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Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine –
Issue 17
The seventeenth issue of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is 8” by 5 ½”, 80 pages. Published on July
27, 2009.
The cover, Other World, indeed makes one think of an alien forest
on some strange planet, but the original image is not from someone’s
imagination. The cover is actually a digital photo, taken by Stephanie
Johanson, of the underside of her pond.
Karl Johanson’s
editorial for this issue is Following Gumby’s Lead. Karl talks about
science fiction aspects in the old Claymation television show Gumby and
Pokey, and how some stories can pull him in so deeply that he forgets he is
reading a story, just as Gumby and Pokey used to step into a book and take part
in the story. Karl mentions that it is the 53rd anniversary of Gumby
and Pokey, and the 24th anniversary of Max Headroom.
Letters to the Magazine this issue are from Jamie Mason,
Zarina Kaliakberova, Lynda Williams (writer and editor of the Okal
Rel series), Dale Sproule, Dara Korra’ti, Robert Arlinghaus,
Alice Tmej, Susan Thompson, Robert Runté (Neo-opsis
reviewer), Bran McMom, Bob Smith and Jennifer Taylor.
This issue Karl Johanson’s A Walk Through
the Periodic Chart is titled Nitrogen. It is about some of the uses
for nitrogen, mentions that high levels of nitrogen contributes to oceanic dead
zones, and also goes a bit off format to discuss environmental issues.
This first story in issue seventeen is Moderator (3,700 Words),
by Sara King. Alaskan
author, Sara, grew up with a fanatical obsession with fantasy...and an active
disdain for science fiction. Somehow, through a freak twist of Fate, she ended
up writing science fiction. She's now working on her 13th novel, and is
thrilled to be represented by agent Amy Boggs of the Donald Maass Agency. She's
always looking for brave guinea pigs interested in actiony sci-fi goodness, and
they can sign up for free novels through her website, www.kingfiction.com.
The second story is Thirteen (2,549 words), by Peter Andrew
Smith. Peter lives and
works in Antigonish, Nova Scotia with his wife Meredith. They share their home
with two small dogs, Willie and Barkley, who believe that the best things to
bark at are outside of their sterilized living space. Peter's story "A
Time for Everything" appeared in Neo-opsis #3. A complete list of all of
Peter's fiction and non-fiction works can be found at www.peterandrewsmith.ca.
The third story is Finders Weepers (3,060 words), by Robert P.
Switzer. Robert story Silence
in Screamland appeared in issue 11 of Neo-opsis. His fiction has also
appeared Tales of the Unanticipated.
The fourth story is Time Leeches and the Evolution of Annie Ross (3,898
words), by Linda DeMeulemeester. It is Linda's third story in Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
Her fiction has also appeared in Canada's Story Teller Magazine, ChiZine,
and Twilight Tales. Linda's YA novel, The Secret of Grim Hill, has
recently been published by Lobster press.
The fifth story is Dead Zoned (992 words), by Jim O’Loughlin. Jim lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa,
where he coordinates the Final Thursday Reading Series (http://geocities.com/finalthursday).
His science fiction has appeared in Quantum Muse, From the Asylum,
and Everyday Weirdness.
It is a real treat this issue to have Ancestor (92 words), a poem by Dave Duncan. Dave is the author of more than forty fantasy and science fiction
novels. His novels West of January and Children of Chaos won
Aurora Awards. At the time that this issue went to print, Dave had been short
listed for the Endeavour Awards for his novel Ill Met in the Arena and
short listed for the Sunburst Award for his novel The Alchemist's Code.
A listing of his works is available at: www.daveduncan.com.
The sixth story is Communiqué (2,642 words), by James Steimle. James gave up a frightening career in
the legal field so that he could drown in the dust of books as a librarian. A
gardener of fear-inspiring zucchini, graduate student of Education, hobby
physicist, and romantic father, this author of The Ghost People (Sam's
Dot) has had fiction anthologized in Forbidden Speculation (Golden Acorn
Press) and shared stories through Albedo One, Tales of the Talisman,
Nova Science Fiction, Black Petals, and Dark Horizons.
Visit him at www.steimle.us.
The seventh story is The Seed (2,700 words), by Joan L. Savage. Joan is a musician, and
lives in Saskatoon with a houseful of animals. Her short stories have been
published in Intergalactic Medicine Show, On Spec, Dreams
& Visions, Mercury, and other magazines. She is a graduate of
Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp, and Viable Paradise. She blogs (when she
blogs) at www.joansavage.blogspot.com
The eighth story is The Antidote (3,715 words), by Russ Colson. Russ is a professor at
Minnesota State University Moorhead where he teaches planetary science,
meteorology, and geology. He worked at the Johnson Space Center in Texas for
five years, followed by six years of research at Washington University in St.
Louis where, among other things, he studied how a lunar colony might mine
oxygen from the local rock. He writes a variety of speculative fiction stories.
Awards News includes
the 2009 Hugo Award Nominees, the winners of the 2008 Nebula Awards, and the
nominees for the 2009 Aurora Awards.
Reviews this issue are
of the novel Tower in the Crooked Wood, by Paula Johanson, reviewed by
Robert Runté; Plants Versus Zombies from Popcap Games, reviewed by Karl
Johanson; the movie Terminator Salvation, Warner Bros, reviewed by Karl
Johanson; the movie Star Trek The Future Begins, Paramount, reviewed by
Karl Johanson; Skeptoid.com, Podcast, reviewed by Karl Johanson; I
Don’t Want to go to Heaven as Long as They Have Vulcans in Hell, Warp 11
CD, reviewed by Karl Johanson.
SF News includes obituaries for novelist and poet Phyllis Gotlieb, and
editor and co-founder of Locus Charles N. Brown. There is also mention
of the World Science Fiction Convention being held in Montreal, Quebec from
August 6 to 10, 2009.
In Science News there is how to get involved in classifying galaxies,
and an image of Saturn’s moon Enceladus,
On The Last Page, we have Life Changing Books a short
article by Stephanie Ann Johanson, and Other Worlds, About the
Cover by Karl Johanson.
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