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Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 38 No. 9, Whole Number 464, September 2014] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Michael Whelan) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Lucius Shepard, He Was a Friend of Mine · Sheila Williams · ed [Ref. Lucius Shepard] 6 · Reflections: Flashing Before My Eyes · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · Thought Experiments: Tomorrow Through the Past · Allen M. Steele · ar 17 · Current Resident, 20th Street Northwest · Megan Arkenberg · pm 18 · Patterns · James Gunn · ss 23 · The Future of the Past · Michael Bedrosian Pifer · pm 24 · Place of Worship · Tochi Onyebuchi · nv 40 · Everyone Will Want One · Kelly Sandoval · ss 50 · Scouting Report · Rick Wilber · ss 59 · Rogue Transmutation · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm 60 · A Lullaby in Glass · Amanda Forrest · nv 73 · Windows · Susan Palwick · ss 77 · Short Forms · David Livingstone Clink · pp 78 · Bogdavi’s Dream · Tom Purdom · nv 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 38 Nos. 10 & 11, Whole Numbers 465 & 466, October/November 2014] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 196pp, digest, cover: Pinono Deep by Hisaki Yasuda) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Twenty-Eighth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Readers’ Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms 7 · Reflections: Robert A. Heinlein, Author of The Martian Chronicles · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 11 · Boots · Greg Beatty · pm 12 · On the Net: Stationed · James Patrick Kelly · cl 15 · In Memoriam: Jay Lake (1964-2014) · Sheila Williams · ar 16 · Thought Experiments: Is Resistance Futile? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Glass · Jay O’Connell · ar 21 · Henry Gustav Molaison · L. M. Alder · pm 22 · Pinono Deep · Kate Bachus · ss 33 · Diary of the Last Days · L. M. Lopez · pm 34 · Stars Fell on Alabama · Gord Sellar · nv 58 · Troop 9 · Dale Bailey · nv 72 · Minutes to the End of the World · Brendan DuBois · ss 78 · The Witch of Truckee · Joel Richards · ss 83 · Diary of a Pod Person · Emily C. Skaftun · nv 97 · If Horror Movies Have Taught Me Anything · Michael Meyerhofer · pm 98 · Uncanny · James Patrick Kelly · ss 100 · Other Versions · Craig Finlay · pm 102 · Decaying Orbit · Robert R. Chase · ss 113 · Morning Sickness · Aimee Ogden · pm 114 · The Cloisters · Jeff Grimshaw · ss 119 · A Different Kind of Stupid · Jessy Randall · pm 120 · Playing with Reality · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 134 · What Is Sand but Earth Purified? · Jason Sanford · ss 146 · New Trick · Tim McDaniel · ss 149 · Fiddler at Midnight · Jane Yolen · pm 150 · The Prodigal Son [Arkwright Foundation] · Allen M. Steele · na 182 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 183 · On Books: Space—The Permanent Frontier · Norman Spinrad · rc 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 38 No. 12, Whole Number 467, December 2014] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Shutterstock) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Gifts We Remember · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Rereading S. Fowler Wright · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. S. Fowler Wright] 10 · The Cryptic Age [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv 25 · Graduation · Andrew Miller · ss 31 · Acoustic Levitation · Claudine Nash · pm 32 · Kids These Days · Vernon Hedrick · nv 45 · Fibonacci’s Rabbits · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm 46 · It Gets Bigger · Gwendolyn Clare · ss 53 · Call of the Wild · Jane Yolen · pm 54 · Videoville · Christopher East · ss 65 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 66 · Summer Home · Sue Burke · ss 68 · Anomaly Station · Tim Sullivan · na 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 1, Whole Number 468, January 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Randy Gallegos) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Whirlwind Worldcon; or Shameless Name Dropping · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: The Richard Hakluyt of Space · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. Richard Hakluyt] 7 · Asimov’s Science Fiction Congratulates the Winners of the 2014 Hugo Awards · [uncredited] · ar 10 · On the Net: Billions and Billions · James Patrick Kelly · ar 14 · The Unveiling · Christopher Rowe · ss 21 · Hard Boot · Trent Walters · pm 22 · Watergirl [Delbert & Zeb] · Rudy Rucker & Marc Laidlaw · nv 41 · Ninety-Five Percent Safe · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss 50 · Candy from Strangers · Jay O’Connell · ss 58 · Butterflies · Peter Wood · ss 65 · Songs in the Key of You · Sarah Pinsker · ss 69 · Fromage de Lune · Robert Borski · pm 70 · The Long Wait [Arkwright Foundation] · Allen M. Steele · na 101 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 102 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 107 · Twenty-Ninth Annual Readers’ Award · [uncredited] · ar 109 · 2014 Index · [uncredited] · ix 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 2, Whole Number 469, February 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by John Jude Palencar) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Another Day at the Fair · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: One-Hit Wonders · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · Rattlesnakes and Men · Michael Bishop · nv 29 · Ghost Colors · Derek Künsken · ss 35 · An Unrequited Love Process Loops · Marie Vibbert · pm 36 · No Decent Patrimony · Elizabeth Bear · nv originally appeared in the 2012 audio anthology Rip-Off! ed. Gardner Dozois. 48 · Red Legacy · Eneasz Brodski · nv 63 · Nanobots · Joshua Gage · pm 64 · Forgiveness · Leah Cypess · ss 71 · Perhaps · Jane Yolen · pm 72 · On the Night of the Robo-Bulls and Zombie Dancers · Nick Wolven · na 105 · I Loved You More Last Time · Thom Dunn · pm 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 3, Whole Number 470, March 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover: Tuesdays by Paul Youll) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Translation Enigmas · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Lost in Translation II · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Curation, Please! · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · Tuesdays · Suzanne Palmer · ss; the first page of the story is missing in some copies. 22 · Pareidolia [The Company] · Kathleen Bartholomew & Kage Baker · nv 39 · Redshift · Barbara Duffey · pm 40 · Military Secrets · Kit Reed · ss 45 · The Fates Rebel · Ruth Berman · pm 46 · Twelve and Tag · Gregory Norman Bossert · nv 61 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 62 · Holding the Ghosts · Gwendolyn Clare · ss 67 · Prince/Glass · Jane Yolen · pm 68 · Inhuman Garbage [Miles Flint (Retrieval Artist)] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 Nos. 4 & 5, Whole Numbers 471 & 472, April/May 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 196pp, digest, cover: The New Mother by Gary Freeman) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Philadelphia Stories · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Praising or Banning · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. James Blish & Damon Knight] 9 · Tuesdays · Suzanne Palmer · ex Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2015; the first page of the story which was omitted from some copies of the March issue. 10 · The New Mother · Eugene Fischer · na 40 · Day Job · Tom Purdom · nv 53 · Birth of an Astrophysicist · Bruce Boston · pm 54 · Lock Up Your Chickens and Daughters—H’ard and Andy Are Come to Town! · Michael Swanwick & Gregory Frost · nv 70 · Paul and His Son · Joe M. McDermott · ss 79 · The Marriage of the Sea · Liz Williams · ss 83 · What I Intend · Robert Reed · ss 95 · Layover · Wendy Rathbone · pm 96 · The Gun Between the Veryush and the Cloud Mothers · Anna Tambour · nv 121 · Grain of Truth · Robert Frazier · pm 122 · Willing Flesh · Jay O’Connell · ss 133 · How to Walk Through Historic Graveyards in the Post-Digital Age · Fran Wilde · ss 144 · The Sentry · Frank Smith · ss 149 · Schrödinger’s Door · Richard Bruns · pm 150 · The Children of Gal [Arkwright Foundation] · Allen M. Steele · na 181 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 182 · Basement Refrigerator · Joshua Gage · pm 183 · On Books: Schlock, Genre and Mainstream SF · Norman Spinrad · rc 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 6, Whole Number 473, June 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Mathias Rosenthal) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Guest Editorial: Teaching Science Fiction · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ed 6 · Reflections: The World to End Last Month · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: The Optimist’s Tale · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · The End of the War · Django Wexler · nv 31 · Tourists from the Future · Bruce Boston · pm 32 · The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society · Henry Lien · nv 48 · Mutability · Ray Nayler · ss 57 · 1,230 Grams of Einstein · Robert Frazier · pm 58 · The Muses of Shuyedan-18 · Indrapramit Das · ss 69 · Love & the Moon · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm 70 · Ghosts of the Savannah · M. Bennardo · nv 84 · Our Lady of the Open Road [A Song for a New Day] · Sarah Pinsker · nv 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 7, Whole Number 474, July 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by James Steidl) [] 4 · The 2015 Dell Magazines Award · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Leechdoms, Wortcunning, Starcraft · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · The Great Lacuna · Cullen Groves · pm 10 · Like Native Things · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv 22 · The Great Pan American Airship Mystery, or, Why I Murdered Robert Benchley · David Gerrold · nv 37 · Schrödinger’s Cat Call · Thom Dunn · pm 38 · Acres of Perhaps · Will Ludwigsen · nv 59 · The Circulatory Man · James Valvis · pm; illustrated by Robert Engle 60 · Petroglyph Man · Rudy Rucker · ss; illustrated by Rudy Rucker 68 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 70 · Pollen from a Future Harvest · Derek Künsken · na 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 8, Whole Number 475, August 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Tomislav Tikulin) [] 4 · Appreciation · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Reunite Gondwanaland! · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Welcome to Asimov’s · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · No Placeholder for You, My Love · Nick Wolven · nv 28 · Two-Year Man · Kelly Robson · ss 35 · Music for Robots · Steven Wittenberg Gordon, MD · pm 36 · Wild Honey · Paul McAuley · ss 45 · What We Know Now from Time Travel · Robert Frazier · pm 46 · Caisson · Karl Bunker · nv 57 · Wobble · Richard Schiffman · pm 58 · The First Step · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 63 · Physics · Ken Poyner · pm 64 · A Thousand Nights Till Morning · Will McIntosh · na 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 9, Whole Number 476, September 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by CSA Images) [] 4 · Two Memorials · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: The Sixth Palace · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Haleakalā: House of the Sun · Shawn Fitzpatrick · pm 10 · Biology at the End of the World · Brenda Cooper · nv 29 · Intimations of a Dead Immortality · Bruce Boston · pm 30 · The God Year · Jim Grimsley · ss 42 · Duller’s Peace · Jason Sanford · ss 53 · Calved · Sam J. Miller · ss 61 · Hard Copy · Herb Kauderer · pm 62 · Last Hunt · Vylar Kaftan · ss 69 · The Astronaut’s Heart · Robert Borski · pm 70 · Searching for Commander Parsec · Peter Wood · ss 77 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 78 · The Molenstraat Music Festival · Sean Monaghan · nv 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 Nos. 10 & 11, Whole Numbers 477 & 478, October/November 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp+, digest, cover: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Maurizio Manzieri) [] 4 · Twenty-Ninth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results · Sheila Williams · ed 7 · Reflections: Star (Psi Cassiopeia) · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. C. I. Defontenay] 10 · On the Net: We Have the Technology · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · The Music of Skeletons · Bruce Boston · pm 14 · English Wildlife · Alan Smale · nv 41 · Classified · Robert Borski · pm 42 · The Adjunct Professor’s Guide to Life After Death · Sandra McDonald · ss 53 · Classified II · Robert Borski · pm 54 · The Hard Woman · Ian McDowell · nv 77 · With Folded RAM · Brooks Peck · ss 81 · Zhongqiujie: The Mid-Autumn Festival · Shawn Fitzpatrick · pm 82 · Walking to Boston · Rick Wilber · nv 102 · Hollywood After 10 · Timons Esaias · ss 108 · Begone · Daryl Gregory · nv originally appeared in the 2012 audio anthology Rip-Off! ed. Gardner Dozois. 120 · My Time on Earth · Ian Creasey · ss 126 · October Leaves · Suzanne Palmer · pm 128 · The Citadel of Weeping Pearls [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · na 182 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 183 · On Books · Norman Spinrad · rc 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 39 No. 12, Whole Number 479, December 2015] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Victor Habbick) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Editorial: The Year in Novellas · Sheila Williams · cl 6 · Reflections: Non-Asimovian Robots · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 10 · We Jump Down Into the Dark · M. Bennardo · ss 19 · Slicing Time · Bruce Boston · pm 20 · Empty · Robert Reed · nv 37 · Riding the Waves of Leviathan · Garrett Ashley · ss 47 · Shatter · Jane Yolen · pm 48 · Bidding War · Rich Larson · ss 53 · Of Apricots and Dying · Amanda Forrest · nv 67 · Circumstantial Evidence of Time Slippage · Robert Frazier · pm 68 · Come-From-Aways · Julian Mortimer Smith · ss 71 · Magic in the Air · Filip Wiltgren · pm 72 · The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred · Greg Egan · na 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 1, Whole Number 480, January 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Donato Giancola) [] 4 · All the News That Fits · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Fimbulwinter 2015 · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · William Carlos Williams Variation #1 · Robert Frazier · pm 10 · On the Net: The World of Series · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · Build a Rocketship Contest: Alternative Class A Instructions and Suggestions · Wendy Rathbone · pm 14 · Thought Experiments: Pushing the World in a Certain Direction and Other Acts of Submission · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro & Paul Di Filippo · cl 20 · The Baby Eaters · Ian McHugh · ss 28 · Chasing Ivory · Ted Kosmatka · ss 33 · Atheism and Flight · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 45 · Stranger · Martin Ott · pm 46 · White Dust · Nathan Hillstrom · ss 55 · William Carlos Williams Variation #2 · Robert Frazier · pm 56 · Conscience · Robert R. Chase · ss 65 · The Singing Bowl · Genevieve Williams · ss 69 · Science and Science Fiction · Bruce Boston · pm 70 · Einstein’s Shadow · Allen M. Steele · na 101 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 102 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _102 · Seven Keys to Strugatsky: The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn, by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky; Melville House, tp, $17.00, 238pp, ISBN 978-1-61219-432-5 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Arkady & Boris Strugatsky] _103 · Women Rule, Fans Are Schooled: The Feminine Future, ed. Mike Ashley; Dover, tp, $4.50, 240pp, ISBN 978-0486790237 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Mike Ashley] _104 · Flying Amerindians and Other Uchronian Wonders: Clash of Eagles, by Alan Smale; DelRey, hc, $27.00, 432pp, ISBN 978-0804177221 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Alan Smale] _105 · Power and Glory, War and Love in the Six States: The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu; Saga Press, hc, $27.99, 640pp, ISBN 978-1481424271 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Ken Liu] 106 · Echoes · G. O. Clark · pm 107 · Thirtieth Annual Readers’ Award · [uncredited] · ms 109 · 2015 Index · [uncredited] · ix 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 2, Whole Number 481, February 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 116pp, digest, cover by Alejandro Colucci) [] 4 · Editorial: Days of Futures Past · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: A Famous Fantastic Mystery · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · The Grocer’s Wife [Enhanced Transcription] · Michael Libling · ss 23 · Murmurations · Robert Borski · pm 24 · Bringing Them Back · Bruce McAllister · ss 31 · In Equity · Sarah Gallien · ss 42 · Passion Summer · Nick Wolven · nv 59 · Exceptional Forces · Sean McMullen · ss 71 · Bottle Cast Upon a Dry Sea · G. O. Clark · pm 72 · The Monster of 1928 [Cthulhu] · Sandra McDonald · ss 78 · The Charge and the Storm · An Owomoyela · nv 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc _107 · The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi; Knopf, $25.95, hc, ISBN: 978-0-385-35287-1 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Paolo Bacigalupi] _107 · Dragon Heart, by Cecelia Holland; Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-3794-8 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Cecelia Holland] _108 · Uprooted, by Naomi Novik; Del Rey, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-8041-7903-4 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Naomi Novik] _109 · A Borrowed Man, by Gene Wolfe; Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-8114-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Gene Wolfe] _109 · InterstellarNet: Enigma, by Edward M. Lerner; FoxAcre Press, 316pp, $15.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-936771-64-6 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Edward M. Lerner] _110 · A,B,C: Three Short Novels, by Samuel R. Delany; Vintage Books. $16.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-101-91142-6 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Samuel R. Delany] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 3, Whole Number 482, March 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Fred Gambino) [] 4 · Editorial: Age Diversity in Asimov’s · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Writing Under the Influence · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Seriously, Series · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · The Bewilderness of Lions · Ted Kosmatka · nv 30 · The Ship Whisperer · Julie Novakova · nv translated from the Czech (“Zaříkávač lodí”, Terra Nullius ed. Julie Nováková, Brokilon, 2015). 40 · Cinderella 2300 · Ken Poyner · pm 42 · A Partial List of Lists I Have Lost Over Time · Sunil Patel · vi 46 · Project Empathy [Future San Francisco] · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 59 · Red Slippers (Hexagram 60) · Mark C. Childs · pm 60 · Do Not Forget Me · Ray Nayler · ss 70 · A Little Bigotry · R. Neube · ss 81 · Nice Touch · Jane Yolen · pm 82 · New Earth · James Gunn · ss 87 · Fabled Black Taj Mahal · Vincent Miskell · pm 88 · I Married a Monster from Outer Space · Dale Bailey · nv 105 · Typo · Robert Borski · pm 106 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _107 · Savages by K.J. Parker; Subterranean Press, $40.00, 392pp, hc, ISBN 978-1-59606-615-1 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. K. J. Parker] _108 · Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman; Tor Books, $25.99, 304pp, hc, ISBN 978-0765336293 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Carolyn Ives Gilman] _108 · Updraft by Fran Wilde; Tor Books, $25.99, 368pp, hc, ISBN 978-0-7653-7783-8 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Fran Wilde] _109 · Stories for Chip, ed. Bill Campbell and Nisi Shawl; Rosarium Publishing, $28.95, 350pp, hc, ISBN 978-1495601958 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Bill Campbell & Nisi Shawl] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 4 & 5, Whole Number 483 & 484, April/May 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Ralwel & Shutterstock) [] 4 · Guest Editorial: The One Myth About Writers That Drives Me Crazy · Charlie Jane Anders · ed 6 · Reflections: Thinking About Homer · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · Matilda · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 28 · Three Paintings · James Van Pelt · ss 35 · The Days of Hamelin · Robert Reed · ss 45 · Fish Boy · John Gosslee · pm 46 · The Return of Black Murray · Alexander Jablokov · nv 61 · Starless Night · Robert R. Chase · ss 69 · Vulpecula et Anser · Alicia Cole · pm 70 · Project Synergy [Future San Francisco] · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 82 · The Cut Worm Forgives the Plow · Aimee Ogden · pm 84 · Flame Trees · T. R. Napper · ss 94 · Loss Like Empty Seeds · Leslie J. Anderson · pm 96 · Flight from the Ages · Derek Künsken · nv 117 · Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman · Ron Koertge · pm 118 · Of the Beast in the Belly · C. W. Johnson · nv 139 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 140 · Woman in the Reeds · Esther M. Friesner · ss 149 · Conestoga · David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans · pm 150 · Lazy Dog Out · Suzanne Palmer · na 187 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc _187 · The Annihilation Score, by Charles Stross; Ace, $26.95, hc, ISBN: 978-0-425-28117-8 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Charles Stross] _187 · Lightless, by C.A. Higgins; Del Rey, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-39442-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. C. A. Higgins] _188 · The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson; Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-8072-2 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Seth Dickinson] _190 · Ultima, by Stephen Baxter; Roc, $26.05, hc, ISBN: 978-0-451-46772-0 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Stephen Baxter] _190 · The Fold, by Peter Clines; Crown, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-91830-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Peter Clines] 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 6, Whole Number 485, June 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Dominic Harman) [] 4 · Editorial: Behind the Scenes · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: My Trip to the Future · Robert Silverberg · cl 11 · Back Lot at Ed’s Scrapyard · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm 12 · On the Net: There’s Something About Mars · James Patrick Kelly · cl 15 · Ancient Ocean · G. O. Clark · pm 16 · Clearance · Sarah Pinsker · ss 22 · The Robot Grows Old · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm 24 · Unreeled · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss 34 · Rambunctious · Rick Wilber · ss 41 · Born a Spacer · Tony Daniel · pm 42 · Project Symmetry [Future San Francisco] · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 57 · Mars Is a Robot World · Andrew Darlington · pm 58 · Rats Dream of the Future · Paul McAuley · ss 63 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 64 · What We Hold Onto · Jay O’Connell · na 103 · On Books: Very Hard Science Fiction · Norman Spinrad · rc _104 · Supersymmetry, by David Walton; Pyr, $17.00, digital $9.59, 978-1633880986 · Norman Spinrad · br _105 · The Flickermen, by Ted Kosmatka; Henry Holt & Co., $27.00, digital $12.99, 978-0805096194 · Norman Spinrad · br _108 · Aurora, by Kim Stanley Robinson; Orbit, $26.00, digital $12.99, 978-0316098106 · Norman Spinrad · br 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 7, Whole Number 486, July 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Maurizio Manzieri) [] 4 · Editorial: The 2016 Dell Magazines Award · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Persons from Porlock · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. Samuel Taylor Coleridge] _7 · The Person from Porlock · Robert Silverberg · br [Ref. Raymond F. Jones] 9 · Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man · Suzanne Palmer · nv 23 · Cenotaph Moon · Robert Borski · pm 24 · Filtered · Leah Cypess · ss 34 · Masked · Rich Larson · ss 39 · Chimpans and Humanzees · John Philip Johnson · pm 40 · Project Entropy [Future San Francisco] · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 58 · The Savior Virus · Jack Skillingstead · ss 65 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 66 · Nobody Like Josh · Robert Thurston · nv 79 · IT Came from Outer Space · David G. Turner · pm 80 · Webs · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ss 87 · Among the Ruins · A. E. Ash · pm 88 · Lost: Mind · Will McIntosh · nv 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _107 · The Sand Men, by Christopher Fowler; Solaris, tp, $9.99, 320pp, ISBN 978-1781083741 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Christopher Fowler] _108 · The Best of Nancy Kress, by Nancy Kress; Subterranean Press, hc, $45.00, 560pp, ISBN 978-1596067219 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Nancy Kress] _108 · The Best of Gregory Benford, by Gregory Benford; Subterranean Press, hc, $40.00, 616pp, ISBN 978-1596066861 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Gregory Benford] _109 · A Borrowed Man, by Gene Wolfe; Tor, hc, $25.99, 304pp, ISBN 978-0765381149 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Gene Wolfe] _110 · Collected Fiction, by Leena Krohn; Cheeky Frawg Books, hc, $35.99, 850pp, ISBN 978-0-9863177-2-9 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Leena Krohn] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 8, Whole Number 487, August 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Kinuko Craft) [] 3 · Editorial: Discovering Women of Wonder · Sheila Williams · ed 5 · Reflections: The Software of Magic · Robert Silverberg · cl 7 · On the Death of Classical Physics · Michael Meyerhofer · pm 10 · On the Net: Thinking About Dinosaurs · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · Wakers · Sean Monaghan · ss 28 · Toppers · Jason Sanford · nv 41 · Your Clone Excels at You · Robert Frazier · pm 42 · The Mutants Men Don’t See · James Alan Gardner · ss 47 · SETI · Andrew Paul Wood · pm 48 · KIT: Some Assembly Required · Kathe Koja & Carter Scholz · ss 58 · Patience Lake · Matthew Claxton · nv 73 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 74 · Kairos · Sieren Damsgaard Ernst · ss 83 · The Martian Air Merchants · Ken Poyner · pm 84 · President John F. Kennedy, Astronaut · Sandra McDonald · nv 107 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _107 · Barren Cove, by Ariel S. Winter; Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books, hc, $25.00, 224pp, ISBN 978-1-4767-9785-4 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Ariel S. Winter] _108 · The Merril Theory of Lit’ry Criticism, by Judith Merril; Aqueduct Press, tp, $22.00, 360pp, ISBN 978-1-61976-093-6 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Judith Merril] _108 · Of Treason Born, by J.L. Doty; Open Road Media, tp, $14.99, 272pp, ISBN 978-1504012089 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. J. L. Doty] _109 · Arkwright, by Allen Steele; Tor Books, hc, $26.99, 336pp, ISBN 978-0765382153 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Allen Steele] _110 · This Census-Taker, by China Miéville; Del Rey, hc, $24.00, 208pp, ISBN 978-1-101-96732-4 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. China Miéville] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 9, Whole Number 488, September 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Michael Whelan) [] 4 · Editorial: Thirtieth Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: “Darn,” He Smiled · Robert Silverberg · cl [Ref. James Blish & Damon Knight] 11 · Autosexuality · Chris Wozney · pm 12 · The Mind Is Its Own Place · Carrie Vaughn · nv 33 · Long Argument, the Longest · Jane Yolen · pm 34 · Dome on the Prairie · Robert Reed · ss 45 · Neurologic · Robert Frazier · pm 46 · Epitome · Tegan Moore · nv 61 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 62 · Academic Circles · Peter Wood · ss 70 · The Whole Mess · Jack Skillingstead · nv 83 · A Dubious Talent · Bruce Boston · pm 84 · All That Robot … · Rich Larson · ss 92 · The Visitor from Taured · Ian R. MacLeod · nv 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc _107 · All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders; Tor, $25.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-7994-8 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Charlie Jane Anders] _107 · Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman; Saga Press, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4814-2968-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Laura Anne Gilman] _108 · A Shadow All of Light, by Fred Chappell; Tor, $27.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-7912-2 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Fred Chappell] _109 · A Palazo in the Stars, by Paul Di Filippo; Wildside Press, $14.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4794-0714-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Paul Di Filippo] _109 · On the Shores of Titan’s Farthest Sea, by Michael Carroll; Springer, $24.99, tp, ISBN: 978-3-319-17759-5 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Michael Carroll] _110 · Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Space Flight Before NASA, by Amy Shira Teitel; Bloomsbury Sigma, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4729-1117-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Amy Shira Teitel] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 Nos. 10 & 11, Whole Numbers 489 & 490, October/November 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp+, digest, cover by Karla Ortiz) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Editorial: Our Slightly Spooky Issue · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Magical Thinking · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Welcome Our Robot Overlords! · James Patrick Kelly · ss 13 · After · Herb Kauderer · pm 14 · The Forgotten Taste of Honey · Alexander Jablokov · na 43 · Incommensurable · Eliot Fintushel · pm 44 · Eating Science with Ghosts · Octavia Cade · nv 64 · The Ambassador’s Daughter · Megan Arkenberg · pm 66 · The People in the Building · Sandra McDonald · ss 71 · All Saints Day · Lisa Bellamy · pm 72 · Wretched the Romantic · Michael Libling · nv 93 · The Scientist’s Paramour · Lucy A. Snyder · pm 94 · Water Scorpions · Rich Larson · ss 100 · The Leaning Lincoln · Will Ludwigsen · nv 118 · Lucite · Susan Palwick · ss 124 · Project Extropy [Future San Francisco] · Dominica Phetteplace · nv 139 · Tomorrow’s Ghosts · Sarah Gittens · pm 140 · When Grandfather Returns · S. N. Dyer · ss 150 · Choose Poison, Choose Life · Michael Blumlein · na 181 · Old Women of the Wood · Jane Yolen · pm 182 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 183 · On Books · Norman Spinrad · rc 183 · Short Stories · Norman Spinrad · ri _ · Nebula Awards Showcase 2015, ed. Greg Bear; Pyr, $18, digital, $9.99, 978-1633880900 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Greg Bear] _ · Nebula Awards Showcase 2016, ed. Mercedes Lackey; Pyr, $18, digital $9.99, 978-1633881389 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Mercedes Lackey] _ · The Fredric Brown Megapack, by Fredric Brown; Wildside Press, $.99 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Fredric Brown] _ · Can & Can’tankerous, by Harlan Ellison; Subterranean Press, $45, (Deluxe Hardcover Edition), 987-1-59606-751-6 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Harlan Ellison] 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 40 No. 12, Whole Number 491, December 2016] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by NASA) [] 4 · That’s Far Out, So You Read It Too? · Sarah Pinsker · ed 6 · Reflections: Dead as a Dodo · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Million-Year Elegies: Archaeopteryx · Ada Hoffmann · pm 10 · They Have All One Breath · Karl Bunker · nv 28 · Empty Shoes by the Lake · Gay Partington Terry · ss 35 · Relativistic Dickinson · John Richard Trtek · pm 36 · HigherWorks · Gregory Norman Bossert · nv 56 · How the Damned Live On · James Sallis · vi 58 · The Cold Side of the Island · Kali Wallace · ss 69 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 70 · Where There Is Nothing, There Is God [New Guys] · David Erik Nelson · na 107 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc _107 · Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, by Lois McMaster Bujold; Baen, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8122-8 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Lois McMaster Bujold] _108 · The Nightmare Stacks, by Charles Stross; Ace, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-425-28119-2 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Charles Stross] _109 · Morning Star, by Pierce Brown; Del Rey, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-345-53984-7 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Pierce Brown] _110 · Down and Out in Purgatory, by Tim Powers; Subterranean Press, $30.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-59606-781-3 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Tim Powers] _110 · The Devourers, by Indra Das; Del Rey, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-96751-5 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Indra Das] _111 · Central Station, by Lavie Tidhar; Tachyon, $15.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61696-214-2 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Lavie Tidhar] 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 41 Nos. 1 & 2, Whole Numbers 492 & 493, January/February 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest, cover: Crimson Birds of Small Miracles by Maurizio Manzieri) [] 4 · Editorial: Forty Years! · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Two Cheers for Piltdown Man · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Ask Me Anything · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · Crimson Birds of Small Miracles [Shilinka Switalla] · Sean Monaghan · ss 28 · Tagging Bruno [Coyote] · Allen M. Steele · nv 47 · The Infinite Abyss · Peter Payack · pm 48 · Still Life with Abyss · Jim Grimsley · ss 57 · Fatherbond · Tom Purdom · nv 78 · Winter Timeshare [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · ss 89 · Imperatives · Jane Yolen · pm 90 · The Catastrophe of Cities · Lisa Goldstein · nv 103 · PS Form 3526: Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation · [uncredited] · ms 104 · Pieces of Ourselves · Robert R. Chase · ss 113 · Telepath’s Lament · John Richard Trtek · pm 114 · Destination · Jack Skillingstead · ss 123 · Hubble’s Constant · Marian Moore · pm 124 · The Meiosis of Cells and Exile · Octavia Cade · nv 141 · Prince Ever After · Jane Yolen · pm 142 · Starphone [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · ss 151 · William Carlos Williams Variation #3 · Robert Frazier · pm 152 · Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks · John Alfred Taylor · ss 159 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 160 · The Speed of Belief [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na 195 · William Carlos Williams Variation #4 · Robert Frazier · pm 196 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _196 · Roadsouls, Betsy James; Aqueduct Press, tp, $20.00, 400pp, ISBN 978-1-61976-091-2 · Paul Di Filippo · br _197 · The House of Daniel, Harry Turtledove; Tor, hc, $24.99, 332pp, ISBN 978-0-7653-8000-5 · Paul Di Filippo · br _198 · Burning Midnight, Will McIntosh; Delacorte Press, hc, $17.99, 312pp, ISBN 978-0-553-53410-8 · Paul Di Filippo · br _199 · The Destructives, Matthew De Abaitua; Angry Robot, pb, $7.99, 412pp, ISBN 978-0-85766-475-4 · Paul Di Filippo · br _199 · The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu; Saga Press, hc, $24.99, 450pp, ISBN 978-1-4814-4254-1 · Paul Di Filippo · br _200 · Central Station, Lavie Tidhar; Tachyon Publications, tp, $15.95, 288pp, ISBN 978-1616962142 · Paul Di Filippo · br _201 · Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee; Solaris Books, tp, $9.99, 384pp, ISBN 978-1781084496 · Paul Di Filippo · br _202 · League of Dragons, Naomi Novik; Del Rey, hc, $28.00, 400pp, ISBN 978-0345522924 · Paul Di Filippo · br 204 · Thirty-First Annual Readers’ Award · [uncredited] · ms 206 · 2016 Index · [uncredited] · ix ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 41 Nos. 3 & 4, Whole Numbers 494 & 495, March/April 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest, cover: Number Thirty-Nine Skink by Tomislav Tikulin) [] 40th Anniversary Issue. 4 · Guest Editorial: Things Change · James Patrick Kelly · ed 6 · Reflections: Forty Years! · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Screen Dreams · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · Soulmates.com · Will McIntosh · nv 41 · Number Thirty-Nine Skink · Suzanne Palmer · ss 49 · Mount Rushmore · Marge Simon · pm 50 · Three Can Keep a Secret… · Bill Johnson & Gregory Frost · nv 67 · The Ones Who Know Where They Are Going · Sarah Pinsker · vi 70 · Invasion of the Saucer-Men · Dale Bailey · ss 81 · Kitty Hawk · Alan Smale · nv 107 · Small Certainties · Sara Polsky · pm 108 · Cupido · Rich Larson · ss 114 · A Singular Event in the Fourth Dimension · Andrea M. Pawley · ss 122 · Almost Certainly a Time Traveler · Jarod K. Anderson · pm 124 · The Wisdom of the Group · Ian R. MacLeod · nv 138 · After the Atrocity · Ian Creasey · ss 145 · Surreal Axioms · Bruce Boston · pm 146 · Goner · Gregory Norman Bossert · ss 155 · Note from Olympus Mons · Robert Frazier · pm 156 · We Regret the Error · Terry Bisson · vi 159 · Rock, Paper, Scissors · Robert Borski · pm 160 · Tao Zero · Damien Broderick · na 200 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 201 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 201 · Crosstalk, by Connie Willis; Del Rey, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-345-54067-6 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Connie Willis] 202 · The Cold Eye, by Laura Anne Gilman; Saga Press, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4814-2971-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Laura Anne Gilman] 202 · Fallout, by Harry Turtledove; Del Rey, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-39073-5 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Harry Turtledove] 203 · Pirate Utopia, by Bruce Sterling; Tachyon, $19.95, hc, ISBN: 978-1-61696-236-4 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Bruce Sterling] 204 · Working for Bigfoot, by Jim Butcher; Subterranean, $35.00, hc, ISBN: 1-978-59606-730-1 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Jim Butcher] 205 · Sleeping Giants, by Sylvain Neuvel; Del Rey, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-88669-4 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Sylvain Neuvel] 205 · Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch; Crown, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-90422-0 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Blake Crouch] 206 · Death’s Bright Day, by David Drake; Baen, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 078-1-4767-1847-1 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. David Drake] 207 · The Authentic William James, by Stephen Gallagher; Subterranean, $40.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-59606-779-0 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Stephen Gallagher] 208 · “Not So Much,” Said the Cat, by Michael Swanwick; Tachyon, $15.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61696-228-9 · Peter Heck · br [Ref. Michael Swanwick] ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 41 Nos. 5 & 6, Whole Numbers 496 & 497, May/June 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest, cover by Jim Simpson) [] 4 · Editorial: Anniversaries and Milestones · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Advertisements for Myself · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Harry and Dot · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · Sparking the Matter · Tod McCoy · pm 14 · On the Ship · Leah Cypess · ss 26 · Come as You Are · Dale Bailey · nv 41 · Your Clone Watches Over You · Robert Frazier · pm 42 · Good Show · William Preston · ss 55 · Pinned · Suzanne Palmer · pm 56 · The Escape of the Adastra: Asha’s Story [Riley and Asha] · James Gunn · ss 66 · Night Fever · Will Ludwigsen · nv 94 · Tired of the Same Old Quests? · Peter Wood · ss 99 · The Best Man · Jay O’Connell · ss 112 · Triceratops · Ian McHugh · ss 119 · Endeavour · G. O. Clark · pm; given as “Endeavor” in the Table of Contents. 120 · Persephone of the Crows · Karen Joy Fowler · ss 126 · The Runabout [Diving Universe] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na 200 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 201 · On Books: Wolockification · Norman Spinrad · rc _205 · Deserts of Fire, ed. by Douglas Lain; Night Shade Books, $15.99, 978-1-59780-852-1 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Douglas Lain] _206 · The Last Days of New Paris, by China Miéville; Random House, $25.00, 978-0-34554-399-8 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. China Miéville] ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 41 Nos. 7 & 8, Whole Numbers 498 & 499, July/August 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest, cover by Bob Eggleton) [] 4 · Editorial: The 2017 Dell Magazines Award · Sheila Williams · ed 6 · Reflections: Sharing Worlds · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Wheelwork · Jane Yolen · pm 10 · On the Net: Hold the Phones! · James Patrick Kelly · cl 13 · How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry [Sere Glagolit] · Alexander Jablokov · na 44 · Annabelle, Annie · Lisa Goldstein · ss 53 · Titan’s Magic Islands: Transient Features in the Hydrocarbon Seas · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm 54 · Other Worlds and This One · Cadwell Turnbull · nv 70 · An Evening with Severyn Grimes · Rich Larson · ss 83 · Transcendental Mission: Riley’s Story [Transcendental] · James Gunn · ss 92 · Weighty Matters: Tordor’s Story [Transcendental] · James Gunn · ss 101 · Vacation Checklist · Salik Shah · pm 102 · @lantis · Rudy Rucker & Marc Laidlaw · nv 121 · Grandfather Paradox · John Richard Trtek · pm 122 · The Patient Dragon · David Gerrold · ss 135 · Dead Star Reckoning · Robert Borski · pm 136 · Field Studies · Sheila Finch · ss 142 · Invasion · Bruce McAllister · pm 144 · Gale Strang · Michael Bishop · nv 159 · Challenger: A Sedoka · Jane Yolen · pm 160 · The Girl Who Stole Herself [Rylla of Callisto] · R. Garcia y Robertson · na 200 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 201 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc _201 · This Way to the End Times, ed. Robert Silverberg; Three Rooms Press, tp, $19.95, 448pp, ISBN 978-1-941110-47-8 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Robert Silverberg] _202 · A Hundred Thousand Worlds, Bob Proehl; Viking, hc, $26.00, 368pp, ISBN 978-0399562211 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Bob Proehl] _204 · Amaryllis and Other Stories, Carrie Vaughn; Fairwood Press, tp, $17.99, 310pp, ISBN-13: 978-1933846620 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Carrie Vaughn] _204 · Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories, Caroline M. Yoachim; Fairwood Press, tp, $17.99, 298pp, ISBN-13: 978-1933846552 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Caroline M. Yoachim] _205 · The Collected Short Stories of Carol Emshwiller: Volume 2, Carol Emshwiller; Non-Stop Press, tp, $30.00, 638pp, ISBN 978-1933065380 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Carol Emshwiller] _206 · Crosstalk, Connie Willis; Del Rey, hc, $28.00, 512pp, ISBN 978-0345540676 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Connie Willis] _207 · Alien Morning, Rick Wilber; Tor Books, hc, $25.99, 304pp, ISBN 978-0765332905 · Paul Di Filippo · br [Ref. Rick Wilber] ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [Vol. 41 Nos. 9 & 10, Whole Numbers 500 & 501, September/October 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest, cover by Cynthia Sheppard) [] 4 · Editorial: Thirty-First Annual Readers’ Awards’ Results · Sheila Williams · ed 7 · Reflections: The Last Hittite · Robert Silverberg · cl 10 · On the Net: Remembering Bertie · James Patrick Kelly · cl 14 · Wind Will Rove · Sarah Pinsker · nv 37 · Jump-Point Failure · John Richard Trtek · pm 38 · Riding the Blue Line with Jack Kerouac · Sandra McDonald · ss 43 · Poaching Country · Bethany Powell · pm 44 · Universe Box · Michael Swanwick · nv 61 · First Contact · Stuart Greenhouse · pm 62 · Dead Men in Central City · Carrie Vaughn · ss 73 · Arriving at Terminal: Xi’s Story [Transcendental] · James Gunn · ss 82 · The Ganymede Gambit: Jan’s Story [Transcendental] · James Gunn · ss 91 · Your Clone Finds Her Stray · Robert Frazier · pm 92 · Zigeuner · Harry Turtledove · ss 101 · Next Issue · [uncredited] · cl 102 · The Fourth Hill · Dennis E. Staples · ss 112 · The Cabinet · William Preston · ss 125 · Locked in Amber · Jane Yolen · pm 126 · An Incident in the Literary Life of Nathan Arkwright [Arkwright Foundation] · Allen M. Steele · ss 137 · Squamous and Eldritch Get a Yard Sale Bargain · Tim McDaniel · ss 143 · Grand Theft Spacecraft [Rylla of Callisto] · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv 165 · X Marks the Spot · Robert Borski · pm 166 · Disturbance in the Produce Aisle · Kit Reed · ss 172 · Books of the Risen Sea · Suzanne Palmer · nv 198 · Sleeping Beauty Attains Bliss · Leslie J. Anderson · pm 200 · On Books: Outside America · Norman Spinrad · rc _202 · Pirate Utopia, Bruce Sterling; Tachyon Publications, $19.95, 978-1-61696-236-4 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Bruce Sterling] _204 · Binti, Nnedi Okorafor; Tor, $4.22, 978-0765385253 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Nnedi Okorafor] _205 · Central Station, Lavie Tidhar; Tachyon Publications, $15.95, 978-1616962142 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Lavie Tidhar] _207 · The Devourers, Indra Das; Kindle $11.99, 978-0143424406 · Norman Spinrad · br [Ref. Indra Das] 209 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl