Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• Science fiction and nonfiction; published since 1930 (originally Astounding); edited, since April 2013, by Trevor Quachri
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Since 2017 Bi-monthly
• http://www.analogsf.com/

September/October 2017—
Vol. 137 No. 9&10, $7.99, 208pp, cover art by Eldar Zakirov
• This issue has a novella by Bud Sparhawk, novelettes by Edward M. Lerner, Tracy Canfield, Rich Larson, Craig DeLancey, and Norman Spinrad, and short stories by Eric Del Carlo, Marie Vibbert, Simon Kewin, Lettie Prell, Jerry Oltion, Robert R. Chase, Christina De La Rocha, Tom Jolly, James Van Pelt, Christopher L. Bennett, and Stanley Schmidt.
• There’s also a “Probability Zero” vignette by Michael F. Flynn, and poetry by Mack Hassler and Bruce McAllister.
• The science article, by Richard A. Lovett, is about the quest for the 2:00 marathon.
• Departments include a guest editorial by James Gunn, an “Alternate View” column by John G. Cramer, and a “Reference Library” book review column by Don Sakers, covering Stephen Baxter and others.

(Fri 25 Aug 2017)

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Asimov’s Science Fiction

• Science Fiction magazine; published since 1977; edited by Sheila Williams
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Since 2017 Bi-monthly
• http://www.asimovs.com/

September/October 2017—
Vol. 41 No. 9&10 (whole #500&501), $7.99, 208pp, cover art by Cynthia Sheppard
• This issue has novelettes by Sarah Pinsker, Michael Swanwick, R. Garcia y Robertson, and Suzanne Palmer, and short stories by Sandra McDonald, Carrie Vaughn, James Gunn, Harry Turtledove, Dennis E. Staples, Williams Preston, Allen M. Steele, Tim McDaniel, and Kit Reed.
• Poetry is by John Richard Trtek, Bethany Powell, Stuart Greenhouse, Robert Frazier, Jane Yolen, Robert Borski, and Leslie J. Anderson.
• Departments include an editorial by Sheila Williams, with results of this year’s readers’ awards; a “Reflections” column by Robert Silverberg, “The Last Hittite”; an “On the Net” column by James Patrick Kelly, about time travel; and an “On Books” column by Norman Spinrad, covering titles by Nnedi Okorafor, Indra Das, Bruce Sterling, and Lavie Tidhar.

(Fri 25 Aug 2017)

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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

• Fiction, reviews, and features; published since 1949; edited by C.C. Finlay
• Format: Print
• Frequency: Bimonthly
• http://www.fandsf.com/

Sept/Oct 2017—
Vol. 133 No. 3&4 (whole #733), $8.99, 258pp, cover art by Maurizio Manzieri
• This issue has novelets by Robert Reed, Samuel R. Delany, and Juan Paulo Rafols, and short stories by Naomi Kritzer, Dare Segun Falowo, Gwendolyn Clare, Jeremy Minton, Rebecca Campbell, Oliver Buckram, Amy Griswold, Rahul Kanakia, Lisa Mason, Tina Connolly, and Michael Swanwick.
• Departments include Charles de Lint’s “Books to Look For”, covering Seanan McGuire and others; “Books” by James Sallis, covering Paul La Farge and Deepak Unnikrishnan; a science column by Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty, about invisibility; a “Films” column by Kathi Maio, covering Colossal; and a “Curiosities” page by Robert Eldridge, about a 1920 book by Katharine Metcalf Roof.

(Mon 21 Aug 2017)

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