The November–December issue of Britain's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine contains new long and short stories by Laura Mauro, Rachael Cupp, Dan Grace, Erica L. Satifka, R. Boyczuk, and 2017 James White Award winner Stewart Horn. The cover artist for 2017 is Dave Senecal, and interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Martin Hanford, and Vincent Sammy. Features: Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Book Zone (book reviews); Jonathan McCalmont's Future Interrupted (comment); Nina Allan's Time Pieces (comment); and a guest editorial by Erica Satifka.
Cover art: 417h3r105 v6 by 2017 cover artist Dave Senecal
Fiction:
Looking for Laika by Laura Mauro
illustrated by Richard Wagner
After the Titans by Rachael Cupp
illustrated by Richard Wagner
Fully Automated Nostalgia Capitalism by Dan Grace
The Big So-So by Erica L. Satifka
illustrated by Vincent Sammy
The Garden of Eating by R. Boyczuk
illustrated by Martin Hanford
2017 James White Award Winner:
The Morrigan by Stewart Horn
The James White Award is a short story competition open to non-professional writers and is decided by an international panel of judges made up of professional authors and editors. The winning story receives a cash prize, a handsome trophy and publication in Interzone.
Features:
Guest Editorial
Erica L. Satifka
Future Interrupted: Genre Culture from Below
Jonathan McCalmont
Time Pieces: An Autumn Journey
Nina Allan
Ansible Link: News, obituaries
David Langford
Reviews:
Book Zone
Books reviewed include Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, 2084 edited by George Sandison, Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee, Sweet Dreams by Tricia Sullivan, A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge, Provenance by Ann Leckie, Blue Shift by Jane O’Reilly, The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Volume 1, Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeanette Ng, The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle
Mutant Popcorn
Nick Lowe
Films reviewed include Blade Runner 2049, It, Flatliners, Happy Death Day, mother!, Thor: Ragnarok, The Ritual, Geostorm, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Lego Ninjago Movie
