DEATH RAY MAGAZINE ISSUE 18
Table of Contents
1. Great men!
J.J. Abrams puzzles us in an exclusive interview about queer science procedural Fringe (elsewhere, we meet the stars of Lost – do they have any clues?). Ron Moore and David Eick talk Galactica. And in the hotseat that is the 'Death Ray Interview' sits the pre-eminent colossus of 'New Space Opera', Peter F. Hamilton, whose novels are almost as long as Death Ray itself!
2. Great women!
Time Lord progeny Georgia Moffett talks Who and Marple, while Hollywood producer extraordinaire Lauren Shuler Donner takes on Wolverine a.k.a. Weapon X, a.k.a Logan. And never to let an opportunity to wax lyrical pass us by, Death Ray explores the life and fashions of the chap with the adamantium claws.
3. Exclusive fiction!
Bitten to Death author Jennifer Rardin writes a new Jaz Parks tale especially for us, and the great and kindly Michael Moorcock donates a brief and splendid vignette named 'Ironface', which we publish in the UK for the first time…
4. Time travel!
Not content to merely opine about our favourite periods in the history of SF, we spent hours perfecting a doughnut-powered chronowotsit and used it to travel backwards in time. Our report on 1938 is duly included. It's the dawn of the Golden Age, courtesy of John W. Campbell Jr.'s Astounding Science Fiction, and what's that in the sky? A bird? A plane? No, it's the the first flight of Superman! We have the full story.
5. Copious reviewage!
It's our longest reviews section yet (the longest in science fiction…?). We play Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, read Drood, tune in to Dollhouse, and catch an early screening of Let the Right One In. Plus: our verdict on Watchmen, and a hundred other things besides…
6. Nerdcore!
We take deep pride in our dorky credentials. Where else but Death Ray can you find a treatise on the USS Enterprise, a screed against the adaptation of video games into movies, and an interview with our lord and master Bruce Campbell? Admit it: you and I, we're the same.
7. Lights, magic, silicone!
Crafting zombies with Robert Hall, building killer cars with Paul W.S. Anderson and modelling werewolves with Neill Gorton. Because we hate to break it to you, but none of this science fiction malarkey is real. Death Ray watches the experts go to work…
8. Art/poetry!
Yes, we are neither middlebrow nor lowbrow nor highbrow. We are… multibrow! This time around, in the land of creative expression, we explore the murky, undefined world of science fiction poetry, and interview one of Britain's great young comics artists, Mr Henry Flint. Check out pages 90-95 as soon as you can. They are lovely.
9. The unexpected!
As ever, Death Ray is full of strange corners, containing always interesting stuff. Want to know about the future of e-publishing? Angry Robot editor Marc Gascoigne is at the coalface! Want to discuss the illimitable wonder of the spy girl? Paul Marland shares your passion!
10. Interviews!
More interviews than you can shake a six foot, four-winged Menoptra at! This issue, featuring (deep breath) Doug Naylor (creator of Red Dwarf), Ridley Scott (you know), Howard McCain (director of Outlander), Andy Fickman (Race to Witch Mountain), Rhona Mitra (she of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), James Marsters (Spike! Brainiac! Lord Piccolo!), Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (The Edge Chronicles), Frank Henenlotter (of Basket Case fame), Paul Hupfield & Stewart Williams (scribes behind Lesbian Vampire Killers) and John Cho (the new Hikaru Sulu)…
Death Ray #18 is available now from the best magazine stockists, priced £4.99.
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