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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v40 #6, #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 · Anon. · ms 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 [v40 #7, #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 _7 · The Person from Porlock, by Raymond F. Jones · Robert Silverberg · br 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 · Anon. · ms 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 _108 · The Best of Nancy Kress, by Nancy Kress; Subterranean Press, hc, $45.00, 560pp, ISBN 978-1596067219 · Paul Di Filippo · br _108 · The Best of Gregory Benford, by Gregory Benford; Subterranean Press, hc, $40.00, 616pp, ISBN 978-1596066861 · Paul Di Filippo · br _109 · A Borrowed Man, by Gene Wolfe; Tor, hc, $25.99, 304pp, ISBN 978-0765381149 · Paul Di Filippo · br _110 · Collected Fiction, by Leena Krohn; Cheeky Frawg Books, hc, $35.99, 850pp, ISBN 978-0-9863177-2-9 · Paul Di Filippo · br 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v40 #8, #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 · Anon. · ms 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 _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 _108 · Of Treason Born, by J.L. Doty; Open Road Media, tp, $14.99, 272pp, ISBN 978-1504012089 · Paul Di Filippo · br _109 · Arkwright, by Allen Steele; Tor Books, hc, $26.99, 336pp, ISBN 978-0765382153 · Paul Di Filippo · br _110 · This Census-Taker, by China Miéville; Del Rey, hc, $24.00, 208pp, ISBN 978-1-101-96732-4 · Paul Di Filippo · br 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v40 #9, #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 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 · Anon. · ms 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 _107 · Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman; Saga Press, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4814-2968-9 · Peter Heck · br _108 · A Shadow All of Light, by Fred Chappell; Tor, $27.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-7912-2 · Peter Heck · br _109 · A Palazo in the Stars, by Paul Di Filippo; Wildside Press, $14.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4794-0714-9 · Peter Heck · br _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 _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 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v40 #10 & 11, #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 · ss 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 · Anon. · ms 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 _ · Nebula Awards Showcase 2016, ed. Mercedes Lackey; Pyr, $18, digital $9.99, 978-1633881389 · Norman Spinrad · br _ · The Fredric Brown Megapack, by Fredric Brown; Wildside Press, $.99 · Norman Spinrad · br _ · Can & Can’tankerous, by Harlan Ellison; Subterranean Press, $45, (Deluxe Hardcover Edition), 987-1-59606-751-6 · Norman Spinrad · br 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v40 #12, #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 · Anon. · ms 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 _108 · The Nightmare Stacks, by Charles Stross; Ace, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-425-28119-2 · Peter Heck · br _109 · Morning Star, by Pierce Brown; Del Rey, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-345-53984-7 · Peter Heck · br _110 · Down and Out in Purgatory, by Tim Powers; Subterranean Press, $30.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-59606-781-3 · Peter Heck · br _110 · The Devourers, by Indra Das; Del Rey, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-96751-5 · Peter Heck · br _111 · Central Station, by Lavie Tidhar; Tachyon, $15.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61696-214-2 · Peter Heck · br 112 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v41 #1 & 2, #492 & 493, January/February 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest) fc. · Crimson Birds of Small Miracles · Maurizio Manzieri · cv 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 · 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 · 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 · Anon. · 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 · Anon. · ms 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 · Anon. · ms 206 · 2016 Index · Anon. · ix ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v41 #3 & 4, #494 & 495, March/April 2017] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest) 40th Anniversary Issue. fc. · Number Thirty-Nine Skink · Tomislav Tikulin · cv 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 · Anon. · ms 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 202 · The Cold Eye, by Laura Anne Gilman; Saga Press, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4814-2971-9 · Peter Heck · br 202 · Fallout, by Harry Turtledove; Del Rey, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-39073-5 · Peter Heck · br 203 · Pirate Utopia, by Bruce Sterling; Tachyon, $19.95, hc, ISBN: 978-1-61696-236-4 · Peter Heck · br 204 · Working for Bigfoot, by Jim Butcher; Subterranean, $35.00, hc, ISBN: 1-978-59606-730-1 · Peter Heck · br 205 · Sleeping Giants, by Sylvain Neuvel; Del Rey, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-88669-4 · Peter Heck · br 205 · Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch; Crown, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-101-90422-0 · Peter Heck · br 206 · Death’s Bright Day, by David Drake; Baen, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 078-1-4767-1847-1 · Peter Heck · br 207 · The Authentic William James, by Stephen Gallagher; Subterranean, $40.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-59606-779-0 · Peter Heck · br 208 · "Not So Much," Said the Cat, by Michael Swanwick; Tachyon, $15.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61696-228-9 · Peter Heck · br ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v41 #5 & 6, #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 · Anon. · ms 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 _206 · The Last Days of New Paris, by China Miéville; Random House, $25.00, 978-0-34554-399-8 · Norman Spinrad · br ibc. · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl