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Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine
– Issue 21
The
twenty-first issue of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is 8” by 5 ˝”, 80 pages, in print February 7, 2012.
The cover of issue 21 is Diamond
Planet, by Karl Johanson.
This is an artist's conception of a 'diamond planet, recently discovered
orbiting a radio pulsar (PSR J1219-1428). The planet was discovered by
Professor Matthew Bailes (of the Swinburn University of Technology) and his
team. Spectrographic analysis shows that much of the planet is Carbon. The
planet is about the mass of Jupiter, but about 20 times denser, hence the
expectation that much of the planet is made of diamond. Stanford University
recently discovered a glassy form of Carbon, that's a similar density to
diamond, so it's possible that much of the Carbon on this planet is glassy,
rather than crystalline like diamond.
Karl Johanson’s editorial
for this issue is Alien Aliens. Karl talks about how some
of the aliens in television shows and movies, and what makes them alien.
Letters to the Magazine this issue are from: Marty
Haggerty, Katie McLean, Keith Dolney, Marielle A Beauchamp,
Owen Palowski¸ Tony Kivinski, Jim Vallance, Al Harlow.
This issue Karl
Johanson’s A Walk Through the Periodic Chart
is titled Lunar Gold. In this article, Karl addresses the question of
whether or not a Saturn V spacecraft could bring back enough Gold bricks from
the moon to pay for the trip, on the assumption that the moon was made of Gold
bricks or had a bunch of them piled up and ready to go.
The fourth story is Bloodlines (4,020 words), by Tim Ford.
Tim is a Calgary born playwright and short story writer. His plays have been
performed by Canadian theatre companies Mob Hit Productions and Sage
Theatre, and his short fiction has appeared in several print and online
publications, including Crossed Genres, Red Penny Papers and Other:____ Magazine. He currently resides in Toronto, and
would love for you to follow him on twitter @canucktim to share in his
shenanigans. (Story illustration
by Stephanie Johanson)
The fifth story is Time's End Tavern (2,479 words), by Patrick
MacPhee. Patrick has been published in the UK magazine Etheral Tales.
He has also had work short-listed for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
and Allegory Magazine.
Al Harlow interview. Al Harlow is a musician from Vancouver, BC. He
has been with the band Prism since the 1970’s and is currently the lead
guitarist and lead singer. www.prism.ca.
This issue includes a write-up about the Canadian convention VCon 35,
held in Vancouver, BC, September 30 - October 2, 2011.
SF News includes: The 2011 nominees and winners for the Aurora Awards,
the Hugo Awards and the Sunburst Awards.
Reviews this issue are of the Sony album The Music of DC (Comics)
by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, reviewed by Karl Johanson; the Tor book Stars and Gods, by
Larry Niven, reviewed by Karl Johanson; Amazon/Smashwords/Kobo book, Encrypted
by Lindsay Buroker, reviewed by Robert Runté; and the Angry Robot book The Damned
Busters by Matthew Hughes reviewed by Robert Runté.
Science news includes a brief mention of "zombie stars," a
massive electric current detected in a galactic scale jet from a black hole,
and omoebae of unusual size recently discovered in the Mariana Trench.
The Last Two Pages Stephanie Johanson talks about learning to
enjoy reading, and how important writer Anne McCaffrey's stories are to the science fiction and fantasy
genres.
Copies of this issue are
still available.
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