Interzone #278 (November-December 2018)

New Science Fiction & Fantasy

By Sheldon J. Pacotti, Andy Hedgecock, Andy Cox, and more

2018

First Published

3.47

Average Rating

131

Number of Pages

3H58M

Audio Length

The November–December issue contains new cutting edge science fiction and fantasy (this time with a specific theme) by Tim Lees, Fiona Moore, Natalia Theodoridou, Eliza Ruslander, Sheldon J. Pacotti, and Louise Hughes. The cover art is by Vince Haig, and interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Dave Senecal, and Martin Hanford. Features: Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Book Zone (book reviews, including an interview with Aliya Whiteley); Andy Hedgecock's Future Interrupted (comment); Aliya Whiteley's Climbing Stories (comment); guest editorial by Tim Lees. Cover Art: Abductees 5 by 2018 cover artist Vince Haig Fiction: Soldier's Things by Tim Lees illustrated by Martin Hanford Doomed Youth by Fiona Moore illustrated by Richard Wagner The Path to War by Louise Hughes illustrated by Martin Hanford Heart of an Awl by Eliza Ruslander illustrated by Dave Senecal Zero Day by Sheldon J. Pacotti illustrated by Richard Wagner Birnam Platoon by Natalia Theodoridou illustrated by Richard Wagner Features: Guest Editiral Tim Lees Future Interrupted: When I'm in the Crowd… Andy Hedgecock Climbing Stories: Fear of Freedom Aliya Whiteley Ansible Link: News, obituaries David Langford Reviews: Book Zone Books reviewed include The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction edited by Francesca T. Barbini, The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley (plus author interview), Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Arhtur C. Clarke by Gary Westfahl, An American Story by Christopher Priest, The Song My Enemies Sing by James Reich, Buying Time by E.M. Brown, Death's End by Cixin Liu, By the Pricking of Her Thumb by Adam Roberts, Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar, Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates Mutant Popcorn Nick Lowe Films reviewed include Venom, Upgrade, Duplicate, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, The House with a Clock in its Walls, The Man who Killed Don Quixote, Mirai, The Predator, Smallfoot

Avg Rating

3.47

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

16%

4 STARS

37%

3 STARS

32%

2 STARS

11%

1 STARS

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Authors

Fiona Moore is a writer and academic whose work has appeared in Asimov, Interzone, and Clarkesworld, with reprints in Forever Magazine and two consecutive editions of The Best of British SF; her story “Jolene” was shortlisted for the 2019 BSFA Award for Shorter Fiction, and her first novel Driving Ambition is available from Bundoran Press. She has written and cowritten a number of articles and guidebooks on cult television, including guides to Blake’s Seven, The Prisoner and Battlestar Galactica. She has also written three stage plays and four audio plays, and a blog entitled A Doctor Of Many Things. When not writing, she is a Professor of Business Anthropology at Royal Holloway University.. She lives in Southwest London with a tortoiseshell cat who is bent on world domination.