INTERZONE 27

by Pringle david (Editor)

back issue magazine

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

A ghastly war between the English and the Germans has now stretched on for 25 years. Constantly increasing conscription age limits and voluntary limb donation for amputees has depleted human resources to a bare minimum. When Harry unexpectedly meets his supposedly MIA brother he finds that a movement exists to stop the war. “Tommy Atkins” by Barrington J. Bayley is a powerful anti-war tract. Hillowen wants to make a bargain with you know who for his soul but finds his ledger doesn’t give him much bargaining power. So when he asks for his deal he ensures it will be fulfilled “To The Letter” in Bob Shaw’s neat fantasy. When the Earth passed through a flux of EM radiation it caused bursts of REM sleep waves and uncontrollable dream states, where reality becomes fluid. A lone researcher must try to shield his brain in “Before I Wake” by Kim Stanley Robinson. A group of four strangers find themselves “Driving Through Korea” when news of an alien spaceship in the DMZ comes over the radio. Gradually they realise that the alien may be one of them, in Ian Lee’s tale. A shakedown of a rich recluse turns into something much different and comes as quite a shock to the criminal hired to do the job in “An Eye In Paradise’ by John Brosnan, while a woman suffering from anorexia is invited to a party on Mars thrown by the famous artist DALI (not the original) where a psychoanalyst must encourage her to eat “Soft Clocks” to cure her. (If you can parse this tale from Yoshio Aramaki you’re better than me!) OK issue.