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Cover of Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2014

Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2014

October 2014

Editor Sheila Williams
Cover art Hisaki Yasuda
Publisher Dell Magazines
Price $7.99
Pages 196
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  • Emily Hockaday: Editorial Assistant. Mary Grant: Editorial Assistant.
  • This is the second of every year's two separate double issues. Volume 38, Numbers 10 & 11. Whole numbers 465 & 466.
  • The two page contents page prints an illustration by Robert Walters that has been used as filler in various issues for years.
  • Cover illustrates "Pinono Deep".
  • "Readers' Award Winners" is a full-page sidebar listing all of the stories, covers, and poems that were nominated and that had won Asimov's Readers' Award. "The Weight of the Sunrise" by Vylar Kaftan, which won a Nebula, came in second.
  • "Diary of the Last Days" is subtitled 'For Ryan, on Valentine's Day'.
  • "Space—The Permanent Frontier" starts of with a long essay dealing with space in science fiction, with the reviews of the books buried in the body of the column. The books are given a group credit at the beginning of Spinrad's column.
  • Jay Lake's obituary is credited to "SW", obviously the editor's initials and is credited to her in this record.
  • ISSN: 1065-2698.
  • No Canadian pricing.
  • "On Sale Until 10/14" printed to the left of this issue's bar code box.
  • Arrived in this verifier's mailbox on 2014-08-27, although the printing date is listed on page three in the indicia as 2014-08-11.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Twenty-Eighth Annual Readers' Awards' Results Sheila Williams
6 Essay Non Fiction Readers' Award Winners uncredited
7 Essay Non Fiction Robert A. Heinlein, Author of The Martian Chronicles Robert Silverberg
11 Poem Fiction Boots Greg Beatty
12 Essay Non Fiction Stationed James Patrick Kelly
15 Essay Non Fiction In Memoriam: Jay Lake (1964-2014) Sheila Williams
16 Essay Non Fiction Is Resistance Futile? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Glass Jay O'Connell
21 Poem Fiction Henry Gustav Molaison L. M. Alder
22 Short Fiction Fiction Pinono Deep Kate Bachus
33 Poem Fiction Diary of the Last Days L. M. Lopez
34 Short Fiction Fiction Stars Fell on Alabama Gord Sellar
58 Short Fiction Fiction Troop 9 Dale Bailey
72 Short Fiction Fiction Minutes to the End of the World Brendan DuBois
78 Short Fiction Fiction The Witch of Truckee Joel Richards
83 Short Fiction Fiction Diary of a Pod Person Emily C. Skaftun
97 Poem Fiction If Horror Movies Have Taught Me Anything Michael Meyerhofer
98 Short Fiction Fiction Uncanny James Patrick Kelly
100 Poem Fiction Other Versions Craig Finlay
102 Short Fiction Fiction Decaying Orbit Robert R. Chase
113 Poem Fiction Morning Sickness Aimee Ogden
114 Short Fiction Fiction The Cloisters Jeff Grimshaw
119 Poem Fiction A Different Kind of Stupid Jessy Randall
120 Short Fiction Fiction Playing with Reality Kristine Kathryn Rusch
134 Short Fiction Fiction What is Sand but Earth Purified? Jason Sanford
146 Short Fiction Fiction New Trick Tim McDaniel
149 Poem Fiction Fiddler at Midnight Jane Yolen
150 Short Fiction Fiction The Prodigal Son Allen M. Steele
182 Essay Non Fiction Next Issue (Asimov's, October-November 2014) uncredited
183 Essay Non Fiction On Books: Space—The Permanent Frontier (Asimov's, October-November 2014) Norman Spinrad
185 Review Non Fiction The Martian Norman Spinrad & Andy Weir
187 Review Non Fiction Shipstar Norman Spinrad & Gregory Benford & Larry Niven
189 Review Non Fiction The Big Aha Norman Spinrad & Rudy Rucker
192 Essay Non Fiction SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, October-November 2014) Erwin S. Strauss

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction - 2014 Sheila Williams
Cover Art Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2014 Hisaki Yasuda
11 Interior Art Non Fiction Boots uncredited
21 Interior Art Non Fiction Henry Gustav Molaison uncredited
33 Interior Art Non Fiction Diary of the Last Days uncredited
97 Interior Art Non Fiction If Horror Movies Have Taught Me Anything uncredited
100 Interior Art Non Fiction Other Versions uncredited
113 Interior Art Non Fiction Morning Sickness uncredited
119 Interior Art Non Fiction A Different Kind of Stupid uncredited