{"id":1994,"date":"2012-03-19T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmcgrath.co.uk\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2014-06-24T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T17:01:19","slug":"the-bsfa-march-mailing-is-at-the-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mmcgrath.co.uk\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"THE BSFA MARCH MAILING IS AT THE PRINTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bumper mailing includes:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>BSFA AWARDS BOOKLET 2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Featuring all the shortlisted short stories…
\nThe Silver Wind by Nina Allan
\nThe Copenhagen Interpretation by Paul Cornell
\nAfterbirth by Kameron Hurley
\nCovehithe by China Mi\u00e9ville
\nOf Dawn by Al Robertson<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>FOCUS 58<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All the science you don\u2019t need to know: <\/strong>Think writing hard sf is difficult? Just get the basics right, says Alastair Reynolds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fighting for words: Dev Agarwal <\/strong>explains why a good fight scene is about more than choreography.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Masterclass 9: What I know: <\/strong>In the last of his regular articles, Chris Priest <\/strong>offers sage advice.<\/p>\n

One vial or two: C John Arthur <\/strong>on doing biochemistry for real. It\u2019s not much like CSI<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Writing The Other: <\/em><\/strong>Clarke Award-winning author Lauren Beukes <\/strong>says that if you want to write the other <\/em>convincingly, you need to ask questions.<\/p>\n

Over the wall: Gary Budgen <\/strong>wonders why class isn\u2019t a more important issue for writers.<\/p>\n

To plug or not to plug?: <\/strong>Should authors promote their own works. Juliet E McKenna <\/strong>says it is good for readers and good for business.<\/p>\n

Learning to love learning: Paul Graham Raven <\/strong>returns with the latest update from his Masters adventure.<\/p>\n

Poetry in a SF magazine?: <\/strong>The new Focus <\/em>poetry editor, Charles Christian<\/strong>, discusses sf poetry.<\/p>\n

Plus, News from Orbit, more from the Turkey City Lexicon and my editorial, which I can no longer remember writing…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>VECTOR 270<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ARTICLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

BSFA Reviewers\u2019 Poll \u2013 The Best of 2011 <\/strong>Edited by Martin Lewis<\/p>\n

2011 in Pictures <\/strong>Jonathan McCalmont on films.<\/p>\n

From Outcasts<\/em> to Black Mirror<\/em>: British SF Television 2011 <\/strong>Alison Page<\/p>\n

Gaia Beware: Infertility in Science Fiction due to Bioterrorism, Pollution and Accidental Iatrogenic Events <\/strong>Victor Grech with Clare Thake-Vassallo and Ivan Callus<\/p>\n

Modern Marvels: The Fairy Tales of Victorian Science and Technology <\/strong>Melanie Keene<\/p>\n

RECURRENT
\nKincaid in Short: <\/strong>Paul Kincaid on The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman
\nPicture This: <\/strong>Terry Martin on comics
\nResonances: <\/strong>Stephen Baxter on his favourite short stories
\nFoundation Favourites: <\/strong>Andy Sawyer on Kingdoms of the Elfin<\/p>\n

THE BSFA REVIEW<\/strong>
\nIn this issue Adam Roberts reviews The Weird<\/em>, Shaun Green looks at small press novellas, Maureen Kincaid Spellar considers Danish SF, Dan Hartland reads a book of essays on Stanislaw Lem, Paul Kincaid discusses Kim Lakin-Smith\u2019s debut novel, Abigail Nussbaum reviews Gareth L Powell’s The Recollection, I review Dark Eden by Chris Beckett and much more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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