Interzone is a British science fiction and fantasy magazine that publishes short stories, articles, interviews, regular columns and reviews of books, films and DVDs. During its 26 year history it has helped to jumpstart the careers of many of today’s most famous science fiction authors, including Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan and Alastair Reynolds.

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“The Giving Plague” is a 1988 science fiction short story by David Brin. It is about a member of a famous research team that discovers a virus with a peculiar method of transmission.

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“Artifice and Intelligence” is a 2007 science fiction short story by Tim Pratt. It is about an unorthodox artificial intelligence designer, a video game programmer and a recently converted pagan woman who are called into action to help an Indian sentient computer network do battle against the world’s malicious software.

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“Oceanic” is a 1998 science fiction novella by Greg Egan. It is about an ocean dwelling man living on the planet Covenant, and how the events of his life take him from religious zealot to non-believing academic.

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“The Fluted Girl” is a 2003 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about the vengeful plot of a servant girl whose body has been extensively sculpted by the ruler of her fief.

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Says Who? Well, that’s what some people are saying anyway. On Wednesday September 10th the new Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and France, will begin smashing things together in an effort to understand the time immediately following the Big Bang – and try to learn a few other things about our universe as well.

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Last week I was intrigued by a post over at SF Signal stating that “editor Marty Halpern is looking for reader suggestions for their favorite post-1980 ‘first contact’ story (novella length or shorter).” Hmm… very interesting – do you think that somebody is in the early stages of putting together an new anthology?

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“The Last Command” is a 1967 science fiction short story by Keith Laumer. It is about an old war machine that is reactivated decades after being buried in a radiation-proof landfill.

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