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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Volume 123, Issue 2, February 2003
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 2003
Editor: Stanley Schmidt
Cover: Kelly Freas
Contains the following Fiction and Essays:
Useful Illusions & Deadly Faith [Editorial] essay by Stanley Schmidt
Shootout at the Nokai Corral (Part 1 of 4) serial by Rajnar Vajra
Paleolakes, Jökulhlaups, and Mobergs: What Iceland Reveals About "Wet Mars" essay by Richard A. Lovett Capture Radius novelette by Stephen L. Burns Lavender in Love shortstory by Brian Plante In Times to Come essay by uncredited LENR Part 1 essay by Jeffery D. Kooistra The HASEG shortstory by Jerry Oltion Between Singularities shortstory by Wolf Read Distance novelette by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff The Reference Library essay by Tom Easton Brass Tacks essay by Stanley Schmidt Upcoming Events essay by Anthony Lewis
Editor: Stanley Schmidt
Cover: Kelly Freas
Contains the following Fiction and Essays:
Useful Illusions & Deadly Faith [Editorial] essay by Stanley Schmidt
Shootout at the Nokai Corral (Part 1 of 4) serial by Rajnar Vajra
Paleolakes, Jökulhlaups, and Mobergs: What Iceland Reveals About "Wet Mars" essay by Richard A. Lovett Capture Radius novelette by Stephen L. Burns Lavender in Love shortstory by Brian Plante In Times to Come essay by uncredited LENR Part 1 essay by Jeffery D. Kooistra The HASEG shortstory by Jerry Oltion Between Singularities shortstory by Wolf Read Distance novelette by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff The Reference Library essay by Tom Easton Brass Tacks essay by Stanley Schmidt Upcoming Events essay by Anthony Lewis
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Stanley Schmidt
502 books6 followersStanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of
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May 2, 2017
8 • Shootout at the Nokai Corral • 44 pages by Rajnar Vajra
Excellent (so far, part 1 of 4). Paladin has been set up as sort of a wild west planet. Earth discovered faster than light travel, but soon after came a wave of ennui. To counter this the scientists and psychologists [that still had some drive] set up the twelve newly discovered planets as testing grounds. John is a genetically enhanced slinger, he has come to Sunstone because the sheriff has asked for help with outlaws. There's humor, a potential romance, an action scene, and we've got an inkling of who the participants in the title scene could be. I'm going to have to read the next three issues sooner rather than later.
64 • Capture Radius • 22 pages by Stephen L. Burns
Excellent/VG. Serena March piloting the Balding Urchin is collecting debris. She gets a call that a nearby space station has been hijacked. In the process it was damaged and it's losing air. Serena has the only LOX close enough to get there in time to save them, but there is also the problem of the hijackers being there.
86 • Lavender in Love • 9 pages by Brian Plante
Excellent. Lavender is a vending machine who has always taken a special interest in Treena. When she shows up with a black eye and a split lip he starts talking to her. Funny, romantic, heartwarming.
102 • Between Singularities • 8 pages by Wolf Read
OK/Good. Humanity achieved a singularity. It evolved to a higher state of being. Erik has lived for aeons. Stars have come and gone. He thinks about that first life with Karen, that now constitutes no more than a blink of an eye, wondering if she is still out there.
110 • Distance • 24 pages by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Good+/gimmicky. A SETI type observatory receives a signal coming from the old Pioneer explorer. It's one set of numbers. The third attempt at sending something back was echoing what was sent. This yielded thirty sets of numbers. They post the numbers. Bill from British Columbia has an outlandish idea. It kind of works and they meet.
Excellent (so far, part 1 of 4). Paladin has been set up as sort of a wild west planet. Earth discovered faster than light travel, but soon after came a wave of ennui. To counter this the scientists and psychologists [that still had some drive] set up the twelve newly discovered planets as testing grounds. John is a genetically enhanced slinger, he has come to Sunstone because the sheriff has asked for help with outlaws. There's humor, a potential romance, an action scene, and we've got an inkling of who the participants in the title scene could be. I'm going to have to read the next three issues sooner rather than later.
64 • Capture Radius • 22 pages by Stephen L. Burns
Excellent/VG. Serena March piloting the Balding Urchin is collecting debris. She gets a call that a nearby space station has been hijacked. In the process it was damaged and it's losing air. Serena has the only LOX close enough to get there in time to save them, but there is also the problem of the hijackers being there.
86 • Lavender in Love • 9 pages by Brian Plante
Excellent. Lavender is a vending machine who has always taken a special interest in Treena. When she shows up with a black eye and a split lip he starts talking to her. Funny, romantic, heartwarming.
102 • Between Singularities • 8 pages by Wolf Read
OK/Good. Humanity achieved a singularity. It evolved to a higher state of being. Erik has lived for aeons. Stars have come and gone. He thinks about that first life with Karen, that now constitutes no more than a blink of an eye, wondering if she is still out there.
110 • Distance • 24 pages by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Good+/gimmicky. A SETI type observatory receives a signal coming from the old Pioneer explorer. It's one set of numbers. The third attempt at sending something back was echoing what was sent. This yielded thirty sets of numbers. They post the numbers. Bill from British Columbia has an outlandish idea. It kind of works and they meet.
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