Interzone 213, December 2007

This is a back issue of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Interzone (#213 from Dec 2007) and was the best selling of the now long gone Fictionwise e editions. That popularity may well stem from one of its stories heralding Aliette de Bodard’s Xuyan Universe sequence and that being deliberately juxtaposed with an episode from Chris Roberson’s Celestial Empire series. However you’ll also find stories from Benjamin Rosenbaum, John Phillip Olsen, Jason Stoddard & Steve Bein plus book reviews from John Clute in ‘Scores’, another 7 book reviews in ‘Book Zone’ Tony Lee’s reviews of 8 DVDs/Blu-rays in ‘Laser Fodder’ and author Gary Gibson interviewed by Andy Hedgecock. No doubt the spectacular cover by Kenn Brown for ‘Metal Dragon Year’ also played its part in this issue’s popularity. So Interzone is essentially a fiction magazine containing short science fiction and fantasy stories. But it covers other aspects of the genre via comment, news, reviews of books, movies, DVDs and TV. The latest issue, #255, is also on Amazon Kindle. Fiction this issue METAL DRAGON YEAR - Chris Roberson MOLLY AND THE RED HAT - Benjamin Rosenbaum THE MEN IN THE ATTIC - John Phillip Olsen THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE - Jason Stoddard ODIN'S SPEAR - Steve Bein THE LOST XUYAN BRIDE - Aliette De Bodard Authors this issue Chris Roberson Benjamin Rosenbaum John Phillip Olsen Jason Stoddard Steve Bein Aliette De Bodard Artists this issue Kenn Brown David Gentry Warwick Fraser-Coombe Paul Drummond Books reviewed in John Clute’s Scores One For Sorrow - Christopher Barzak In a Town Called Mundomuerto - Randall Silvis Blaugast - Paul Leppin Books reviewed this issue in Book Zone, edited by Paul Raven Making Money - Terry Pratchett Beyond Human - Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre Dagger Key and Other Stories - Lucius Shepard Ragamuffin - Tobias S. Buckell The Merchant's War - Charles Stross Pirate Freedom - Gene Wolfe Dragonhaven - Robin McKinley Queen of Candesce - Karl Schroeder Tony Lee's Laser Fodder, TV/DVD, reviews this issue Riding The Bullet, The Invincible Iron Man, Messages, Bacterium, Flight Of The Living Dead: Outbreak On A Plane, The Prisoner, Gandahar, Les maîtres du temps. Other non-fiction this issue David Langford - Ansible Link Editorial – Andy Cox, Chris Roberson, Aliette de Bodard Worldcon Report - John Paul Catton A MULTITUDE OF IMAGINABLE FUTURES - Andy Hedgecock interviews Gary Gibson author of Angel Stations (2004), Against Gravity (2005), Stealing Light (2007)