Locus Online: New Magazines, February 2008

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• Vol. 128 No. 5, May 2008, $3.99/C$4.99, 144pp, cover art by Jean-Pierre Normand
• Near-monthly (10 times/year) magazine of science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited by Stanley Schmidt
• Website: http://www.analogsf.com/
• Message Board: http://www.analogsf.com/discus/

• This issue has a novella by David Bartell, novelettes by Dave Creek, Ronald R. Lambert, and Edward M. Lerner, and short stories by Sarah K. Castle, Walter L. Kleine, Carl Frederick, and (missing on the table of contents) Eric James Stone (page 60). There's also a "Probability Zero" vignette by Darrell Schweitzer.
• The science article is "Strange Croaks and Ghastly Apparitions", by Henry Honken.
• Departments include Stanley Schmidt's editorial, about global population increases and declines; John G. Cramer's Alternate View column, "The Falling Dominoes: The Source of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays"; Tom Easton's "Reference Library" book reviews, covering Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, Rafael Abalos, and others; "Brass Tacks" letters from readers; and "Upcoming Events" compiled by Anthony Lewis.

(Thu 28 Feb 2008)

Asimov's Science Fiction

• Vol. 32 No. 4&5 (whole #387&388), April/May 2008, $7.99, 240pp, cover art by Donato Giancola
• Near-monthly (10 times/year) SF magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams
• Website: http://www.asimovs.com/
• Message Board: http://www.asimovs.com/discus/

• This 31st anniversary double-sized issue has a novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, novelettes by Kathleen Ann Goonan, S.P. Somtow, and Kate Wilhelm, and short stories by Neal Barrett, Jr., Robert Reed, Merrie Haskell, Nick Wolven, Catherine Wells, Matthew Johnson, and Barry B. Longyear.
• Poetry is by Bruce Boston, Mark Rich, Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Greg Beatty, Bryan D. Dietrich, PMF Johnson, Roger Dutcher, and Joanne Merriam.
• Departments include Sheila Williams' editorial about the magazine's 31st anniversary; Robert Silverberg's "Reflections" column, this time about Rereading Stapledon; Norman Spinrad's On Books column, covering Justina Robson, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Ian McDonald; and Erwin S. Strauss' "SF Conventional Calendar".
• Nick Gevers reviews this issue in the March Locus Magazine, especially recommending the story by S.P. Somtow. Rich Horton's review in the same issue cites the Goonan and Reed stories for recommendation.

(Thu 28 Feb 2008)

Interzone

• Issue 214, Feb 2008, £3.75, 64pp, cover art by Paul Drummond
• SF magazine, currently bimonthly, published since 1982, co-founded by David Pringle; edited since 2004 by Andy Cox
• Website: http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/

• This issue has fiction by Jason Stoddard, Jennifer Linnaea, Christopher Priest, Jennifer Harwood-Smith (winner of the James White Award), and Mercurio D. Rivera.
• Features and departments include David Langford's "Ansible Link" news and gossip; an interview with Iain M. Banks; film reviews by Nick Lowe; DVD reviews by Tony Lee; book reviews by John Clute; and book reviews by David Mathew, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and others.
• The publisher's website has this blog entry with a description of the contents.
• Nick Gevers' review in the March issue of Locus Magazine especially recommends the stories by Priest and Rivera.

(Mon 11 Feb 2008)

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

• Vol. 114 No. 4 (whole #671), April 2008, $4.5/C$6.50, 162pp, cover art by Maurizio Manzieri
• Near-monthly (11 times/year) magazine of fiction, reviews, and features; published since 1949; edited by Gordon Van Gelder
• Website: http://www.fsfmag.com/
• Message Board: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/discus/messages/378/378.html?1081904411

• This issue has novelets by James Stoddard, Robert Reed, Tim Sullivan, and Steven Utley, and short stories by Kevin N. Haw and Kate Wilhelm.
• Departments include book reviews by Charles de Lint, covering Dean Koontz and Stephenie Meyer; book reviews by James Sallis, about Michael Swanwick (on James Branch Cabell), Marta Randall, and Nicola Griffith; a film review by Lucius Shepard, covering Southland Tales; a Curiosities page by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; and the results of F&SF Competition #75 with the rules for competition #76. The complete table of contents is posted here.
• Nick Gevers reviews the issue in the March Locus, especially recommending the stories by Reed, Stoddard, and Utley.

(Mon 4 Feb 2008)

The New York Review of Science Fiction

• Issue 234, Vol. 20 No. 6, February 2008, $4.00, 24pp
• Monthly review and criticism magazine, published since 1988; edited by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, et al.
• Website: http://www.nyrsf.com/

• This special "Critics Aplenty" issue has essays by Mike Barrett, about the novels of Paula Volsky, Jeff VanderMeer, on critical allegories, and Rob Pritchard, about the characters in The Matrix.
• Reviews, by Paul Kincaid, Michael Bishop, Russell Blackford, Niall Harrison, Donald M. Hassler, Gwynet Jones, Graham Sleight, Adam Roberts, and Joe Sanders, cover books by James & Kathryn Morrow, J. Storss Hall, Scott Lynch, Alexis Glynn Latner, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Mark J. Ferrari, and Karl Schroeder.
• David G. Hartwell provides an editorial.

(Wed 20 Feb 2008)

Shimmer

• Vol. 2 No. 4, Art Issue 2008, $6, 84pp, cover art by John Picacio
• Quarterly small-press magazine, debuting 2005, editor-in-chief Beth Wodzinski
• Website: http://www.shimmerzine.com/

• This special art issue has an interview with John Picacio, plus stories by Kurt Kirchmeier, Michael Livingston, Aliette de Bodard, Josh Vogt, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, Angela Slatter, and Kuzhali Manickavel.
• The magazine's site has this page for the issue, with opening lines from the stories.

(Thu 28 Feb 2008)

Star*Line

• Issue 31.1, Jan/Feb 2008, $3.50, 28pp, cover art by Randy Moore
• Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA); edited by Marge Simon
• Website: http://www.sfpoetry.com/

• Poetry in this issue is by Anthony Bernstein, Ann K. Schwader, Gene van Troyer, Bruce Boston, R. Borski, and many others.
• Features are a President's Message by Deborah P. Kolodji, guidelines for a forthcoming prose poem issue, a report on the SFPA archive by Richard Gombert, small press reviews, and an "Astropoetry in history" essay by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe.
• The website's current issue page has the table of contents with links to two of the poems.

(Thu 21 Feb 2008)

	MONITOR January Analog Andromeda Spaceways Asimov's SFWA Bulletin F&SF Matrix NY Review of SF Realms of Fantasy Vector Weird Tales late Dec Albedo One Analog Asimov's Black Static Leading Edge F&SF Mag of Spec Poetry Neo-Opsis NY Review of SF StarLine 2008 Monitor Archive 2008 Magazines Directory Advertisement KEY This page lists new SFFH* magazine issues seen by Locus Online. Date in parentheses at paragraph end is date seen or received. LINKS Links Portal Bookseller Links E-mail Locus Online		Issues seen January 2008 posted 4 February 2008 Analog Science Fiction and Fact • Vol. 128 No. 5, May 2008, $3.99/C$4.99, 144pp, cover art by Jean-Pierre Normand • Near-monthly (10 times/year) magazine of science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited by Stanley Schmidt • Website: http://www.analogsf.com/ • Message Board: http://www.analogsf.com/discus/ • This issue has a novella by David Bartell, novelettes by Dave Creek, Ronald R. Lambert, and Edward M. Lerner, and short stories by Sarah K. Castle, Walter L. Kleine, Carl Frederick, and (missing on the table of contents) Eric James Stone (page 60). There's also a "Probability Zero" vignette by Darrell Schweitzer. • The science article is "Strange Croaks and Ghastly Apparitions", by Henry Honken. • Departments include Stanley Schmidt's editorial, about global population increases and declines; John G. Cramer's Alternate View column, "The Falling Dominoes: The Source of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays"; Tom Easton's "Reference Library" book reviews, covering Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter, Rafael Abalos, and others; "Brass Tacks" letters from readers; and "Upcoming Events" compiled by Anthony Lewis. (Thu 28 Feb 2008) \| Asimov's Science Fiction • Vol. 32 No. 4&5 (whole #387&388), April/May 2008, $7.99, 240pp, cover art by Donato Giancola • Near-monthly (10 times/year) SF magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams • Website: http://www.asimovs.com/ • Message Board: http://www.asimovs.com/discus/ • This 31st anniversary double-sized issue has a novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, novelettes by Kathleen Ann Goonan, S.P. Somtow, and Kate Wilhelm, and short stories by Neal Barrett, Jr., Robert Reed, Merrie Haskell, Nick Wolven, Catherine Wells, Matthew Johnson, and Barry B. Longyear. • Poetry is by Bruce Boston, Mark Rich, Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Greg Beatty, Bryan D. Dietrich, PMF Johnson, Roger Dutcher, and Joanne Merriam. • Departments include Sheila Williams' editorial about the magazine's 31st anniversary; Robert Silverberg's "Reflections" column, this time about Rereading Stapledon; Norman Spinrad's On Books column, covering Justina Robson, Kathleen Ann Goonan, and Ian McDonald; and Erwin S. Strauss' "SF Conventional Calendar". • Nick Gevers reviews this issue in the March Locus Magazine, especially recommending the story by S.P. Somtow. Rich Horton's review in the same issue cites the Goonan and Reed stories for recommendation. (Thu 28 Feb 2008) \| Interzone • Issue 214, Feb 2008, £3.75, 64pp, cover art by Paul Drummond • SF magazine, currently bimonthly, published since 1982, co-founded by David Pringle; edited since 2004 by Andy Cox • Website: http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/ • This issue has fiction by Jason Stoddard, Jennifer Linnaea, Christopher Priest, Jennifer Harwood-Smith (winner of the James White Award), and Mercurio D. Rivera. • Features and departments include David Langford's "Ansible Link" news and gossip; an interview with Iain M. Banks; film reviews by Nick Lowe; DVD reviews by Tony Lee; book reviews by John Clute; and book reviews by David Mathew, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and others. • The publisher's website has this blog entry with a description of the contents. • Nick Gevers' review in the March issue of Locus Magazine especially recommends the stories by Priest and Rivera. (Mon 11 Feb 2008) \| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction • Vol. 114 No. 4 (whole #671), April 2008, $4.5/C$6.50, 162pp, cover art by Maurizio Manzieri • Near-monthly (11 times/year) magazine of fiction, reviews, and features; published since 1949; edited by Gordon Van Gelder • Website: http://www.fsfmag.com/ • Message Board: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/discus/messages/378/378.html?1081904411 • This issue has novelets by James Stoddard, Robert Reed, Tim Sullivan, and Steven Utley, and short stories by Kevin N. Haw and Kate Wilhelm. • Departments include book reviews by Charles de Lint, covering Dean Koontz and Stephenie Meyer; book reviews by James Sallis, about Michael Swanwick (on James Branch Cabell), Marta Randall, and Nicola Griffith; a film review by Lucius Shepard, covering *Southland Tales; a Curiosities page by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; and the results of F&SF Competition #75 with the rules for competition #76. The complete table of contents is posted here. • Nick Gevers reviews the issue in the March Locus, especially recommending the stories by Reed, Stoddard, and Utley. (Mon 4 Feb 2008) \| The New York Review of Science Fiction* • Issue 234, Vol. 20 No. 6, February 2008, $4.00, 24pp • Monthly review and criticism magazine, published since 1988; edited by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, et al. • Website: http://www.nyrsf.com/ • This special "Critics Aplenty" issue has essays by Mike Barrett, about the novels of Paula Volsky, Jeff VanderMeer, on critical allegories, and Rob Pritchard, about the characters in The Matrix. • Reviews, by Paul Kincaid, Michael Bishop, Russell Blackford, Niall Harrison, Donald M. Hassler, Gwynet Jones, Graham Sleight, Adam Roberts, and Joe Sanders, cover books by James & Kathryn Morrow, J. Storss Hall, Scott Lynch, Alexis Glynn Latner, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Mark J. Ferrari, and Karl Schroeder. • David G. Hartwell provides an editorial. (Wed 20 Feb 2008) \| Shimmer • Vol. 2 No. 4, Art Issue 2008, $6, 84pp, cover art by John Picacio • Quarterly small-press magazine, debuting 2005, editor-in-chief Beth Wodzinski • Website: http://www.shimmerzine.com/ • This special art issue has an interview with John Picacio, plus stories by Kurt Kirchmeier, Michael Livingston, Aliette de Bodard, Josh Vogt, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, Angela Slatter, and Kuzhali Manickavel. • The magazine's site has this page for the issue, with opening lines from the stories. (Thu 28 Feb 2008) \| *StarLine • Issue 31.1, Jan/Feb 2008**, $3.50, 28pp, cover art by Randy Moore • Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA); edited by Marge Simon • Website: http://www.sfpoetry.com/ • Poetry in this issue is by Anthony Bernstein, Ann K. Schwader, Gene van Troyer, Bruce Boston, R. Borski, and many others. • Features are a President's Message by Deborah P. Kolodji, guidelines for a forthcoming prose poem issue, a report on the SFPA archive by Richard Gombert, small press reviews, and an "Astropoetry in history" essay by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe. • The website's current issue page has the table of contents with links to two of the poems. (Thu 21 Feb 2008) \| Previous New Magazines: January
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