Comments on: The Interzone Sampler http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/ Jeff VanderMeer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bart Croonenborghs http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27285 Bart Croonenborghs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:56 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27285 Interzone is indeed very good! Their editors have a really good (bionic?) eye for what makes a good story. I tried out a six month subscription first to see whether or not I would like it but I will extend it to another one or two years. Here's a review of the latest issue http://www.brokenfrontier.com/blogs/p/detail/interzone-224-reaches-the-stars Friendly greetings Bart Interzone is indeed very good! Their editors have a really good (bionic?) eye for what makes a good story. I tried out a six month subscription first to see whether or not I would like it but I will extend it to another one or two years. Here’s a review of the latest issue

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/blogs/p/detail/interzone-224-reaches-the-stars

Friendly greetings
Bart

]]> By: Adam http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27239 Adam Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:48:32 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27239 I read the Eugie Foster story and was just blown away! Such creativity, and great execution. I'm definitely going to check out the rest of the sampler. A two-year sub to Interzone is number one on the old Christmas list. I read the Eugie Foster story and was just blown away! Such creativity, and great execution. I’m definitely going to check out the rest of the sampler. A two-year sub to Interzone is number one on the old Christmas list.

]]> By: Ennis Drake http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27234 Ennis Drake Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:37:22 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27234 As a postscript, I'd read Black Static for Volk's column alone. Know you were discussing Interzone, but I really don't view the two publications as separate; but that might be because I have a dual sub. Hard to imagine one without the other, really. As a postscript, I’d read Black Static for Volk’s column alone. Know you were discussing Interzone, but I really don’t view the two publications as separate; but that might be because I have a dual sub. Hard to imagine one without the other, really.

]]> By: Ennis Drake http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27233 Ennis Drake Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:31:42 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27233 Interzone is one of the finest genre magazines I've come across. As is Black Static. The stories are high quality, and the reviews/non-fic are insightful and often humorous. A sub to either mag (or both) is win-win. I've yet to read Crimewave, but have little doubt it's of the same standard. Interzone is one of the finest genre magazines I’ve come across. As is Black Static. The stories are high quality, and the reviews/non-fic are insightful and often humorous. A sub to either mag (or both) is win-win. I’ve yet to read Crimewave, but have little doubt it’s of the same standard.

]]> By: Ecstatic Days « Jim Steel’s Cave of Doom http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27232 Ecstatic Days « Jim Steel’s Cave of Doom Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:10:02 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27232 [...] Ecstatic Days Jason Sanford is today’s guest blogger at Jeff VanderMeer’s Ecstatic Days and he has put... [...] [...] Ecstatic Days Jason Sanford is today’s guest blogger at Jeff VanderMeer’s Ecstatic Days and he has put… [...]

]]> By: Jason Sanford http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27231 Jason Sanford Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27231 SMD: Thanks for the great feedback. Great to hear you also like the magazine. Ellen: I wasn't trying to do a direct comparison of Interzone and U.S. magazines, just to mention that there is a different model of publishing than the digests we know in this country. To my knowledge Interzone no longer receives government grants (that was a 1980s thing). And as I mentioned, the constant angst we see from people about all of these magazines dying is wrong. As a subscriber to digest mags like Asimov's and F&SF, I love the format. I'm continually irritated when people who don't even bother to read these magazines moan online about how they are dying. While the short fiction markets may be changing, I feel they are still healthy and will be around for quite a while to come. Guess I should have been clearer with my post. SMD: Thanks for the great feedback. Great to hear you also like the magazine.

Ellen: I wasn’t trying to do a direct comparison of Interzone and U.S. magazines, just to mention that there is a different model of publishing than the digests we know in this country. To my knowledge Interzone no longer receives government grants (that was a 1980s thing). And as I mentioned, the constant angst we see from people about all of these magazines dying is wrong. As a subscriber to digest mags like Asimov’s and F&SF, I love the format. I’m continually irritated when people who don’t even bother to read these magazines moan online about how they are dying. While the short fiction markets may be changing, I feel they are still healthy and will be around for quite a while to come. Guess I should have been clearer with my post.

]]> By: Ellen Datlow http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27229 Ellen Datlow Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:18:06 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27229 Interzone is a wonderful magazine, but is it any more successful in the terms of making money and circulation as the digest magazines? I doubt that very much. (I don't have income figures of course but wiki says that it had a circ of 2-3000 in 2006. Also, in its early years at least, it was getting grants from the UK government. I don't know if/when that stopped. So there's really no comparison. Interzone is a wonderful magazine, but is it any more successful in the terms of making money and circulation as the digest magazines? I doubt that very much. (I don’t have income figures of course but wiki says that it had a circ of 2-3000 in 2006.

Also, in its early years at least, it was getting grants from the UK government. I don’t know if/when that stopped.

So there’s really no comparison.

]]> By: SMD http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/11/08/the-interzone-sampler/comment-page-1/#comment-27221 SMD Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:34:16 +0000 http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/?p=6108#comment-27221 To add a little weight to this, I bought a two year subscription to Interzone partly because of Mr. Sanford's recommendation and partly because I like his work. Probably the best money I've spent on a subscription yet. The first issue I received was quite good. I didn't love every story in the mag, but I liked all of them (this is a good thing, since few people love everything anyway, but the normal practice is to like or love a couple and go "meh" to the rest; I did not do that with Interzone...no "meh" moments). And Mr. Sanford is right: the reviews are top notch. I usually gloss over reviews, but their movie/TV show guys are awesome. They make reading a review quite enjoyable because they are almost comically harsh. So, do check out Interzone. They have an online subscription I think, unless I'm mistaken. And they sell the magazine in electronic form through Fictionwise (again, if I'm not mistaken...I have a print subscription because I hate reading on a screen). It's good stuff and it is a shame that it's not so easy to get in the U.S. To add a little weight to this, I bought a two year subscription to Interzone partly because of Mr. Sanford’s recommendation and partly because I like his work. Probably the best money I’ve spent on a subscription yet. The first issue I received was quite good. I didn’t love every story in the mag, but I liked all of them (this is a good thing, since few people love everything anyway, but the normal practice is to like or love a couple and go “meh” to the rest; I did not do that with Interzone…no “meh” moments).

And Mr. Sanford is right: the reviews are top notch. I usually gloss over reviews, but their movie/TV show guys are awesome. They make reading a review quite enjoyable because they are almost comically harsh.

So, do check out Interzone. They have an online subscription I think, unless I’m mistaken. And they sell the magazine in electronic form through Fictionwise (again, if I’m not mistaken…I have a print subscription because I hate reading on a screen). It’s good stuff and it is a shame that it’s not so easy to get in the U.S.

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