Jupiter now available in bricks and mortar shop

Well, Jupiter is finally available in a propper bricks and mortar shop. So if you're ever in Yeovil, pop along and grap yourself a copy!
click here for proof!

Ian

Scribus

Well, after 13 years of editing SF magazines on my trusty Acorn Risc PC with Ovation Pro, it was finally time to upgrade. Ovation Pro was still great for the magazine, but I was using my PC for more and more things (OK, games), and having more than one computer was becoming a pain and just taking up too much space.
Whilst I did consider Ovation Pro for the PC, Euporie (issue 34) was the first issue of Jupiter to be produced using Scribus, an opensource DTP package. Whilst it has its quirks, and I'll always love the way RISC OS worked, for a piece of software that cost zero, it is amazing. A really comprehensive package that will hopefully see me through the next 13 years!

Juptier issue 34 now on Kindle

Issue 34 is now available for download from amazon for just £1.99!
Just search for Jupiter magazine.

Ian

Jupiter 34 : Euporie

It's taken a while, but at last Euporie is here!

Fiction from Alastair Miles, Jack Davidson, Lee Russell, Martin Ott and Simon Kewin and Dominic de Mattos. Another fantastic cover image from Paul Drummond.

We visit everywhere from Earth, to the asteriod belt to the distant stars.

Enjoy!

The Court of the Air

Just finished reading Stephen hunts 'The Court of the Air'. Not the fiction i usually read (fantasy steam-punk adventure), but i have to confess a small weakness: every slightly sf book i see in my local discount book store ends up on my bookshelf. I quite enjoyed this one. We had some interesting characters, some bizarre characters and lots and lots of running whilst being shot at! Stephen managed to create a strange world, but one so well thought out that it all just seems to work.

This is a book that doesn't take itself too seriously and is just really good fun. i have to confess to reading 'The Rise of the Iron Moon' a few weeks back, and whilst i felt that was the better of the two books, that may just be my own fault for coming at them the wrong way round.

From the point of view of supporting the author, I'm never sure if i should be buying books from discount sellers. I think what this teaches me is yes. I would never have bought these books at full price, but now feel i need to get my hands on the rest of the series. He can count himself another fan.

SFCrowsnet reviews issue 33

Rod MacDonald has his review of Euanthe up at SFCrowsnet.

"Excellent ..., entertaining and enjoyable!"

You can read the full review here: http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2011/Jupiter-33-XXXIII-Euanthe-16264.php

SFrevu reviews Euanthe

Tom at SFrevu gives us another good review for issue 33. He wasn't so sure of Ian's Death Metal piece, but the other four pieces were well received.

The full review can be read here:
http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=12613