Have you downloaded ISF N.º2? You can find it here… Meanwhile I’ll leave you my short review of the three tales in this issue.
About ISF Nº2
Suggestion: ‘International Speculative Fiction’ – Nº2
Etiqueta: International Speculative Fiction
Suggestion: ‘International Speculative Fiction’ – Nº1
Remember a few months ago I said I was accompanying the ISF e-zine. So, here’s number 1 (first issue is number zero) hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I’ll leave you my full opinion below. Please feel free to download the e-zine and tell me what you think.
About ISF Nº1
Suggestion: ‘International Speculative Fiction’ E-Zine
For all the curious minds out there: Have you read the first issue of ISF? I’ll leave you with my opinion about this new online magazine. Hope you enjoy it!
Notwithstanding the short story’s reviews posted earlier, I wanted to leave my opinion to the ISF e-zine as a whole.
My first take on this is that it’s based on concept quite new and it’s a good idea to divulge non-Anglophone authors and their writings. English is the language of the modern world after all and it does make sense that most writers end up experimenting in its realms.
Review: “The Wind-Blown Man” by Aliette de Bodard in ISF
I confess, I had to read it a couple of times to be able to discern if I missed something between the lines (probably did anyway). I want to give it the due credit for the world-building. Research and dedication should always be praised and on Bodard’s case they are recurrent.
But I also thought that even though it’s not a new idea it could be easily missed if the author hadn’t commented on it. Ended up with a feeling that some of the concepts get swallowed by the story progression and that the reader gets tangled, trying to understand a new world without the proper guidance.
Review/Opinião: “The Death of Mr. Teodorescu” de Cristian-Mihail Teodorescu na ISF
Nas palavras do autor, Cristian-Mihail Teodorescu, esta é uma história sobre os problemas nos sistemas nacionais de saúde da actualidade, sobre a rentabilização do sistema através do uso dos pacientes como peças sobressalentes e sobre os princípios puramente económicos que regem a nossa sociedade.
Para mim é uma crítica directa ao papel dos governos no tratamento dos indivíduos que o compõem, à negação da dor de outrem e ao egoísmo calculista dos seres humanos.