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Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2007
CONTENTS
Novellas
"The River Horses" by Allen M. Steele
"Dead Money" by Lucius Shepard
Novelettes
"The Rocket into Planetary Space" by William Barton
Short Stories
"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick
"Wolves of the Spirit" by Liz Williams
"The Eater of Dreams" by Robert Silverberg
"Lilyanna" by Lisa Goldstein
"Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick
"End Game" by Nancy Kress
"Always" by Karen Joy Fowler
"Fifth Day" by Jack McDevitt
"Green Glass" by Gene Wolfe
Poetry
"Where the First Backyard Starship Lifted Off" by Robert Frazier
"Soular" by Peter Payack
"The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes" by Bruce Boston
"Leaving for the Mall" by Roger Dutcher
"Alternate Astrology" by Ruth Berman
Departments
"Editorial: In Memories Yet Green" by Isaac Asimov, George Scithers, Kathleen Moloney, Shawna McCarthy, Gardner Dozois, and Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Thirty Years!" by Robert Silverberg
"Asimov's Hugo- and Nebula-Award Winners"
"Letters"
"On Books: Whither the Hard Stuff?" by Norman Spinrad
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2007, Vol. 31, Nos. 4-5 (Whole Nos. 375-376)
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by NASA
Novellas
"The River Horses" by Allen M. Steele
"Dead Money" by Lucius Shepard
Novelettes
"The Rocket into Planetary Space" by William Barton
Short Stories
"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick
"Wolves of the Spirit" by Liz Williams
"The Eater of Dreams" by Robert Silverberg
"Lilyanna" by Lisa Goldstein
"Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick
"End Game" by Nancy Kress
"Always" by Karen Joy Fowler
"Fifth Day" by Jack McDevitt
"Green Glass" by Gene Wolfe
Poetry
"Where the First Backyard Starship Lifted Off" by Robert Frazier
"Soular" by Peter Payack
"The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes" by Bruce Boston
"Leaving for the Mall" by Roger Dutcher
"Alternate Astrology" by Ruth Berman
Departments
"Editorial: In Memories Yet Green" by Isaac Asimov, George Scithers, Kathleen Moloney, Shawna McCarthy, Gardner Dozois, and Sheila Williams
"Reflections: Thirty Years!" by Robert Silverberg
"Asimov's Hugo- and Nebula-Award Winners"
"Letters"
"On Books: Whither the Hard Stuff?" by Norman Spinrad
"SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2007, Vol. 31, Nos. 4-5 (Whole Nos. 375-376)
Sheila Williams, editor
Cover art by NASA
- GenresFictionShort Stories
244 pages, Perfectbound
First published April 1, 2007
About the author
Sheila Williams
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Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
Sheila Williams is the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.
Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms. Williams received a bachelor's degree from Elmira College in Elmira, New York, although she studied at the London School of Economics during her junior year. She received her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis. She is married to David Bruce and has two daughters.
She became interested in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (as it was then titled) while studying philosophy at Washington University. In 1982 she was hired at the magazine, and worked with Isaac Asimov for ten years. While working there, she co-founded the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing (at one time called the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy writing). In 2004, with the retirement of Gardner Dozois, she became the editor of the magazine.
Along with Gardner Dozois she also edited the "Isaac Asimov's" anthology series. She also co-edited A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) with Connie Willis. Most recently she has edited a retrospective anthology of fiction published by Asimov's: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology. Booklist called the book "A gem, and a credit to editor Williams."
She has been nominated for 4 Hugo Awards as editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
See also Sheila Williams's entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
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March 10, 2024
22 June 2007 - ***. I subscribed to Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine from 1991 to 2007. At the beginning of that time, it was published every four weeks, 13 issues per year. By the end of that time, it had changed to 10 issues per year, two of them being double issues – Apr/May and Oct/Nov. April/May 2007, the 30th Anniversary Issue, was the last of my subscription. To be honest, after 16 years, I was finding it a burden to keep up with, and let my subscription lapse.
June 30, 2021
"The River Horses" by Allen M. Steele (4 stars)
"Dead Money" by Lucius Shepard (3 stars)
"The Rocket into Planetary Space" by William Barton (2 stars)
"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick (2.5 stars)
"Wolves of the Spirit" by Liz Williams (2.5 stars)
"The Eater of Dreams" by Robert Silverberg (3 stars)
"Lilyanna" by Lisa Goldstein (5 stars)
"Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick (5 stars)
"End Game" by Nancy Kress (4 stars)
"Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (4 stars)
"Fifth Day" by Jack McDevitt (3 stars)
"Green Glass" by Gene Wolfe (3.5 stars)
"Dead Money" by Lucius Shepard (3 stars)
"The Rocket into Planetary Space" by William Barton (2 stars)
"A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick (2.5 stars)
"Wolves of the Spirit" by Liz Williams (2.5 stars)
"The Eater of Dreams" by Robert Silverberg (3 stars)
"Lilyanna" by Lisa Goldstein (5 stars)
"Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick (5 stars)
"End Game" by Nancy Kress (4 stars)
"Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (4 stars)
"Fifth Day" by Jack McDevitt (3 stars)
"Green Glass" by Gene Wolfe (3.5 stars)
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