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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2016
CONTENT
Novella
"Wyatt Earp 2.0" by Wil McCarthy
Novelettes
"We Will Wake among the Gods, among the Stars" by Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connelly
"The Heat of Passion" by Grey Rollins
"The Shores of Being" by Dave Creek
"An Industrial Gross" by David L. Clements
Short Stories
"Farmer" by Joe M. McDermott
"Rocket Surgery" by Effie Seiberg
"Saving the World" by James Gunn
"The Persistence of Memory" by Rachel L. Bowden
"Theories of Mind" by Conor Powers-Smith
"Nature's Eldest Law" by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
"Woundings" by George Zebrowski
Poems
"Service Interrupted" by Levi M. Rubeck
"Black Hole Blues" by G. O. Clark
Non-Fiction
"Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be", Part 1, Edward M. Lerner
"Creating Conflict: How to Write Adversaries Good (Bad) Enough to Bring out Your Hero's Best" by Richard A. Lovett
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2016, Volume CXXXVI No. 1&2 (double issue)
Trevor Quachri, editor
Cover art by Maurizio Manzieri
Novella
"Wyatt Earp 2.0" by Wil McCarthy
Novelettes
"We Will Wake among the Gods, among the Stars" by Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connelly
"The Heat of Passion" by Grey Rollins
"The Shores of Being" by Dave Creek
"An Industrial Gross" by David L. Clements
Short Stories
"Farmer" by Joe M. McDermott
"Rocket Surgery" by Effie Seiberg
"Saving the World" by James Gunn
"The Persistence of Memory" by Rachel L. Bowden
"Theories of Mind" by Conor Powers-Smith
"Nature's Eldest Law" by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
"Woundings" by George Zebrowski
Poems
"Service Interrupted" by Levi M. Rubeck
"Black Hole Blues" by G. O. Clark
Non-Fiction
"Human 2.0: Being All We Can Be", Part 1, Edward M. Lerner
"Creating Conflict: How to Write Adversaries Good (Bad) Enough to Bring out Your Hero's Best" by Richard A. Lovett
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2016, Volume CXXXVI No. 1&2 (double issue)
Trevor Quachri, editor
Cover art by Maurizio Manzieri
190 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 3, 2015
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About the author
Trevor Quachri
101 books27 followersTrevor Quachri (b. 1976) has been the sixth editor of
Analog Science Fiction & Fact
magazine since September 2012.
Previously, he was “a Broadway stagehand, collected data for museums, and executive produced a science fiction pilot for a basic cable channel.”
Quachri started as an editorial assistant in 1999 at Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog. Former editor of Analog, Ben Bova, was an early influence.
Previously, he was “a Broadway stagehand, collected data for museums, and executive produced a science fiction pilot for a basic cable channel.”
Quachri started as an editorial assistant in 1999 at Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog. Former editor of Analog, Ben Bova, was an early influence.
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May 2, 2017
8 • Wyatt Earp 2.0 • 43 pages by Will McCarthy
Very Good/Excellent. Clady is the chief security officer of a Mars mining town. He hasn't been able to fix the discpline problems so he has ressurected Wyatt Earp. Nice job of weaving a story around Wyatt learning about the future and adjusting to being a resurrected person.
52 • We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars • 18 pages by Caroline M. Yoachim and Tina Connolly
Excellent/VG. Seven ships colonized the planet 3000 years ago. The six on the continent have intermingled and become one community. The seventh kept itself seperate on the southern isle. Nanne has gone with a party searching for the seventh ship. The rest of her party only knows they are searching for gold.
70 • Farmer • 8 pages by Joe M. McDermott
Good/VG. In a bleak future haunted by toxins and superbugs Eric and Jamaal have set up an urban farm. Their are many restrictions they have to abide by and now one of their customers has gotten sick and thinks it may have come from them.
79 • Rocket Surgery • 5 pages by Effie Seiberg
Very Good/excellent. A group builds a smart bomb. A really smart bomb with AI. They start testing it in simulations.
84 • Saving the World • 4 pages by James Gunn
Fair. An extrapolation of reading SF to inventing cures and more.
94 • The Persistence of Memory • 4 pages by Rachel L. Bowden
Good. Ten year old Lee and his friend Ben find something strange outside the schoolyard.
98 • Theories of Mind • 12 pages by Conor Powers-Smith
Good/Fair. Newly arrived gets his first look at the chelkeys. He quickly learns that his training didn't prepare him well.
110 • Nature's Eldest Law • 12 pages by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Good. An exploratory crew finds a plant that emits waves that increase decision making ability in humans.
128 • The Heat of Passion • 13 pages by Grey Rollins
Very Good/excellent. Ian witnesses a murder with his special ablility. If he comes forward he sacrifices his freedom. The murderer also saw him so Ian's hand is forced.
141 • Woundings • 5 pages by George Zebrowski
Fair. An inspector finds Casim Rhazes burning coal with the intent of shutting down the illegal plant. Rhazes shows him the libary it protects. Later the same inspector see Rhazes after he's emigrated from Earth.
146 • The Shores of Being • 14 pages by David J. Creek
Very Good. Mike Christopher escorts a Drodusarel to see a defunct Jenregar mound. They run into resistance/prejudice.
160 • An Industrial Growth • 21 pages by David L. Clements
Good. Specialists are called in to deal with runaway nanomachines that are now acting with some intelligence. Several subplots add a lot of depth to the story.
Very Good/Excellent. Clady is the chief security officer of a Mars mining town. He hasn't been able to fix the discpline problems so he has ressurected Wyatt Earp. Nice job of weaving a story around Wyatt learning about the future and adjusting to being a resurrected person.
52 • We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars • 18 pages by Caroline M. Yoachim and Tina Connolly
Excellent/VG. Seven ships colonized the planet 3000 years ago. The six on the continent have intermingled and become one community. The seventh kept itself seperate on the southern isle. Nanne has gone with a party searching for the seventh ship. The rest of her party only knows they are searching for gold.
70 • Farmer • 8 pages by Joe M. McDermott
Good/VG. In a bleak future haunted by toxins and superbugs Eric and Jamaal have set up an urban farm. Their are many restrictions they have to abide by and now one of their customers has gotten sick and thinks it may have come from them.
79 • Rocket Surgery • 5 pages by Effie Seiberg
Very Good/excellent. A group builds a smart bomb. A really smart bomb with AI. They start testing it in simulations.
84 • Saving the World • 4 pages by James Gunn
Fair. An extrapolation of reading SF to inventing cures and more.
94 • The Persistence of Memory • 4 pages by Rachel L. Bowden
Good. Ten year old Lee and his friend Ben find something strange outside the schoolyard.
98 • Theories of Mind • 12 pages by Conor Powers-Smith
Good/Fair. Newly arrived gets his first look at the chelkeys. He quickly learns that his training didn't prepare him well.
110 • Nature's Eldest Law • 12 pages by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Good. An exploratory crew finds a plant that emits waves that increase decision making ability in humans.
128 • The Heat of Passion • 13 pages by Grey Rollins
Very Good/excellent. Ian witnesses a murder with his special ablility. If he comes forward he sacrifices his freedom. The murderer also saw him so Ian's hand is forced.
141 • Woundings • 5 pages by George Zebrowski
Fair. An inspector finds Casim Rhazes burning coal with the intent of shutting down the illegal plant. Rhazes shows him the libary it protects. Later the same inspector see Rhazes after he's emigrated from Earth.
146 • The Shores of Being • 14 pages by David J. Creek
Very Good. Mike Christopher escorts a Drodusarel to see a defunct Jenregar mound. They run into resistance/prejudice.
160 • An Industrial Growth • 21 pages by David L. Clements
Good. Specialists are called in to deal with runaway nanomachines that are now acting with some intelligence. Several subplots add a lot of depth to the story.
January 16, 2019
A large double issue. Fairly average as such, but once more several stories which feel like just parts of a larger tale. That has been a common failing in Analog lately.
Wyatt Earp 2.0 • novella by Wil McCarthy
Wyat Earp is resurrected as a computer approximation which loaded to "printed" human body. He is supposed to help bring order to a Martian mining colony. He has some adjusting to do but eventually adjusts to future society. The writing is pretty good, but the concept is fairly ridiculous, even if it admittedly is entertaining and new. ***½
We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars • novelette by Tina Connolly and Caroline M. Yoachim
Apparently a planet has been colonized centuries (?) ago. Most of the settlements have lost the knowledge of developed technology and consider the remnants to be sacred gifts from the gods. An expedition is trying to find a mystical city, as to what happened to the earlier expedition, and especially what happened to the great amount of gold the expedition had brought with it for trading. They find what they were looking for, but it is not what they were expecting. A nice, well-written story but feels like a continuation of an earlier story and the background is too vague and the story isn't very original. ***-
Farmer • shortstory by Joe M. McDermott
A family of farmers produces organic food stocks. Apparently there are superbugs which are spread by food going around. One of their customers gets sick and they are facing a federal investigation and they might have something to hide. An average story with some irritating anti-GMO tendencies. ***-
Rocket Surgery • shortstory by Effie Seiberg
An intelligent and learning bomb turns out to be slightly too intelligent…A nice short story. ***+
Saving the World • shortstory by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn ]
It turns out that reading science fiction alters the cognitive functions towards tolerance and creativity. Science has begun to be taught at schools and the world is saved. Ok story, I could have believed it before the rabid/sad puppies: if they read science fiction and are misogynist bigots, then apparently the science fiction doesn’t make people better. ***
The Persistence of Memory • shortstory by Rachel L. Bowden
Two nerdy young boys find a strange animal. Or do they? Nice writing, but not a lot of actual plot. ***-
Theories of Mind • shortstory by Conor Powers-Smith
A new recruit to the research base on a planet with really strange aliens runs into trouble on his first day. The concept of the alien’s language and thought patterns is very novel and interesting. On the other hand, the experienced leader of the research station should have been able to prevent the predicament in the first place. ***
Nature's Eldest Law • shortstory by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
An expedition is studying an extraterrestrial planet. They find strange plants which appear to simulate human thought processes, especially in decision making. One man isn't affected as strongly as others, as he has some dependency issues he is going through. But how is it possible that plants with such effects seem to appear so suddenly on an alien planet? A decent story, but far too short for all ideas. Once again, a little backstory is given, and the story ends when things become really interesting. ***
The Heat of Passion • novelette by Grey Rollins
A man is murdered. By chance, another man who is visiting his grandmother at an old people's home sees the murder. But there is a good reason why he can't contact the police. A pretty nice story in spite of some illogicalities. (If the genetic enhancements were so common among richer people, there would have been some powerful lobbying that the extreme persecution of the modified would never have happened). ***+
Woundings • shortstory by George Zebrowski
Men who live in space came down to stop coal fires used for energy, as that kind of pollution is apparently forbidden. The fire is used to power air conditioning of a library filled with original books no one can read anymore. More a philosophical discussion than a story. **½
The Shores of Being • novelette by Dave Creek
Continues an earlier series of stories where insectoid aliens with a hive mind have invaded Earth. Mike Christopher, who is an android, comes to examine an abandoned alien hive with a member of another alien species, a species that has also been invaded by the same enemy. They encounter some local militia men, who would like to keep the alien mound as a sacred place for those who died there. Ok story, not among the best of the series. Some of the attitudes of humans were more alien than most of the real aliens. ***
An Industrial Growth • novelette by David L. Clements
Feels like a second or third (or fourth) part of a series, but I am not aware of any previous installments. Earth has apparently been devastated by severe ecological catastrophes, and then by faulty nanotechnology, which was designed to overcome the first catastrophe. There is some sort of dangerous nanotech installation which should be destroyed. A group of people - two of them are people, who have mostly lived as computer uploads, go on the mission. The real humans blame them for the catastrophes as they did nothing to prevent them (that is not entirely logical at least from given scanty backstory). As such, a pretty decent story, but as there was no backstory it was hard to create any real emotional bond to any of the characters. If I don't know the world or the characters at all, why should I care about their mission or whether or not they survive? ***
Wyatt Earp 2.0 • novella by Wil McCarthy
Wyat Earp is resurrected as a computer approximation which loaded to "printed" human body. He is supposed to help bring order to a Martian mining colony. He has some adjusting to do but eventually adjusts to future society. The writing is pretty good, but the concept is fairly ridiculous, even if it admittedly is entertaining and new. ***½
We Will Wake Among the Gods, Among the Stars • novelette by Tina Connolly and Caroline M. Yoachim
Apparently a planet has been colonized centuries (?) ago. Most of the settlements have lost the knowledge of developed technology and consider the remnants to be sacred gifts from the gods. An expedition is trying to find a mystical city, as to what happened to the earlier expedition, and especially what happened to the great amount of gold the expedition had brought with it for trading. They find what they were looking for, but it is not what they were expecting. A nice, well-written story but feels like a continuation of an earlier story and the background is too vague and the story isn't very original. ***-
Farmer • shortstory by Joe M. McDermott
A family of farmers produces organic food stocks. Apparently there are superbugs which are spread by food going around. One of their customers gets sick and they are facing a federal investigation and they might have something to hide. An average story with some irritating anti-GMO tendencies. ***-
Rocket Surgery • shortstory by Effie Seiberg
An intelligent and learning bomb turns out to be slightly too intelligent…A nice short story. ***+
Saving the World • shortstory by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn ]
It turns out that reading science fiction alters the cognitive functions towards tolerance and creativity. Science has begun to be taught at schools and the world is saved. Ok story, I could have believed it before the rabid/sad puppies: if they read science fiction and are misogynist bigots, then apparently the science fiction doesn’t make people better. ***
The Persistence of Memory • shortstory by Rachel L. Bowden
Two nerdy young boys find a strange animal. Or do they? Nice writing, but not a lot of actual plot. ***-
Theories of Mind • shortstory by Conor Powers-Smith
A new recruit to the research base on a planet with really strange aliens runs into trouble on his first day. The concept of the alien’s language and thought patterns is very novel and interesting. On the other hand, the experienced leader of the research station should have been able to prevent the predicament in the first place. ***
Nature's Eldest Law • shortstory by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
An expedition is studying an extraterrestrial planet. They find strange plants which appear to simulate human thought processes, especially in decision making. One man isn't affected as strongly as others, as he has some dependency issues he is going through. But how is it possible that plants with such effects seem to appear so suddenly on an alien planet? A decent story, but far too short for all ideas. Once again, a little backstory is given, and the story ends when things become really interesting. ***
The Heat of Passion • novelette by Grey Rollins
A man is murdered. By chance, another man who is visiting his grandmother at an old people's home sees the murder. But there is a good reason why he can't contact the police. A pretty nice story in spite of some illogicalities. (If the genetic enhancements were so common among richer people, there would have been some powerful lobbying that the extreme persecution of the modified would never have happened). ***+
Woundings • shortstory by George Zebrowski
Men who live in space came down to stop coal fires used for energy, as that kind of pollution is apparently forbidden. The fire is used to power air conditioning of a library filled with original books no one can read anymore. More a philosophical discussion than a story. **½
The Shores of Being • novelette by Dave Creek
Continues an earlier series of stories where insectoid aliens with a hive mind have invaded Earth. Mike Christopher, who is an android, comes to examine an abandoned alien hive with a member of another alien species, a species that has also been invaded by the same enemy. They encounter some local militia men, who would like to keep the alien mound as a sacred place for those who died there. Ok story, not among the best of the series. Some of the attitudes of humans were more alien than most of the real aliens. ***
An Industrial Growth • novelette by David L. Clements
Feels like a second or third (or fourth) part of a series, but I am not aware of any previous installments. Earth has apparently been devastated by severe ecological catastrophes, and then by faulty nanotechnology, which was designed to overcome the first catastrophe. There is some sort of dangerous nanotech installation which should be destroyed. A group of people - two of them are people, who have mostly lived as computer uploads, go on the mission. The real humans blame them for the catastrophes as they did nothing to prevent them (that is not entirely logical at least from given scanty backstory). As such, a pretty decent story, but as there was no backstory it was hard to create any real emotional bond to any of the characters. If I don't know the world or the characters at all, why should I care about their mission or whether or not they survive? ***
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