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Asimov’s Science Fiction [v30 #7, #366, July 2006] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Alan Bean) 4 · Editorial: Moon Day · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: The Thumb on the Dinosaur’s Nose · Robert Silverberg · cl 11 · In Memoriam: Octavia E. Butler · Sheila Williams · ob 12 · Thought Experiments: Preserving the History of the Future—An Insider’s View of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame · Therese Littleton · cl 17 · Nano Comes to Clifford Falls · Nancy Kress · ss 30 · You Will Go to the Moon · William Preston · ss 41 · The World and Alice · L. Timmel Duchamp · nv 60 · Bitterseed · Ted Kosmatka · ss 71 · Science Fiction Sudoku Contest Results · Dominic J. Vitacco & Lyle Wiedeman · ms 72 · Impossible Dreams · Tim Pratt · ss 84 · Snail Stones · Paul Melko · ss 99 · Fireflies · Kathe Koja · vi 102 · The Djinn’s Wife [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv 133 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v30 #8, #367, August 2006] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Gary Overacre) 4 · Editorial: The 2006 Dell Magazines Award · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: The Thumb on the Dinosaur’s Nose, II · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 16 · On the Net: Son of Movies · James Patrick Kelly · cl 20 · Dead Man · Alexander Jablokov · nv 39 · The Dying Physicist Tells Her Why Goodbye Is Meaningless · Laurel Winter · pm 40 · Feather and Ring · Ruth Nestvold · ss 50 · In the Abyss of Time · Stephen Baxter · ss 64 · In Wicked Hollows, on Darkling Plains · Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm 66 · Crunchers, Inc. · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 81 · Science Fiction Sudoku · John N. Marx · pz 82 · Tin Marsh · Michael Swanwick · ss 95 · Not This Earth Forever · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 96 · The Plurality of Worlds [Queen Jane] · Brian Stableford · na 136 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v30 #9, #368, September 2006] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Donato Giancola) 4 · Editorial: 2006 Readers’ Awards · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: The Kraken · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · Thought Experiments: Barbarian Confessions · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · cl 21 · Widow of the Android-Robot Time Wars · Vincent Miske · pm 22 · Sunlight or Rock · John Kesse · nv 37 · Science Fiction Sudoku · Ruhan Zhao & Lee Martin · pz 38 · The Girl in the Empty Apartment [Harbinger] · Jack Skillingstead · ss 50 · Primates · David D. Levine · ss 60 · The Two Friends · Tom Disch · pm 62 · Godburned · Karen Jordan Allen · nv 83 · We Are the Cat · Carl Frederick · ss 97 · Silence in Florence · Ian Creasey · ss 106 · Postsingular [Postsingular] · Rudy Rucker · nv 132 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v30 #10 & 11, #369 & 370, October/November 2006] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by George Gross) 4 · Editorial: The Pulp-Art Time Machine · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Making Backups · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · On the Net: Secrets of the Webmasters (Part One) · James Patrick Kelly · cl 16 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 18 · A Billion Eves · Robert Reed · na 66 · Biodad · Kit Reed · ss 75 · Preponderance of the Small · Rebecca Marjesdatter · pm 76 · Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth · Michael F. Flynn · nv 108 · After I Stopped Screaming · Pamela Sargent · ss 113 · Hell on Wheels · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 114 · The Small Astral Object Genius · James Van Pelt · ss 125 · I Was a Teenage Werewolf · Greg Beatty · pm 126 · 1 Is True · Ron Collins · nv 149 · Frankenstein vs. the Flying Squirrels · David Livingstone Clink · pm 150 · The Seducer · Carol Emshwiller · ss 161 · Grey November · Holly Phillips · pm 162 · Saving for a Sunny Day, or, The Benefits of Reincarnation · Ian Watson · ss 171 · Forward and Backward Belief · Vincent Miske · pm 172 · Foster Melissa · Lee Shaw · ss 179 · Science Fiction Sudoku · Rebecca Mayr · pz 180 · Down to the Earth Below · William Barton · na 225 · Remembering the Future · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 226 · On Books: The Big Kahuna · Norman Spinrad · rc 238 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v30 #12, #371, December 2006] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Jeroen Advocaat) 4 · Editorial: How My Heart Breaks When I Hear That Song · Sheila Williams · ed 5 · Copyright Notice, 2525 · David Livingstone Clink · pm 6 · Reflections: Flashing Before My Eyes · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · Yellow Card Man [The Windup Universe] · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv 39 · Plausible · Robert Reed · ss 47 · Motive, Cause, Weapon · Greg Beatty · pm 48 · An Eccentric in Orbit · Laurel Winter · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #24 2003/’04 50 · Immunity · Susan Forest · ss 60 · Safe! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss 77 · Science Fiction Sudoku · Ruth Crabtree · pz 78 · A Dying Fall · Christopher Priest · ss 86 · The Golden Record · Ian Creasey · ss 100 · Lord Weary’s Empire [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · na 136 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 141 · Rain · Holly Phillips · pm 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #1, #372, January 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Michael Whelan) 4 · Editorial: Anniversaries · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Farming · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · On the Net: Secrets of the Webmasters (Part Two) · James Patrick Kelly · cl 18 · Safeguard · Nancy Kress · nv 38 · Poison · Bruce McAllister · ss 48 · Café Culture · Jack Dann · ss 55 · The Wings of Icarus · John Morressy · pm 56 · The Hikikomori’s Cartoon Kimono · A. R. Morlan · nv 79 · Battlefield Games · R. Neube · ss 85 · Place Mat by Moebius · Greg Beatty · pm 86 · Gunfight at the Sugarloaf Pet Food & Taxidermy · Jeff Carlson · ss 96 · Trunk and Disorderly · Charles Stross · nv 125 · In the Light Room · John Garrison · pm 126 · Science Fiction Sudoku · James Goreham · pz 127 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 136 · Paradise · Tom Disch · pm 137 · 2006 Index · Anon. · ix 140 · Twenty-First Annual Readers’ Award · Anon. · ms 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #2, #373, February 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dominic Harman) 4 · Guest Editorial: A Second-Hand Sensibility · Brian Bieniowski · ed 8 · Reflections: Rereading Jack Vance · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · Thought Experiments: Me and Deke and the Paradigm Shift · Michael Cassutt · cl 19 · Outgoing · Alex Wilson · nv 46 · Cold Fire · Tanith Lee · ss 54 · The Chimera Transit · Jack Skillingstead · ss 61 · A Portrait of the Artist · Charles Midwinter · ss 76 · Close · William Preston · ss 87 · Recovering Apollo 8 · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na 132 · Special Book Review: Alice Through the Magnifying Glass · Paul Di Filippo · br 137 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #3, #374, March 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Tor Lundvall) 4 · Editorial: Alli/Tip and Me · Sheila Williams · ed 7 · Cat Spacesuit · Ruth Berman · pm 8 · Reflections: Jack Williamson · Robert Silverberg · cl [Jack Williamson] 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 14 · On the Net: The Living and the Dead · James Patrick Kelly · cl 18 · Breeze from the Stars · Mary Rosenblum · nv 34 · The Lion · Bruce McAllister · ss 38 · Bottles · Greg Beatty · pm 40 · Public Safety · Matthew Johnson · nv 55 · Science Fiction Sudoku · Sheryl Kolar · pz 56 · The Sanguine · Jim Grimsley · ss 67 · They Arrived · Mark Rich · pm 68 · Babel 3000 · Colin P. Davies · ss 72 · Chainsaw on Hand · Deborah Coates · ss 82 · Doctor Muffet’s Island [Queen Jane] · Brian Stableford · na 132 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #4 & 5, #375 & 376, April/May 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $5.99, 240pp+, digest, cover by NASA) 4 · Editorial: In Memories Yet Green · Isaac Asimov, George Scithers, Kathleen Moloney, Shawna McCarthy, Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams · ed 16 · Reflections: Thirty Years! · Robert Silverberg · cl 20 · Asimov’s Hugo- and Nebula-Award Winners · Anon. · ms 22 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 26 · The River Horses [Coyote] · Allen M. Steele · na 71 · Where the First Backyard Starship Lifted Off · Robert Frazier · pm 72 · A Small Room in Koboldtown [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · ss 82 · Wolves of the Spirit · Liz Williams · ss 90 · The Eater of Dreams · Robert Silverberg · vi 92 · Soular · Peter Payack · pm 94 · The Rocket Into Planetary Space · William Barton · nv 120 · Lilyanna · Lisa Goldstein · ss 130 · Distant Replay · Mike Resnick · ss 138 · The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes · Bruce Boston · pm Shades Fantastic, Gromagon Press 2006 140 · End Game · Nancy Kress · ss 149 · Leaving for the Mall · Roger Dutcher · pm 150 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss 159 · Alternate Astrology · Ruth Berman · pm 160 · Fifth Day · Jack McDevitt · ss 168 · Green Glass · Gene Wolfe · ss 176 · Dead Money · Lucius Shepard · na 227 · On Books: Whither the Hard Stuff? · Norman Spinrad · rc 238 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #6, #377, June 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by John Allemand) 4 · Editorial: Heroes, Unsung · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Resurrecting the Quagga · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · On the Net: RAH · James Patrick Kelly · cl 16 · News from the Front · Harry Turtledove · nv 37 · Three Days of Rain · Holly Phillips · ss 46 · Studies in the Field · R. Neube · ss 57 · Don’t Stop · James Patrick Kelly · ss 65 · Rainstorm · Debbie Ouellet · pm 66 · Tideline · Elizabeth Bear · ss 75 · Heat · Sandra J. Lindow · pm 76 · Scrawl Daddy · Jack Skillingstead · ss 88 · Marrying In · Carrie Vaughn · ss 93 · Alien Archaeology [Polity] · Neal Asher · na 133 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 140 · What We’re Working For · Greg Beatty · pm 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #7, #378, July 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Donato Giancola) 4 · Editorial: First Impressions · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Limbo on the Moon · Robert Silverberg · cl 11 · Baseline · Greg Beatty · pm 12 · The Trial · Brian Stableford · nv 36 · Bullet Dance · John Schoffstall · ss 49 · The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · nv 70 · Roxie · Robert Reed · ss 86 · Congratulations from the Future! · Michael Swanwick · vi 90 · Fountain of Age · Nancy Kress · na 131 · As Much As Most · W. Gregory Stewart · pm 132 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 141 · My Window on the Worlds · G. O. Clark · pm 25¢ Rocket Ship to the Stars, Dark Regions Press 2007 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #8, #379, August 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Jim Burns) 4 · Editorial: The 2007 Dell Magazines Award · Sheila Williams · ar 8 · Reflections: Decoding Cuneiform · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · On the Net: Happy Red Planet · James Patrick Kelly · cl 16 · Hormiga Canyon · Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling · nv 44 · Dead Horse Point · Daryl Gregory · ss 57 · The Bridge · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv; originally published in French as “De l’autre côté du pont” in Détectives de l’Impossible, J’ai lu Millénaires, May 2002. 78 · Teachers’ Lounge · Tim McDaniel · ss 85 · Prodigal · Justin Stanchfield · ss 97 · Thank You, Mr. Whiskers · Jack Skillingstead · ss 106 · The Mists of Time · Tom Purdom · nv 135 · When the Radar Aliens Come · Greg Beatty · pm 136 · On Books · Peter Heck · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #9, #380, September 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $3.99, 144pp+, digest, cover by Dan O’Driscoll) 4 · Editorial: 2007 Readers’ Awards · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Saddam Wasn’t the Worst · Robert Silverberg · cl 13 · Asteroid People · Bruce Boston · pm Aoife’s Kiss Jun 2006 14 · The Caldera of Good Forture [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv 35 · Cendrillon at Sunrise · Jo Walton · pm 36 · My Heart as Dry as Dust · Kim Zimring · ss 46 · How Music Begins · James Van Pelt · ss 59 · Reservations Suggested · G. O. Clark · pm 25¢ Rocket Ship to the Stars, Dark Regions Press 2007 60 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv 82 · What Wolves Know · Kit Reed · nv 99 · Draw · Pati Nagle · ss 107 · A Meeting of Minds · Karin L. Frank · pm 108 · By Fools Like Me · Nancy Kress · ss 118 · The Good Ship Lollypop · R. García y Robertson · nv 136 · On Books · Paul Di Filippo · rc 142 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Asimov’s Science Fiction [v31 #10 & 11, #381 & 382, October/November 2007] ed. Sheila Williams (Dell Magazines, $5.99, 240pp+, digest, cover by Ron Miller) 4 · Editorial: Trends · Sheila Williams · ed 8 · Reflections: Rereading Theodore Sturgeon · Robert Silverberg · cl 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 16 · On the Net: Pixel-Stained Technopeasants · James Patrick Kelly · cl 20 · Dark Integers [Luminous] · Greg Egan · nv 52 · At Sixes and Sevens · Carol Emshwiller · ss 63 · Paid in Full · Susan Forest · ss 69 · Modern Constellations · Pat Tompkins · pm 70 · Night Calls · Robert Reed · nv 87 · Star People · Bruce Boston · pm Dreams and Nightmares #74/75 2006 88 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep 1941 114 · Leonid Skies · Carl Frederick · ss 127 · Little Red Robot · G. O. Clark · pm 25¢ Rocket Ship to the Stars, Dark Regions Press 2007 128 · Debatable Lands · Liz Williams · ss 138 · Into the Deep · Michael Meyerhofer · pm 140 · Skull Valley · Michael Cassutt · ss 151 · Endangered · PMF Johnson · pm 152 · Dark Rooms · Lisa Goldstein · nv 173 · The Angel Who Writes · Ruth Berman · pm 174 · The Turn · Chris Butler · ss 181 · Staying the Course · Mark Rich · pm 182 · Galaxy Blues: Part 1: Down and Out on Coyote [Coyote] · Allen M. Steele · sl 226 · On Books: Buried Treasures · Norman Spinrad · rc 238 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl