Dear ISF readers, it is an honor to be, yet again, able to offer you the opportunity to expand your reading horizons! So many great authors, so many fascinating new worlds! Join us again in one more voyage full of sense of wonder! Oh, and Happy New year, this will be our year, you just wait and see…
Roberto Mendes
Editor in Chief
Okay here we are: The very first 2013 ISF issue. Great reading!
Ricardo Loureiro
Fiction Editor
E.PUB DOWNLOAD: ISF # 3 E.pub
PDF DOWNLOAD: ISF # 3 Download
Hi folks, what do you think of this cover? It is with great pleasure that I share it with all of you. It is the cover for our Annual Anthology (stories published in our debut year – 2012). Erasmus Brosdau is the artist behind the cover art, also the great folks behind Indie Book Launcher produced the e.pub and elaborated the cover design and lettering
This anthology will soon be available for free download as pdf. and e.pub version!
Here is what Gardner Dozois and Cat Rambo had to say about the anthology:
“A fascinating and valuable look at what’s happening in other parts of the science fiction world, far outside of the usual American/English genre boundaries, and a book filled with strong new voices.” Gardner Dozois
“This is what science fiction should do: amaze, sometimes alarm, and always entertain, in worlds that manage to be not our own but still reflect our reality.” Cat Rambo
Don´t forget, today we launch another issue of ISF. That’s right, ISF # 3 will be available for free download really, really soon!
ISF # 3 JANUARY 2013
TOC
EDITORIAL
Ricardo Loureiro (Fiction Editor)
FICTION:
Simon Jones (Australia)
Crystal Koo (Philippines)
Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro (Brazil)
Fernando Pina (Portugal)
ARTICLE
Jess Nevins – Pulp Scifi under German, Russian, Japanese and Spanish Totalitarism
INTERVIEW
Cristian Tamas interviews Professor Arielle Saiber with a focus on Italian SF
REVIEWS
Sean Wright Reviews two Singaporean International Speculative Fiction Anthologies
Jorge Candeias Reviews three Short Stories written by International Speculative Fiction Authors
Dear ISF Readers, while you wait to be able to download ISF # 3 (TOC here), the ISF – International Speculative Fiction, in cooperation with Apex Publications, is hosting a book giveaway. We will be offering one copy of The Apex Book of World SF and one copy of The Apex Book of World SF 2, both edited by Lavie Tidhar.
In order to become eligible to win those paperbacks you just need to answer 3 simple questions (all the information can be found here):
(i) In The Apex Book of World SF 2, editor Lavie Tidhar collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from…where?
(ii) How many short stories were published in The Apex Book of World SF?
(iii) And how many were published in The Apex Book of World SF 2?
Instructions:
ISF # 3 will be available for free download after 25 January 2013.
The first number of 2013 will feature 4 short stories, one article, one interview an two reviews.
ISF # 3 JANUARY 2013
TOC
EDITORIAL
Ricardo Loureiro (Fiction Editor)
FICTION:
Simon Jones (Australia)
Crystal Koo (Philippines)
Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro (Brazil)
Fernando Pina (Portugal)
ARTICLE
Jess Nevins – Pulp Scifi under German, Russian, Japanese and Spanish Totalitarism
INTERVIEW
Cristian Tamas interviews Professor Arielle Saiber with a focus on Italian SF
REVIEWS
Sean Wright Reviews two Singaporean International Speculative Fiction Anthologies
Jorge Candeias Reviews three Short Stories written by International Speculative Fiction Authors
Dear readers, in association with Apex Publications, please find below the short story “Zombie Lenin” by Ekaterina Sedia, first published in Fantasy Sampler and republished in The Apex Book of World SF 2
STAY TUNED FOR THE BOOK GIVEAWAY – WE WILL SOON BE OFFERING ONE PAPERBACK OF THE APEX BOOK OF WORLD SF AND THE APEX BOOK OF WORLD SF 2
Roberto Mendes
ISF Editor in Chief
Zombie Lenin
Ekaterina Sedia
“Zombie Lenin” @ Ekaterina Sedia 2007. First published in Fantasy Sampler.
Republished from the Apex Book of World SF 2
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It all started when I was eight years old, on a school trip to the Mausoleum. My mum was there to chaperon my class, and it was nice because she held me when I got nauseous on the bus. I remember the cotton tights all the girls wore, and how they bunched on our knees and slid down so that we had to hike them up as discreetly as eight year olds could. It was October, and my coat was too short; Mum said it was fine even though the belt came disconcertingly close to my underarms, and the coat didn’t even cover my butt. I didn’t believe her; I frowned at the photographer as he aligned his camera, pinning my mum and me against the backdrop of St Basil’s Cathedral. “Smile,” Mum whispered. We watched the change of guard in front of the Mausoleum. Read the rest of this entry »
Dear ISF readers,
It is with great pleasure that the ISF publishes today an interview with Jason Sizemore (Apex Publisher) about a series of books Apex publishes focusing on international SF titled The Apex Book of World SF and The Apex Book of World SF 2, both edited by Lavie Tidhar!
Also, there is a Book Giveaway coming up in cooperation with Apex. We will be offering everybody the opportunity to win a paperback of The Apex Book of World SF and The Apex Book of World SF 2!
And last but not the least, ISF will publish tomorrow the short story “Zombie Lenin” by Ekaterina Sedia, which was published in The Apex Book of World SF 2!
Here is a brief introduction about Apex Publications and The Apex Book of World SF:
Apex Publications is a small press publisher based out of Lexington, KY dedicated to producing exemplary science fiction, horror, fantasy, and nonfiction. Their catalog includes anthologies such as the Dark Faith and The Apex Book of World SF series, novels and novellas like the upcoming What Makes You Die by Tom Piccirilli, nonfiction such as Starve Better by Nick Mamatas, and the Hugo nominated Apex Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »
International Speculative Fiction 