Issue #3 went online on Friday, but I haven’t had a chance to blog about it until now. Here’s what we’ve got.

The cover art is by Andy Bigwood. I have shamelessly lifted the cover art he did for Dark Spires in order to promote the book.

Leading off we have a review by Jonathan McCalmont of a book about prehistoric fiction. Yes, that’s right, Clan of the Cave Bear stuff. The reason this is interesting is that the way in which writers have portrayed Stone Age people has changed markedly with time. As with science fiction, prehistoric fiction is really about us.

Sam Jordison turns his attention to Michael Ondaatje and a novel that is all about the building of a massive public sewerage system in Toronto. It is man against engineering, much like in science fiction.

Jonathan Clements devotes his column to one of Japan’s foremost science fiction writers, Yasutaka Tsutsui, who turns out to be quite a feisty character.

My own column looks at a range of recent science fiction novels, all of which have their own take on the interaction between humans and computers. It includes the new Iain M. Bank Culture novel, and the fabulous debut novel from Hannu Rajaniemi.

This month’s podcast is all about gendered approaches to fantasy, and features Glenda Larke, Lou Anders and Tim Pratt.

Our interviewees for November are Seanan McGuire (looking fabulous in her Campbell tiara) and Colin Harvey.

If you haven’t done so already, please go any enjoy the contents. I have some ebooks to produce.