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Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine – Issue 13
The thirteenth issue of Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine is 8” by 5 ½”, 80 pages. Published on
December 14, 2007.
Karl Johanson created the cover of issue 13, Alien Artist.
Karl Johanson’s editorial this issue is Thanks to
Contributors. Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine won the 2007 Aurora Award
for “Best Work in English Other”.
Letters to the Magazine this issue are from: Robert J.
Sawyer, Stefan Ingstrand, Casey Wolf, Trisha J. Wooldridge,
Lee Sheldon, Suzanne Church, J. Polmateer, Peter Halasz,
Ken Davis, Al Harlow (Guitarist and lead vocalist for Prism), Jennifer
Crow, Ken Davis, David Halpert, David Wright, Greg
Amlin, and Curt Blanchett.
This issue, Karl Johanson’s A Walk Through The Periodic Chart deals with Elemental
Spectacles, and an imaginative idea for increasing the budget of NASA.
The first story in issue thirteen is Proxy
Servers, by L. Arceneaux. L. Arceneaux has published fiction (as L.
R. Snow) in the speculative anthologies From the Trenches and Shadow
Box. After living in such exotic lands as Japan, England, Texas, and
Michigan, she now resides in Southern California, where, strangely, her
fascination with dystopias has flourished. (She maintains, however, there is no
correlation.)
The second story is Junk Wars, by William
Mitchell. (Illustration by Stephanie Johanson) William is 34 years old and
works in the aerospace industry. He lives in London with his fiancée Emma, and
writes in his spare time. His previous work has appeared in The
Book of Dark Wisdom, Horrors Beyond and Midnight Street, and
he is a member of the T-Party writers’ group.
The third story is The Widower’s Fairy,
by Joe Murphy. (Illustration by Stephanie Johanson) Joe lives in
Fairbanks, Alaska with his wife, Veleta, two dogs, and three cats. He’s
fascinated by gadgets of every kind, but especially those with clockwork
mechanisms. He’s sold fiction to numerous magazines including Realms of
Fantasy and Strange Horizons, and several anthologies including Fantasy:
The Best of 2006. He haphazardly maintains a webpage at: www.mosquitonet.com/~jmurphy/index/Page_1.html
The fourth story is Sirens, by Leslie
Brown. Leslie is a research technician working in the Alzheimer’s field.
She has previously published stories in On Spec and in several
anthologies including Open Space, Thou Shalt Not, Loving the
Undead and the upcoming Sails and Sorcery. She is a
member of Lyngarde, an Ottawa Writers’ Group.
The fifth story is The Game of War, by Jessica
E. Kaiser. Jessica lives in northern Indiana. Her hobbies include acquiring
education, reading, baking, teaching English comp, and belly dancing.
She has previously had fiction published in Forgotten Worlds, Loving the
Undead (From the Asylum Books & Press), Yog’s Notebook, and
Triangulation:End of Time. Life goals include
world domination—if you want something done right, you have to do it
yourself—and leaping tall buildings in a double bound. Ketchup (Heinz only,
thank you very much) is her favourite condiment and she abhors small talk.
The sixth story is Terror Delectable, by Bhaskar Dutt.
Bhaskar was born on the edge of the western desert during a sandstorm that
howled like a thousand demon wolves. He spent a nomadic childhood crawling
across the broad, dry face of the subcontinent. As a young man, he came to the
new world and spent years in the humid swamplands of the southeast. He went
finally to the rain-swept hills of the northwestern shore and there, some
believe, he remains still.
SF News includes a list of the Aurora Award winners
for 2007, some recounting of the Aurora Awards ceremony and photos, a list of
the Hugo Winners of 2007, a list of the Nebula Winners of 2007, photo of the
Nebula winners, Tesseracts 12 is accepting submissions, news of a new category
for the Sunburst Award, winner of the Galaxy Award, and Obituary for James
Oliver Rigney Jr.
Technology News includes news of a computer that is capable of
playing a perfect game of checkers.
Reviews this issue include: Prism Concert
Canada Day, 2007, Sooke BC, reviewed by Karl Johanson; The Simpsons Movie
reviewed by John Herbert; Babylon 5 – The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark
reviewed by John Herbert; Marseguro written by Edward Willett, reviewed
by Robert Runté; Alphanauts written by J. Brian Clarke, reviewed by
Robert Runté; The Princes of the Golden Cage written by Nathalie Mallet,
reviewed by Virginia O’Dine; Mother of Lies written by Dave Duncan,
reviewed by Stephanie Johanson.
Karl Johanson writes about the science fiction conventions Conversion
23: Calgary, AB and Vcon 32 Richmond, BC. Photos from the conventions
are included.
Karl Johanson devotes The Last Two and a Half Pages to Capturing
a Feeling with Music: 2. Karl continues his theories on science fiction
music, and music that feels sci-fi.
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