Analog has posted the table of contents for the July/August 2013 double issue:
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Analog has posted the table of contents for the March 2013 issue:

NOVELETTES

• “Instinctive Response” by Bond Elam
• “The Radioactive Etiquette Book” by Marissa Lingen
• “The Firewall and the Door” by Sean McMullen

SHORT STORIES

• “It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and We Feel Fine” by Harry Turtledove
• “The Paragon of Animals” by Andrew Barton
• “High Concept” by Barry Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• “The Snack” by Bud Sparhawk

SCIENCE FACT

• Spoof Worlds by Kevin Walsh

PROBABILITY ZERO

• Pre-Pirates by Don D’Ammassa

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Subscriptions available via Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or the Analog website.

Analog has posted the table of contents for the January/February 2013 double issue:
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Analog has posted the table of contents for the December 2012 issue:

NOVELLA

• The Moon Belongs to Everyone by Michael Alexander & K.C. Ball

NOVELETTES

• “From An Antique Land” by Shane Tourtellotte
• “Silent Mode” by Paul Carlson

SHORT STORIES

• “Hearing Impairment” by Stephen L. Burns
• “The Perfect Book” by Ken Liu
• “Garden Spot” by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
• “Cats Know” by Richard A. Lovett
• “Scary Monsters” by Liz J. Andersen

SCIENCE FACT

• The Seeds of Cancer by Jim Kling

POETRY

• “‘Twas the Flight Before Christmas” by Bill Gleason

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times to Come
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• Biolog: Paul Carlson by Richard A. Lovett
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Subscriptions available via Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or the Analog website.

Join Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine at booth #148 of the Brooklyn Book Festival from 10am – 6pm Sunday September 23rd.

Raffles, subscription promotions, author signings, and free issues will be ongoing and available throughout the day.

Signing for Analog authors will be at 1 p.m. with Paul Levinson, for Asimov’s at 4 p.m. will be Michael Swanwick, and around 3 p.m. S.J. Rozan will be signing for Ellery Queen.

In the Brooklyn area? Stop by!

Analog has posted the table of contents for the November 2012 issue:

NOVELETTES

• “Seagulls, Jack-o-Lanterns, and Interstitial Spaces” by Gray Rinehart
• “Strobe Effect” by Alastair Mayer & Brad R. Torgersen
• “The Information in a Dream” by Sarah K. Castle
• “Siege Perilous” by Daniel Hatch

SHORT STORIES

• “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Robert R. Chase
• “Tech Support” by Richard A. Lovett
• “Survival in Shades of Orange” by Patty Jensen

SCIENCE FACT

• “The Day the Sun Exploded” by Richard A. Lovett

PROBABILITY ZERO

• “The Man in the Pink Shirt” by Larry Niven

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times to Come
• Biolog: Sarah K. Castle by Richard A. Lovett
• The Alternate View by Richard A. Lovett
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Subscriptions available via Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or the Analog website.

Dr. Ben Bova has written more than 120 futuristic novels and nonfiction books, and has been involved in science and high technology since the very beginnings of the space age. President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, Dr. Bova received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, “for fueling mankind’s imagination regarding the wonders of outer space.” His 2006 novel Titan received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. In 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award “for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature.”

A frequent commentator on radio and television and a widely-popular lecturer, he was an award-winning editor and an executive in the aerospace industry. He received the Science Fiction Achievement Award (the “Hugo”) for Best Professional Editor six times. In 2001 Dr. Bova was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He received the 1996 Isaac Asimov Memorial Award; was the 1974 recipient of the E.E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction; the 1983 Balrog Award winner for Professional Achievement; the 1985 Inkpot Award recipient for his outstanding achievements in science fiction. In 2000, he was Guest of Honor at the 58th World Science Fiction Convention, Chicon 2000. Dr. Bova is a multi-Hugo winner as Editor of both Analog and Omni, as well as for his many novels, which include Saturn, Mars,  The Sam Gunn stories/novels, The Kinsman Saga, The Asteroid series, and The Orion series, amongst others.  His latest novel, Orion and King Arthur, just released from Tor Books. He can be found online via Facebook or his website at http://www.benbova.net.

Bryan Thomas Schmidt talks to Ben about his career, his approach to craft and his exciting future projects for us.

SFFWRTCHT: Where’d your interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy come from?

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Analog has posted the table of contents for the October 2012 issue:

NOVELETTES

• “The Liars” by Juliette Wade
• “Nahiku West” by Linda Nagata
• “The Journeyman: On the Short-Grass Prairie” by Michael F. Flynn

SHORT STORIES

• “Ambidextrose” by Jay Werkheiser
• “Deer in the Garden” by Michael Alexander
• “Reboots and Saddles” by Carl Frederick
• “Nothing But Vacuum” by Edward McDermott
• “The End in Eden” by Steven Utley

SCIENCE FACT

• Atlas’ Apprentices: Amateur Contributions in Astronomy and Astrophysics by Alan Plummer

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times to Come
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• Biolog: Jay Werkheiser by Richard A. Lovett
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Analog has posted the table of contents for the September 2012 2012 issue:

NOVELETTES

• “Done That, Never Been There” by Brad Aiken
• “Elmira, 1895″ by Michael F. Flynn
• “The Voices” by Alec Nevala-Lee
• “Rent in Space” by Susan Forest

SHORT STORIES

• “Mythunderstanding” by Carl Frederick
• “The Long View” by Jerry Oltion

SCIENCE FACT

• Sigma: Summing Up Speculation by Arlan Andrews, Sr.

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times to Come
• The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Analog has posted the table of contents for the July/August 2012 double issue:

NOVELLAS

• “Nightfall On The Peak Of Eternal Light” by Richard A. Lovett & William Gleason
• “The Conquest Of The Air” by Rob Chilson

NOVELETTES

• “Sam Below Par” by Ben Bova
• “The Mutant Stag At Horn Creek” by Sarah K. Castle
• “To Save Man” by H. G. Stratmann

SHORT STORIES

• “The Song Of Uullioll” by Gray Rinehart
• “The North Revena Ladies Literary Society” by Catherine Shaffer
• “Red Rover, Red Rover” by Howard V. Hendrix
• “Zeitgeist, Inc.” by Carl Frederick

Science Fact

• Fluffy Impact: What Lcross Found When It Hit The Moon by Richard A. Lovett

SPECIAL FEATURE

• Real Talk: The Fine Art Of Writing Dialog by Richard A. Lovett

PROBABILITY ZERO

• Donner Summit – Harry Turtledove

POETRY

• “From Nostradamus To Alan Greenspan” by Robert T. Lundy

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• Analytical Laboratory Results
• Biolog: Howard V. Hendrix by by Richard A. Lovett
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• In Times To Come
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Nebula Awards weekend also saw another set of awards being given away: Analog Science Fiction and Fact‘s AnLab Awards and the Asimov’s Readers’ Awards. Here are the winners:

The winners of Analog’s Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards are:

• Best Novella: “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (11/11)
• Best Novelette (Tie):
  • “Jak and the Beanstalk” by Richard A. Lovett (7-8/11)
  • “Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in the Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms” by John G. Hemry (3/11)
• Best Short Story: “Julie is Three” by Craig DeLancey (3/11)
• Best Fact: “Smart SETI” by Gregory and James Benford (4/11)
• Best Cover: December 2011 (for “Ray of Light”) by Bob Eggleton

The winners of Asimov’s Readers’ Awards are:

• Best Novella: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by KijJohnson(10-11/11)
• Best Novelette: “All About Emily” by Connie Willis(12/11)
• Best Short Story: “Movement” by Nancy Fulda(3/11)
• Best Poem: “Five Pounds of Sunlight” byGeoffrey A. Landis(1/11)
• Best Cover Artist: October/November, by Paul Youll (for “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”)

Analog has posted the table of contents for the June 2012 issue:

NOVELETTES

• “Crooks” by Paul Carlson
• “Food Chained” by Carl Frederick

SHORT STORIES

• “Titanium Soul” by Catherine Shaffer
• “A Murmuration Of Starlings” by Joe Pitkin
• “An Ounce Of Prevention” by Jerry Oltion
• “The Fine Print” by Michael Alexander
• “Darwin’s Gambit” by Emily Mah
• “A Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy” by N. M. Cedeño

SCIENCE FACT

• Is the moon a babel fish? by John Gribbin

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times To Come
• The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Analog has posted the table of contents for the May 2012 issue:

SERIAL

• “Trgiggers” (part IV of IV) by Robert J. Sawyer

NOVELLA

• “The End Of Ordinary Life” by Daniel Hatch

SHORT STORIES

• “But It Won’t Set You Fee” by Tracy Canfield
• “Lobstersaurus” by Eric James Stone

SCIENCE FACT

• Space Weather: The Latest Forecast by H. G. STRATMAN

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times To Come
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

What a curious species, the science fiction magazine. If you consider that first issue of Amazing Stories, published in April 1926, as the birth of the modern science fiction magazine, then the science fiction magazine has survived in one form or another for nearly 86 years. This despite constant proclamations that science fiction is dying. Why has the science fiction magazine survived as long as it has? 

This is not to say a magazine cannot be killed. We have seen countless magazines die, some after only a single issue. But they are inevitably replaced by another magazine, one that is perhaps more durable than its predecessor, one that lasts somewhat longer. And when that one dies, still another comes along to take its place. There is an almost evolutionary battle taking place that has made the science fiction magazine, despite its seeming precariousness, a fit venue for the literature. One might die, but it will be replaced, and never has the species died out entirely.

I think that there are several important reasons for this.

Analog has posted the table of contents for the April 2012 issue:

SERIAL

• “Triggers” (part III of IV) by Robert J. Sawyer

NOVELETTES

• “The Most Invasive Species” by Susan Forest
• “Ecce Signum” by Craig DeLancey

SHORT STORIES

• “A Delicate Balance” by Kevin J. Anderson
• “You Say You Want A Revolution” by Jerry Oltion

FOLLOW-UP

• Stephen L. Burns

SCIENCE FACT

• Planets (Oops, Planetoids) X, Y, Z, And W: What The Kuiper Belt Teaches About The Dawn Of The Solar System by Richard A. Lovett

PROBABLITY ZERO

• To Serve Aliens (yes, It’s A Cookbook) – Eric James Stone

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• In Times To Come
• The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• The Reference Library Supplement by James Gunn
• Brass Tacks
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

NOTE: Don’t forget to vote! Analog Readers’ Award Ballot Open Until February 14th!

Analog has posted the table of contents for the December 2011 issue:

NOVELLA

• “Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torgersen
• “The Impossibles” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• “Not For Ourselves Alone” by Charles E. Gannon

SHORT STORIES

• “Turning It Off” by Susan Forest
• “Freudian Slipstream” by Brad Aiken
• “Hidden” by Kyle Kirkland
• “Art For Splendor’s Sake” by Davecreek

SCIENCE FACT

• Poisons, Temperature, And Climate Change: Will Global Warming Make Everything Else Worse? by Richard A. Lovett

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• The Alternate View by John G. Cramer
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• In Times to Come
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis

Analog has posted the table of contents for the November 2011 issue:

NOVELLA

• “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro

NOVELETTES

• “Ian, Isaac, And John” by Paul Levinson
• “The Boneless One” by Alec Nevala-Lee

SHORT STORIES

• “Dig Site” by Jack McDevitt
• “The Buddy System” by Don D’Ammassa
• “Rocket Science” by Jerry Oltion
• “Chumbolone” by Bill Johnson

SCIENCE FACT

• Repairing A Broken Heart: Moving Beyond Electronic Pacemakers by Richard B. Robinson, Ph.D.

READER’S DEPARTMENTS

• The Editor’s Page
• The Alternate View by Jeffery D. Kooistra
• The Reference Library by Don Sakers
• Brass Tacks
• In Times to Come
• Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis