The first Interzone of the new year (issue #226) boasts short fiction from Jason Sanford, Tyler Keevil, Rachel Swirsky and more and also comes with this eye-catching cover by Warwick Fraser-Coombe. Jumped right out at me as soon as I picked up the new issue, fab sci-fi image with an art style somewhere between early Kevin O’Neill meets early Brendan McCarthy and a twist of Brett Ewins, circa Bad Company days (which is a big compliment); apparently its only part of a wider tableau, however, as the idea is that across all of the six 2010 issues of Interzone the images by Warwick will all be connected and at the end of the year form a new, larger image when put together, which has me pretty interested to see what it takes shape as, especially after this excellent start. And as I said in my recent Best of the Year slot, Interzone remains one of the backbones of literary science fiction, especially in the UK (although the writing pool is far more international, like the genre itself); its still the place, in my book, to check out short work from established authors and get the flavour of brand new talents, often before they get a book deal (sister mag Black Static is also recommended and caters to a darker strain of fantasy-horror; there’s also Crimewave as well now, delivering a simialr service for fans of crime fiction). Available from our shelves now and from the TTA Press site.
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
Art and animation, Books