naoko Awa, Alex Davis, Mike Phillips, Alison J. Littlewood, Ian Hunter, Mike Chinn, Ralph Robert Moore, Astrid Klemz, Shaun Jeffrey, Douglas Thompson and me; poetry from Michael Fantina, Wade German and Victor D. Infante; and articles by Mike Barret, Paul Campbell and Craig Herbertson on Clifford Ball, C. Hall Thompson, Charles N. Grant and E.C. Tubb.
It also has New Horizons 4, which has fiction by J.M. Harris, Matt Finucane, John Tait, Philip Harris, Mark Butler, Elana Gomel, Eva Eliav and Tom Knights; and an interview with Steve Upham.
Wait! There’s also The British Fantasy Society Yearbook 2009, containing fiction from Mark Morris, Stephen Volk, Christopher Fowler, Allyson Bird, Mark Chadbourn, Juliet E. McKenna, Tim Lebbon, Kaaron Warren, Andrew Lockley, Conrad Williams, Sarah Pinborough, Gary McMahon, Adam L.G. Nevill, Garry Kilworth, Nicholas Royle, James Barclay, Suzi Feay, Gary Fry, Daniel O’Mahony and Rob Shearman.
Finally, there’s a newsletter and a voting paper for the BFS Awards. Join the BFS here and get more fiction than you can read in a year.
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Posted by Jim Steel
August 24, 2009

Artwork by Arthur Wang.
The line-up for Dark Horizons 55 has been released. There’s fiction from Richard Ford, Naoko Awa (tr. Toshiya Kamei), Alex Davis, Mike Phillips, Alison J. Littlewood, Ian Hunter, Mike Chinn, Ralph Robert Moore, Astrid Klemz, Shaun Jeffrey, Douglas Thompson and myself, plus poetry from Michael Fantina, Wade German and Victor D. Infante, and non-fiction from Mike Barrett, Paul Campbell and Craig Herbertson. As well as Arthur Wang, you will see artwork by David Bezzina, Jackie Burns, Mark Pexton, Dominic Harman, John Shanks and Ally Thompson. It is edited with skill and precision by Stephen Theaker.
The print edition is out in September, but British Fantasy Society members can get the ebook edition now. It has most of the contents mentioned above, including my contribution. Go here for details.
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