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Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine – Issue 2
The second issue of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is 8” by 5 ½”, 80 pages. Published February 17, 2004.
The cover, “Alien City” by artist Greg
Hughes, is a wonderful painting of an almost organic looking city. Greg
Hughes originally had training in graphic design, before drifting into fine
art. Born in 1976, his interest in science fiction began from about the age of
five. Although he had no idea what was going on, the imagery he saw on
television made a lasting impression. On his thirteenth birthday he took
up painting. As a teenager, his favourite SF authors included John Wyndham and
John Christopher. Their work proved to be a strong influence, and helped
inspire him to become an illustrator. Greg now studies animation.
Karl Johanson treats us to his amazing insight into the
world around us with his editorial “I Approve of Sports Channels”. Everyone
will enjoy his entertaining views on sports and science fiction.
Karen Kazanowski adds her cartoon flare to Karl Johanson’s editorial.
She also introduces her latest cartoon characters Buzz ‘n’ Toffee, two
guinea pigs with their own views of science and the world around them.
Letters to the Magazine this issue includes letters from:
Spider Robinson, Robert Aitken, Virginia O’Dine, Debora Jewitt, Paul Stockton,
Bill Dean, and Adam Charlesworth.
Fear not, Karl Johanson takes us for another Walk
Through the Periodic Chart with Name That
Isotope. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry… okay not cry, but you will enjoy another
romp through the periodic chart and Karl’s wonderful photos.
Stephanie Ann Johanson has four illustrations in
this issue: ‘periodic chart building blocks’, ‘letters’, ‘jasmine’, and ‘3D
scrabble’.
Issue two’s first story is “Martingale
Inequalities” by Karen Sandler (3,800 words – Short Story). Novelist
Karen Sandler's romance fiction has been published internationally in countries
as diverse as the UK, Denmark, The Netherlands, Australia and Estonia. Her
books have appeared on bestseller lists and always garner favourable reviews
from critics and fans. Her short fiction has appeared most recently in the
horror anthology The Black Spiral and the upcoming science fiction and fantasy
anthology Fantasy and Science Fiction. http://home.pacbell.net/sandler0/
The illustration for “Martingale
Inequalities” and “The Worry Doctor” are by artist Benjamin Parker, who
resides on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. He is a visual artist who focuses on
digital art, sketching, and inking. His art, spanning many genres, can
currently be found online as
well as in Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
The second story, “The Worry Doctor” is
written by Linda DeMeulemeester (4,100 words – Short Story). Linda
DeMeulemeester has short stories published in the online magazine Parenting
Teens Today, New York's Guideposts Magazine and the science fiction and fantasy
anthology, Wyrd Wravings.
“Write What You Know?” is a wonderfully witty poem by Nick
Aires (100 words). Nick Aires is a contributing editor of Fantasy Readers
Wanted – Apply Within. He is a recent Finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of
the Future contest. He has published several dozen short stories in small press
magazines, anthologies and ezines, including James Richey's Enchanted Realms
anthologies. He is currently working on several novels. http://www.silverlakepublishing.com/contribs/authors/aires.html
The third story, “The Smell of Dangerous
Jasmine” is written by Terry Bramlett (5,800 words – Short Story).
Terry Bramlett lives and writes in Brandon, Mississippi with his wife Brenda, who
lovingly indulges his writing obsession. His sales include H.P Lovecraft's
Magazine of Horror, Oceans of the Mind, and Horror Garage, and now Neo-Opsis.
The stories range from Hard SF to Fantasy to traditional ghost stories.
Watch out! Karl Johanson gives us another “Maynard
and The Cheese” cartoon. We won’t try to explain it here.
The forth story, “Seeing Connections” is
written by Jonathan Laden (5,500 words – Short Story). Jonathan Laden is
a 2003 graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop and a freelance copyeditor. He has
been published in "Chaos Theory: Tales Askew," "Hadrosaur
Tales," and others. His website, which includes samples of his short work,
is at jonathanladen.com. Jonathan
lives in the Pacific Northwest with wife Michele Barasso and their family of
dogs and cats.
Several science projects have been devoted to
the study of simulated aspects of extra planetary colonies. “Shopping Mall
2: An Interplanetary Colony Simulation”, written by Karl Johanson, will
take you on an amusing side trip from real science.
The fifth story, “Cel Blocked: A Victim’s
Story, In His Own Words” is written by Jerry L. Robinette (1,500
words – Short Story). Jerry L. Robinette has been dabbling in the art of
fiction for most of his 40+ years. Currently he lives in central Ohio with one
wife and an assortment of cats. He works as a software designer for the Online
Computer Library Center and consorts with a bunch of friends who have convinced
him to try to get serious about his writing. This is his first professional
sale.
C. J. Barna, John W. Herbert, and Paula Johanson
supplied Neo-opsis with several book reviews for this issue. For the
past ten years C. J. Barna has been ploughing his way through stacks of books,
reading anything that crossed his path. John W. Herbert is a former co-editor
of “Under the Ozone Hole” and sole editor of UTOH 2.0. Paula
Johanson, writer extraordinaire, gives her usual insight into good reading
choices.
Spider Robinson’s wonderful “Toastmaster Speech for the 2003
Hugo Awards” is recorded in this issue. If you didn’t make it to the 61st
Science Fiction World Convention in Toronto in 2003, this is your chance
to enjoy Spider’s speech, and you don’t have to sit way in the back just cause you’re late.
We come
to the end of issue 2 with “The Last Two Pages, My Five Sense Worth” written by Karl
Johanson. With his usual funny style, Karl delves into the science and
pseudo-science of the five senses.
Copies of this issue are
still available.
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