Interzone 25 years of great SF

Roy · Interzone 25 years of great SF

The next issue is due out in March and will contain new short stories by Alastair Reynolds, M John Harrison, Gwynneth Jones and Hal Duncan.
IZ 208 is in the shops now. It contains new writer Gary Leeming's short story, 'Empty Clouds', his first professional publication.

Alastair Reynolds is now an SF novelist with a world wide reputation. but in 1990 he was an unknown whose first story appeared in Interzone.

New artists and illustrators are also welcome and IZ provides a start point for a professional career. Award winning cover artist Dominic Harman is an example of an artist who is now regularly commissioned to provide cover illustrations for books and magazines both here and in the US.

April_Rose

I'll keep an eye out for it and maybe even order a copy. I like the guidelines for submissions - 15000 words gives the writer plenty of scope, so many magazines and competitions limit the word count to 2000 or so which is very hard, with 15k there's more time to create atmosphere, build characters and develop a plot. Thanks for the info!

Roy · Interzone 208 on sale 209 due soon

I believe IZ welcomes more at the 3 to 6k length because they are so much easier to fit in the mag. The next issue 209, should have a 64 page cover mount book with a 24k story by Edward Morris. Otherwise it have to serialised.

Check it out, stories by Gwynneth Jones, M John Harrison, Hal Duncan and Alastair Reynolds in the main body of IZ 209 as well.

Thanks for sorting out the subject line.

Roy

Cover mount looking iffy now. Oh well it's still worth buying Interzone or even better, subscribe.

Roy

Been away awhile, sorry. Writeright was not forgotten but the URL was on a different computer and Google failed me.
I'll be selling Interzone, or trying to, at Eastercon in Chester and alt. fiction in Derby. Say hello if you are at either.
Meanwhile Interzone 209 is out and details are here:

The 25th Anniversary issue's contents:
Fiction:
The Whenever at the City's Heart by Hal Duncan, If you haven't read his Vellum or Ink yet this novella will give you some insight into 'The Book of all Hours' plus Blood for Ink: Hal Duncan interviewed by Neil Williamson
illustrated by Richard Marchand

Winter by Jamie Barras wherein an alternate history brings an early space age to Britain but Dan Dare it isn't.
illustrated by Christopher Nurse

The Good Detective by M. John Harrison is not set in Viriconium but reads like it should be.
illustrated by David Gentry

Big Cat by Gwyneth Jones with a short excursion back into 'Bold as Love' mode.
illustrated by Stefan Olsen

The Sledge-maker's Daughter by Alastair Reynolds. A stand alone, on its own, short story set in a far future, far colder, Tyneside where global warming is welcomed by some and spells trouble for others.
illustrated by Jesse Speak

Tears for Godzilla by Daniel Kaysen's imagination runs away and away and…
illustrated by David Gentry

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Edward Morris is free to read on the web and hyperlinked for your extra enjoyment of his brand of alt. History. Read it free from www.ttapress.com/Journey.pdf
illustrated by Pamelina H

Features: all the extras you expect of IZ along with:
25 IZ: reflections on Interzone's 25 years by Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Egan, Michael Moorcock, Christopher Fowler and many others (with more to come for the rest of the year)
25 TV: Afterlife creator Stephen Volk's personal top ten TV programs (first of this year's series of 25 years in review articles) Comment on his choice via the Interzone message board.

Science in the Capital: Kim Stanley Robinson interviewed by Rick Kleffel
Last but not least: Readers poll results and comments for 2006.

April_Rose

Thanks for the information, unfortunately I never make it across to the UK for literary events, maybe one day though! Good to see you posting again as well!

Roy

http://www.octocon.com/2006/

They have them the other side of the Irish Sea as well.

No data or dates for Octocon 2007 yet.

April_Rose

Thanks for that, I didn't realise, will look into it! Appreciated!

Roy

http://www.mecon.org.uk/

April_Rose

Excellent, thanks for that Roy!

Roy · Octocon 07

Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention, have announced their Guest of Honour for 2007, in the person of Alastair Reynolds.

The convention takes place in the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth on the weekend of 13th & 14th of October 2007. Their website will be updated shortly, and other guests will be announced as they are confirmed. Updates will appear here from time to time.

Roy

It's a while since I posted here, sorry about that.
Interzone 214 is out in the shops now.
We launched Black Static a new original horror genre fiction magazine late last year. BS 1 and 2 are now available via the website and BS 3 is due in February. http://ttapress.com/category/blackstatic/
A 6 issue subscription costs £21 in the UK, £24 in Europe.

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Interzone 25 years of great SF

Interzone 208 on sale 209 due soon

Octocon 07