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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2016
CONTENT
Novella
"We Side with the Free" by Gary Rinehart
Novelettes
"One Man's Dignity" by Mark Niemann-Ross
Short Stories
"Love Pops!" by Genevieve Williams
"The Tattling Tats" by Jerry Oltion
"The Salesman" by Garrett Ashley
"In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary" by Frank Wu
"The Desolate Void" by Jay Werkheiser
Poems
"Black Box" by Robert Borski
Non-Fiction
"Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt" by Richard A. Lovett
"Guest Editorial: On the Money" by Rosemary Claire Smith
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2016, Volume CXXXVI No. 11
Trevor Quachri, editor
Cover art by David A. Hardy
Novella
"We Side with the Free" by Gary Rinehart
Novelettes
"One Man's Dignity" by Mark Niemann-Ross
Short Stories
"Love Pops!" by Genevieve Williams
"The Tattling Tats" by Jerry Oltion
"The Salesman" by Garrett Ashley
"In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary" by Frank Wu
"The Desolate Void" by Jay Werkheiser
Poems
"Black Box" by Robert Borski
Non-Fiction
"Dawn Comes to the Asteroid Belt" by Richard A. Lovett
"Guest Editorial: On the Money" by Rosemary Claire Smith
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2016, Volume CXXXVI No. 11
Trevor Quachri, editor
Cover art by David A. Hardy
110 pages, ebook
First published September 23, 2016
About the author
Trevor Quachri
106 books28 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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January 6, 2019
An average issue.
Novelette "One Man's Dignity" by Mark Niemann-Ross
An elderly welder is working on a space station, mainly training new welders. The company rules state that he is supposed to retire. He does not want to return to the earth. The station commander is able to extend his job until the current project is finished. The welders use a derelict cargo container, the ownership of which is tied up in the bankruptcy court for welding practice, and makes a clandestine bar/man cave out of it. Ultimately, the welder moves to the container, but the day his retirement will be mandatory is approaching... A pretty standard story about an old man who is at odds with the establishment. Not bad at all, though. ***½
Short Story: "Love Pops!" by Genevieve Williams
A policewoman is pretending to be a contestant in a “American Bachelor”- type reality show, where people may use virtual reality style equipment to see things from the perspective of the participants. Someone has made threats against the show host/bachelor, who is the “prize” the participants are trying to win. It is a bit of a disorderly story in places, and the ending somehow did not feel right, but not bad at all. ***+
Short Story: "The Tattling Tats" by Jerry Oltion
A short amusing story about tattoos, which can move (and contain tracking devices) and how teens use them. ***+
Short Story: "The Salesman" by Garrett Ashley
The story happens in the 2060s. Apparently, nothing has changed except shops use anthropomorphic robots with AI capabilities and army uses mechas. There are gasoline cars, laptops, ordinary mobile phones (and even land lines!) and people apparently watch ordinary TV, chatting apps work exactly like those today, and so on. A young boy living in the countryside with his mother and stepmom, finds a discarded, partly broken robot. His stepfather does not like the robots and the boy does not tell his parents what he has found. He contacts the manufacturer and they eventually pick up the robot. The story has some shades of Huckleberry Finn at the beginning, but then the story just ends – the ending is unsatisfying. The world was not believable at all, and was far too similar to the present. **-
Short Story: "In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary" by Frank Wu
An undersea autonomous AI research robot has fallen in love with its designer. It has collected a lot of samples and named most of them by the said woman. It starts to study an unusual octopus and makes some progress, but then something drastic happens, and the robot is facing some important choices. A pretty nice story, which could have been longer. ***½
Short Story: "The Desolate Void" by Jay Werkheiser
A woman has spent her life trying to find extraterrestrial life. Her parents had the same dream and even abandoned her while she was growing up to pursue that dream. Now she is in the Enceladus, moon of Saturn. A local man is more or less ordered to help her, but she is very determined and not too co-operative. ***
Novella: "We Side with the Free" by Gary Rinehart
The "Trojans" have sent an asteroid to Earth on collision course. A ship is sent to stop it. This story shows how the attempt is planned and accomplished, and not much more. I was waiting for some clever subverting twist at the end, but it did not come. The writing in itself was OK, but the story was too long for the content. ***-
Novelette "One Man's Dignity" by Mark Niemann-Ross
An elderly welder is working on a space station, mainly training new welders. The company rules state that he is supposed to retire. He does not want to return to the earth. The station commander is able to extend his job until the current project is finished. The welders use a derelict cargo container, the ownership of which is tied up in the bankruptcy court for welding practice, and makes a clandestine bar/man cave out of it. Ultimately, the welder moves to the container, but the day his retirement will be mandatory is approaching... A pretty standard story about an old man who is at odds with the establishment. Not bad at all, though. ***½
Short Story: "Love Pops!" by Genevieve Williams
A policewoman is pretending to be a contestant in a “American Bachelor”- type reality show, where people may use virtual reality style equipment to see things from the perspective of the participants. Someone has made threats against the show host/bachelor, who is the “prize” the participants are trying to win. It is a bit of a disorderly story in places, and the ending somehow did not feel right, but not bad at all. ***+
Short Story: "The Tattling Tats" by Jerry Oltion
A short amusing story about tattoos, which can move (and contain tracking devices) and how teens use them. ***+
Short Story: "The Salesman" by Garrett Ashley
The story happens in the 2060s. Apparently, nothing has changed except shops use anthropomorphic robots with AI capabilities and army uses mechas. There are gasoline cars, laptops, ordinary mobile phones (and even land lines!) and people apparently watch ordinary TV, chatting apps work exactly like those today, and so on. A young boy living in the countryside with his mother and stepmom, finds a discarded, partly broken robot. His stepfather does not like the robots and the boy does not tell his parents what he has found. He contacts the manufacturer and they eventually pick up the robot. The story has some shades of Huckleberry Finn at the beginning, but then the story just ends – the ending is unsatisfying. The world was not believable at all, and was far too similar to the present. **-
Short Story: "In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary" by Frank Wu
An undersea autonomous AI research robot has fallen in love with its designer. It has collected a lot of samples and named most of them by the said woman. It starts to study an unusual octopus and makes some progress, but then something drastic happens, and the robot is facing some important choices. A pretty nice story, which could have been longer. ***½
Short Story: "The Desolate Void" by Jay Werkheiser
A woman has spent her life trying to find extraterrestrial life. Her parents had the same dream and even abandoned her while she was growing up to pursue that dream. Now she is in the Enceladus, moon of Saturn. A local man is more or less ordered to help her, but she is very determined and not too co-operative. ***
Novella: "We Side with the Free" by Gary Rinehart
The "Trojans" have sent an asteroid to Earth on collision course. A ship is sent to stop it. This story shows how the attempt is planned and accomplished, and not much more. I was waiting for some clever subverting twist at the end, but it did not come. The writing in itself was OK, but the story was too long for the content. ***-
May 2, 2017
8 • One Man's Dignity • 12 pages by Mark Niemann-Ross
Good/OK. It is time for Jacob to retire. After twenty years in space going back to Earth is pretty much a death sentence.
30 • Love Pops! • 11 pages by Genevieve Williams
OK. Lotte is undercover as a contestant on a 'Bachelor' type show, because of a threat against the star by a rejected entrant. SciFi elements of people being able to wear a persona and viewers 'mersing themselves with a contestants. I'm not a fan of reality TV, other people might like this story better.
42 • The Tattling Tats! • 2 pages by Jerry Oltion
Excellent. The cool kids all came back from break with cool tattoos. Turns out the parents are using the tats to keep an eye on their kids, they in turn lean on the nerds to fix the problem. Only two pages, but it worked. LOL.
44 • The Salesman • 9 pages by Garrett Ashley
OK+. Ed discovers a broken down sales robot on his stepfather's farm. He calls the company and tells the robot to lay low until they can pick him up. There is some dynamic about Ed's family that I can't quite figure out how it fits into the story. Anti-climatic.
56 • In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary • 11 pages by Frank Wu
Good/OK. Karl is a marine biologist robot. He is in love with his instructor, Adaline, and is doing solo field research near an island eight hundred miles from Hawaii. He calls in after five years with his first report and she tells him to keep an eye out for octopuses. In the end Karl faces a decision of whether to put his personal happiness above a greater need.
69 • The Desolate Void • 8 pages by Jay Werkheiser
OK/Good. Marj Schumann has come to a moon of Saturn to look for life. Our narrator is her guide. He keeps trying to get her to open up about her life and we get a couple flash backs about how people left her. Her father went to Mars searching for exobiotic life and never found it and never came home. Along side this the dive into the ocean is taking place.
77 • We Side with the Free • 26 pages by Gray Rinehart
Good. The Trojans have aimed an asteroid at Earth. These citizens that want their independence are trying to force the decision. The Belmont is sent to investigate and stop the asteroid. Orbital mechanics has a major roll in the story and is hard to visualize. During the months that it takes the Belmont to reach the asteroid we follow the what the crew is doing. The interaction of the characters is good.
Good/OK. It is time for Jacob to retire. After twenty years in space going back to Earth is pretty much a death sentence.
30 • Love Pops! • 11 pages by Genevieve Williams
OK. Lotte is undercover as a contestant on a 'Bachelor' type show, because of a threat against the star by a rejected entrant. SciFi elements of people being able to wear a persona and viewers 'mersing themselves with a contestants. I'm not a fan of reality TV, other people might like this story better.
42 • The Tattling Tats! • 2 pages by Jerry Oltion
Excellent. The cool kids all came back from break with cool tattoos. Turns out the parents are using the tats to keep an eye on their kids, they in turn lean on the nerds to fix the problem. Only two pages, but it worked. LOL.
44 • The Salesman • 9 pages by Garrett Ashley
OK+. Ed discovers a broken down sales robot on his stepfather's farm. He calls the company and tells the robot to lay low until they can pick him up. There is some dynamic about Ed's family that I can't quite figure out how it fits into the story. Anti-climatic.
56 • In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary • 11 pages by Frank Wu
Good/OK. Karl is a marine biologist robot. He is in love with his instructor, Adaline, and is doing solo field research near an island eight hundred miles from Hawaii. He calls in after five years with his first report and she tells him to keep an eye out for octopuses. In the end Karl faces a decision of whether to put his personal happiness above a greater need.
69 • The Desolate Void • 8 pages by Jay Werkheiser
OK/Good. Marj Schumann has come to a moon of Saturn to look for life. Our narrator is her guide. He keeps trying to get her to open up about her life and we get a couple flash backs about how people left her. Her father went to Mars searching for exobiotic life and never found it and never came home. Along side this the dive into the ocean is taking place.
77 • We Side with the Free • 26 pages by Gray Rinehart
Good. The Trojans have aimed an asteroid at Earth. These citizens that want their independence are trying to force the decision. The Belmont is sent to investigate and stop the asteroid. Orbital mechanics has a major roll in the story and is hard to visualize. During the months that it takes the Belmont to reach the asteroid we follow the what the crew is doing. The interaction of the characters is good.
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October 15, 2016I'm biased towards Analog in general, so I thought it was great!
October 30, 2016
This issue had a lot of great short stories in it.
November 4, 2016
Mediocre tirando hacia abajo.
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