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Ian Sales

Birth place: UK

159 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 1989 23 Essay Letter (Matrix 82) Matrix, #82
October 1989 22 Essay Letter (Matrix 84) Matrix, #84
February 1990 16 Review Blood of the Tiger Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 14 Review Cuckoo's Egg Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 16 Review For Love of Evil Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 10 Review Robot Dreams Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 6 Review Treasure Paperback Inferno, #82
June 1990 14 Review Nul's Quest Paperback Inferno, #84
August 1990 14 Review A Dark Travelling Paperback Inferno, #85
August 1990 6 Review Asimov's Universe 1: The Diplomacy Guild Paperback Inferno, #85
August 1990 13 Review Project Pendulum Paperback Inferno, #85
August 1990 7 Review Semiotext(e) SF Paperback Inferno, #85
December 1990 5 Review Dark Visions Paperback Inferno, #87
December 1990 5 Review Dark Voices 2 Paperback Inferno, #87
December 1990 13 Review The Room Paperback Inferno, #87
December 1990 4 Review Zenith 2 Paperback Inferno, #87
February 1991 14 Review Daughter of Witches Paperback Inferno, #88
February 1991 6 Review The Ultimate Enemy Paperback Inferno, #88
April 1991 10 Review Heaven Cent Paperback Inferno, #89
April 1991 15 Review Horselords Paperback Inferno, #89
April 1991 15 Review Take Back Plenty The Lyre, Spring 1991
April 1991 15 Review The Calling Paperback Inferno, #89
April 1991 Editor The Lyre - 1991 The Lyre, Spring 1991
June 1991 22 Essay The BSFA - Ghetto Police? A New Agenda for the Nineties Matrix, #94
October 1991 14 Review Greeley's Cove Paperback Inferno, #92
October 1991 14 Review Inferno Paperback Inferno, #92
October 1991 12 Essay Letter (Matrix 96) Matrix, #96
October 1991 14 Review Nemesis Paperback Inferno, #92
June 1992 12 Review Dayworld Breakup Paperback Inferno, #96
June 1992 4 Review Stalin's Teardrops Paperback Inferno, #96
June 1992 5 Review The Werewolves of London Paperback Inferno, #96
August 1992 20 Review White Queen Vector 168
April 1993 Review Kaeti on Tour Vector 172
April 1993 Essay Policing Virtual Reality Vector 172
April 1993 Review The Survivalist: The Legend Vector 172
June 1993 33 Review Achilles' Choice Vector 173
June 1993 28 Interview Dreamtalk The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 37 Review Keepers of the Peace The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 35 Review Labyrinth of Night Vector 173
June 1993 3 Essay Lies The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 38 Review Mars The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 37 Review Raft The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 22 Review Red Dust Vector 173
June 1993 38 Review Red Mars The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 37 Review Secret Harmonies The Lyre, Summer 1993
June 1993 23 Review The Hacker Crackdown Vector 173
June 1993 Editor The Lyre - 1993 The Lyre, Summer 1993
August 1993 20 Review Aztec Century Vector 174
August 1993 30 Review Non-Stop Vector 174
October 1993 15 Review Escape to the Wild Wood Vector 175
October 1993 23 Review The Deceiver Vector 175
October 1993 31 Review The Tomb Vector 175
December 1993 32 Review Grunts! Vector 176
December 1993 19 Review New Worlds 3 Vector 176
December 1993 36 Review Star Trek TNG: Guises of the Mind Vector 176
December 1993 36 Review Whisper of Death Vector 176
April 1994 19 Review Mining the Oort Vector 178
June 1994 39 Review Flowerdust Vector 179
June 1994 51 Review Night Plague Vector 179
June 1994 41 Review seaQuest DSV: The Novel Vector 179
August 1994 19 Review The Frogs of War Vector 180
1995 Review A Land Fit for Heroes 2: Stand Alone Stan Vector 182 Spring 1995
September 1996 25 Review Blue Shifting Vector 189
September 1996 12|18 Essay Who Needs Aliens? Focus, #30
1997 9 Short Fiction Pulp! Sierra Heaven, Summer 1997
March 1997 Review Looking for the Mahdi Vector 192
September 1997 Review The Spoils of War Vector 195
September 1997 Review Their Heads are Anonymous Vector 195
September 1997 Review Warstrider Vector 195
March 1999 12 Essay Books of the Year: 1998 Vector 204
October 2008 53 Review Template Interzone, October 2008
December 2008 55 Review Lexicon Urthus Interzone, December 2008
January 2009 25 Short Fiction Thicker Than Water Jupiter, January 2009
March 2009 49 Interview Bruce Sterling Interzone, March-April 2009
March 2009 69 Short Fiction The Amber Room Pantechnicon, #9
March 2009 49 Review The Caryatids Interzone, March-April 2009
July 2009 55 Review Offworld Interzone, July-August 2009
September 2009 54 Review Starcombing Interzone, September-October 2009
November 2009 55 Review Broken Symmetries Interzone, November-December 2009
2010 38 Review Yukikaze Vector 264 Autumn 2010
January 2010 50 Review Brain Thief Interzone, January-February 2010
January 2010 52 Review The New Space Opera 2 Interzone, January-February 2010
March 2010 52 Review The Poison Throne Interzone, March-April 2010
April 2010 33 Short Fiction A Cold Dish Jupiter, April 2010
May 2010 53 Review The Age of Zeus Interzone, May-June 2010
August 2010 Short Fiction Through the Eye of a Needle M-Brane SF, August 2010
September 2010 42 Review Conflicts Interzone, September-October 2010
October 2010 Short Fiction Human Resources M-Brane SF, October 2010
October 2010 11 Poem Jupiter Quartet - 1: Io Jupiter, October 2010
October 2010 22 Poem Jupiter Quartet - 2: Europa Jupiter, October 2010
October 2010 36 Poem Jupiter Quartet - 3: Ganymede Jupiter, October 2010
October 2010 54 Poem Jupiter Quartet - 4: Callisto Jupiter, October 2010
October 2010 54 Short Fiction Travelling by Air Alt Hist, Issue 1, October 2010
November 2010 52 Review Empress of Eternity Interzone, November-December 2010
2011 5 Essay 2010: Books in Review Vector 266 Spring 2011
2011 51 Review The Noise Revealed Vector 268 Autumn 2011
2011 51 Review The Noise Within Vector 268 Autumn 2011
January 2011 22 Short Fiction Barker BFS Journal, Winter 2010
January 2011 46 Review The Flying Saucer Interzone, January-February 2011
March 2011 50 Review Sylvow Interzone, March-April 2011
May 2011 44 Review Son of Heaven Interzone, May-June 2011
May 2011 45 Interview Son of Heaven Interzone, May-June 2011
July 2011 48 Short Fiction Words Beyond the Veil Jupiter, July 2011
September 2011 48 Review Robopocalypse Interzone, September-October 2011
November 2011 7 Short Fiction A Light in the Darkness Alt Hist, Issue 3, November 2011
November 2011 50 Review Debris Interzone, November-December 2011
2012 34 Review Adrift on the Sea of Rains Vector 271 Winter 2012
2012 4 Essay BSFA Reviewers' Poll: The Best of 2011 Vector 270 Late Spring 2012
2012 33 Review Machine Vector 271 Winter 2012
2012 34 Review Rocket Science Vector 271 Winter 2012
January 2012 50 Review Songs of the Dying Earth Interzone, January-February 2012
February 2012 2 Short Fiction A History of the 20th Century, with Illustrations: Atonement The Future Fire, February 2012
July 2012 50 Review Rocket Science Interzone, July-August 2012
September 2012 80 Review Adrift on the Sea of Rains Interzone, September-October 2012
September 2012 78 Review The Last Man Standing Interzone, September-October 2012
October 2012 33 Poem Rainbow Mars Jupiter, October 2012
November 2012 74 Review Three Parts Dead Interzone, November-December 2012
December 2012 Review Rocket Science Strange Horizons, 17 December 2012
2013 51 Review Apollo's Outcasts Vector 273 Autumn
2013 4 Essay BSFA Review: Best of 2012 Vector 272 Spring 2013
2013 4 Essay Everything You Wanted to Know About Self-Publishing and Small Presses But No One Would Tell You Focus, #61
2013 Editor Focus - 2013 Focus, #61
2013 3 Essay Ian Sales Says ... Focus, #61
2013 48 Review Starship Seasons Vector 274 Winter
January 2013 73 Interview Saladin Ahmed Interzone, January-February 2013
January 2013 72 Review Throne of the Crescent Moon Interzone, January-February 2013
May 2013 77 Review Wool Interzone, May-June 2013
July 2013 77 Review Seoul Survivors Interzone, July-August 2013
August 2013 Serial Adrift on the Sea of Rains (Part 1 of 2) StarShipSofa, No 302
September 2013 Serial Adrift on the Sea of Rains (Part 2 of 2) StarShipSofa, No 303
November 2013 73 Review Swords of Good Men Interzone, November-December 2013
2014 32 Essay Nineteen Turns Focus, #62
2014 4 Essay The BSFA Review Vector 275 Spring 2014
2014 41 Review The Eye with Which the Universe Beholds Itself Vector 275 Spring 2014
January 2014 80 Review Wonderbook Interzone, January-February 2014
June 2014 Short Fiction Waters of Lethe Perihelion, June 12, 2014
July 2014 75 Review Extreme Planets Interzone, July-August 2014
September 2014 81 Review A Kill in the Morning Interzone, September-October 2014
September 2014 9 Short Fiction The Spaceman and the Moon Girl Litro, #137: Future Fashions
2015 45 Review Europe in Autumn Vector 279 Spring
2015 4 Essay The BSFA Review: Best of 2014 Vector 279 Spring
2015 46 Review The Grasshopper's Child Vector 280 Summer
March 2015 73 Review Edge of Dark Interzone, March-April 2015
March 2015 1 Essay Have Awards for Genre Short Fiction Had Their Day? Interzone, March-April 2015
May 2015 72 Review Touch Interzone, May-June 2015
July 2015 94 Review Dark Orbit Interzone, July-August 2015
September 2015 77 Review Skin Interzone, September-October 2015
September 2015 1 Essay Where O Where Has My Hugo Gone? Interzone, September-October 2015
November 2015 66 Review Slade House Interzone, November-December 2015
November 2015 66 Review The Bone Clocks Interzone, November-December 2015
2016 43 Review A Prospect of War Vector 284
January 2016 34 Short Fiction Geologic Interzone, January-February 2016
January 2016 77 Review The Sand Men Interzone, January-February 2016
March 2018 88 Review The Smoke Interzone, March-April 2018
May 2018 96 Review Dreams of the Technarion Interzone, May-June 2018
September 2018 90 Review Liminal Interzone, September-October 2018
September 2018 88 Review Summerland Interzone, September-October 2018
January 2019 87 Review The Quantum Magician Interzone, January-February 2019
March 2019 94 Review The Girl King Interzone, March-April 2019

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2012 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Adrift on the Sea of Rains Winner
2012 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History Adrift on the Sea of Rains Nominee
2015 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF All That Outer Space Allows Nominee
2016 Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story A la deriva en el Mar de las Lluvias Finalist
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Cover April 2012 Adrift on the Sea of Rains Adrift on the Sea of Rains