Analog. March 2010.
Stories by Shane Tourtellotte, Christopher L. Bennett, Carl Frederick, Bud Sparhawk, Brad Aiken, David A. Simons
Reviewing short SF since 2000
Stories by Shane Tourtellotte, Christopher L. Bennett, Carl Frederick, Bud Sparhawk, Brad Aiken, David A. Simons
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.
Stories by four Analog stalwarts and a newbie : G. David Nordley, Craig DeLancy, John G. Hemry, Jerry Oltion, Jay Werkheiser.
Michael F. Flynn. Where the Winds Are All Asleep. An Oirish Bar is the opening
Shane Tourtellotte. Evergreen. Tourtellotte looks at the implications of parents genetically modifying their offspring in
Daniel Hatch. Seed of Revolution. One in a series of stories, following on from ‘Seed
Adam Troy-Castro. Among the Tchi. A novelist finds his ego suddenly deflated when arriving on-planet
Adam-Troy Castro. Gunfight on Farside. A sequel to ‘Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earls’,
Dave Bartell. Cavernauts. Initially a setup that appeared to be a bog standard trope :
Rajna Vajra. Doctor Alien. A story from an Analog regular very much in the usual
David Bartell. Misquoting the Star. A followup to ‘Misquoting the Moon’ (March 2007) in which
Robert J. Sawyer. Wake. First of four installments. Carl Frederick. Greenwich Nasty Time. A physics
Richard A. Lovett & Mark Neimann-Ross. New Wineskins. Simple premise : a vineyard is able
Henry G. Stratmann. The Last Tempation of Katerina Savitskaya. A sequel to ‘The Paradise Project’
David R. Palmer. Tracking. Part I. Novel serialisation. Carl Frederick. The Exoanthropic Principle. Having provided
Richard A. Lovett. Brittney’s Labyrinth. A second appearance for the middle aged man with an
David Bartell. Test Signals. A multi-limbed geek involved in computers is rapidly involving in something
Thomas R. Dulsi. Guaranteed Not to Turn Pink in the Can. A private investigator is
Catherina Asaro. The Spacetime Pool. A plot with more than a nod to Charles Stross’
Joe Haldeman. Marsbound. The first part of a three-part serialisation gets the double issue underway.
C.W. Johnson. Icarus Beach. A young woman is part of a crew whose ship specialises
Barry B. Longyear. Murder in Parliament Street. Further adventures of Jaggers and Shad, detectives in
Daniel Hatch. An Angel Headed Hipster Escapes. Jonathan Bender has been uploaded for some time,
Dave Creek. Some Distant Shore. Mike and Linna, from three previous Analog stories, are witness
Michael F. Flynn. Quaestiones Super Caelo Et Mundo. A lengthy offering from Flynn, providing a
Richard A. Lovett. The Sands of Titan. A well trodden trope (can tropes be trodden?)
Courtesy of a plane journey, and a lengthy delay on a train, initially caused by
Shane Tourtellote. Trial by Fire. A third in a series in which criminals can have
Karl Schroeder. Queen of Candesce. Pt I of IV. First part of a serialisation. Amy
Rajnar Vajra. Emerald River, Pearl Sky. The story starts with unidentified observers from a thousand
C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley. Imperfect Gods. A sequel to ‘Kremer’s Limit’ (Analog
Barry B. Longyear. The Good Kill. The first, it would appear, of a series of
Robert J. Sawyer. Rollback. Part I of IV. Last month’s issue of Analog featured the
Richard A. Lovett. A Pound of Flesh. The title refers to Shakespeare’s Shylock, who lent
Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Alexis Glynn Latner. Witherspin. A somewhat contrived
Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. James Grayson and Kathy Ferguson. Puncher’s Chance.
Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Edward M. Lerner. A New Order of
Reviewed : MobiPocket version on a Tapwave Zodiac. Wil McCarthy. Boundary Condition. National Weather Service
The content pretty much left me unmoved.
mobipocket version reviewed Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part III. Third installment of a novel
PDF version reviewed. Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part II. Second part of a novel
eBookman version reviewed Karl Schroeder. Sun of Suns, Part I. First part of a novel
eBookman version reviewed Amy Bechtel. Language Lessons. It’s some sixteen years since the cutesy creatures
Michael A. Burstein. Sanctuary. A Catholic Priest is giving a mass to those on a
Bud Sparhawk. Chandra’s Pup. I got a few pages into this story, and then did
Wil McCarthy. The Policeman’s Daughter. Attorney Carmine Strange Douglas finds himself in a predicament, as
Shane Tourtellotte. Footsteps. A lunar variation on the Locked Room Murder Mystery – except that
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.
Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. Third and final instalment of a novel serialisation. Kyle Kirkland.
Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. Second instalment of a novel serialisation. Shane Tourtellotte. Acts of
Jack Williamson. The Stonehenge Gate. First instalment of a novel serialisation. Michael A. Burstein. 75
Kenneth Brady. Baby on Board. Editor Standey Schmidt has been beefing about SUVs in his
Rajnar Vajra. The Ghost within. Give Analog regular Vajra his due, he’s quite happy to
Rajnar Vajra. Layna’s Mirror. Vajra has become an Analog regular of late. Last month he
Jerry Oltion and Amy Axt Hanson. Trophies and Treasures. On a race over Mars’ dusty
Part 1 of the serialised novel, Mary A. Turzillo’s ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’ Michael F. Flynn.
Michael A. Burstein. Time Ablaze. Somewhat formulaic time travel story in which a traveller from
James Gunn. Elixir. A sequel to ‘New Blood’ from Astounding, October 1955. Yup, 1955. Dr.
Joe Haldeman. Camouflage. Novel serialisation – Part I of III. Story illustration by Wolf Read,
Both Analog and Asimov’s announced during 2003 that they would be publishing one issue less
P.J. Plauger. Lucky Luke. Lucky is almost 21, and thus about to come into the
Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper. The Trellis. Pluto and Charon are conjoined through genetically modified
Vernor Vinge. The Cookie Monster. Dixie Mae is pleased with her new job with a
Edward M. Lerner. Moonstruck. Part One of Four. A serialized novel. Lerner’s ‘Dangling Conversations’ stories
The annual double-issue. G. David Nordley. The Fire and The Wind. The story starts with
Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Of the Zornler, By the Zornler. Another tale in the ‘Interplanetary Relations
Steven Bratman. The Immortality Plague. In his editorial in the May issue of Asimovs, Robert
Catherine Asaro. Walk in Silence. One beef I have with many Analog stories is that
Whoops, read this one a couple of weeks ago and plain forgot to write the
Rajna Vajra. Shootout at the Nokai Corral. A four-part serialisation. Stephen L. Burns. Capture Radius.
Daniel Hatch. Seed of Destiny. A story set on the same world as the author’s
Michael Swanwick. Slow Life. Standard Analog fayre from an author whom you wouldn’t immediately associate
Robert J. Sawyer. Ineluctable. Amateur scientist Darren Hamasaki is in his observatory shed in his
Edward M. Lerner. Survival Instinct. The first lengthy instalment of a novel serialisation which continues
Pat Forde. In Spirit. An attempt to make sense of September 11th. Three decades hence,
Adam Troy Castro. Unseen Demons. A touch of the ‘Lecters’ in that a young woman,
One of the benefits of reading a magazine in electronic format is that you don’t
Dave Creek. Splendor’s Truth. A third ‘Splendor’ story, following two published in Analog during 2000,
The cover. Oh my God! The cover! Words fail me….. Amy Bechtel. Sea Changes. Long-standing