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Amazing Stories [v73 #4, #606, December 2004] ed. Dave Gross (Paizo Publishing; Bellevue, WA, $5.99, 84pp, quarto, cover photo) 6 · The Observatory · Dave Gross · ed 8 · Dispatches · [The Readers] · lc 14 · Things to Come · Anon. · ms 20 · Pixelated Heroes · Resa Nelson · ar 24 · Twisting the Blade · Joel Meadows · ar 28 · The Amazing Stories Gift Guide · Vic Wertz · ms 32 · It’s Good to Be the Queen! · Dorman T. Shindler · ar [Laurell K. Hamilton] 34 · The Man from Breakneck · Larry Tritten · ss 42 · Shadowboxer · Paul Di Filippo · ss 48 · Release the Knot · Patrick Weekes · ss 54 · Grafts on the Memory Tree · Steve Carper · ss 58 · Hostile Takeover · Aaron Allston · vi 62 · Reviews · [Various] · rv 80 · Time Machine · Anon. · ms 82 · Q&A: Harry Turtledove · Anon. · iv

Amazing Stories [v74 #1, #607, January 2005] ed. Jeff Berkwits (Paizo Publishing; Bellevue, WA, $5.99, 84pp, quarto, cover photo) 6 · The Observatory · Lisa Stevens · ed 8 · Dispatches · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Things to Come · Anon. · ms 18 · You Are on the Global Frequency [Warren Ellis] · Steve Fritz · iv 22 · Festival del Toro · John Strysik · ar [Guillermo del Toro] 26 · The Weird, Weird West · Therese Littleton · ar [China Miéville] 28 · We Are Not Alone · Heidi Briadgead · ar 32 · Romancing the Zombie · Resa Nelson · ar 36 · Nowhere in Particular [Birthright Universe] · Mike Resnick · ss 40 · The Wisdom of Disaster · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss 50 · Brainspace · Robin D. Laws · ss 56 · Jimmy and Cat · Gail Sproule · ss 62 · Wishful Thinking · Greg Keyes · vi 66 · Reviews · [Various] · rv 80 · Time Machine · Anon. · ms 82 · Q&A: Eoin Colfer · Anon. · iv

Amazing Stories [v74 #2, #608, February 2005] ed. Jeff Berkwits (Paizo Publishing; Bellevue, WA, $5.99, 84pp, quarto, cover photo) The Observatory · Jeff Berkwits · ed Dispatches · [The Readers] · lc Puzzle · Anon. · pz Things to Come · Anon. · ms Of Spies and Survivors · Kevin Dilmore · ar [J. J. Abrams] She’s Elektrifying · Resa Nelson · ar [Rob Bowman] Entering the Matrix Online · Daniel Wallace · ar [Paul Chadwick] Terry Pratchett Goes Postal · Will McDermott · ar [Terry Pratchett] Relaunching Battlestar Galactica · Paul Hughes · ar [David Eick; Richard Hatch] Authorwerx · Greg van Eekhout · ss Steagal’s Barbershoppe and Smoke Emporium · Jay Bonansinga · ss A Vampire and a Vampire Hunter Walk Into a Bar · Keith R. A. DeCandido · ss The Woods · Benjamin Percy · ss Mortal Dance · David Gerrold · vi Reviews · [Various] · rv Time Machine · Anon. · ms Q&A: Gregory Benford · Anon. · iv

Amazing Stories [v74 #3, #609, March 2005] ed. Jeff Berkwits ($3.00, 84pp, PDF download, cover photo) 6 · The Observatory · Jeff Berkwits · ed 8 · Dispatches · [The Readers] · lc 10 · Puzzle · Anon. · pz 12 · Things to Come · Anon. · ms 18 · The Devil’s in the Details · Joel Meadows · ar [Francis Lawrence] 22 · Redefining “Renaissance Man” · Therese Littleton · ar [Clive Barker] 26 · Big Little Epic · Dave Gross · ar [Jeff Smith] 30 · Time Flies and Butterflies · John Strysik · ar 34 · Th-, Th-, That’s Not All, Folks! · Kevin Dilmore · ar [Lawrence Guterman] 36 · After the Sabines · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 42 · Piker’s Peek [Sam Gunn] · Ben Bova · nv 54 · A Piano Full of Dead Spiders · George Zebrowski · ss 60 · Conversation on Mars · Robert Sheckley · ss BIGnews Jul/Aug 2004 64 · Reviews · [Various] · br 80 · Time Machine · Anon. · ms 82 · Q&A: Lucius Shepard · Anon. · iv

Amazing Stories [v0 #1, Summer 2012] ed. Steve Davidson (online) The Relaunch Prelaunch Issue. Details taken from magazine website. The Future Is Bright—No Shades Needed Thanks to Nanotechnology · [The Editor] · ed Welcome to the New Amazing Stories · [The Editor] · in Tool Dresser’s Law · Jack Clemons · ss Amazing Stories Nov 1989 Will Little Note, Nor Long Remember · Jack Clemons · nv Amazing Stories Nov 1987 Thoughts on Amazing Stories, Part 1 · Barry N. Malzberg _ · I Could Have Been a Contender, Part One · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night, Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday 1982 _ · Memoir from Grub Street · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #39 1981; slightly revised. Thoughts on Amazing Stories, Part 2 · Robert Silverberg _ · The Observatory: Fifty Years Together · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories Spr 1999; revised. Thoughts on Amazing Stories Part 3: A Conversation with Patrick L. Price · Anon. · iv Who Do I Review For? · Daniel M. Kimmel · ar; originally published on the author’s blog on May 6, 2012. Chain Mail: Amazing Stories Interviews 13 Authors from the Book View Cafe · Anon. · iv

Amazing Stories [v0 #2, August 2012] ed. Steve Davidson (online) The second Relaunch Prelaunch issue. Details taken from magazine website. fc. · [front cover] · David A. Hardy · cv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2009 Things to Come · Steve Davidson · ed Aurora · David A. Hardy · ex Cosmos Books 2003 Retrospective: David A. Hardy—The King of Space Art · Anon. · ar [David A. Hardy]; illustrated by David A. Hardy The Edgar Rice Burroughs Movie I’d Like to See · John M. Whalen · ar I Was a Teenaged Bibliophile · Pierre V. Comtois · ar

Amazing Stories [v75 #1, #610, April 2014] ed. Steve Davidson (The Experimenter Publishing Company, ebook, cover by Frank Wu) Details taken from online listing. On the Cover · Frank Wu · ms Editorial: The End of the Beginning · Steve Davidson · ar About This Issue · Anon. · ms An Introduction to “The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years” · J. M. Stine · is The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years · Don Wilcox · nv Amazing Stories Oct 1940; illustrated by Duncan Long Don Wilcox on Don Wilcox · Don Wilcox · bg Amazing Stories Jan 1941 Spirit Dance · Douglas Smith · nv Tesseracts6, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, Tesseract 1997 Customer Service · John Purcell · ss Planetary Stories Apr 2010; illustrated by Duncan Long Andy Weir, Author of The Martian · Steve Davidson · iv Cosmic Corkscrew · Michael A. Burstein · ss Analog Jun 1998; illustrated by Duncan Long Afterword for “Cosmic Corkscrew” · Michael A. Burstein · as Lightning War · Duncan Long · ss Darker Matter Mar 2007; illustrated by Duncan Long Virtually Yours · Nina Munteanu · ss Hadrosaur Tales Volume Fifteen, ed. David Lee Summers, Hadrosaur Productions 2002; illustrated by Duncan Long Tool Dresser’s Law · Jack Clemons · ss Amazing Stories Nov 1989; illustrated by Duncan Long Private Industry and the Quest for Space · Gwen Whiting · ar Weird Stories, Strangely Told · Ira Nayman · ss; illustrated by Bob Bello Finity · Felicity Savage · ss; illustrated by Duncan Long Where the Space Pirates Are [Frank Carson] · John M. Whalen · ss Ray Gun Revival #50 2009, as “The Great Author Affair”; illustrated by Bob Bello Heavenly Horizon · Ricky L. Brown · ss; illustrated by Derek Benson The Martian, by Andy Weir · Anon. · br The Pixie · Steven M. Long · ss; illustrated by Derek Benson The Jester [Riyria Revelations] · Michael J. Sullivan · nv Unfettered, ed. Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak 2013; illustrated by Michael J. Sullivan The Geno Virus · R. K. Troughton · nv R.K. Troughton 2012; illustrated by Derek Benson Contributors · Anon. · bg

Amazing Stories [#611, Special Edition, 2016] (online) Welcome to the Latest Issue of Amazing Stories · Ira Nayman · ed Bob the Hipster Knight · Jeremy Lichtman · ss How Gaia and the Guardian Saved the World · Alex Shvartsman · ss Parental Guidance Recommended · Vince Liberato · ss The Sounding Cataract · Stephen S. Power · ss The Mesmerist · Karen Skovmand · ss Awake the Snorting Citizens · Trent Walters · ss A Clean Start · James Gordon Harper · ss The Size of the Fight · Matt Downer · ss Lost Phoenixes · Stuart Barton · ss Penny of Tharsis Montes · Sean Monaghan · ss We’re all Here in the Future · Kermit Woodall · ss The Great Milo · David Gerrold · ss A Brief History of Worldcons from NYCon to Discon, 1939-1962 · Steven H Silver · ar What Does It Mean to Be Amazing? · Michael A. Burstein · ar

Amazing Stories [v76 #1, Fall/Worldcon 2018] ed. Ira Nayman (The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC; Hillsboro, NH, $5.99, 104pp+, cover by Tony Sart) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Publisher’s Note · Steve Davidson · ms 2 · The Observatory · Robert Silverberg · ar; illustrated by Agniardii 7 · Citizens of the Solar System: The Big Question: “Why Bother with Space?” · Jack Clemons · cl 9 · [cartoon] · Alex · ct 10 · Captain Future in Love [Part 1 of 2; Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Allen M. Steele · sl; illustrated by Wojciech Dudziński 27 · Harry’s Toaster · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss; illustrated by Tom Barber 32 · Apricot Lane · Rudy Rucker · ss An Aura of Familiarity, ed. Anon., Institute for the Future 2013; illustrated. 40 · [cartoon] · D. Simon · ct 41 · Beyond Human Measure · Dave Creek · ss; illustrated. 53 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 54 · Flight of an Arrow · Shirley Meier · ss; illustrated by Ron Miller 61 · Sister Solveig and Mr. Denial · Kameron Hurley · ss; illustrated by M. D. Jackson 69 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 70 · Foster Earth · Julie Czerneda · ss; illustrated. 81 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 82 · Slipping Time · Paul Levinson · ss; illustrated. 87 · When Angels Come Knocking · Drew Hayden Taylor · ss; illustrated by H. M. W. 95 · European Author Profile: An Interview with Tade Thompson · Gary Dalkin · iv 97 · [cartoon] · Austeja · ct 99 · SF on Film: Science Fiction in a Time of “Avengers Fatigue” · Steve Fahnestalk · mr 102 · We Are the Stories We Tell · Ira Nayman · ed

Amazing Stories [v76 #2, #615, Winter 2018] ed. Ira Nayman (The Experimenter Publishing Company LLC, $19.95, 88pp, quarto, cover by M. D. Jackson) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · From the Editor’s Desk: The Future Is Diverse · Ira Nayman · ed; illustrated by Matt Taggart 3 · European Author Profile: An Interview with Nina Allan · Gary Dalkin · iv 6 · Citizens of the Solar System: First Steps: Near-Earth Orbit and the Moon · Jack Clemons · cl; illustrated by Al Sirois 9 · Captain Future in Love [Part 2 of 2; Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Allen Steele · sl 25 · Robot on Rampage · Lena Ng · ss; illustrated by Richard Mandrachio 28 · [cartoon] · L. Taylor F. · ct 29 · The Asteroid Contention · Marina J. Lostetter · ss; illustrated by Tom Miller 36 · [cartoon] · J. M. Frey · ct; illustrated by D. Simon 37 · Bold New Flock · Neal Holtschulte · ss; illustrated by Ivan Montoya 41 · [cartoon] · L. Taylor F. · ?? 42 · [cartoon] · J. M. Frey · ct; illustrated by D. Simon 45 · The Ransom of Red Robot (Beta) · Daniel M. Kimmel · ss; illustrated by Joe Eno 51 · Republic of the Blind · G. Scott Huggins · ss; given as “In the Republic of the Blind” in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Sean Chappel 58 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 59 · Reset in Peace · Julie Novakova · ss; illustrated by M. D. Jackson 69 · Alison’s Bluff · Noah Chinn · ss; illustrated by Matt Taggart 74 · Trips to Impossible Cities · Sandra Kasturi · pm 74 · Reptilian Brain · Valerie C. Kaelin · pm 75 · A Horse and Her Boy · Vonnie Winslow Crist · ss; illustrated by Ron Miller 80 · [cartoon] · J. M. Frey · ct; illustrated by D. Simon 81 · SF in Film: Interview with the Vampire Maker: SFX Designer, Illustrator, Storyboard and Concept Artist Miles Teves · Steve Fahnestalk · iv 85 · Off the Top of My Head · Shirley Meier · cl

Amazing Stories [v76 #3, #616, Spring 2019] ed. Ira Nayman (The Experimenter Publishing Company, $19.95, 99pp, quarto) fc. · Red Shift · Tom Barber · cv 1 · From the Editor’s Desk: The Future Is Fun · Ira Nayman · ed; illustrated by Matt Taggart 4 · Amazing Cover Artist: Tom Barber · Anon. · bg 5 · An Interview with John Grant · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 11 · Citizens of the Solar System: Cool Science and Technology on the International Space Station · Jack Clemons · cl; illustrated by Olena Perekhrystiuk 15 · Red Shift · R. S. Belcher · nv; illustrated by Tom Miller & M. D. Jackson 27 · Out-of-Most-Worlds Planet Cessation Extravaganza · Marie Bilodeau · ss; illustrated by Matt Taggart 34 · TTC Gothic: Short Turn · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 35 · Cricket Songs · Kathy Kitts · ss; illustrated by Mary Makepeace 45 · A Swift Drop; Two Bits · Sean Grigsby · ss; illustrated by Ron Miller 51 · Impending Karma Strike · Marc A. Criley · ss; illustrated by Britt Martin 59 · Damn Lousy Teapots · Matthew Timmins · ss; illustrated by Sean Chappell 65 · Conservation of Mismatched Shoes · Rosemary Claire Smith · ss; illustrated by Melisa Des Rosier 72 · TTC Gothic: Here There Be · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 78 · The Whether App · Paul Levinson · ss; illustrated by Richard Mandrachio 80 · The Day the Animals Turned to Sand · Tyler Hagemann · pm 80 · The Girl Who Loved Birds · Clara Blackwood · pm 81 · T-Minus · Tanya Karen Gough · ss; illustrated by Chukwudi Nwaefulu 89 · God Bless the Freaks · Elsa M. Carruthers · vi; illustrated by M. D. Jackson 92 · Oh Editor, My Editor · Shirley Meier · ar 94 · SF on Film · Steve Fahnestalk · mr; illustrated by Pratap Sharma 97 · Why Give Science Fiction Romance a Second Look · Veronica Scott · ar

Amazing Stories [v76 #4, #617, Summer 2019] ed. Ira Nayman (The Experimenter Publishing Company, $19.95, 93pp, quarto, cover by Yoko Matsuoka) 2 · From the Editor’s Desk: Practical Advice for Impractical Situations · Ira Nayman · ed; illustrated by Matt Taggart 6 · Amazing Cover Artist: Yoko Matsuoka · Anon. · bg 8 · Interview with Rachel Armstrong · Gary Dalkin · iv; illustrated by John Grant 12 · Citizens of the Solar System: Neil Armstrong: The First Citizen of the Solar System · Jack Clemons · cl [Neil Armstrong]; illustrated by Olena Perekhrystiuk 16 · Follow the Other Brick Road or In the Land of the Wurlikins · David Gerrold · ss; illustrated by Roberto Armas 24 · Shadow Phoenix Episode 1: Answering the Call [from Shadow Phoenix] · M. J. Moores · ex Infinite Pathways Press Apr 2019; illustrated by Melisa Des Rosiers 33 · TTC Gothic: Underground Sounds · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 34 · Home-O-Cide · Jen Frankel · ss; illustrated by Anton Oxenuk 38 · The Scheduled War · Tatiana Ivanova; translated by Alex Shvartsman · ss; translated from the Russian.; illustrated by H. M. W. 47 · TTC Gothic: Chase · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 48 · Canuck Commodities and Futures · Cathy Smith · ss; illustrated by Olivia Beelby 53 · TTC Gothic: Fare Is Fair · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 54 · Worth Doing Wrong · Brad Preslar · ss; illustrated by Tom Miller 62 · The Prufrock Whisperer · Brian Rappatta · ss; illustrated by Ron Miller 70 · #SaveJade · Jo Miles · ss; illustrated by M. D. Jackson 82 · Throwing Rocks at the Void · Shirley Meier · ar 84 · TTC Gothic: Saved · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 85 · Inspiring Books for Amazing Stories Readers · Ricky Brown · rc 87 · TTC Gothic: PDA · J. M. Frey · cs; illustrated by D. Simon 88 · Spaceman Okéké Visits the Colorado Front Range · Uche Ogbuji · pm 88 · How to Fathom a Light-Year · Mary Soon Lee · pm 89 · We Still Need Mars · R. Gene Turchin · pm 89 · Zero-G (#2) · Jerri Hardesty · pm 90 · SF on Film [William Gibson] · Steve Fahnestalk · iv; illustrated by Pratap Sharma