Sunday, April 17, 2011

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, Vol. 1, No. 2

The electronic edition of the second issue of The Cascadia Subduction Zone has just gone out to subscribers, and we're expecting the print version to arrive from the printer this week. Here's the issue's table of contents:


Vol. 1 No. 2—April 2011

Feature Essay
Hyperbolic Futures: Speculative Finance and Speculative Fiction, by Steven Shaviro
Poem
She Lives, by Shweta Narayan
Grandmother Magma
Vonda N. McIntyre’s Dreamsnake, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Reviews
Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor, reviewed by Uzuri Amini  
Birdbrain, by Johanna Sinisalo, reviewed by Carrie Devall  
The Broken Kingdoms, by N. K. Jemisin, reviewed by Ama Patterson  
Destination: Future, edited by Z. S. Adani and Eric T. Reynolds, reviewed by Karen Burnham  
Under the Poppy, by Kathe Koja, reviewed by Rachel Swirsky  
Of Blood and Honey (Fey and the Fallen), by Stina Leicht, reviewed by Paige Clifton-Steele  
The Universe of Things, by Gwyneth Jones, reviewed by Nisi Shawl  
Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories, edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft, reviewed by Liz Henry
Featured Artist
Susan Simensky Bietila
Ursula Le Guin's piece inaugurates the Grandmother Magma column, which will be devoted to retrospective reviews. And Liz Henry's review includes a "Lesbian Steampunk Bingo Card." You can purchase the issue or start a subscription here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, I know it's way late, but I just blogged a little on this issue:

http://suelange.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/education-now-and-in-the-future/