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Eros, Phileo, Agape, Storge: Love and Romance in Science Fiction
The Meisner Technique, Alien Consciousness, and Bathrobes: A Conversation with Wesley Chu
Another Word: The Trouble with Utopia
Editor's Desk: 2018 Reader's Poll
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Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler
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The Modern Search for the Fountain of Youth
37 Rejections, Language Obsessions, and Dance: A Conversation with Rich Larson
Another Word: In the Home of Anthony Burgess' Harpsichord
Editor's Desk: A Note to End On
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Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler
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The Gift of Angels: an introduction
A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World
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Melon Farmers! Science Fiction Stumbles on the Way to the Theater
Genetics, Spores, and Automation: A Conversation with Nancy Kress
Another Word: Klingon Time Management
Editor's Desk: Wouldn't it be Nice?
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The Gift of Angels: an introduction
A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World
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Endless Forms Most Horrible: Parasites and SF
First Contact, Fantasy, and Cooperation: A Conversation with Steven Erikson
Another Word: In Praise of Taking it Slow
Editor's Desk: After the Dirty Dozen
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The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm
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How and Why CRISPR Will Change the World
Mars, Sextants, and Puppets: A Conversation with Mary Robinette Kowal
Another Word: Softly Dying Darlings, and How to Deal with Them
Editor's Desk: Another Post-Con Crash
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The Foodie Federation's Dinosaur Farm
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The Privilege of the Happy Ending
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Mary and the Monster: The Life of Mary Godwin Shelley
Augmentations, Assassins, and Soundtracks: A Conversation with Emily Devenport
Editor's Desk: Oh, the Horror of it All!
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The Privilege of the Happy Ending
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For What are Delusions if Not Dreams?
Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh
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The Monster at the Movies: Film Adaptations of Frankenstein
Dependent Intelligence, Humanism, and a City in a Paragraph: A Conversation with James Patrick Kelly
Another Word: Your Life is Epic!
Editor's Desk: A Threat, Followed Through
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For What are Delusions if Not Dreams?
Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh
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The Effects of Space and Other Worlds on the Human Body
Book covers, Moorcock, and The Mexicanx Initiative: A Conversation with John Picacio
Another Word: The Future, Ordinary
Editor's Desk: A Death in the Clarkesworld Family
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In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon
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Metallic Mayhem in the Movies: Giant Mecha, Then and Now
Spies, Radios, and the Afterlife: A Conversation with Hannu Rajaniemi
Another Word: Chinese Science Fiction Going Abroad—A Brief History of Translation
Editor's Desk: Come One, Come All
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In Panic Town, on the Backward Moon
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Inspiring Writers with Four Scientific Breakthroughs
Quarks, Colonialism, and Alternate Realities: A Conversation with Vandana Singh
Another Word: Breathing Life Into Characters
Editor's Desk: Nine, Three, Six
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Unplaces: An Atlas of Non-existence
The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farther Shore
Are You Afflicted with Dragons?
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Aliens Among Us: Cephalopods in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Poetry, Philosophy, and Welsh: A Conversation with Jo Walton
Another Word: Saving Throw Vs. Boredom: How RPGs Taught Me Storytelling
Editor's Desk: And the Winners are . . .
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Unplaces: An Atlas of Non-existence
The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farther Shore
Are You Afflicted with Dragons?
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The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
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The Undiscovered Country: Planets of Dead Stars
Classics, Companionship, and a Creature: A Conversation with John Kessel
Another Word: A Brief Parable about Exchanges Between Time, Independence, Technology, and Privacy
Editor's Desk: The Return of the Reader's Poll
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The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi
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A Cigarette Burn In Your Memory
For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again
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Why Science Fiction Detective Stories Aren't Impossible
Clever Plants, Generations, and Translations: A Conversation with Sue Burke
Another Word: Luke Versus Han: An Approach to Characterization
Editor's Desk: Stepping into a New Year
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A Cigarette Burn In Your Memory
For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again
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Falling in Love with Martians and Machines
Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan
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You are (Most Likely) Not Living in a Simulation
Bradbury, Lake, and The Named Lands: A Conversation with Ken Scholes
Another Word: What Authors Owe Us
Editor's Desk: The Things I've Seen
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Falling in Love with Martians and Machines
Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan
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Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons?
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Science Fiction and the Fall of the Evil Empire
Husky Genes and the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Paul McAuley
Editor's Desk: The Voice in the Shadows
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Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons?
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The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon
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An Optimist and Pessimist Tackle the Fermi Paradox
Automatons, Wyrms, and Dead Men: A Conversation with Elizabeth Bear
Another Word: Grains of Salt, Lumps of Gold
Editor's Desk: Things are Always Worse in the Dark
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The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon
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Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics
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Artificial Wombs and Control of Reproductive Technology
Occult Agencies and Political Satire: A Conversation with Charles Stross
Another Word: The Dream of Writing Full Time
Editor's Desk: Home for the Month
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Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics
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How to Invent an Alien Language? A Linguistic Perspective
Pirate Pharmaceuticals, Robots, and Kaiju: A Conversation with Annalee Newitz
Another Word: The Subtle Art of Promotion
Editor's Desk: Ask and You Shall Receive
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The Significance of Significance
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Impossible Colors of an Infinite Universe
Dystopian Murder Mysteries and a Vampire Historian: A Conversation with Carrie Vaughn
Another Word: Invisible and Visible Engineering in Science Fiction
Editor's Desk: Listening to the Universe
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The Significance of Significance
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My Dear, Like the Sky and Stars and Sun
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How to Injure Characters Without Killing Them
Astounding Scientists and Alternate History: A Conversation with Gregory Benford
Another Word: The Depth of Sci-Fi Funk in the '70s
Editor's Desk: Recharging My Batteries
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My Dear, Like the Sky and Stars and Sun
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Cut, Fold, and Conquer the Universe: The Best Models in the Galaxy
Fallen Angels and Water Dragons: A Conversation with Aliette de Bodard
Another Word: The Elizabeth Effect
Editor's Desk: Trying on an Old Shoe
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Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus
Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems
Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth
The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales
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Narrative Perception: A Study in Interspecies Stimuli
Enlightenment Voices and Norse A Cappella: A Conversation with Ada Palmer
Another Word: Being James Tiptree, Jr.
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Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus
Left of Bang: Preemptive Self-Actualization for Autonomous Systems
Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth
The Robot Who Liked to Tell Tall Tales
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Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe
At the Cross-Time Jaunter's Ball
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SF Short Fiction Markets in China: An Overview of 2016
Howling at the Lunar Landscape: A Conversation with Ian McDonald
Another Word: Reading For Pleasure
Editor's Desk: Recognizing 2016
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Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty's Place Cafe
At the Cross-Time Jaunter's Ball
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The Dragonslayer of Merebarton
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Frodo Is Dead: Worldbuilding and The Science of Magic
Organic Tech and Healing Clay: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
Another Word: A Doom of One's Own
Editor's Desk: The Next Chapter Begins
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The Dragonslayer of Merebarton
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Justice Systems in Quantum Parallel Probabilities
Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance
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A Collective Pseudonym and an Expanding Universe: A Conversation with James S.A. Corey
Another Word: Dystopias Are Not Enough
Editor’s Desk: Stomp Stomp Stomp
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Justice Systems in Quantum Parallel Probabilities
Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance
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The Most Famous Little Girl in the World
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Bugs from Outer Space & Invasive Earth: Planetary Protection
Magician Spies and Wacky Rubbish: A Conversation with Bruce Sterling
Another Word: The Joy of Helping
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The Most Famous Little Girl in the World
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Kubrick to Scott: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction
Bioengineered Athletes and True Stories: A Conversation with Lauren Beukes
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One Sister, Two Sisters, Three
The Calculations of Artificials
Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home
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Méliès to Bonestell: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction
Jazz Music and Greek Myths: A Conversation with Peter S. Beagle
Another Word: The Ship’s Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal
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One Sister, Two Sisters, Three
The Calculations of Artificials
Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home
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No Placeholder for You My Love
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Space Is the Place: The Science Fiction Pulse of '80s Electro Music
Cat Pictures and Food Blogs: A Conversation with Naomi Kritzer
Another Word: On Being a Late Bloomer
Editor's Desk: Nice to Hear from You
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No Placeholder for You My Love
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Frankenstein's Soldier: David Morrell and the Creation of Rambo
Volcanoes, Obelisks, and Spam Sushi: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin
Another Word: Peacetalk, Hate Speech
Editor's Desk: The Little Things
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The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale
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Paradise Lost: A History of Fantasy and the Otherworld
Talkative Creatures and a Mesozoic Cocktail: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick
Editor's Desk: What is it with Readercon?
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The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale
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And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices
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The Science Fiction Future of the Microbiome
The 'Quarter Turn' of History: A Conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay
Another Word: Publishing—Jump In, the Water's Fine
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And Then, One Day, the Air was Full of Voices
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The Universal Museum of Sagacity
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Transcendent Transformation: A Conversation with James Gunn
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The Universal Museum of Sagacity
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Silver Machine: Hawkwind's Space Rock Journey throughout Science Fiction and Fantasy
Transparency and Transformation: A Conversation with David Brin
Another Word: Technology Creates a New Golden Age of Speculative Fiction by Margot Atwell
Editor's Desk: Best. Wife. Ever.
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The Governess with a Mechanical Womb
Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead
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The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off
All the Words in the Sky: A Conversation with Charlie Jane Anders
Another Word: How to Clothe A Character, Using Only Star Wars References
Editor's Desk: Nebula Nominees and Reader's Poll Winners
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The Governess with a Mechanical Womb
Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead
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That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall
Between Dragons and Their Wrath
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Six Quirks of the Human Genome
Sapient Animals and Memory Particles: A Conversation with Lawrence M. Schoen
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That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall
Between Dragons and Their Wrath
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The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale
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Painterly Cyborgs and Distant Horizons: A Conversation with Julie Dillon
Another Word: Let's Write a Story Together, MacBook
Editor's Desk: The 2015 Reader's Poll and Contest
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The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale
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A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex
The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe
Another Word: On Reading, Writing, and the Classics
Editor's Desk: Hibernation Mode Activated
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In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer
The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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You Wouldn't Be Reading This If It Weren't For Buck Rogers
Words with Wings: A Conversation with Fran Wilde
Another Word: Chinese Science Fiction and Chinese Reality
Editor's Desk: Making My Holiday Wish List
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In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer
The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees
If on a Winters Night a Traveler
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And If the Body Were Not the Soul
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Radiant Metafiction: A Conversation with Catherynne M. Valente
Another Word: Love Song for a Saturday Morning
Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Magazines
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And If the Body Were Not the Soul
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The Next Generation of DNA Sequencing
Traitors and Tough Decisions: A Conversation with Seth Dickinson
Another Word: On Sunshine and Shadows
Editor's Desk: The Sad Truth About Short Fiction Reviews
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"Fans Are Slans": A Study in Campbellian Influence
Another Word: Hipsters of Zombieland
Editor's Desk: Editing Reality
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When Your Child Strays From God
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Eternal Wanderers Between Fire and Ice
Digging in the Dirt: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
Tripping the Light Fantastic: An Interview with Pan Haitian
Another Word: An Anxious Introvert’s Guide to the Con Experience
Editor's Desk: Change Can Be Good
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When Your Child Strays From God
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Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix)
This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year
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The Day-Glo Dystopia of Poly Styrene: Punk Prophet and Science Fiction Priestess
The Paradox of the Telescope: A Conversation with Robert Charles Wilson
Another Word: The Vaguely Picaresque Adventures of a New Writer
Editor's Desk: Once Again Down the Rabbit Hole
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Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (Third Sound Remix)
This Wanderer, in the Dark of the Year
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The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies
Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight
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Neither Here Nor There: A Conversation with Cat Rambo
Another Word: It's Good to Be Lazy and Foolish
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The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies
Mrs. Griffin Prepares to Commit Suicide Tonight
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Spanish Science Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion with Spain's Top Contemporary Voices
Another Word: The Precious Five-Star and the Reviewers of Mount Doom
Editor's Desk: Danger! Radioactive!
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The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2)
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Dark Angels: Insects in the Films of Guillermo del Toro
Music, Magic, and Memory: A Conversation with Randy Henderson and Silvia Morena-Garcia
Staying Sensitive in the Crowd: A Conversation with Chen Qiufan
Another Word: A Shed of One's Own
Editor's Desk: Reader's Poll Winners, Nebulas, and Forever
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The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild (Part 2)
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The Last Surviving Gondola Widow
The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill
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What in the World Do They Want, Anyway? The Myth of the Friendly Alien
A Little Paranoia: A Conversation with Liza Groen Trombi
The Spurred Storyteller: A Conversation With Tang Fei
Another Word: YA is the New Black
Editor's Desk: The Next Hundred
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The Last Surviving Gondola Widow
The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill
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Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary
The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild
This Wind Blowing, and This Tide
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Song for a City-Universe: Lucius Shepard's Abandoned Vermillion
Exploring the Frontier: A Conversation with Xia Jia
Editor's Desk: On the Road to One Hundred
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Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
The Apartment Dweller's Bestiary
The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild
This Wind Blowing, and This Tide
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The Magician and Laplace's Demon
Now Dress Me in My Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket
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China Dreams: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
In Civilized Society: A Conversation with Kameron Hurley
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The Magician and Laplace's Demon
Now Dress Me in my Finest Suit and Lay Me in My Casket
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The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009
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“We’re All Dreaming,” Arctor Said: Drugs in Science Fiction, from the 1960s to the Present
Anywhere with Pillars: A Conversation with Jo Walton
Another Word: Free Advice from a Full-Time Author. Worth Every Penny Paid
Editor’s Desk: Translation Is Important
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The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009
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Seeking boarder for rm w/ attached bathroom, must be willing to live with ghosts ($500 / Berkeley)
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Science Fiction Writers Wear Disguises: A Conversation with Robert Reed
Editor's Desk: Eight is a Good Number
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Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points
Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy
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Consciousness as Story: A Conversation with Ann Leckie
Another Word: The Best of All Possible Worlds
Editor’s Desk: Secret Project!
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Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points
Spring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy
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Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion
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The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: Conclusions
Human Nature: A Conversation with Peter Watts
Another Word: Obstacles and Style
Editor's Desk: Having an Adventure with Dad
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Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion
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The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness
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The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: Publications from Slush
The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind the Slush
Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
Another Word: Reclaiming the Tie-In Novel
Editor’s Desk: Adding Some Color
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The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness
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The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: A Detailed Analysis
The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind it All
Wendig’s Golden Prolific: A Conversation with Chuck Wendig
Another Word: Chasing the High
Editor’s Desk: Clearing Something Off My Desk
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The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye
Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds
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From Wooden Legs to Carbon Fiber Hands: How Technology Improves Prosthetic Limbs
The Immense Costs and a Shred of Optimism: A Conversation with L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Editor’s Desk: The Five Percent
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The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye
Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds
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The Blue Collar Craftsman & the Salesmen on Mars: A Conversation with Ben Tanzer
Editor’s Desk: Supporting our Favorites
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Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist
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A Sympathy of Light and Shadow: Science Fiction, Gothic Horror and How They Met
Beyond the Boundary: A Conversation with James L. Cambias
Another Word:The Words We Carry
Editor’s Desk: Reader’s Poll Results and Other Award News
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Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist
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Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable
The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul
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Taught by the Moon: Oral Traditions in Speculative Fiction
Dark Hearts & Brilliant Patches of Honor: A Tribute to Manly Wade Wellman
Editor’s Desk: Support Jay Lake
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Tortoiseshell Cats Are Not Refundable
The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul
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Driving through a Cloud with Pat Cadigan
Another Word: Will Aliens be Alien?
Editor’s Desk: Anthologies, Patreon, and the 2013 Reader’s Poll & Contest
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Of Alternate Adventures and Memory
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A Craftsman of No Small Skill: A Conversation with David Drake
Another Word: Two and a Half Writers
Editor’s Desk: Behind the Scenes Tour
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Of Alternate Adventures and Memory
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Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)
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Hard Truths in Our World: A Conversation with Bradley P. Beaulieu
Another Word: What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Editor’s Desk: Year Seven by the Numbers
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Never Dreaming (In Four Burns)
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Difficulties of an Asteroid Capture Mission
Deep into the Dark: A Conversation with Lavie Tidhar
Another Word: What Are You Doing Here?
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Aliens, Robots, Spaceships and . . . Popsicles? SF on American Radio, Then and Now
Organic Synthesis: A Conversation with Ken Liu
Another Word: I am an Endangered Species
Editor's Desk: Post-Apocalyptic Publishing
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The Candlelit World: The Dark Roots of Myth and Fantasy
Decadence & Buckets of Blood: A Conversation with Holly Black
Another Word: Circles Rise Again
Editor's Desk: Returning to the Scene of the Crime
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I Tell Thee All, I Can No More
The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm
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Spock's Pops: How Operational Research became Wartime Magic!
Giving Birth to the Dark Monster: A Conversation with J. M. McDermott
Faulty Memories of a Time Long Past: A Conversation with Richard Ellis Preston, Jr.
Another Word: My Own Private B-Movie
Editor’s Desk: Taking Back July 12th
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I Tell Thee All, I Can No More
The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm
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Beyond the Tracks: The Locomotive in Science Fiction Literature
Eccentric Relatives and Raw Grief: A Conversation with Susan Palwick
Another Word: The Techs Can Do It
Editor’s Desk: Publishing Turns Like a Battleship
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The Banquet of the Lords of Night
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled . . .
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When the Alien Is Us: Science Fictional Documentaries
Assassinating the Reader: A Conversation with Yoon Ha Lee
Another Word: The Singularity is Dead. Long Live the Singularity!
Editor's Desk: Day of the Wineberry
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The Banquet of the Lords of Night
From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled . . .
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The Military, Magic, and the Misery Ethic: A Conversation with Myke Cole
Another Word: Literatures of Despair
Editor’s Desk: How Did This Happen?
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The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution
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Accepting a More Profitable Shoe: A Conversation with M. C. Planck
Editor’s Desk: Forwards and Backwards
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The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution
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The Great Leap Sideways: SF and Social Media
Always a New World: A Conversation with Karen Lord
Another Word: Reading and Writing and Moral Judgment
Editor’s Desk: Upgrades and Reader’s Poll Winners
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Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton's Law Along the Event Horizon
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The Wine-Dark Sea: Color and Perception in the Ancient World
Riding a Whale through an Ocean of Lard: A Conversation with Jesse Bullington
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Audio Fiction: Variations on Bluebeard and Dalton’s Law Along the Event Horizon
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The Corpse of the Future: Jane C. Loudon’s The Mummy! and Victorian Science Fiction
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