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Mamaborg's Milk and the Brilliance of Gems
Homecoming is Just Another Word for the Sublimation of the Self
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To Study the Old Masters in the Prado at the End of the World
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We'll Know It When We See It: The Trouble with Finding (Alien) Life
Falling in Love and the Collective Consciousness: An Interview with Elly Bangs
Important Strangers: A Conversation with Becky Chambers
Editor's Desk: The Best from 2020
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To Study the Old Masters in the Prado at the End of the World
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Obelisker Adrift in the Desert
"Remember The Washington," They Said as They Fed the Ugoxli
We'll Always Have Two Versions of Pteros
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Thrilling to the Harmony: A Conversation with Karen Osborne
Science, Math, Fiction, and the Oxford Comma: A Conversation with S.B. Divya
Editor's Desk: 2020 Reader's Poll Finalists
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Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma
Aster's Partialities: Vitri's Best Store for Sundry Antiques
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Science Fiction and Schmaltz: A Conversation with Connie Willis
The Ten-Year Journey: A Conversation with E. Lily Yu
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Things That Happen When You Date Your Ex's Accidentally Restored Backup from Before the Divorce
Forward Momentum and a Parallel Toss
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Ghosts of Christmas Past: The Victorian Christmas Ghost Story Tradition
Hard Points of View: A Conversation with Stina Leicht
Marvels and Horrors: A Conversation with Tim Pratt
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Things That Happen When You Date Your Ex's Accidentally Restored Backup From Before The Divorce
Forward Momentum and a Parallel Toss
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The Land of Eternal Jackfruits
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Mary Shelley's Dystopian Prophesy: Reading The Last Man During COVID-19
Determined To Publish: A Conversation with John Fleskes
Diagram and Story: A Conversation with R.F. Kuang
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The Land of Eternal Jackfruits
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To Set at Twilight In a Land of Reeds
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"I Can Build It!" Tom Said Inventively: The Strange History of the Six Tom Swifts
Eyewitness to History's Future: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
Living Raw and Out Loud: A Conversation with Rebecca Roanhorse
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To Set at Twilight In a Land of Reeds
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Blue And Blue And Blue And Pink
Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City
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"The Moon's a Balloon": Hot Air Balloons and Airships in Speculative Fiction
Dinosaurs and Metaphors: A Conversation with Sheila Williams
The Heart of the Story: A Conversation with Scott H. Andrews
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Drawing Lines Between the Stars
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Boxtops, Secret Rings, and Space Helmets: Those Brave Spacemen of the Videowaves
From Bleak to Upbeat in Three Parts: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick
Miles . . . to Go: A Conversation with Lauren Beukes
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Drawing Lines Between the Stars
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One Time, a Reluctant Traveler
Three Stories Conjured from Nothing
The House That Leapt into Forever
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Coffee Prince, Avatar, and Robot Rebellions: A Conversation with Madeline Ashby
Overthrowing the Royal We: A Conversation with Kate Elliott
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One Time, a Reluctant Traveler
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The House That Leapt into Forever
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Nine Words for Loneliness in the Language of the Uma'u
Optimizing the Path to Enlightenment
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Isolation in Fiction and Reality
The Woman With No Name: A Conversation with John P. Murphy
The Three-Science-Fiction-Author Problem: A Conversation
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Nine Words for Loneliness in the Language of the Uma'u
Optimizing the Path to Enlightenment
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What Happens in Solarium Square 21
A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential
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Ray Guns, Robots and Spaceships, Oh My! The Birth of Science Fiction Toys
Flying Ponies: A Conversation with Lois McMaster Bujold
The Horror of it All! A Conversation with Tamsyn Muir
Editor's Desk: Focus Neil, Focus
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What Happens in Solarium Square 21
A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential
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A System for Investigating Recapitulation and Evolutionary Novelty
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A Machine for Telling Stories: Tarot and Speculative Fiction
Short Stories and Sad Endings: A Conversation with Martha Wells
From Kibbutz to Career: A Conversation with Lavie Tidhar
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A System for Investigating Recapitulation and Evolutionary Novelty
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Coffee Boom: Decoctions, Micronized
Grayer Than Lead, Heavier Than Snow
The Whale Fall at the End of the Universe
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Separated at Birth? Occultism, Science Fiction, and Why People Can't Tell Them Apart
Calibrating the Stakes: A Conversation with Alastair Reynolds
Imaginary Friends: A Conversation with Kameron Hurley
Editor's Desk: The Best from 2019
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Coffee Boom: Decoctions, Micronized
Grayer Than Lead, Heavier Than Snow
The Whale Fall at the End of the Universe
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Jules Verne and a Journey Through Genre
Nanobots and Braincases: A Conversation with Tochi Onyebuchi
Faith in Vision: A Conversation with Ken Liu
Editor's Desk: 2019 Reader's Poll Finalists
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Charging A Brick Wall: A Conversation with Walter Jon Williams
The Color of Nature: A Conversation with Victo Ngai
Editor's Desk: A Bucket of Things
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Such Thoughts Are Unproductive
Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet
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But Is It Art? Science Fiction that Isn't Really Science Fiction
Starfish and Sunflowers: A Conversation with Peter Watts
Caste in Blood: A Conversation with Juliette Wade
Editor's Desk: Staring at the Hole
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Such Thoughts Are Unproductive
Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet
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The Good Story: A Conversation with Susan Palwick
Bringing the Pieces Together: A Conversation with Jacob Weisman
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An Arc of Lightning Across the Eye of God
National Center for the Preservation of Human Dignity
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Ooze and Gore: A Conversation with Nicky Drayden
Paint Your Own Language: A Conversation with Maurizio Manzieri
Editor's Desk: And into Year Fourteen We Go
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An Arc of Lightning Across the Eye of God
National Center for the Preservation of Human Dignity
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To Catch All Sorts of Flying Things
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Staying with the End of the World: SF Futures of Hope during Ecological Devastation
Science Fiction Heist: A Conversation with Derek Künsken
The Future of Shame and Hope: A Conversation with L.X. Beckett
Editor's Desk: A Journey “Home”
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To Catch All Sorts of Flying Things
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Onyx Woods and the Grains of Deception
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It Came From the Garage! Technology, Film and the Guy Next Door
Mission Critical: A Conversation with Jonathan Strahan
Editor's Desk: One Hundred Thousand Titles
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Onyx Woods and the Grains of Deception
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Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart
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Fractal Universes, Serialized Novels, and a Cat: A Conversation with Yoon Ha Lee
Byzantium, New York, and Rose Petals: A Conversation with Arkady Martine
Editor's Desk: From the Moon to Magazines
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Shattered Sidewalks of the Human Heart
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My World Wobbled and Changed: An Interview with Soyeon Jeong
Editor's Desk: Living Through the Solstice
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Move Forward, Disappear, Transcend
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Black Holes, Artifacts, and Mysteries: A Conversation with Jack McDevitt
Another Word: It's All Fun and Games
Editor's Desk: I Don't Want to Bother You
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Move Forward, Disappear, Transcend
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Talking Cells: Deciphering the Messages in Our Blood
Syria, Time, and Typewriters: A Conversation with Jack Skillingstead
Shadows, Swordplay, and Ballroom Dancing: A Conversation with Anna Kashina
Editor's Desk: An International Journey
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Dreams Strung like Pearls Between War and Peace
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High Seas, Multiple Selves, and Unspoken Songs: A Conversation with Sarah Pinsker
Electronic Music, Science Fiction, and AIs: A Conversation with Jean-Michel Jarre
Another Word: A Flock of Crows in a Swan Suit
Editor's Desk: A Celebration of Many Things
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Dreams Strung like Pearls Between War and Peace
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East of the Sun, West of the Stars
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The Mighty Feats of the Everyday Microbe
Cable Cars, Explosions, and Life-Sized Griffins: A Conversation with Suzanne Palmer
Another Word: Stories that Change the World
Editor's Desk: Finalists, Translations, and Awards
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East of the Sun, West of the Stars
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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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