What is "interzone"

Interzone is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running English language science fiction magazine in history, and the longest-running British SF magazine. Stories published in Interzone have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards.

Interzone may refer to:

• International zone, such as in Tangiers
• Interzone (book), the title of a short story collection by William Burroughs
• Interzone, a setting in the 1959 novel Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
• Interzone (magazine), a British science fiction magazine

In music

• Interzone (band), a German blues/rock band
• "Interzone", a track on the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures
• "Interzone", the first track on the album The Interzone Mantras by The Tea Party
• Interzone (album), an album by John Zorn

In cinema

• Interzone (film), a 1987 film directed by Deran Sarafian

Interzone is a collection of short stories and other early works by William S. Burroughs. The collection was first published by Viking Penguin in 1989, although several of the stories had already been printed elsewhere, including an earlier publication titled Early Routines. The title was inspired by the International Zone in Tangiers, Morocco, where Burroughs lived for a time and by which he was greatly influenced.

A notable inclusion is "Twilight's Last Gleamings", written in 1938 in collaboration with childhood friend Kells Elvins, and widely thought to be Burroughs' first attempt at fiction. The villain of the piece, Doctor Benway, was to play a pivotal role in Naked Lunch. (This story differs from another Burroughs piece titled "Twilight's Last Gleamings," which was published in the 1970s collection, Exterminator!.)

Interzone features many characters and concepts that would manifest themselves in Naked Lunch, Nova Express and others. At one point, Interzone was considered as a title for Naked Lunch. Moreover, the concluding section entitled "WORD" was part of the original Naked Lunch manuscript but was cut during the editing process (according to the introduction by editor James Grauerholz).

Several of the short pieces were adapted into other media. Burroughs recorded the stories " The Junky's Christmas" and "Spare Ass Annie," which were set to music and released on the album Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. "The Junky's Christmas" was also adapted as an animated film in the 1990s.

Interzone is a German blues/ rock/ heavy metal band from the early 1980s, headed by vocalist Heiner Pudelko.

Interzone is an album by American composer John Zorn developed to pay tribute to the influence of writers William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and released on Zorn's Tzadik label in 2010.

Interzone is a 1987 Italian-American sci-fi/ action film directed by Deran Sarafian, with original music composed by Stefano Mainetti, starring Bruce Abbott, Beatrice Ring, and Teagan Clive. It was produced by Filmirage in Bracciano, northwest of Rome, and is set in a post-apocalyptic future.

The film is plagued by a shoe-string budget, amateurish filming, editing, audio dubbing, acting and dialog. The film was distributed worldwide in VHS format by Trans World Entertainment and Star Classics Video (USA only).