Monthly Archives: February 2005

I have varying thoughts about The Third Alternative and Interzone on an issue-by-issue basis. Some issues appeal more than others, though both are very good and Interzone especially has been noticably improving since the TTA-folk took over. What can’t be denied, though, is that they put together some of the nicest looking magazines in the … Continue reading »

A few years ago Tor Books published Ted Chiang’s extraordinary first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others. Even though Chiang is a wonderful writer and Tor is a very fine publisher, it proved not to be a marriage made in heaven. Ted blogs about the details here.

Shaun Tan’s latest project, Aqua Sapiens – Mission Inconspicuous, is a collaboration with the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. It’s intensely cool. Shaun has designed and painted four very large puppets – they’re about 9 feet tall – and they take part in free public performances with a couple human actors. Marianne and I went to … Continue reading »

I received the June issue of F&SF (which, by the way, is having a wonderful year) in my inbox last night. All of a sudden it felt like the year, which previously had been jogging away from me, was now at a dead run. Arg.