Interzone 2, Summer 1982

by David Pringle (Editor)

32 pages, Unknown Binding

Published June 1, 1982

Reviews

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ex-NASA physician Mallory and his wife are heading to the wastelands of Cape Kennedy to confront the Shuttle astronaut Hinton, who murdered his crew member Shepley in space. Hinton has somehow broken the time-binding of the world around the Cape, with time running slower and slower and Mallory must get to him before it stops altogether. “Memories Of The Space Age” by J. G. Ballard is a strangely hypnotic slipstream tale of mysticism and solipsism. Aliens decide to visit “The Third Test” between England and Australia and the suspicion arises that they may know the outcome in Andrew Weiner’s gentle tale, and Rachel Pollack’s protagonist is raped by an angel in a car park and warned not to have relations with any other man in the otherwordly fantasy “Angel Baby”. After forming a relationship with another female visitee however she starts to doubt the encounter really happened. Alex Stewart provides a brief tale about involuntary time travel for immortals in “Seasons Out Of Time”. Very readable but still very New Wave ‘form over function’.