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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2009 January-February

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2009 January-February

Rajnar Vajra
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We start 2009 with the first "double" issue in our new format, with a strikingly dramatic cover by John Allemand for Rajnar Vajra's novella "Doctor Alien," which gives new meaning to the archaic term "alienist." It's hard enough for psychiatrists to help patients of their own species, for whom they have a pretty good idea of what is "normal." But what is one to do when thrust into the life-or-death position of having to treat a motley collection of extraterrestrials, whose standards of normality are all over the map--and all quite unknown? The possibilities are, so to speak, mind-boggling....

As usual, we take advantage of the extra space in a double issue to feature items that wouldn't fit in a regular issue. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's January/February offering in this category is "The Recovery Man's Bargain," an offshoot of the "Retrieval Artist" series she started here some while back, but with a different kind of specialist--who has a lot to learn, not all of it comfortable.

Kevin Walsh returns with another of his fact articles exploring our rapidly expanding knowledge of what sorts of extrasolar planets are really out there. This one he calls "Neptune, Neptune, and Neptune . . . But Not Neptune," examining a trio of discoveries which all have some similarity to one of "our guys"--but also plenty of differences from it, and from each other.

Rounding out the issue will be a mixed bag of intriguing stories by Dave Creek, Edward M. Lerner, Richard Foss, Richard A. Lovett, and John G. Hemry--and, last but by no means least, Part 3 of Robert J. Sawyer's Wake.


CONTENTS
Reader's Department: EDITORIAL: LOOSE ENDS, MISSED POINTS, AND TANGENTS by Stanley Schmidt
Novella: DOCTOR ALIEN by Rajnar Vajra
Science Fact: NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE ... BUT NOT NEPTUNE by Kevin Walsh
Novelette: ZHENG HE AND THE DRAGON by Dave Creek
Novelette: TO LEAP THE HIGHEST WALL by Richard Foss
Reader's Department: THE ALTERNATE VIEW: ENERGYCRISIS *REDUX:* A POLEMIC by Jeffery D. Kooistra
Short Story: ROCKS by John G. Hemry
Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME
Short Story: EXCELLENCE by Richard A. Lovett
Novelette: SMALL BUSINESS by Edward M. Lerner
Serial: WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer
Novella: THE RECOVERY MAN'S BARGAIN by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Reader's Department: GUEST REFERENCE LIBRARY by Ian Randal Strock
Reader's Department: BRASS TACKS
Reader's Department: 2008 INDEX
Reader's Department: IT'S ANLAB TIME AGAIN
Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS by Anthony Lewis
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Periodical
Publisher
Dell Magazines
Release
November 01, 2008

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2009 January-February

Rajnar Vajra
3.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
We start 2009 with the first "double" issue in our new format, with a strikingly dramatic cover by John Allemand for Rajnar Vajra's novella "Doctor Alien," which gives new meaning to the archaic term "alienist." It's hard enough for psychiatrists to help patients of their own species, for whom they have a pretty good idea of what is "normal." But what is one to do when thrust into the life-or-death position of having to treat a motley collection of extraterrestrials, whose standards of normality are all over the map--and all quite unknown? The possibilities are, so to speak, mind-boggling....

As usual, we take advantage of the extra space in a double issue to feature items that wouldn't fit in a regular issue. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's January/February offering in this category is "The Recovery Man's Bargain," an offshoot of the "Retrieval Artist" series she started here some while back, but with a different kind of specialist--who has a lot to learn, not all of it comfortable.

Kevin Walsh returns with another of his fact articles exploring our rapidly expanding knowledge of what sorts of extrasolar planets are really out there. This one he calls "Neptune, Neptune, and Neptune . . . But Not Neptune," examining a trio of discoveries which all have some similarity to one of "our guys"--but also plenty of differences from it, and from each other.

Rounding out the issue will be a mixed bag of intriguing stories by Dave Creek, Edward M. Lerner, Richard Foss, Richard A. Lovett, and John G. Hemry--and, last but by no means least, Part 3 of Robert J. Sawyer's Wake.


CONTENTS
Reader's Department: EDITORIAL: LOOSE ENDS, MISSED POINTS, AND TANGENTS by Stanley Schmidt
Novella: DOCTOR ALIEN by Rajnar Vajra
Science Fact: NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE ... BUT NOT NEPTUNE by Kevin Walsh
Novelette: ZHENG HE AND THE DRAGON by Dave Creek
Novelette: TO LEAP THE HIGHEST WALL by Richard Foss
Reader's Department: THE ALTERNATE VIEW: ENERGYCRISIS *REDUX:* A POLEMIC by Jeffery D. Kooistra
Short Story: ROCKS by John G. Hemry
Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME
Short Story: EXCELLENCE by Richard A. Lovett
Novelette: SMALL BUSINESS by Edward M. Lerner
Serial: WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer
Novella: THE RECOVERY MAN'S BARGAIN by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Reader's Department: GUEST REFERENCE LIBRARY by Ian Randal Strock
Reader's Department: BRASS TACKS
Reader's Department: 2008 INDEX
Reader's Department: IT'S ANLAB TIME AGAIN
Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS by Anthony Lewis
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Periodical
Publisher
Dell Magazines
Release
November 01, 2008

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