Print Periodicals, early April
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
• Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year)
• http://www.analogsf.com/
June 2013—
Vol. 133 No. 6, $4.99, 112pp
• This issue has part 3 of 4 of Edward M. Lerner’s serial “Dark Secret”, a novelette by Mark Niemann-Ross, and short stories by K.S. Patterson, David D. Levin, Maggie Clark, and Linda Nagata. There’s also a “Probability Zero” vignette by Jack McDevitt.
• The science fact article, by Richard A. Lovett, is about tsunamis.
• Departments include a guest editorial by Jamie Todd Rubin, an “Alternate View” column by Jeffery D. Kooistra, On the Sucking Out of Inertia, a special feature “Working on the Space Shuttle” by Jeff Mitchell, and a Reference Library column by Don Sakers.
• Lois Tilton reviewed the issue for Locus Online.
(Thu 4 Apr 2013)
Asimov’s Science Fiction
• Science Fiction magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Near-monthly (10 issues/year)
• http://www.asimovs.com/
June 2013—
Vol. 37 No. 6 (whole #449), $4.99, 112pp, cover art by Alan Lynch Artists/Melanie Delon
• This issue has a novella by Robert Reed, novelettes by G. David Nordley and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and short stories by Eric Del Carlo and Megan Arkenberg.
• Poetry is by Geoffrey Landis, G.O. Clark, and Bruce Boston.
• Departments include a guest editorial by Ed Finn, Celebrate National Science Fiction Day by Learning to Live in the Future; a “Reflections” column by Robert Silverberg, “…Not Even Wrong”; an “On the Net” column by James Patrick Kelly, SF Economics 101; and an On Books column by Peter Heck.
• Lois Tilton reviewed the issue for Locus Online, especially recommending the novella by Robert Reed.
(Thu 4 Apr 2013)
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Fiction, reviews, and features; published since 1949; edited by Gordon Van Gelder
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.fandsf.com/
May/June 2013—
Vol. 124 No. 5&6 (whole #707), $7.99, 258pp, cover art by Kristin Kest
• This issue has a novella by Andy Stewart, novelets by Robert Reed, Rand B. Lee, Albert E. Cowdrey, Dale Bailey, and Bruce McAllister, and short stories by Angelica Gorodischer, Alexandra Duncan, Paul Di Filippo, Joe Haldeman, and Ted White.
• Departments include an editorial by Gordon Van Gelder, remembering Anne Devereaux Jordan among other topics; Charles de Lint’s “Books to Look For”, covering titles by Michelle Gagnon and others; a “Books” column by Elizabeth Hand, covering Apuleius’ The Golden Ass and others; and a “Films” column by Lucius Shepard, covering The Hobbit
• There’s also the results of F&SF Competition #85 and the rules for the next one, and a “Curiosities” page by Anatoly Belilovsky about a 1968 book by Ivan Yefremov.
(Fri 5 Apr 2013)