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‘Postscripts #15′: the all-sf/Worldcon 2008 special issue – table of contents announced!
Posted by Paul Raven on June 23rd, 2008 at 12:45
Postscripts #15 will be the biggest issue yet of PS Publishing’s award-winning short fiction magazine. Not only that, the entire issue will focus on the science fiction genre, with a positively stellar list of contributing authors and work which, now finalised, we can formally announce.
Just take a look through this table of contents – while keeping a strong focus on featured author Paul McAuley, it’s like a roster of the genre’s brightest lights both old and new, opening up with an introduction from the late and legendary Sir Arthur C Clarke.
- Guest Editorial — Arthur C. Clarke (1,000 words)
- “Fandom At The Palace” – Brian Aldiss (500 words)
- “A Very Private Tour Of A Very Public Museum” – Scott Edelman (7,400 words)
- “The Man Who Built Heaven” – Keith Brooke (3,700 words)
- “Atlantic Crossing” – Garry Kilworth (6,000 words)
- “Thy Saffron Wings” – Chris Roberson (9,800 words)
- “Variant” – Steven Utley (3,300 words)
- “Shad”s Mess” – Alex Irvine (8,400 words)
- “Under The Shadow Of Jonah” – Jack Dann (7,600 words)
- “The Eye Of Vann” – Matthew Hughes (6,200 words)
- “Juggernaut” – Ray Bradbury (1,140 words)
- “The Best Of Both Worlds” – Brian Stableford (6,600 words)
- “State Secret” – Eric Brown (1,000 words)
- “Test Subject” – James Lovegrove (4,000 words)
- “Let Their People Go: The Left Left Behind” – Terry Bisson (8,600 words)
- “The Men Who Live In Trees” – Kelly Barnhill (9,500 words)
- “Eagle Song” – Stephen Baxter (7,100 words)
- “The Golden Octopus” – Beth Bernobich (14,300 words)
- “Professor Fluvius”s Palace Of Many Waters” – Paul Di Filippo (8,360 words)
- “Six Foot Easy” – Robert Reed (4,800 words)
- “Skinhorse Goes To Mars” – Jay Lake (6,100 words)
- “[A Ghost Samba]” – Ian Mcdonald (7,700 words)
- “An Article Of Faith” – Mike Resnick (6,050 words)
- “Legolas Does The Dishes” – Justina Robson (9,370 words)
- “Sumptuous Dress: A Question Of Size At The End Of Time” – Michael Moorcock (6,500 words)
- “How Was The Future For You?” – Paul McAuley (essay)
- “Excerpt From The Quiet War” – Paul McAuley (2,600 words)
- “A Brief Guide To Other Histories” – Paul McAuley (5,800 words)
- “Searching For Van Gogh At The End Of The World” – Paul McAuley (4,200 words)
- “The Thought War” – Paul McAuley (2,900 words)
- “City Of The Dead” – Paul McAuley (12,200 words)
Not only is Postscripts #15 a Paul McAuley special, but it’s a Worldcon 2008 special edition as well. What that means is, should you go the distance and plump for the extremely limited slipcased edition, it will come signed by not merely editors Nick and Peter, but by the majority of the contributing authors, plus all of the interior artists and cover artist Al Feldstein.
As special editions and collectable volumes are concerned, we challenge you to suggest a more special and affordable example – especially one with as much awesome fiction in it as Postscripts #15! Click through below to secure your copy ahead of the rush:
- Postscripts #15 (multi-autograph slipcased hardcover) – £75 (US$150 approx) – 100 copies only
- Postscripts #15 (signed hardcover) – £30 (US$60 approx) – 300 copies only
- Postscripts #15 (hardcover) – £15 (US$30 approx) – 600 copies only
Don’t forget that four issue subscriptions to Postscripts are also available, and that every current and paid-up subscriber will receive a copy of our bonus seasonal chapbook, round about the end of the year.
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