Volume 35, Issue 3
July–September 2012

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Table of Contents

Features

  • The 2012 Rhysling Awards • Lyn C. A. Gardner
  • Wyrms & Wormholes • F.J. Bergmann
  • President’s Message • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
  • A Tribute to Ray Bradbury • Marge Simon et al.
  • From the Small Press • David Summers, John Garrison, Edward Cox
  • From the Small Press • David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Joshua Gage
  • Stealth SF • Denise Dumars
  • Xenopoetry • translations by Fred W. Bergmann

Poetry

  • Crackling Octopus • Jessy Randall
  • Rapture of the Zombies • Robert Borski
  • Proper Perspective • James S. Dorr
  • Uncertain Principle • Neal Wilgus
  • “warm glow of altruism” • Shelly Bryant
  • Regrets Only • Jeanie Tomasko
  • How I Would Like to Die • Gary Every
  • Last Transit: 2012 • Marge Simon
  • “tiny robot mice” • Deborah P Kolodji
  • “no life on Mars” • LeRoy Gorman
  • Growing Up • Dennis M. Lane
  • Casting the Future • Serena Fusek
  • Against Twinkling • Ron Czerwien
  • Grow Alien Mermaids • Deborah Walker
  • Et in Arcadia egoAlicia Cole
  • Xochipilli • Lee Clark Zumpe
  • The Warrior with the Hundred-Year Warranty • Margaret Benbow
  • War Robots • Ken Poyner
  • Overview • Timons Esaias
  • “the robot’s funeral” • LeRoy Gorman
  • Intelligent Design • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
  • The Circuit Rider • Frederick Pollack
  • 2.0 • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
  • “rips tearing the sky” • Simon Kewin
  • Imperial Mercy • Alec Austin
  • inquest • Timons Esaias
  • “transmat status” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
  • “gates of multi-verses” • Yunsheng Jiang
  • Hazardous Work Environment • Alan Haider
  • “two roads diverged on an ochre plain” • LeRoy Gorman
  • Lunatick • Robert Borski
  • Sneezing in Zero-G • Melissa Frederick
  • The Duelists • Mike Allen
  • “singularity” • Geoffrey A. Landis
  • e-ldritch • Joe Nazare
  • Dance Floor • Robert Borski
  • “she touches my skin” • Simon Kewin
  • “unrequited love” • LeRoy Gorman
  • Every Planet Wears a Ring • Kurt MacPhearson
  • Egg Foo Young • Terry Garey
  • A Fairy-Tale Excuse • Ian Hunter
  • Time Shift 27 • Denny E. Marshall
  • The Passage • Matthew Y. Yasuoka
  • The Insomniacs • Alessio Zanelli
  • Café Tables of Canberra • P. S. Cottier
  • Promethea • Barry King
  • Miff-ology • Juan Perez
  • Search Party • Denny E. Marshall
  • In the Year 2525” • LeRoy Gorman
  • Why I Love Star Trek • Vincent F. A. Golphin
  • Ain’t that Nice • Neal Wilgus (correction from 35.2)
  • Winter on Paradise One • Francis W. Alexander (corr. from 35.2)
  • Lost in Space • Aaron DeLee

Illustrations

  • Wired for Destiny • Randy Moore
  • Future Spark • Randy Moore
  • Space 7 • Denny E. Marshal
  • The Portal • Denny E. Marshall
  • Double Plus Nothing • Randy Moore
  • Mountain Top View • Joshua Gage

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