{"id":1847,"date":"2012-02-01T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2012-03-05T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T17:39:09","slug":"editors-note-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/2012\/02\/01\/editors-note-february-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Note &#8211; February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">by Joe Vaz<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"TitleUnderline\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline.jpg 350w, https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline-300x11.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"85%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"75%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1848\" title=\"CoverIssue18Kindle\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Something Wicked #18 (February 2012)\" href=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazines\/something-wicked-18-February-2012\/\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Issue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"75%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/products-page\/downloads\/something-wicked-18-february2012\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-953\" title=\"PurchaseButton\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PurchaseButton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/weightlessbooks.com\/format\/magazine\/something-wicked-magazine-12-month-subscription\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-954\" title=\"SubsBuyButton\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SubsBuyButton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Note Feb 2012<\/p>\n<p>Well 2012 is gaining  momentum, and so are we.<\/p>\n<p>Our subscriber base is  steadily growing and we thank you all for supporting our little mag.<\/p>\n<p>In Issue 18 of <em>Something Wicked<\/em> we have some astounding  stories for you.<\/p>\n<p>First up is a bit of dark  humour in Summer Hanford\u2019s extremely wry and funny \u201cThe Death of Satan and The  Imprisonment of God\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Next is a fantastic piece  of near-future SF-noir in Thomas Carl Sweterlitsch\u2019s \u201cThe Disposable Man\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We follow that with our  reprint for this issue, Nick Wood\u2019s \u201cOf Hearts and Monkeys\u201d, an African  post-apocalyptic story set in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>And we close off the issue  with a tale by David McCool about an old man recollecting the story of \u201cBilly  Bogroll\u201d and the missing choldren.<\/p>\n<p>We introduce a new book  reviewer with this issue; Deon van Heerden, who starts off his tenure with us  with a review of <em>The Recollection<\/em> by Gareth L Powell, and the graphic novel, <em>Mazeworld<\/em> by Alan Grant &amp; Arthur Ranson.<\/p>\n<p>In expectation of the  release of <em>Blue Remembered Earth<\/em> next month we\u2019ve decided to reprint our Issue 7 interview with Alastair  Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>All in all an awesome  issue, as I hope you\u2019ll agree.<\/p>\n<p>In Issue 19 expect some  more great fiction with SF from RWW Greene and some horror from Chris Stevens,  Nick Scorza and Peter Damien.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, as usual, to our  lovely subscribers without whom, well, let\u2019s not go there\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Til next month.<\/p>\n<p>Joe<\/p>\n<p>Editor<\/p>\n<p>12:08am 29 Jan 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">by Joe Vaz<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" title=\"TitleUnderline\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline.jpg 350w, https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/TitleUnderline-300x11.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"85%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"75%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>In Issue 18 of <em>Something Wicked<\/em> we have some astounding  stories for you. <br \/>\n  First up, on the 7th of Feb, is a bit of dark  humour in Summer Hanford\u2019s extremely wry and funny \u201cThe Death of Satan and The  Imprisonment of God\u201d.<br \/>\n  Next up, on the 14th of Feb, is a fantastic piece  of near-future SF-noir in Thomas Carl Sweterlitsch\u2019s \u201cThe Disposable Man\u201d.<br \/>\n  We follow that on the 21st of Feb, with our  reprint for this issue, Nick Wood\u2019s \u201cOf Hearts and Monkeys\u201d, an African  post-apocalyptic story set in Cape Town.<br \/>\n  And we close off the issue on the 28th of Feb with a tale by David McCool about an old man recollecting the story of \u201cBilly  Bogroll\u201d, the town paedophile.<\/p>\n<p>We introduce a new book  reviewer with this issue; Deon van Heerden, who starts off his tenure with us  with a review of <em>The Recollection<\/em> by Gareth L Powell, and the graphic novel, <em>Mazeworld<\/em> by Alan Grant &amp; Arthur Ranson.<br \/>\n  In expectation of the  release of <em>Blue Remembered Earth<\/em> next month we\u2019ve decided to reprint our Issue 7 interview with Alastair  Reynolds. <br \/>\n  All in all an awesome  issue, as I hope you\u2019ll agree.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1848\" title=\"CoverIssue18Kindle\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/CoverIssue18Kindle.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Something Wicked #18 (February 2012)\" href=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazines\/something-wicked-18-February-2012\/\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">Issue 18 (Feb 2012)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"75%\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/products-page\/downloads\/something-wicked-18-february2012\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-953\" title=\"PurchaseButton\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PurchaseButton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/weightlessbooks.com\/format\/magazine\/something-wicked-magazine-12-month-subscription\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-954\" title=\"SubsBuyButton\" src=\"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SubsBuyButton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"24\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[163,39,227],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-fiction","tag-issue-18","tag-joe-vaz","tag-non-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}