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.