Issues Seen first half of October 2004

• Third issue of the new incarnation of this magazine, published by Paizo Publishing and edited by David Gross, who recently resigned and whose position will be filled by Jeff Berkwits. The first issue of this incarnation was described here; Locus Online has not seen the second issue.
• There are five stories in this issue, by James Van Pelt, Gary K. Wolf (a new "Toon" story), Greg Stolze, Leslie What, and Jack Williamson (a 1000-word vignette). Print-related features include a profile of Frederik Pohl by Therese Littleton, and a Q&A with Greg Keyes by David Gross.
• Other features include articles on a new Frankenstein miniseries, the release of Star Wars on DVD, comic-book miniseries Green Lantern: Rebirth, and Hollywood's love of remakes.
• Departments include an editorial, letters, reviews of books, comics, DVDs, etc., and a "Time Machine" look at versions of Buck Rogers over the decades.
• (Fri 8 Oct 2004)

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• Fiction in this issue includes a novella by Kenneth Brady, "Baby on Board"; novelettes by Joe Schembrie and Mike Moscoe; short stories by Carl Frederick, Grey Rollins, Brenda Cooper, and John G. Hemry; and a "Probability Zero" vignette by Kevin Levites.
• The science fact article, by Yoji Kondo & William A. Gaubatz, is "Focusing Visions and Goals for Opening Space."
• Departments include Stanley Schmidt's editorial, about predators; John G. Cramer's "The Alternate View" column, discussing a recent experiment that apparently undermines the 'many-worlds' interpretation of quantum mechanics (a topic blogged by Kathryn Cramer); book reviews by Tom Easton; "Brass Tacks" letters; and Anthony Lewis' "Upcoming Events".
• (Fri 8 Oct 2004)

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• This is the last issue of Asimov's with Gardner Dozois' name on the masthead as editor; Sheila Williams officially takes over next month.
• Stories in this issue are novelettes by Paul Melko, Allen M. Steele, and Keith Ferrell; and short stories by Peter Friend, Elizabeth Counihan, Mike Resnick, Aaron Schutz, Chris Roberson, Neal Asher, and James Van Pelt. There's also poetry by Bruce Boston, G.O. Clark, Ruth Berman, and Mario Milosevic.
• Departments includes Robert Silverberg's "Reflections" column, about the campaign for an Isaac Asimov postage stamp; James Patrick Kelly's "On the Net" column, about Ebooks; and Erwin S. Strauss's SF Conventional Calendar. Dozois' Next Issue page from the last issue describes this issue.
• Reviewed by Nick Gevers in the upcoming November issue of Locus Magazine, who especially recommends the stories by Asher, Counihan, and Roberson.
• (Fri 8 Oct 2004)

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• This issue's news includes the World Fantasy Awards nominations announced in August, Jack McDevitt's Campbell Award win in July, and Prometheus Books' new SF imprint Pyr. Many other news items are listed in sections for magazines, publishers, awards, media, science news, authors & editors, etc.
• Features include an installment of "Buck Rogers Stuff" by Mark Rich; book reviews by Don D'Ammassa; a Buyers Guide of books to be published in October ; an editorial about the Jonathan Strange deal and other matters; a UK report by Tanya Brown; a fanzine column by John Hertz; Jeff Rovin's SF Cinema column; and short fiction reviews by Michael M. Jones.
• (Fri 8 Oct 2004)

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• Fiction in this issue is by Leigh Anna Harken, Nick Pincumbe, Steven Carlton, Christopher Kugler, Eugie Foster, and Paul Woodlin, with poetry by Susan M. Sailors, Lora Reynolds, James Grossman, and Abram Jacobs.
• Nonfiction includes an interview with two Writers of the Future contest winners, Robert J. Defendi and Matthew Candelaria; an essay about counting sheep by Anastasius Vedder-Newt; and an essay on cyberpunk by Daniel Clausen.
• There are three editorials, by Megan Kauffman (about the creative inner child), Christopher Kugler (adventures in editing), and Jason Wallace (about the magazine's turnover rate). Other departments are book reviews, letters, and contributor biographies.
• (Tue 12 Oct 2004)

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• This issue has a novella by Matthew Jarpe & Jonathan Andrew Sheen; novelets by Albert E. Cowdrey and Michael Libling; and short stories by Jack Cady (his final story), Sydney J. Van Scyoc (after a 10+ year break from writing fiction), and John Morressy.
• Departments include book reviews by Charles de Lint and by James Sallis (reviewing Emmanuel Carrère's book on Philip K. Dick), Lucius Shepard's film review (of Chronicles of Riddick), results of the latest F&SF competition, and a Curiosities page by Bill Sheehan.
• Reviewed by Nick Gevers in the upcoming November issue of Locus Magazine, who especially recommends the stories by Cowdrey and Libling.
• (Sat 9 Oct 2004)

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• This Special "Decidedly Anglophile" issue has two reviews of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Farah Mendlesohn and John Clute (the latter from SF Weekly), and an essay by Ariel Haméon about the singularity and fiction by Charles Stross.
• There are also features by Iain Emsley on "Fantasies of England", reviewing books by James Lovegrove and Gwyneth Jones; David V. Griffin, about science fiction's presence in art museums; and Adrian Pocobelli, and "cultural contexts and iconographic parallels" in Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition.
• Other reviews include James L. Cambias and Damien Broderick on books by Bruce Sterling, Greg L. Johnson on Amy Thomson, Paul Kincaid on Richard K. Morgan, Carol Pinchefsky on Jim Butcher, David Mead on Peter F. Hamilton, and Jenny Blackford on Brian Rosebury.
• Also, letters and an editorial.
• (Mon 4 Oct 2004)

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• This issue has a cover feature by Jeff Berkwits, "Stars of David", subtitled "what happens when Judaism and science fiction collide". The complete essay is online.
• (Wed 6 Oct 2004)

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• Poetry is this issue is by Mikal Trimm, Karen A. Romanko, Yoon Ha Lee, Kristine Ong Muslim, Lary Smith, Jane Yolen, Lida Broadhurst, G.O. Clark, Sandra J. Lindow, and a long one by Charlee Jacob.
• Other items include an announcement of this year's Rhysling Awards winners, a short editorial by Marge Simon, letters, the second installment of a column by Frazier "Running the Maze", small press reviews, an essay by Deborah P. Kolodji on "Exploring Symbiotic Poetry", and the new procedures for Grand Master Award nominations.
• (Wed 6 Oct 2004)

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