The IRoSF (Internet Review of Science Fiction) has started publishing again, so here's Lois Tilton's Review of Interzone #213.
Aargh! The proofreader is martified. Anglo names only in future, please guys.
--Elizabeth Bear's story in the March Asimov's is referred to as "Shuggoths in Bloom" by the IRoSF reviewer, while the physical copy this subscriber has in hand prints it as "Shoggoths in Bloom", both in the ToC page and in the actual story itself. Actuallly, even in the quote from the story it reads 'shoggoths' (four times), while it's 'shuggoths' (three times) in the review paragraphs before and after it.
Even the stooopid spellchecker should have caught that one.
--And the title of the Chris Roberson story review reads "Metal Dragon Yearby Christopher Roberson". Well, since we're nitpicking, there is no space between 'Year' and 'by' (similarly with "Odin's Spearby Steve Bein"); and also Mr. Roberson is referred to as 'Chris' throughout Interzone #213, and this is how Chris calls himself all the time, as far as I know. He's never referred to as 'Christopher'.
I respect Lois Tilton's reviews, but every time she goes on about a proofreader's minor mistakes, it's the pot calling the kettle black.
Nonetheless it's a fair cop. I should have caught the name inconsistency and I'm annoyed that I didn't.
As a reviewer I have in the past (and intend to continue doing so in future) criticised publications for bad proofreading, so I can't complain when I myself get named as the culprit. As I see it my inability to distinguish aziz/asiz/asis doesn't let them off the hook any more than IROSF's shortcomings excuse mine.
Anyway, Interzone #213: some blog thoughts of "The Last Xuyan Bride" and the review section here.
"The Lost Xuyan Bride" apparently received an Honourable Mention in Dozois' Best Of.
Well done Aliette. That's 3 so far I know of.
A long time ago, on the long lost but not lamented Fictionwise E book site, Pete Bullock published TTA's first e book Crimewave 9. The following quarter Pete uploaded the first E versions of Interzone and one of these, the Dec 2007 issue, was IZ 313. That issue turned out to be TTA's best seller on F'wise when the website was wound up two years ago.
PS You can loan it from Kindle.