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Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v136 #7 & 8, July/August 2016] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 196pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · No Strangers Any More · Joel Iskowitz · cv 4 · Guest Editorial: “Earthrise,” “The Blue Marble,” and the New Skunk Works · Richard A. Lovett · ed 8 · The Analytical Laboratory · Anon. · cl 10 · No Strangers Any More · Ian Creasey · nv 24 · Energy for the Future: Solar-Derived Fuels, Artificial Leaves, and Electricity-Eating Microbes That Poop Out Gasoline · Richard A. Lovett · ar 27 · Thermo-What? Novel Technologies That Might Replace Solar Panels · Richard A. Lovett · ar 31 · Nukes of the Future · Richard A. Lovett · ar 34 · The Metal Demimonde · Nick Wolven · nv; illustrated by Joel Iskowitz 58 · Pleistocene Brains · Christina De La Rocha · ss 65 · A Violent Wind · Andrew Barton · ss 73 · Biolog: Andrew Barton · Richard A. Lovett · bg 74 · Story Night at the Stronghold · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · vi 77 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 78 · The Alternate View: More About LIGO, Higgs Bosons, and Tabby’s Star · John G. Cramer · cl 81 · Mandalas on the 405 · Elisabeth R. Adams · vi 84 · The Battle of Ceres · Karl Bunker · ss 92 · Soft Collision · Scott E. Green & Herb Kauderer · pm 94 · Fall [Rist] · Arlan Andrews, Sr. · na 118 · The End, or, Leaving the Reader Satisfied · Stanley Schmidt · ar 125 · Fallacious · Sean Vivier · ss 130 · Death of a Starship Poet · James Van Pelt · ss 138 · Cory for Coriolis · John Shirley · nv 150 · Purytans · Brad R. Torgersen · na; illustrated by A. J. Frena 185 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _186 · Supernova, C.A. Higgins; Del Rey, 293pp, $27.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-39445-0 · Don Sakers · br _186 · Dark Run, Mike Brooks; Saga Press, 352pp, $24.99 (hc), $15.99 (tp), ISBN: 978-1-4814-5954-9 · Don Sakers · br _187 · Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft, ed. Harry Shum; Melcher Media, 239pp, free, e-book · Don Sakers · br _187 · The Best of Bova: Volume 1, Ben Bova; Baen, 412pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8121-1 · Don Sakers · br _188 · When the Atoms Failed, John W. Campbell, Jr./Dragons of Space, Aladra Septama; Armchair Fiction, 208pp, $12.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-61287-292-6 · Don Sakers · br 189 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _189 · [letter from Denver, CO] · Rudolf von Luchen · lt _189 · [letter] · Marc Wilson · lt _189 · [letter] · John Young · lt _189 · [letter from France] · Mel Anthony · lt _190 · [letter] · Dr. Rebekah Memel Brown · lt 192 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v136 #9, September 2016] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by NASA) 4 · Editorial: Captain America’s Bathroon · Trevor Quachri · ed 8 · Progress Report · Rajnar Vajra · na; illustrated by Kurt Huggins 38 · A Mind of Its Own: Part I: Artificial Intelligence · Edward M. Lerner · ar 50 · Detroit Hammersmith, Zero-Gravity Toilet Repairman (Retired) · Suzanne Palmer · nv; illustrated by Kevin Speidell 63 · Deep Waters Call Out to What Is Deeper Still · Sarah Frost · ss 69 · Biolog: Sarah Frost · Richard A. Lovett · bg 70 · Silhouettes · Dave Creek · ss 74 · Paint It Black · Bruce Boston · pm 75 · The Alternate View: Pluto’s Perplexing Polygons · Richard A. Lovett · cl 78 · Adventures in Family Bonding · W. Michael Beachy · ss 83 · Dreams of the Rocket Men · C. Stuart Hardwick · nv 93 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 94 · Nesting Dolls · Jacob A. Boyd · nv 106 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _107 · Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection Between Space Travel and Religion, Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe · Don Sakers · br _108 · Beltrunner, Sean O’Brien · Don Sakers · br _108 · Company Town, Madeline Ashby · Don Sakers · br _109 · Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine · Don Sakers · br _109 · Using Medicine in Science Fiction: The SF Writer’s Guide to Human Biology, H.G. Stratmann · Don Sakers · br 110 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _110 · [letter from Surrey, UK] · Edward Truscoe · lt _110 · [letter from Mesa, AZ] · Jeffrey R. Carver · lt __110 · [response to letter from Jeffrey R. Carver] · John G. Cramer · ms _110 · [letter from Houston, TX] · Tom Marsh · lt _110 · [letter] · C. Henry Depew · lt 112 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v136 #10, October 2016] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Sandeep Karunakaran) 4 · Guest Editorial: Haunting Echoes · Stanley Schmidt · ed 8 · Progenesis · J. L. Forrest · nv; illustrated by Kurt Huggins 25 · A Mind of Its Own: Part II: Superintelligence · Edward M. Lerner · ar 35 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 36 · Angles of Incidence · Nancy Fulda · ss; illustrated by Tomislav Tikulin 49 · Terran Mythology · Shannon Connor Winward · pm 50 · The Blue Lady of Entanglement Chamber 1 · Ron Collins · ss 59 · Biolog: Ron Collins · Richard A. Lovett · bg 60 · The Alternate View: Starshot: Laser Sailing to Alpha Centauri · John G. Cramer · cl 63 · Mom in the Moon · Muri McCage · ss 68 · Revenge of the Invisible Man · Robert R. Chase · nv 80 · The Soul Behind the Face [John Draiken] · Adam-Troy Castro · na 105 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _106 · The Doomed City, by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky; Chicago Review Press, 480pp, $18.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1613-74993-7 · Don Sakers · br _106 · The Medusa Chronicles, by Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds; Saga Press, 412pp, 26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4814-7967-7 · Don Sakers · br _107 · Spear of Light, by Brenda Cooper; Pyr, 400pp, $18.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-6338-8134-1 · Don Sakers · br _108 · Shooting the Rift, by Alex Stewart; Baen, 323pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8118-1 · Don Sakers · br _108 · Fallout: The Hot War, by Harry Turtledove; Del Rey, 432pp, $28.00, hc, 978-0-553-39073-5 · Don Sakers · br 109 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _109 · [letter] · Paul Martos · lt _109 · [letter from Portland, OR] · Richard A. Lovett · lt _110 · [letter from Titusville, FL] · John Baber · lt _110 · [letter from Visalia, CA] · Debbis Anthony · lt _110 · [letter from Atlanta, GA] · Leonard Pallats · lt 112 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v136 #11, November 2016] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by David A. Hardy) 4 · Guest Editorial: On the Money: Scientist and Inventor Wanted · Rosemary Claire Smith · ed 8 · One Man’s Dignity · Mark Niemann-Ross · nv 20 · Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt: What NASA’s 9-Year Mission Is Learning About One of Science Fiction’s Favorite Realms · Richard A. Lovett · ar 29 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 30 · Love Pops! · Genevieve Williams · ss 41 · Black Box · Robert Borski · pm 42 · The Tattling Tats · Jerry Oltion · vi 44 · The Salesman · Garrett Ashley · ss; illustrated by Eldar Zakirov 53 · The Alternate View: Cis and Trans on the Track · Richard A. Lovett · cl 56 · In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary · Frank Wu · ss; illustrated by Vincent DiFate 69 · The Desolate Void · Jay Werkheiser · ss 77 · We Side with the Free · Gray Rinehart · na 103 · Biolog: Gray Rinehart · Richard A. Lovett · bg 104 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _104 · Dark Victory: A Novel of Alien Resistance by Brendan DuBois; Baen, 324pp, $15.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8092-4 · Don Sakers · br _104 · The Prison in Antares by Mike Resnick; Pyr, 300pp, $18.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-63388-102-0 · Don Sakers · br _105 · Imperative by Steve White & Charles E. Gannon; Baen, 456pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8119-8 · Don Sakers · br _105 · Storm Front by Robert Conroy; Baen, 233pp, $25,00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8087-0 · Don Sakers · br _106 · Future Wars...and Other Punchlines by Hank Davis; Baen, 340pp, $14,00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8080-1 · Don Sakers · br _106 · Three Faces of Asprin by Robert Asprin; Baen, 592pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8164-8 · Don Sakers · br _108 · Cobra War Trilogy by Timothy Zahn; Baen, 922pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8165-5 · Don Sakers · br 109 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _109 · [letter] · David Phelps · lt _109 · [letter from Colorado Springs, CO] · Ron Miller · lt _109 · [letter from Visalia, CA] · Dennis Anthony · lt _110 · [letter from San Antonio, TX] · S. John Facey · lt _110 · [letter] · Neil Garston · lt _110 · [letter from Minden, NV] · Harold Parks · lt _110 · [letter] · Joe Quittner · lt 112 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v136 #12, December 2016] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest) fc. · Prodigal · Vincent DiFate · cv 4 · Guest Editorial: Someone Else’s Apocalypse · Sam J. Miller · ed 8 · Prodigal · Gord Sellar · nv 22 · The New Space Race: A Case for Innovation · Christopher MacLeod, Ph.D. · ar 29 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 30 · Like the Deadly Hands · Nisi Shawl · ss 41 · What Fossils Don’t Tell Us · Manny Frishberg · pm 42 · Fermi Meets Sagan · Robert Scherrer · vi 44 · Jewels from the Sky · Brendan DuBois · ss 53 · Biolog: Brendan DuBois · Richard A. Lovett · bg 54 · In Boonker’s Room · Eliot Fintushel · ss 62 · Evolution · James C. Glass · ss 67 · The Alternate View: The Direct Fusion Drive Rocket · John G. Cramer · cl 70 · Sister: Loki · Arlan Andrews, Sr. · ss 75 · Crowdfinding · Eric James Stone · ss 82 · The Continuing Saga of Tom Corbett: Space Cadet · James Van Pelt · ss 90 · Black Orbit · Martin L. Shoemaker · nv 104 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _104 · The Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer; Vintage, 1216pp, $25.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-101-91009-2 · Don Sakers · br _105 · Osama the Gun: A Novel of the New Caliphate, Norman Spinrad; Wildside Press, 288pp, $14.99, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4794-2095-7 · Don Sakers · br _105 · Crosstalk, Connie Willis; Del Rey, 512pp, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-345-54067-6 · Don Sakers · br _106 · Murder in the Generative Kitchen, Meg Pontecorvo; World Weaver Press, 102pp, iBooks, Kindle, Nook: $2.99 (e-book) · Don Sakers · br _106 · Murder on Marawa Prime, Vonnie Winslow Crist; Pole to Pole Publishing, 36pp, $5.49, tp, ISBN: 978-1-9415-5909-3 · Don Sakers · br _106 · The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville; Del Rey, 224pp, $25.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-3455-4399-8 · Don Sakers · br _107 · Redliners: 20th Anniversary Edition, David Drake; Baen, 311pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8162-4 · Don Sakers · br 108 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _108 · [letter] · Joe Quittner · lt _108 · [letter from Yasothon, Thailand] · R. Lee Montgomery · lt _108 · [letter from Haddonfield, NJ] · Dorothy Kurtz · lt _108 · [letter from Winter Haven, FL] · Bob Hubbard · lt _109 · [letter from Marysville, WA] · Robert Johns · lt _109 · [letter from Tallahassee, FL] · C. Henry Depew · lt __109 · [response to letter from C. Henry Depew] · Richard A. Lovett, Ph.D., J.D. · ms _109 · [letter from Denver, CO] · Rudolf von Luchen · lt _110 · [letter from San Antonio, TX] · S. John Facey · lt _110 · [letter] · Marian Powell · lt 112 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v137 #1 & 2, January/February 2017] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest) fc. · The Proving Ground · Kurt Huggins · cv 4 · Guest Editorial: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right · James Gunn · ed 8 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na 31 · New Planet Landscape 38 · Ken Poyner · pm; website lists “What Fossils Don’t Tell Us” by Manny Frishberg. 32 · Rendezvous with a Comet: How ESA’s Rosetta Mission Is Decoding Ancient Planetary Mysteries · Richard A. Lovett · ar; illustrated by ESA _40 · Future Missions · Richard A. Lovett · ar 42 · Twilight’s Captives · Christopher L. Bennett · nv; illustrated by Eldar Zakirov 59 · Orbit of Fire, Orbit of Ice · Andrew Barton · ss 68 · Long Haul · Marie DesJardin · ss; illustrated by Josh Meehan 76 · Catching Zeus · Tom Jolly · ss 84 · Drifting Like Leaves, Falling Like Acorns · Marissa Lingen · ss 90 · Probability Zero: Throw Me a Bone · Stanley Schmidt · vi 92 · Dall’s Last Message · Antha Ann Adkins · vi 96 · The Last Mayan Aristocrat · Guy Stewart · ss; illustrated by Josh Meehan 107 · The Alternate View: The Discovery of Planet Prixima B · John G. Cramer · cl 110 · The Shallowest Waves · Thoraiya Dyer & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · nv 122 · Necessary Illusions · Tom Greene · ss 132 · Biolog: Tom Greene · Richard A. Lovett · bg 133 · UFOlogy · F. J. Bergmann · pm 134 · Paradise Regained [Paradise] · Edward M. Lerner · ss; illustrated by Eldar Zakirov 144 · Briz · Jay Werkheiser · ss 149 · PS Form 3526: Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation · Anon. · ms 150 · Split Signal · Joel Richards · ss 160 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 161 · After the Harvest, Before the Fall · Scott Edelman · nv 176 · Whending My Way Back Home [Martin and Artie] · Bill Johnson · nv 196 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _197 · The Caloris Network, Nick Kanas; Springer, 124pp, $19.99, tp, ISBN: 978-3-319-30577-6 · Don Sakers · br _198 · Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, ed. Ken Liu; Tor, 384pp, $24.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-8419-5 · Don Sakers · br _198 · Everfair, Nisi Shawl; Tor, 364pp, $26.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-3805-1 · Don Sakers · br _199 · Women of Futures Past, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Baen, 267pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8161-7 · Don Sakers · br _200 · Alliance of Equals, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller; Baen, 355pp, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8148-8 · Don Sakers · br _200 · A Crack in the Sky Above Titan, Andrew D. Thaler; 91pp, Kindle: $2.99 (e-book) · Don Sakers · br 202 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _202 · [letter from Hudson, MA] · Tom Powers · lt _202 · [letter] · Jack Courtney · lt _202 · [letter from Forster, Australia] · John Jenkins · lt _202 · [letter from Monroeville, PA] · Lawrence Dierson · lt __203 · [response to Lawrence Dierson] · Trevor Quachri · ms _203 · [letter from St. Louis, MO] · David Phelps · lt 204 · The 2016 Index · Anon. · ix 207 · Analytical Laboratory Ballot · Anon. · ms 208 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl

Analog Science Fiction and Fact [v137 #3 & 4, March/April 2017] ed. Trevor Quachri (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp+, digest) fc. · Nexus · Tomislav Tikulin · cv 4 · Guest Editorial: Future-Proofing the Near Future: Design Fiction for Global Education · Nickolas Falkner · ed 8 · Nexus · Michael F. Flynn · na 42 · Sustainability Lab 101: Cuba as a Simulation of Possible Futures · Stanley Schmidt · ar 49 · Barriers · J. Northcutt, Jr. · pm 50 · Europa’s Survivors · Marianne J. Dyson · nv; illustrated by Vincent DiFate 74 · Eli’s Coming · Catherine Wells · ss 82 · Time Heals · James C. Glass · ss 88 · Shakesville · Adam-Troy Castro & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss; illustrated by Kevin Speidell 97 · Hypothesis/Assertion · Daniel D. Villani · pm 98 · Host · Eneasz Brodski · nv 110 · The Snatchers · Edward McDermott · ss 117 · Unbearable Burden · Gwendolyn Clare · vi 120 · The Alternate View: Testing the Neutrino Hierarchy · John G. Cramer · cl 124 · Probability Zero: Hidden Intentions · Mary E. Lowd · vi 126 · Grandmaster · Jay O’Connell · vi 129 · In Times to Come · Anon. · ms 130 · Alexander’s Theory of Special Relativity · Shane Halbach · vi 134 · Concerning the Devastation Wrought by the Nefarious Gray Comma and Its Ilk: A Men in Tie-Dye Adventure · Tim McDaniel · ss; illustrated by Josh Meehan 142 · Ecuador vs. the Bug-Eyed Monsters · Jay Werkheiser · ss; illustrated by Joel Iskowitz 152 · The Human Way · Tony Ballantyne · nv 167 · Plaisir d’Amour · John Alfred Taylor · na 200 · The Reference Library · Don Sakers · rc _201 · Castaway Odyssey, Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor; Baen, 312pp, $26.00, hc, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8181-5 · Don Sakers · br _201 · StarCraft Evolution, Timothy Zahn; Del Rey, 354pp, $28.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-425-28473-5 · Don Sakers · br _202 · The Right to Arm Bears, Gordon R. Dickson; Baen, 384pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8205-8 · Don Sakers · br _203 · Fragment, Craig Russell; Thistledown, 240pp, $19.95, tp, ISBN: 978-1-7718-7111-2 · Don Sakers · br _203 · Fever Code, James Dashner; Random House, 384pp, $18.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-553-51309-7 · Don Sakers · br _204 · The People’s Police, Norman Spinrad; Tor, 288pp, $27.99, hc, ISBN: 978-0-7653-8427-0 · Don Sakers · br _204 · Night Without Stars, Peter F. Hamilton; Del Rey, 720pp, $32.00, hc, ISBN: 978-0-3455-4722-4 · Don Sakers · br _205 · The Best of Bova Volume II, Ben Bova; Baen, 413pp, $16.00, tp, ISBN: 978-1-4767-8159-4 · Don Sakers · br 206 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _206 · [letter] · Merritt Winner · lt _206 · [letter] · Joseph Blacksten · lt _206 · [letter] · Edward A. Bianchi, PE · lt _207 · [letter from Malden, MA] · Elka Tovah Davidoff · lt _207 · [letter from Chicago, IL] · Lucki M. Wilder · lt 208 · Upcoming Events · Anthony Lewis · cl