INTERACTION

We're asking you to let us know what you enjoyed (and what you didn't) during 2011. To be eligible the story or artwork must have been published in Interzone issues 232 to 237 inclusive. A list of eligible stories and artworks is below. As always, we're as keen to hear your opinions of the magazine as we are to get your votes, so don't be shy in letting us know what you think – and we may publish the most interesting comments.

There are four ways to cast your votes:

• Use the form on the Readers' Poll page in the Interzone section of the website
• Post them to the Interzone/TTA Press address
• Email them to interzonepoll [at] ttapress [dot] com
• Leave comments on this forum thread

As usual with the Interzone poll you can vote both positively for the stories and artworks you liked and negatively for those you didn't, and we'll rank the final choice according to the aggregate score. You can vote for as many or as few stories as you like.

The results will be published in issue 240, so please make sure your votes are in before March 31st.


Eligible Stories and Artworks:


ISSUE #232

55 Bel Air
cover art by Richard Wagner

Noam Chomsky and the Time Box
Douglas Lain
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Intellectual Property
Michael R. Fletcher
illustrated by Mark Pexton

By Plucking Her Petals
Sarah L. Edwards
illustrated by Mark Pexton

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Sue Burke
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

Flock, Shoal, Herd
James Bloomer
(2010 James White Award Winner)


ISSUE #233

Omega
cover art by Richard Wagner

The Silver Wind
Nina Allan
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

Tell Me Everything
Chris Butler

Tethered to the Cold and Dying
Ray Cluley
illustrated by Paul Drummond

Crosstown Traffic
Tim Lees
illustrated by Russell Morgan


ISSUE #234

Relics
cover art by Richard Wagner

Sleepers
Jon Ingold
illustrated by Mark Pexton

In the Season of the Mango Rains
Lavie Tidhar

The Ceiling is Sky
Suzanne Palmer
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Her Scientifiction, Far Future, Medieval Fantasy
Jason Sanford
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Incompatible
Will Mcintosh
illustrated by Mark Pexton


ISSUE #235

Divergence
cover art by Richard Wagner

Insha’Allah
Matthew Cook
illustrated by Richard Wagner

For Love’s Delirium Haunts the Fractured Mind
Mercurio D. Rivera
illustrated by Ben Baldwin

The Walrus and the Icebreaker
Jon Wallace
illustrated by Mark Pexton

Eleven Minutes
Gareth L. Powell

Of Dawn
Al Robertson
illustrated by Richard Wagner


ISSUE #236

Beacon
cover art by Richard Wagner

A Time for Raven
Stephen Kotowych
illustrated by Richard Wagner

The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues
Jason Sanford
illustrated by Jim Burns

The Metaphor
Fiona Moore

The Fall of the City of Silver
Jon Ingold
illustrated by Martin Hanford

Tethered
Mercurio D. Rivera
illustrated by Ben Baldwin


ISSUE #237

Babel II
cover art by Richard Wagner

The Last Osama
Lavie Tidhar
illustrated by Steve Hambidge

Erasing the Concept of Sex From a Photobooth
Douglas Lain
illustrated by David Gentry

Insect Joy
Caspian Gray

Digital Rites
Jim Hawkins
illustrated by Richard Wagner

Will you be doing the same for Black Static?

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Okay, don't know how many I can vote for, so here I go...

Stories I loved :

Tell Me Everything
Chris Butler

The Silver Wind
Nina Allan

Tethered to the Cold and Dying
Ray Cluley

In the Season of the Mango Rains
Lavie Tidhar

The Ceiling is Sky
Suzanne Palmer

For Love’s Delirium Haunts the Fractured Mind
Mercurio D. Rivera

The Walrus and the Icebreaker
Jon Wallace

Eleven Minutes
Gareth L. Powell



Cover art I loved:

Omega
cover art by Richard Wagner

Divergence
cover art by Richard Wagner

Beacon
cover art by Richard Wagner

Babel II
cover art by Richard Wagner



Rafala

At SFX Weekender I tried to sell lots of recent issues and the cover of IZ 234, Relics, seemed to be favourite of last year's issues amongst those buying the magazine on spec.

Several punters took that because they liked the cover when going for the mix and match 3 for £10 option. I had no 232's to display but the other 5 2011 issues were all present.

If people were buying on covers the SFX Weekender order of merit would be
234 Relics
237 Babel 11
233 Omega
236 Beacon
235 Divergence

So it's true everyone loves a Royal Wedding.

Don't forget to get your votes in by March 31st!

OK. Finally got around to it and here are my votes:

A Time for Raven
Stephen Kotowych
#236

The Ever-Dreaming Verdict of Plagues
Jason Stanford
#236

Insect Joy
Caspian Gray
#237

I liked all the covers but #236 was my favourite. Any chance of getting it as a poster?

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Jo Thomas
http://www.journeymouse.net/

The results are posted here.

Congratulations to Nina, Suzanne and Richard, and indeed to everybody else because you all received several positive votes.

Thanks to every Interzone reader who voted and commented.

Now that the results are out, you can read my top ten here, for what it's worth (it says top five in the intro but I got a little carried away).

http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/interzone-poll/

A stand-out seven this year:

http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/interzone-poll/

Not a load of detail, just some thoughts on my favourites.

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http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/

Have I missed something Ray? The link doesn't seem to take to any thoughts on your favourites.

That's weird, it should take you to my blog where I've listed what I liked from last year. I'll try to sort that.

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http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/

It works for me, Roy. Nothing special, just my blog top and then scroll down to a list of my top seven of 2012 (and further down for other years).

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http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/

I linked to here http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/2 ... l-of-2012/ but there was no obvious list or text beyond the intro paragraph. However I found more by linking through the sidebar comment list.

Five of my seven made the top ten, but my top favourite didn't make it at all. Not sure what that says about my taste.

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http://probablymonsters.wordpress.com/