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djonnContributor copy of the new Amazing Stories has arrived, and looks very snazzy -- though not at all like what you'd expect of a traditional SF fiction-zine. They've retuned the concept dramatically -- it's now something like Starlog crossed with OMNI -- lots of feature articles focusing on a variety of SF/F media, but also a healthy supply of fiction and a veritable slew of reviews covering books, film, TV, DVD, comics, you name it. This does not mean that the fiction is "dumbed down"/LCD material, not with Gene Wolfe and Bruce Sterling on board for the first issue, among others. The cover stars Spider-Man from the current movie, and is clearly designed to attract newsstand readership.
Looks to me like this may sell a lot of magazines (knock silicon).
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Also in the mail, contracts for the Fantastic Companions story -- admirably prompt, particularly having crossed the border from Canada. One peculiarity of Canadian contracts, or at least these Canadian contracts -- they want the signatures witnessed. No great difficulty with that, however (good excuse, though, to go book-browsing and to dinner in air-conditioned coolth).
Must go figure out what to not-cook for dinner now....
Looks to me like this may sell a lot of magazines (knock silicon).
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Also in the mail, contracts for the Fantastic Companions story -- admirably prompt, particularly having crossed the border from Canada. One peculiarity of Canadian contracts, or at least these Canadian contracts -- they want the signatures witnessed. No great difficulty with that, however (good excuse, though, to go book-browsing and to dinner in air-conditioned coolth).
Must go figure out what to not-cook for dinner now....
