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Hugo and Nebula-winner Frederik Pohl, one of the true giants of the field, returns after too long an absence with our lead story for September, telling a vivid and intricate tale of unexpected connections and unforeseen consequences that spans several “Generations,” tying them together in a complex skein of passions and resentments that ultimately leads the whole human race down a dark and dangerous road to an ominous destination, step by logical step. This is thoughtful and thought-provoking near-future SF at its best; don't miss it!
Hugo and Nebula-winner Brian W. Aldiss, another of the giants of the form, returns to spin another web of politics and intrigue in a troubled near-future, as he shows us the lengths that need to be gone to in order to assure the opening of a vital “Pipeline” in the face of sabotage and terrorism; new writer Lou Antonelli makes a light-hearted Asimov's debut with the not-terribly-likely steampunk saga of the launching of “A Rocket for the Republic"; William Barton takes us to another and somewhat grimmer alternate world where the space program worked out quite a bit differently, for the story of a group of astronauts whose stay on a “Harvest Moon” turns out to be longer than they, or anyone else, anticipated; new writer Daryl Gregory, making his own Asimov's debut, tells a moving story of memory, identity, and loss that's all couched in the “Second Person, Present Tense"; the popular and prolific Robert Reed demonstrates that being “Finished” can mean something quite different to one person than it does to another; and new writer John Phillip Olsen, making yet another Asimov's debut, takes us to a conquered future Earth to test just how far even “The Company Man” can be pushed before his conscience begins to stir and wake.
Robert Silverberg's “Reflections” column delves into “Robert Burton, Anatomist of Melancholy"; Paul Di Filippo brings us “On Books"; and James Patrick Kelly's “On the Net” column turns an inquisitive eye on “SETI and Such"; plus an array of poems and other features.
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