NewsHappy birthday to us! This week marks the eighth anniversary of our launch. Thanks to our staff, our writers and artists, and our donors. We're looking for an editorial assistant for the fiction department. If you're interested, stop by our jobs page for more information. Contents8 September 2008![[Article by Donna Royston]](/2008/20080908/article.jpg)
(Articles) ARTICLE: Rimfall, Finger Pokes, and Angry Letters: Discworld's Fantastic Reaches, by Donna RoystonIt is the peril—and the paradoxical lure—of the Rim that elevates Discworld from amusement to something strange and terrifying. FICTION: The Future Hunters, by Christopher J. ClarkeThe ancient grey-walled fortress, built from the bones of the city, now housed the Library and the Academy. Kale entered under the bell tower and made her way across the hard red-earth enclosure, basket at her side, greeting several of her acolytes as they went to study. POETRY: Upon the death of my host and waiting for uplink: by Event Horizon, formerly of the Oracle Duality Liselle Marie Michaud / Event Horizon, by C.S. MacCathIt is cold. / No, not cold, but cooling / And still, except for bacteria / That favor flesh. / REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Anathem by Neal Stephenson, reviewed by Martin Lewis 1 September 2008![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2008/20080901/galchen.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: There Once Was a Fish, by Brandon Myers"Do not touch them," her mother warned her, "they're very fragile." POETRY: Atlantis, by Robert BorskiAll for / now is calm. No one / needs mention / the hubris of this Icarian / REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Wit's End/The Case of the Imaginary Detective by Karen Joy Fowler, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum 25 August 2008![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2008/20080825/sff.jpg)
(Reviews) FICTION: The Secret Identity, by Richard ButnerWe were studying for midterms when I found out about the ghost. COLUMN: Xenobiology At the Extremes: And You Think Your Neighbors Are Weird?, by Marshall PerrinOver the past decade or so, spurred in part by the biological revolution and in part by our increasing confidence that earth-mass planets are potentially common, astrobiology has started to come of age. POETRY: Maya Blue (at Chichen Itza), by Ann K. SchwaderAbove us in the silence yet to come, / deep thunder speaks -- then lightning-axes fall REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Neuropath by Scott Bakker and Blindsight by Peter Watts, reviewed by Nader Elhefnawy 18 August 2008![[Column by Iain Jackson]](/2008/20080818/column.jpg)
(Columns) COLUMN: Welcome to the Real World, by Iain JacksonOf course, the advantage of having both invented and mobile geography is that you can demolish it without aggravating people quite so much. I mean, readers might get just the teensiest bit upset at a superhero fight that knocks the capital off the Chrysler Building, for example -- or they might think it's the coolest thing ever! FICTION: Sex with Ghosts, by Sarah KanningSex. All those complications, all that messiness. It's like watching a group of enthusiasts really get into a hobby that you don't share. POETRY: Mondrian's War, by Mike AllenWhen did he first discover this gift for equilibrium? / An urgent revelation in a haystack-mounded field? REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Speculative Japan, edited by Gene van Troyer and Grania Davis, reviewed by Niall Harrison Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |