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Cover of Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2015

Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2015

April 2015

Editor Sheila Williams
Cover art Gary Freeman
Publisher Dell Magazines
Price $7.99
Pages 196
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  • Emily Hockaday: Assistant Editor. Mary Grant: Editorial Assistant.
  • Volume 39, Numbers 4 & 5. Whole numbers 471 & 472.
  • The cover illustrates " The New Mother ".
  • The opening and title page for the story "Tuesdays" was missing from the March issue. This story's first page is printed here, and this is why it is listed as a serial, and why the second part is listed first in the March issue of this magazine.
  • This is the first of two annual double-issues.
  • None of the reviews are page specific. Norman Spinrad uses the novels reviewed as part of his essay about literary writers writing in the speculative fiction field. Page numbers are simply where the books are first mentioned.
  • ISSN: 1065-2698.
  • No Canadian pricing.
  • "On Sale Until 4/21" printed to the left of this issue's bar code box.
  • This issue arrived in this verifier's mailbox on 2015-03-16, although the printing date is listed on page three in the indicia as 2015-02-23.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Philadelphia Stories Sheila Williams
6 Essay Non Fiction Praising or Banning Robert Silverberg
9 Serial Fiction Tuesdays (Part 1 of 2) Suzanne Palmer
10 Short Fiction Fiction The New Mother Eugene Fischer
40 Short Fiction Fiction Day Job Tom Purdom
53 Poem Fiction Birth of an Astrophysicist Bruce Boston
54 Short Fiction Fiction Lock Up Your Chickens and Daughters—H'ard and Andy are Come to Town Michael Swanwick & Gregory Frost
70 Short Fiction Fiction Paul and His Son Joe M. McDermott
79 Short Fiction Fiction The Marriage of the Sea Liz Williams
83 Short Fiction Fiction What I Intend Robert Reed
95 Poem Fiction Layover Wendy Rathbone
96 Short Fiction Fiction The Gun Between the Veryush and the Cloud Mothers Anna Tambour
121 Poem Fiction Grain of Truth Robert Frazier
122 Short Fiction Fiction Willing Flesh Jay O'Connell
133 Short Fiction Fiction How to Walk Through Historic Graveyards in the Post-Digital Age Fran Wilde
144 Short Fiction Fiction The Sentry Frank Smith
149 Poem Fiction Schrödinger's Door Richard Bruns
150 Short Fiction Fiction The Children of Gal Allen M. Steele
181 Essay Non Fiction Next Issue (Asimov's, April-May 2015) uncredited
182 Poem Fiction Basement Refrigerator Joshua Gage
183 Essay Non Fiction On Books: Schlock, Genre and Mainstream SF (Asimov's, April-May 2015) Norman Spinrad
185 Review Non Fiction Absurdistan Norman Spinrad & Gary Shteyngart
186 Review Non Fiction Little Failure Norman Spinrad & Gary Shteyngart
186 Review Non Fiction Shovel Ready Norman Spinrad & Adam Sternbergh
187 Review Non Fiction The Detainee Norman Spinrad & Peter Liney
192 Essay Non Fiction SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, April-May 2015) Erwin S. Strauss

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction - 2015 Sheila Williams
Cover Art Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2015 Gary Freeman
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Birth of an Astrophysicist uncredited
95 Interior Art Non Fiction Layover uncredited
121 Interior Art Non Fiction Grain of Truth uncredited
149 Interior Art Non Fiction Schrödinger's Door uncredited
182 Interior Art Non Fiction Basement Refrigerator uncredited