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Cover of Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2018

Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2018

May 2018

Editor Sheila Williams
Cover art Alejandro Colucci
Publisher Dell Magazines
Price $7.99
Pages 212
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  • Emily Hockaday: Assistant Editor. Deanna McLafferty: Editorial Assistant.
  • Volume 42, Numbers 5 & 6. Whole number 508 & 509.
  • "SF Conventional Calendar" is on the issue's inside back cover, but since both covers are considered part of the official page count, the page number is given.
  • ISSN: 1065-2698.
  • "On Sale Until 6/19 printed underneath this issue's barcode box.
  • The printing date of this issue is listed on page three in the indicia as 2018-04-02.
  • Cover illustrates the story The Wandering Warriors
  • Review of The Odyssey is based on the Allen Mandelbaum translation.
  • Norman Spinrad spends a whole page discussing A Connecticut Yankee, its history, its place in science fiction, and its theme, hence the review listing.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction A Semester with Isaac Asimov Jay Cole
7 Essay Non Fiction In Memoriam Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) (obit) uncredited
8 Essay Non Fiction Circe and Doctor Moreau Robert Silverberg
8 Review Non Fiction The Island of Doctor Moreau Robert Silverberg & H. G. Wells
8 Review Non Fiction The Odyssey Robert Silverberg & Homer
10 Review Non Fiction Desertion Robert Silverberg & Clifford D. Simak
12 Essay Non Fiction The Art of Algorithms James Patrick Kelly
15 Poem Fiction Unwritten Bruce Boston
16 Short Fiction Fiction The Wandering Warriors Rick Wilber & Alan Smale
65 Poem Fiction World on a String Robert Borski
66 Short Fiction Fiction When the Rains Come Back Cadwell Turnbull
75 Poem Fiction Pachyderm Thoughts Jane Yolen
76 Short Fiction Fiction Life from the Sky Sue Burke
91 Poem Fiction Alien Found Ken Poyner
92 Short Fiction Fiction Creative Nonfiction Paul Park
100 Short Fiction Fiction Riverboats, Robots, and Ransom in the Regular Way Peter Wood
107 Short Fiction Fiction Cost of Doing Business Nancy Kress
129 Poem Fiction The Drone Nurse's Lullaby John Richard Trtek
130 Short Fiction Fiction A Mammoth, So-Called Marc Laidlaw
134 Short Fiction Fiction Unexpected Flowers Jane Lindskold
137 Short Fiction Fiction Time Enough to Say Goodbye Sandra McDonald & Stephen D. Covey
145 Essay Non Fiction Next Issue (Asimov's, May-June 2018) uncredited
146 Short Fiction Fiction Bubble and Squeak David Gerrold & Ctein
201 Review Non Fiction A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Norman Spinrad & Mark Twain
201 Essay Non Fiction On Books: Alternate Alternate Histories (Asimov's, May-June 2018) Norman Spinrad
202 Review Non Fiction Tropic of Kansas Norman Spinrad & Christopher Brown (I)
205 Review Non Fiction The Genius Plague Norman Spinrad & David Walton
207 Review Non Fiction The Berlin Project Norman Spinrad & Gregory Benford
209 Essay Non Fiction SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, May-June 2018) Erwin S. Strauss

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction - 2018 Sheila Williams
Cover Art Non Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2018 Alejandro Colucci
15 Interior Art Non Fiction Unwritten uncredited
65 Interior Art Non Fiction World on a String uncredited
75 Interior Art Non Fiction Pachyderm Thoughts uncredited
91 Interior Art Non Fiction Alien Found uncredited
129 Interior Art Non Fiction The Drone Nurse's Lullaby uncredited