Issue #70

Issues

This is the May 2025 issue of Salon Futura. Here are the contents.


  • Cover: Belle and the Dragon: This issue's cover is an illustration from Belle and the Dragon, a children's book by A E Waite

  • Alien Clay: Adrian Tchaikovsky uses some decidedly weird biology to ask some very pertinent questions about human politics.

  • Tomb of Dragons: Celahar, Witness for the Dead (temporarily retired) returns in this new book. Can you guess from the title what sort of ghosts he ends up speaking to this time?

  • The Vengeance: Avast there me hearties, here be a new book by the fabulous Emma Newman. It be full of pirates (but they are French so they probably don't talk like this).

  • Rowany de Vere and a Fair Degree of Frost: Wait, is Cheryl reviewing a Crater School novel? How does that work?

  • Eastercon 2025: This year's Eastercon was in Belfast, which these days is a thoroughly delightful city. A Wizard's Tower book was up for an award.

  • Science Fiction in the Atomic Age: Can television tell the history of science fiction in four hours? Even with the help of John Clute? It is a tall ask, but even so this series did not need to be quite as bad as it was.

  • Llandeilo Lit Fest, 2025: Are there literary festivals in rural Wales (other than That One, of course). Why yes, of course. Cheryl attends her local event.

  • AWWE Conference, 2025: AWWE is the Association for Welsh Writing in English. They have an annual conference. Cheryl attended.

  • Editorial – May 2025: To the surprise of absolutely no one, Cheryl has been busy.