Interzone #286 (March-April 2020)

eBook

English language

Published Feb. 29, 2020 by TTA Press.

3 stars (1 review)

The March-April issue contains new cutting edge science fiction and fantasy novelettes by James Sallis, Val Nolan, Matt Thompson, and Louis Evans. The 2020 cover artist is Warwick Fraser-Coombe, and interior colour illustrations are by Richard Wagner, Martin Hanford, and Dave Senecal. Features: Ansible Link by David Langford (news and obits); Mutant Popcorn by Nick Lowe (film reviews); Book Zone (book reviews including Zen Cho interviewed by Juliet E. McKenna, and Maureen Kincaid Speller on Rebecca Roanhorse); Andy Hedgecock's Future Interrupted (comment); Aliya Whiteley's Climbing Stories (comment); guest editorial by Val Nolan.

2 editions

An average issue of Interzone

3 stars

An average issue with stories that appears to be linked by featuring characters with psychological issues facing various uncertain futures.

  • "Cofiwch Aberystwyth" by Val Nolan: a group of video loggers visit the site of a nuclear incident on the Welsh coast in order to fulfil a need for a missing video log in the series. But as the story proceeded, the reason for that video log being missed starts to be revealed and turns the current visit into a more dangerous adventure.

  • "Rocket Man" by Louis Evans: in an alternate future when manned missiles are the only way to guide them to their target, a man who is part of a team of pilots forever waiting for the order to launch dreams or experiences alternate futures.

  • "Organ of Corti" by Matt Thompson: a secretive expedition into a strange structure created by ants turns into a nightmare journey when the possible …