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F&SF, January 2008
The January 2008 issue of F&SF is now on sale. Here’s the table of contents:
NOVELETS
- The Twilight Year – Sean McMullen
- Pride and Prometheus – John Kessel
- Mystery Hill – Alex Irvine
SHORT STORIES
- It’s a Wonderful Life – Michaela Roessner
- Mars: A Traveler’s Guide – Ruth Nestvold
- The Quest for Creeping Charlie – James Powell
DEPARTMENTS
- Books to Look For – Charles de Lint, covering Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, Coyote Dreams by C. E. Murphy, and The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
- Books – James Sallis, covering Emshwiller Infinity x Two: The Life and Art of Ed and Carol Emshwiller, by Luis Ortiz
- Plumage from Pegasus: The Publishing House Always Wins – Paul Di Filippo
- Film: "How I Wonder What You Are" – Kathi Maio, covering Stardust
- Curiosities – F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, covering How Like A God by Rex Stout
CARTOONS
- J.P. Rini
- Arthur Masear
- S. Harris
COVER
- "Hypermail" by Darrel Anderson
Uranium Ore for Sale. Cheap!
Thanks to Tempest for pointing out this awesome listing on Amazon.com for Uranium Ore. Be sure to read the reviews before you buy, though. Also check out the JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank. I don’t think it mentions it in the specifications, but I’ll bet you could use that Uranium to power that thing.
Ideomancer reviews Wastelands
Sean Melican has a nice review of Wastelands up at Ideomancer. Click through to read the whole review. Here’s a snippet:
John Joseph Adams deserves a great deal of credit for the extensivity and reach of his research […] and for picking recent post-apocalyptic stories that have not been heavily anthologized. […] Mr. Adams demonstrates the sub-genre is not a static, but is a dynamic, continuously evolving fractured mirror, in dialogue with, and sometimes refuting, its basic assumptions […] [A]n excellent cross-section of post-apocalyptic stories well worth reading.
Justine Graykin’s Fantastic Voyage
Pirate issue contributor Justine Graykin (a/k/a Mel Graykin) has a write up of the World Fantasy Convention for her local paper. Shimmer and pirates are mentioned several times, and includes mention of zombies, which is always a plus.
My other gig was the biggie, the long-awaited Shimmer magazine Pirate Party to celebrate the release of their Pirate Issue. The guest editor for the issue was none other than John Joseph Adams of Fantasy and Science Fiction (shown here with a pirate wench). Mary Kowl, the Art Director for Shimmer, served up a hearty pirate grog, which had in it rum of course, and orange juice to prevent scurvy. Beth Wodzinski, editor-in-chief, sported an elegant pirate hat and hoisted the Jolly Roger over the buffet table. There were five of us there to read excerpts of our work as featured in the magazine: Rajan Khanna, whose story “Furies” is a brilliant blow to the male cannon (ahem); J. Kathleen Cheney , with a chilling tale of heartless piracy, Marissa K. Lingen, who gave us an 8-year-old’s perspective on pirates, and Jill Snider Lum, who reveals to us the true and most appropriate fate of Edward Teach, the notorious Blackbeard. And of course, yours truly, with my tale of the “Perfect Hook”. (The Deerfield Public Library has a copy available to be checked out—you can read all these marvelous stories and more. Or better yet, go to Shimmer and subscribe, and be assured of a steady supply of extraordinary tales.)
Pirate Issue reviews
Sam Tomaino of SF Revu has just published a nice review of The Pirate Issue.
Also, a reader sent me an email sharing her opinion on the issue (which I’m reprinting with her permission).