Interzone Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine #223

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DOMINIC GREEN

EDITORIAL—Roy Gray On Dominic's History With Interzone

STORY: BUTTERFLY BOMB—Dominic Green

STORY: COAT OF MANY COLOURS—Dominic Green

STORY: GLISTER—Dominic Green

Illustrator: Daniel Bristow-Bailey, With Introductions

(Bristow-Bailey.Deviantart.Com)

INTERVIEW—Magpies And Ravens: Dominic Green

FICTION

THE TRANSMIGRATION OF AISHWARYA DESAI—Eric Gregory

Illustrator: Arthur Wang

(ArthurWangArt.com)

SILENCE AND ROSES—Suzanne Palmer

Illustrator: LeMat

(superego-necropolis.deviantart.com)

FEATURES

ANSIBLE LINK—David Langford's News & Gossip

BOOK ZONE—Joe Abercrombie interviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Various Book Reviews

LASER FODDER—Tony Lee's DVD/BD Reviews

MUTANT POPCORN—Nick Lowe's Film Reviews

EDITORIAL—Roy Gray On Dominic's History With Interzone

ANSIBLE LINK—David Langford's News & Gossip

STORY: BUTTERFLY BOMB—Dominic Green

STORY: COAT OF MANY COLOURS—Dominic Green

INTERVIEW—Magpies And Ravens: Dominic Green

STORY: GLISTER—Dominic Green

THE TRANSMIGRATION OF AISHWARYA DESAI—Eric Gregory

SILENCE AND ROSES—Suzanne Palmer

BOOK ZONE—Joe Abercrombie interviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Various Book Reviews

LASER FODDER—Tony Lee's DVD/BD Reviews

MUTANT POPCORN—Nick Lowe's Film Reviews

Dominic Green's story titles make me want to read on, examples being ‘Rude Elves and Dread Norse Reindeer’ (
Interzone
#162) or ‘The Clockwork Atom Bomb’ (
Interzone
#198) and his way with words shows in his email name, Demonic Groin.

For me,
Interzone
discovers authors in generations; so the 80s
Interzone
brought us from Stephen Baxter to Charles Stross via Eric Brown, Keith Brooke, Greg Egan, and Geoff Ryman. In the 90s we went from Tony Ballantyne to Liz Williams via Chris Beckett, Molly Brown and Alastair Reynolds.

Dominic's first
Interzone
appearance, ‘Moving Mysteriously', in #108 (1996), puts him firmly in the 90s generation and this issue's three stories propel him to number ten of
Interzone
's top twenty fiction contributors, between Ian Watson and Zoran Zivkovic, with twenty in total.

'The Clockwork Atom Bomb’ topped the 2005
Interzone
readers’ poll, appeared in Gardner Dozois’
The Year's Best Science Fiction
and was shortlisted for the 2005 Hugo. Dominic also featured in the previous year's selection with ‘Send Me a Mentagram', from
Interzone
#192, and in David Hartwell's 1999
The Year's Best SF 4
with ‘That Thing Over There’ from
Interzone
#132.

All but one of those
Interzone
90s generation authors have gone on to achieve success with novels. The odd one out is Dominic Green, but that is not for want of trying. So when you've read this issue you have an extra treat: Dominic has posted three unpublished novels on his website (homepage.ntlworld.com/lumfylomax/) and will soon post ‘Sister Ships and Alastair', the second
Ant and Cleo
story after ‘Saucerers and Gondoliers'. Dominic says, “I doubt these stories will ever be published, but I like writing them, and like a nude German hiker wandering across the border to frighten little Swiss children, I like to share myself with others."

Dominic's experiences with publishers probably have a ring of familiarity for many writers, but his back catalogue of successful short fiction suggests he is long overdue for a collection. So I'm happy to see this
Interzone
special issue and I hope it reminds book publishers just how good he is, and what a good selection of stories he has. I'm sure he'd come up with a good title.

Copyright © 2009 Roy Gray

[Back to Table of Contents]

As Others Group Us.
‘Like paedophiles and science fiction fans, the far right were quick to wise up to the internet...’ (Hari Kunzru,
Guardian
)

Awards.
Arthur C. Clarke:
Ian R. MacLeod,
Song of Time
. *
Boston Globe—Horn Book
(children's fiction): Terry Pratchett,
Nation
. *
Compton Crook
(first novel): Paul Melko,
Singularity's Ring
. *
James Tiptree Jr:
Patrick Ness,
The Knife of Never Letting Go
, and Nisi Shawl,
Filter House
(collection). *
Nebula
(novel category): Ursula K. Le Guin,
Powers
. *
Philip K. Dick:
Adam-Troy Castro,
Emissaries from the Dead
, and David Walton,
Terminal Mind
(tie). *
Queen's Birthday Honours.
Peter Dickinson, author of much classy sf/fantasy, received the OBE for services to literature; Christopher Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity.

J.G. Ballard
's passing stimulated the
Guardian
and
New Yorker
to publish what seemed to be new Ballard stories rushed straight from the deathbed. Both had appeared in
Interzone
in 1996 (one reprinted from
Ambit
, 1984). Meanwhile, Ballard's US editor defended his reputation against a vile slur: ‘His fabulistic style led people to review his work as science fiction. But that's like calling
Brave New World
science fiction, or
1984
.’ (
New York Times
) Ursula K. Le Guin reacted splendidly: ‘Every time I read this sentence it suggests more parallels: / “But that's like calling
Don Quixote
a novel.” / “But that's like calling
The Lord of the Rings
a fantasy.” / “But that's like calling
Utopia
a utopia ... “’ (Ursulakleguin.com)

As Others See Some Of Us.
Apparently the new
Star Trek
film changed everything: ‘We all know what your typical Trekkie looks like: he wears a rancid, bulging T-shirt over his enormous Comic-Book-Guy-style belly, reeks of Pot Noodles, lives alone, communicates in fluent Klingon [ ... ] Not any more.’ (
Telegraph
)

Publishers & Sinners.
The latest by Japanese horror author Koji Suzuki deals with deep unpleasantness in a public toilet and is printed on toilet paper. (
Telegraph
, 25 May) [AIP]
Must ... restrain ... comment.

Terry Bisson
notes how the world sees sf. ‘News opinionator Keith Olberman on the US torture memos: “Today, Mr President, in acknowledging these science-fiction-like documents, you said that...” etc.'

The Universe Next Door.
‘There's been widespread condemnation of North Yorkshire's decision to carry out an underground nuclear test.’ (BBC Radio 5, reporting on [actually] North Korea) Fear and trembling failed to afflict the ancient enemy, Lancashire.

As Others Remember Us.
Question from quizmaster Dale Winton on BBC1's
In It To Win It
: ‘Which fictional character was also called Lord Greystoke?’
Contestant:
‘Lawrence of Arabia.'