Interzone Number 161, November 2000.
The Lady of the Carnelias, Richard Calder. Calder returns once more to his Lord Soho
Interzone, Number 160, October 2000
The Worms of Hess, Barrington J. Bayley. I approached this story with no little trepidation,
Interzone, Number 159, September 2000
Incunabula, Richard Calder. Every so often I come across a story during the reading of
Interzone, Number 158, August 2000
Liberty Zone, Keith Brooke. Keith Brooke, not content with having SF novels published at an
Interzone, Number 157, July 2000
Hideaway, Alastair Reynolds. Far future, with humanity in dire straits. The enigmatic Waymakers have, perhaps,
Interzone, Number 156, June 2000
The Suspect Genome. Peter F. Hamilton. Futuristic crime fiction. Not quite a locked room mystery,
Interzone, Number 155, May 2000
H.M.S. Habbakuk. Eugene Byrne. Alternate History, with an aircraft carrier made of ‘pykrete’ turning the
Interzone, Number 154, April 2000
Lord Soho, Richard Calder. A rich, entertaining story, a far distant sequel to the author’s
Interzone 153 March 2000
Cadre Siblings. Stephen Baxter. Baxter packs a lot into a short space: a post-invasion Earth,
Interzone, Number 152, February 2000
Colours of the Soul, Sean McMullen. A virus is spreading across the globe, and those
Interzone, Number 151, January 2000
Buy a copy from amazon.com / amazon.co.uk Ravenbrand. Michael Moorcock. Interzone enters the Millennium with
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2009
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction finishes 2009 with an issue of their now
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2009
Elizabeth Hand. The Far Shore. A middle-aged man, ballet dancer initially, ballet teacher after an
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August/September 2009
Sean McMullen. The Art of the Dragon. Dryly satirical tale in which a gigantic dragon
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June/July 2009
Reed, Wightman and O’Driscoll are the cream of the crop, with Kessel’s new story, Bisson and Cowdrey not quite up to their (well-established) best.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April/May 2009
The first of the now double-size but bi-monthly F&SF. The disappointment of now to be
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2009
Daniel Abraham. The Curandero and the Swede : a Tale from the 1001 American Nights.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2009
Fred Chappel. Shadow of the Valley. When protagonist Falco previously appeared in F&SF in ‘Dance
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2009
Charles Coleman Finlay. The Minutemen’s Witch. Adventure set against the American Revolution, with added witchcraft.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2008
Wayne Wightman. A Foreign Country. Quentin A. Denmore is standing for President of the USA,
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2008
Albert E. Cowdrey. Inside Story. Retired Detective Sergeant Alphonse Fournet finds the lure of work,
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2008
Paolo Bacigalupi. Pump Six. The lead-out story in Bacigalupi’s collection ‘Pump Six and Other Stories’.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2008
Marc Laidlaw. Childrun. Wandering bard Gorlen Vizenfirthe makes a re-appearance in F&SF after a ten
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2008
Matthew Hughes. Fullbrim’s Findings. Good news for fans of Hengis Hapthorne, of whom there are
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
Ted Kosmatka. The Art of Alchemy. Excellent SF/science thriller. It has a sense of place
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2008
Robert Reed. Reunion. F&SF regular Reed hit top form with the previous issue’s ‘Five Thrillers’,
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008
James Stoddard. The First Editions. Fantasy, in which a bibliophile falls afoul of a fellow
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2008
Alexander Jablokov. The Boarder. Another in the ‘historical space race’ faction milieu, as a Russian
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2008
James L. Cambias. Balancing Accounts. A strong SF story to open the issue, and one
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2008
Sean McMullen. The Twilight Year. A historical tale with the merest whiff of the fantastical.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2007
David Marusek. Osama Phone Home. Published earlier in MIT’s Technology Magazine, and it reads like
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2007
Robert Silverberg. Against the Current. A car salesman leaves work early after a sudden but
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2007
Dangnabbit, GvG has put the Ted Chiang story last of all. Can I resist a
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2007
Esther M. Friesner. At These Prices. Lightweight, very lightweight humour, involving a particularly unappealing hotel
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2007
Lawrence C. Connolly. Daughters of Prime. I’m not a big fan of xenolinguistic/xenothropological fiction. Ursula
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2007
Matthew Hughes. Sweet Trap. Further adventures of Hengis Hapthorne, in a story previously in the
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2007
Ian R. MacLeod. The Master Miller’s Tale.. Based in the alternate setting of his novel
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2007
Gene Wolfe. Memorare. This special Gene Wolfe issue leads off with an SF story which
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2007
Not having bothered with the lengthy Hughes story, as is my wont, there wasn’t a huge amount to get to grips with, with Reed, Rickert and Goulart all providing stories of the ilk that they regularly provide for F&SF ie well written and OK for what they are, but none of them a humdinger.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2007
Alexander Jablokov. Brain Raid. Jablokov wrote some strong short stories in the 80s/90s, being one
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007
Jeremy Minton. The Darkness Between. Subterranean horrors, as group of men, part of a Klondike-type
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2006
Matthew Hughes. Bye the Rules. Another of Guth Bandar’s regular appearances in F&SF. M.Rickert. The
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2006
Albert E. Cowdrey. Revelation. The bucolic pair, Dr. Dorshin, psychiatrist, and Professor (Dr.) Drea(d) both
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2006
Tananarive Due. Senora Suerte. This issue featurs a trio of stories by authors who have
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2006
Chris Willrich. Penultima Thule. Gaunt and Bone return for more cod-fantasy fun, the story being
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2007
R. Garcia y Robertson. Kansas, She Says, Is the Name of the Star. Garcia y
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2006
Albert E. Cowdrey. Animal Magnetism. Another of F&SF regular Cowdrey’s well observed, well drawn humorous
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2006
Matthew Hughes. A Herd of Opportunity. Another tale of Guth Bandar, this one evidently from
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2006
Daryl Gregory. Gardening at Night. Analog-style ‘scientist fiction’, or ‘lab opera’ as editor Gordon van
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2006
Alex Irvine. Shambhala. The story was inspired by the illustration by Mark Evans which graces
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2006
Gary W. Shockley. The Cathedral of Universal Biodiversity. One of those stories where either I’m
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2006
Robert Reed. Less Than Nothing. Reed further develops the story of the boy Raven, one
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2005
Delia Sherman. Walpurgis Afternoon. Cosy suburbia is threatened by a brand new house appearing overnight,
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2005
Chock full of protein for the brain, with only a bit of excess fat and carbohydrate. To burn off those calories I’m off for a bit of ‘fast-paced’ Asimov’s action…..
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005
David Gerrold. A Quantum Bit Exists in Two States Simultaneously : On This issue is
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2005
Matthew Hughes. Thwarting Jabbi Gloond. A prequel to the adventures of Hengis Hapthorn to which
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2005
An issue which gets stronger the further you get in (unless you’re a fan of the Kedrigern stories). For me Utley and McCalliser where the pick of the bunch, with Cowdrey, Reed and Shultz entertaining.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005
PDF version reviewed. Charles Coleman Finlay. Of Silence and the Man at Arms. The third
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2005
Steven Popkes. The Great Caruso. A long-term smoker sources some dubious cigarettes, and finds that
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2005
Paul Di Filippo. The Secret Sutras of Sally Strumpet. Similar in style to PDF’s humourous
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2005
Albert E. Cowdrey. The Amulet. In which a young journalist (in New Orleans, natch) meets
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2005
Matthew Hughes. Inner Huff. Further comic adventures of Guth Bandar (last seen in ‘A Little
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2005
Alex Irvine. The Lorelei. A nice piece of writing about the fin-de-siecle New York art
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2004
Having just read the Oct/Nov double issue of F&SF I ploughed straight in to this
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2004
Lisa Goldstein. Finding Beauty. Fairy Tale which looks at the Sleeping Beauty story from Prince
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2004
Mark W. Tiedemann. Rain from Another Country. Even after her death, Ann Myref is trying
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2004
Robert Reed. The Condor’s Green-Eyed Child. Reed returns to the strange milieu of ‘Raven'(F&SF Dec
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2004
James Stoddard. The Battle of York. Some 3000 years after the passing of America, the
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2004
Matthew Hughes. A Little Learning. Hughes posits a novel method for transiting multiverses – the
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2004
A Best SF Review-LiteTM, on account of my having read this issue about a month
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004
James L. Cambia. Ocean of the Blind. A very Analog type of story. A team
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2004
Matthew Hughes. Mastermindless. The protagonist realises with a start that his facial features and his
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2004
Paolo Bacigalupi. The People of Sand and Slag. Bacigalupi’s ‘The Fluted Girl’ (F&SF June 2003)
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2004
Nancy Etchemendy. Nimitseahpah. A tale of strange doings in the desert a century ago (cue
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2003
For me the issue gets progressively stronger, with the earlier stories not quite doing it for me to any great extent.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2003
Judith Moffett. The Bear’s Baby. Moffett has written a couple of novels featuring the Hefn,
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2003
Bret Bertholf. Alfred Bester Is Alive and Well and Living in Winterset, Iowa. A ‘doozy’
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2003
A so-so issue, some way below their best, and bit below the average high quality.
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2003
Charles Coleman Finlay. Wild Thing. The Arthurian mythos is seen from another perspective, with the
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2003
One of the occasional F&SF special issues devoted to a particular author, which I for