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Analog. March 2010.

April 12, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Stories by Shane Tourtellotte, Christopher L. Bennett, Carl Frederick, Bud Sparhawk, Brad Aiken, David A. Simons

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Analog. December 2009.

March 5, 2010October 9, 2016 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, G. David Nordley, H.G. Stratmann, Jerry Oltion, Stephen Baxter

Five regular contributors (Stephen Baxter, H.G. Stratmann, Jerry Oltion, G. David Nordley, Carl Frederick) to Analog providing fayre consistent with that which they have provided previously. Enow already.

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Analog. November 2009.

March 3, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Craig DeLancey, G. David Nordley, Jay Werkheiser, Jerry Oltion, John G. Hemry

Stories by four Analog stalwarts and a newbie : G. David Nordley, Craig DeLancy, John G. Hemry, Jerry Oltion, Jay Werkheiser.

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Analog, October 2009

February 14, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Jerry Oltion, Jesse L. Watson, Juliette Wade, Michael F. Flynn, Robert Grossbach, William Gleason

Michael F. Flynn. Where the Winds Are All Asleep. An Oirish Bar is the opening setting, with Flynn trying to

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Analog, September 2009

February 14, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alec Nevala-Lee, Barry B. Longyear, Eric James Stone, Marie DesJardin, Shane Tourtellotte

Shane Tourtellotte. Evergreen. Tourtellotte looks at the implications of parents genetically modifying their offspring in utero to have their physical

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Analog, July/August 2009

February 14, 2010January 21, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Daniel Hatch, Don D'Ammassa, John G. Hemry, Marissa K. Lingen, Scott William Carter, Tom Ligon

Daniel Hatch. Seed of Revolution. One in a series of stories, following on from ‘Seed of Destiny’ from the Jan

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Analog, June 2009

February 14, 2010March 10, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Craig DeLancey, Donald Moffitt, Harry Turtledove, Howard V. Hendrix, James Van Pelt, Richard A. Lovett, Stephen L. Burns
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Analog, May 2009

February 14, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Troy Castro, Alexis Glynn Latner, Philip Edward Kaldon, Robert R. Chase, Shane Tourtellotte, Steven Gould, Tom Ligon

Adam Troy-Castro. Among the Tchi. A novelist finds his ego suddenly deflated when arriving on-planet to find that not only

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Analog, April 2009

February 14, 2010March 10, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Troy Castro, Eric James Stone, H.G. Stratmann, Mark Rich, Mary Turzillo

Adam-Troy Castro. Gunfight on Farside. A sequel to ‘Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earls’, worrying, all the way back

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Analog, March 2009

February 14, 2010March 10, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Dave Bartell, Jerry Craven, Richard Foss, Robert J. Sawyer

Dave Bartell. Cavernauts. Initially a setup that appeared to be a bog standard trope : in the caves of Callisto

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Analog, January/February 2009

February 14, 2010March 10, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Dave Creek, Edward M. Lerner, John G. Hemry, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rajna Vajra, Richard A. Lovett, Richard Foss

Rajna Vajra. Doctor Alien. A story from an Analog regular very much in the usual Analog vein – not a

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Analog, December 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments David Bartell, Jason Sanford, Joe Schembrie, Robert J. Sawyer

David Bartell. Misquoting the Star. A followup to ‘Misquoting the Moon’ (March 2007) in which one Hendrik Isaacs got a

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Analog, November 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alan Dean Foster, Carl Frederick, Oz Drummond, Paul Levinson, Richard A. Lovett, Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer. Wake. First of four installments. Carl Frederick. Greenwich Nasty Time. A physics undergraduate is off to the

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Analog, October 2008

February 14, 2010October 7, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Dave Creek, David R. Palmer, Richard A. Lovett & Mark Neimann-Ross, Tracy Canfield

Richard A. Lovett & Mark Neimann-Ross. New Wineskins. Simple premise : a vineyard is able to get around problems with

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Analog, September 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments David Grace, David R. Palmer, David W. Goldman, Henry G. Stratmann, Stephen L. Burns, William Gleason

Henry G. Stratmann. The Last Tempation of Katerina Savitskaya. A sequel to ‘The Paradise Project’ (Analog Nov 2007) which I

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Analog, July/August 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Bond Elam, Carl Frederick, David R. Palmer, Dean McLaughlin, Juliette Wade, Kyle Kirkland, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Michael F. Flynn, Paul Carson

David R. Palmer. Tracking. Part I. Novel serialisation. Carl Frederick. The Exoanthropic Principle. Having provided a science fact article on

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Analog, June 2008

February 14, 2010October 7, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ben Bova, Bud Sparhawk, Craig DeLancey, Richard A. Lovett, Richard K. Lyon, Susan Forest

Richard A. Lovett. Brittney’s Labyrinth. A second appearance for the middle aged man with an implanted AI who has the

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Analog, May 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Dave Creek, David Bartell, Edward M. Lerner, Eric James Stone, Robert R. Lambert, Sarah K. Castle, Walter L. Kleine

David Bartell. Test Signals. A multi-limbed geek involved in computers is rapidly involving in something or other – sorry, this

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Analog, April 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Craig DeLancey, Donald Moffitt, Jerry Oltion, Joe Haldeman, Stephen L. Burns, Thomas R. Dulsi, William Gleason

Thomas R. Dulsi. Guaranteed Not to Turn Pink in the Can. A private investigator is hired by a concerned father

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Analog, March 2008

February 14, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Catherine Asaro, Howard V. Hendrix, James C. Glass, Joe Haldeman, John G. Hemry, Robert R. Chase

Catherina Asaro. The Spacetime Pool. A plot with more than a nod to Charles Stross’ ‘Merchant Princes’ series it would

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Analog, January/February 2008

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Barry B. Longyear, Carl Frederick, Don D'Ammassa, Geoffrey A. Landis, J Timothy Bagwell, Jerry Oltion, Joe Haldeman, Mia Molvray, Richard A. Lovett and Mark Niemann-Ross, Ron Goulart, Wil McCarthy

Joe Haldeman. Marsbound. The first part of a three-part serialisation gets the double issue underway. J Timothy Bagwell. Tangible Light.

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Analog, December 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments C.W. Johnson, David W. Goldman, Jerry Oltion, Lesley L. Smith, Robert R. Chase, Sarah K. Castle

C.W. Johnson. Icarus Beach. A young woman is part of a crew whose ship specialises in taking super-rich passengers deep

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Analog, November 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Barry B. Longyear, Bud Sparhawk, Carl Frederick, David Walton, H.G. Stratmann, John G. Hemry

Barry B. Longyear. Murder in Parliament Street. Further adventures of Jaggers and Shad, detectives in the SW of England, one

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Analog, October 2007

February 14, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alex Kasman, Barry B. Longyear, Daniel Hatch, Ekaterina Sedia, Joseph P. Martino, Tom Ligon

Daniel Hatch. An Angel Headed Hipster Escapes. Jonathan Bender has been uploaded for some time, and is part of a

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Analog, September 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley, Dave Creek, E. Mark Mitchell, Howard V. Hendrix, Richard A. Lovett

Dave Creek. Some Distant Shore. Mike and Linna, from three previous Analog stories, are witness to two star systems colliding.

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Analog, July/August 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Amy Bechtel, Bud Webster, C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley, C.W. Johnson, Joe Schembrie, John G. Hemry, Michael F. Flynn, Richard A. Lovett

Michael F. Flynn. Quaestiones Super Caelo Et Mundo. A lengthy offering from Flynn, providing a fictional angle on scientific enlightenment

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Analog, June 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Karl Schroeder, Rajnar Vajra, Richard A. Lovett, Scott William Carter

Richard A. Lovett. The Sands of Titan. A well trodden trope (can tropes be trodden?) : a lonely spaceman (almost

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Analog, May 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, Carl Frederick, Karl Schroeder, Lee Goodloe, Richard A. Lovett

Courtesy of a plane journey, and a lengthy delay on a train, initially caused by a lineside fire, and then

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Analog, April 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Jerry Oltion, John G. Hemry, Karl Schroeder, Michael A. Burstein and Robert Greenberger, Shane Tourtellote

Shane Tourtellote. Trial by Fire. A third in a series in which criminals can have their errant ways overlayed with

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Analog, March 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Amy Bechtel, C. Sanford Lowe and G. David Nordley, David Bartell, Karl Schroeder, Michael Shara and Jack McDevitt

Karl Schroeder. Queen of Candesce. Pt I of IV. First part of a serialisation. Amy Bechtel. Trucks. Amy Bechtel’s name

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January/February 2007

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, David W. Goldman, E. Mark Mitchell, Grey Rollins, Jerry Oltion, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, R. Emrys Gordon, Rajnar Vajra, Richard A. Lovett, Robert J. Sawyer, Stephen L. Burns

Rajnar Vajra. Emerald River, Pearl Sky. The story starts with unidentified observers from a thousand years beyond the narrative which

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, December 2006

February 14, 2010May 29, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley, Catherine H. Schaffer, Craig DeLancey, Grey Rollins, Jerry Oltion, Robert J. Sawyer, Wil McCarthy

C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley. Imperfect Gods. A sequel to ‘Kremer’s Limit’ (Analog July/August 2006) in which Hilda

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Barry B. Longyear, Carl Frederick, Mike Resnick and Kevin J. Anderson, Robert J. Sawyer, Shane Tourtelotte

Barry B. Longyear. The Good Kill. The first, it would appear, of a series of Jaggers and Shad SF mysteries.

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, October 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ben Bova, David Walton, Richard A. Lovett, Robert J. Howe, Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer. Rollback. Part I of IV. Last month’s issue of Analog featured the conclusion of a four part

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, September 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Edward M. Lerner, John G. Hemry, Rajna Vajra, Richard A. Lovett

Richard A. Lovett. A Pound of Flesh. The title refers to Shakespeare’s Shylock, who lent money on the basis that

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexis Glynn Latner, Brian Plante, C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley, Carl Frederick, Edward M. Lerner, Ian Stewart, James Hosek, Joe Schembrie, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Shane Tourtelotte

Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Alexis Glynn Latner. Witherspin. A somewhat contrived adventure in which an enhanced

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Analog, June 2006.

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Charlie Rosenkranz, Edward M. Lerner, James Grayson and Kathy Ferguson, Richard Lovett

Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. James Grayson and Kathy Ferguson. Puncher’s Chance. Dave, a mature space engineer/pilot

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Edward M. Lerner, Geoffrey A. Landis, Harry Turtledove, Jerry Oltion, Rob Chilson

Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Edward M. Lerner. A New Order of Things Part I of IV.

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, April 2006

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, John G. Hemry, Michael Shara and Jack McDevitt, Richard A. Lovett, Stephen Baxter, Stephen L. Burns, Wil McCarthy

Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Wil McCarthy. Boundary Condition. National Weather Service astronauts have a surprise visit

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, March 2006

February 14, 2010March 13, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Grey Rollins, Henry Melton, John Barnes, Karl Schroeder, Larry Niven

The content pretty much left me unmoved.

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, Jan/Feb 2006

February 14, 2010March 13, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ekaterina G. Sedia and David Bartell., Grey Rollins, John Barnes, Julian Flood, Karl Schroeder, Lee Goodloe, Mark W. Tiedemann, Rajnar Vajra, Richard A. Lovett

mobipocket version reviewed Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part III. Third installment of a novel serialisation. John Barnes. ‘The Night

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, December 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Harry Turtledove, Karl Schroeder, Larry Niven, Robert J. Howe, Scott William Carter

PDF version reviewed. Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part II. Second part of a novel serialisation. Harry Turtledove. Audubon in

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments John Barnes, Karl Schroeder, Richard A. Lovett, Thomas R. Dulski

eBookman version reviewed Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part I. First part of a novel serialisation (although stylistically it opens

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, October 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Amy Bechtel, Catherine Shaffer, Dave Creek, Joe Schembrie, Richard A. Lovett, Robert J. Howe, Stephen Baxter, Stephen L. Burns

eBookman version reviewed Amy Bechtel. Language Lessons. It’s some sixteen years since the cutesy creatures featured in this story first

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, September 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Eric James Stone, Grey Rollins, Jerry Oltion, Kevin J. Anderson, Larry Niven, Lawrence M Schoen, Mary Rosenblum, Michael A. Burstein

Michael A. Burstein. Sanctuary. A Catholic Priest is giving a mass to those on a multi-species space station who are

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, Bud Sparhawk, Carl Frederick, Gregorgy Benford, Joe Schembrie, Michael A. Burstein, Rajnar Vajra, Robert R. Chase, Scott William Carter, Stephen Baxter

Bud Sparhawk. Chandra’s Pup. I got a few pages into this story, and then did a check on previous stories

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, June 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, E. Mark Mitchell, John G. Hemry, Richard A. Lovett, Uncle River, Wil McCarthy

Wil McCarthy. The Policeman’s Daughter. Attorney Carmine Strange Douglas finds himself in a predicament, as a younger, ballsier version of

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ekaterina Sedia and David Bartell, Grey Rollins, James Van Pelt, Jerry Oltion, Joe Schembrie, Richard A. Lovett, Shane Tourtellotte

Shane Tourtellotte. Footsteps. A lunar variation on the Locked Room Murder Mystery – except that the dead body is on

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Analog Magazines Reviews 

Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, April 2004

February 14, 2010February 4, 2016 Mark Watson 0 Comments

Stories by Pete D. Manison, J. Brian Clarke, Brian Plante, Scott William Carter, Sheralyn Schofield Belyeu, Carl Frederick, and a serialisation instalment from Joe Haldeman.

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, April 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, David Burkhead, Jack Williamson, James C. Glass, John G. Hemry, Kyle Kirkland

Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. Third and final instalment of a novel serialisation. Kyle Kirkland. Company Secrets. Merv Dunn, Inc,

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, March 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Ekaterina Sedia and David Bartell, Jack Williamson, James C. Glass, Shane Tourtellotte

Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. Second instalment of a novel serialisation. Shane Tourtellotte. Acts of Conscience. In ‘A New Man’

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January/February 2005

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ben Bova, David Brin, Jack Williamson, James Gunn, Jeffery D. Kooistra, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Michael A. Burstein, Richard A. Lovett

Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. First instalment of a novel serialisation. Michael A. Burstein. 75 Years. A historian visits and

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, December 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Grey Rollins, Joe Schembrie, John G. Hemry, Kenneth Brady, Savant Songs

Kenneth Brady. Baby on Board. Editor Standey Schmidt has been beefing about SUVs in his editorials of late, so it

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Edward Muller, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mary A. Turzillo, Mike Moscoe, Rajnar Vajra, Robert Scherrer

Rajnar Vajra. The Ghost within. Give Analog regular Vajra his due, he’s quite happy to turn his hand to a

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, October 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Catherine Shaffer, Don Sakers, Rajnar Vajra

Rajnar Vajra. Layna’s Mirror. Vajra has become an Analog regular of late. Last month he had a new-future, hi-tech virtuality

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, September 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Dave Creek, Jerry Oltion and Amy Axt Hanson, Joe Schembrie, Rajna Vajra

Jerry Oltion and Amy Axt Hanson. Trophies and Treasures. On a race over Mars’ dusty plains in which Winthrop Magnus

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Allen M. Steele, Bob Buckley, Bud Sparhawk, Mary A. Turzillo, Michael F. Flynn, Thomas R. Dulski

Part 1 of the serialised novel, Mary A. Turzillo’s ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’ Michael F. Flynn. The Clapping Hands of God.

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, June 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexis Glynn Latner, Grey Rollins, J.T. Sharrah, Kevin J. Anderson, Michael A. Burstein, Richard A. Lovett, Stephen Baxter

Michael A. Burstein. Time Ablaze. Somewhat formulaic time travel story in which a traveller from the future who has come

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments G. David Nordley, James Gunn, Jerry Oltion, Joe Haldeman, Richard A. Lovett, Suzette Haden Elgin

James Gunn. Elixir. A sequel to ‘New Blood’ from Astounding, October 1955. Yup, 1955. Dr. Russell Pearce has been researching

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, March 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Grey Rollins, James C. Pain, Jeff Hecht, Jerry Oltion, Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven, Richard A. Lovett, Steven Utley

Joe Haldeman. Camouflage. Novel serialisation – Part I of III. Story illustration by Wolf Read, and, to be frank, if

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January/February 2004

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alec Nevala-Lee, Bob Buckley, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Grey Rollins, Kyle Kirkland, Marie Ming, Michael A. Burstein, Ramona Louise Wheeler, Richard A. Lovett, Robert J. Sawyer, Stephen L. Burns, Steven Bratman

Both Analog and Asimov’s announced during 2003 that they would be publishing one issue less per year : moving to

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, December 2003

February 14, 2010April 22, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Bruce Holland Rogers, Charles L. Harness, Edward M. Lerner, Kyle Kirkland, P.J. Plauger

P.J. Plauger. Lucky Luke. Lucky is almost 21, and thus about to come into the inheritance left for him in

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Edward M. Lerner, Kathy Oltion, Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper, Lloyd Biggle Jr, Pete D. Manison, Robert Scherrer, Ron Collins

Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper. The Trellis. Pluto and Charon are conjoined through genetically modified creepers, which carry water from

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, October 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, Edward M. Lerner, Robert R. Chase, Shane Tourtellote, Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge. The Cookie Monster. Dixie Mae is pleased with her new job with a hi-tech company. However, a strange

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, September 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carl Frederick, Edward M. Lerner, Edward Muller, John G. Hemry, Kevin Levites, Michael A. Burstein, Pete D. Manison, Richard A. Lovett

Edward M. Lerner. Moonstruck. Part One of Four. A serialized novel. Lerner’s ‘Dangling Conversations’ stories had First Contact being made

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2003

February 14, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexis Glynn Latner, Brenda Cooper, Bud Webster, Carl Frederick, David Brin, G. David Nordley, Grey Rollins, Michael F. Flynn, Pat Yorke, Richard A. Lovett, Robert R. Chase, Ron Goulart, Sarah A. Hoyt, Shirley Kennett

The annual double-issue. G. David Nordley. The Fire and The Wind. The story starts with a stark warning to the

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, June 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ben Bova, Charles E. Gannon, Edward M. Lerner, Henry Melton, Ken Wharton, Lloyd Biggle, Michael F. Flynn, Peter D. Manison

Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Of the Zornler, By the Zornler. Another tale in the ‘Interplanetary Relations Bureau’, stories in which planets

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Don D'Ammassa, John C. Bodin and Ron Collins, Ken Wharton, Larry Niven, Rajnar Vajra, Steven Bratman

Steven Bratman. The Immortality Plague. In his editorial in the May issue of Asimovs, Robert Silverberg relates at length (and

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, April 2003

February 14, 2010November 4, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Catherine Asaro, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Kyle Kirkland, Mary Soon Lee, Rajnar Vajra

Catherine Asaro. Walk in Silence. One beef I have with many Analog stories is that many could easily have been

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, March 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments David Alexander, Lloyd Biggle, Rajnar Vajra, Richard A. Lovett, Shane Tourtellotte

Whoops, read this one a couple of weeks ago and plain forgot to write the review. I wonder how my

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, February 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, Rajna Vajra, Stephen L. Burns, Wolf Read

Rajna Vajra. Shootout at the Nokai Corral. A four-part serialisation. Stephen L. Burns. Capture Radius. A young woman in her

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, January 2003

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Daniel Hatch, Daniel M. Hoyt, Kyle Kirkland, Larry Niven, Rajnar Vajra

Daniel Hatch. Seed of Destiny. A story set on the same world as the author’s ‘Seed of Reason’ (Analog, April

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, December 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Charles L. Harness, Jerry Oltion, John G. Hemry, Michael Swanwick, Shane Tourtellotte, Stephen L. Burns, Will McCarthy

Michael Swanwick. Slow Life. Standard Analog fayre from an author whom you wouldn’t immediately associate with Analog. Lizzie O’Brien is

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Brian Plante, Dave Creek, Grey Rollins, Kathy Oltion, Robert J. Sawyer, Walter F. Cuirle

Robert J. Sawyer. Ineluctable. Amateur scientist Darren Hamasaki is in his observatory shed in his backyard when he discovers palpable

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, October 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Arlan Andrews, Edward M. Lerner, Mary A. Tuzillo, Michael A. Burstein, Rajnar Vajnar, Sr

Edward M. Lerner. Survival Instinct. The first lengthy instalment of a novel serialisation which continues on from the events of

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, September 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments James Van Pelt, Jerry Oltion, Lloyd Biggle Jr, Pat Forde, Timothy Zahn

Pat Forde. In Spirit. An attempt to make sense of September 11th. Three decades hence, ‘deep-projection’ technology enables individuals to

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, July/August 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Troy Castro, Edward M. Lerner, Jack McDevitt, Kevin J. Anderson and Gregory Benford., Larry Niven, Rajnar Vajra, Ron Goulart, Shane Tourtellotte, Tobias S. Buckell

Adam Troy Castro. Unseen Demons. A touch of the ‘Lecters’ in that a young woman, with some dark secrets in

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Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, June 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Amy Bechtel, Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven, Grey Rollings, Jerry Oltion, Marissa K. Lingen, Rajnar Vajra

One of the benefits of reading a magazine in electronic format is that you don’t have to worry about fellow

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Bud Sparhawk, Dave Creek, Jerry Oltion, Mike Moscoe, Sam Boone, Shane Tourtellotte, Stephen L. Burns

Dave Creek. Splendor’s Truth. A third ‘Splendor’ story, following two published in Analog during 2000, neither of which I have

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2002

February 14, 2010February 16, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Amy Bechtel, Charles L. Harness, Charles Sheffield, Jerry Oltion, Richard Foss

The cover. Oh my God! The cover! Words fail me….. Amy Bechtel. Sea Changes. Long-standing readers of Analog may recall

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