{"id":415,"date":"2008-09-25T15:51:45","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T19:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2008-09-25T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T19:51:45","slug":"the-magazine-of-fantasy-and-science-fiction-octnov-2008-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction – Oct\/Nov 2008 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gordon Van Gelder, Publisher\/Editor, of the magazine offered over a dozen copies of the\u00c2\u00a0October\/November 2008 issue\u00c2\u00a0to bloggers.\u00c2\u00a0 I was one of the lucky ones.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve heard of the magazine for years and read some of the contents but never actually read an entire issue until now.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is one of those magazines meant to be read when large chunks of reading time is available.\u00c2\u00a0 There are certainly some short stories and poems available but the work is best enjoyed after the experience has settled.\u00c2\u00a0 The editors do a nice job of accepting items of various length and putting it all together in a way that isn’t exhausting to the reader.\u00c2\u00a0 For example, the issue begins with Albert E. Cowdrey’s short story “Inside Story” which is followed by Charles de Lint’s book reviews.\u00c2\u00a0 Some readers would have problems shifting from Cowdrey’s post-Katrina New Orleans to Tim Sullivan’s asteroid geological trip turned disaster tale if they were placed together.<\/p>\n

There is a lot to like about this particular issue.<\/p>\n