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Asimov's Science Fiction, November/December 2020 by Zack Be, Marissa Lingen, Paul Di Filippo, Connie Willis, Julie Nováková, Kate Maruyama, Chen Qiufan, Steven Withrow, Sam Schreiber, Erwin S. Strauss, Rick Wilber, Lora Gray, Darrell Schweitzer, Robert Silverberg, Sheila Williams, Jack McDevitt, Peter Payack, James Gunn, James Patrick Kelly, Allen M. Steele, Kevin J. Anderson, Garrison Kammer, Alaya Dawn Johnson
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This is a Christmas (November-December 2020) of Analog magazine. There are two prominent holiday pieces, one by the grandmaster [a:Connie Willis|14032|Connie Willis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1529284935p2/14032.jpg].
The contents:
Where We Came from Is Where We're Going[Asimov's Editorials]essay by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele] what pandemic taught us, plus a history of SF since 19th century. 2*
Finding the Mountains of Madness[Reflections]essay by Robert Silverberg a discussion of Lovecraft short novel and modern knowledge of Antarctica. 3*
After a Year of Solitudepoem by Lora Gray
What Information Wants[On the Net]essay by James Patrick Kelly a discussion of what creative commons and copyleft are. 3*
Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricyclepoem by Steven Withrow
Christmas at the Hilbert Astorianovelette by Sam Schreiber a bearded fat man in red costume, called Nick is hiked by a multi-dimensional hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Someone kills people near the hotel. 3.5*
The Miragesshort story by Alaya Dawn Johnson a child from now divorced parents grows up and migrates to another planet. 2*
The Hindnovelette by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber a generation ship after a catastrophe is ruled by a council, which allows new birth only if you kill a person from council’s list. A protagonist tries and fails but learns that the ship can be repaired. 2.5*
Grief, as Faithful as My Houndshort story by Marissa Lingen a woman with her mother in hostel in her last days while UFO start landing across the world. One lands in hospice yard and a orange globe starts to follow the woman as her mother dies. An original approach. 4*
Black Box Sonnet #13, 041 My Prosperity IVpoem by Garrison Kammer
Forger Mr. Znovelette by Chen Qiufan a SF writer working in tech support gets a dismissal from an editor and decides to create a fictional Albanian SF writer, who glorifies China in his SF to get published. 5*
Protozoan Pridepoem by Peter Payack
Return from the Starsnovelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] Robot 101, who terraformed a planet for Earth colonists returns to Earth to find out why no one comes. The planet is flooded and he seeks ways to restore it. 3.5*
Footprintshort story by Kate Maruyama a mother with inoperable cancer (which she hides from her daughter) meets with her daughter (a scientist, who discovered a self-regenerating oxygen source to terraform), who leaves for Mars. A cli-fi. 3*
Let Them Gopoem by Darrell Schweitzer
Pull it from the Rootnovelette by Zack Be a strange world of post-humans, with drug dealers and parasite plans controlling hosts… hasn’t worked for me. 2*
The Long Iapetan Nightnovelette by Julie Novakova a new expedition to one of Saturn satellite. A hundred years ago Earth experienced a couple of calamities and all space programs died, including a mission here. As a new team gets into old colony, something tries to kill them. 3*
Return to Gloryshort story by Jack McDevitt an utopian future and a guy finds a DVD with Star Trek, a long forgotten story. 3*
Next Issue (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by uncredited
Take a Look at the Five and Tennovella by Connie Willis I made a review here 3*
On Books (Asimov's, November-December 2020)[On Books]essay by Paul Di Filippo
SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by Erwin S. Strauss
The contents:
Where We Came from Is Where We're Going[Asimov's Editorials]essay by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele] what pandemic taught us, plus a history of SF since 19th century. 2*
Finding the Mountains of Madness[Reflections]essay by Robert Silverberg a discussion of Lovecraft short novel and modern knowledge of Antarctica. 3*
After a Year of Solitudepoem by Lora Gray
What Information Wants[On the Net]essay by James Patrick Kelly a discussion of what creative commons and copyleft are. 3*
Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricyclepoem by Steven Withrow
Christmas at the Hilbert Astorianovelette by Sam Schreiber a bearded fat man in red costume, called Nick is hiked by a multi-dimensional hotel with an infinite number of rooms. Someone kills people near the hotel. 3.5*
The Miragesshort story by Alaya Dawn Johnson a child from now divorced parents grows up and migrates to another planet. 2*
The Hindnovelette by Kevin J. Anderson and Rick Wilber a generation ship after a catastrophe is ruled by a council, which allows new birth only if you kill a person from council’s list. A protagonist tries and fails but learns that the ship can be repaired. 2.5*
Grief, as Faithful as My Houndshort story by Marissa Lingen a woman with her mother in hostel in her last days while UFO start landing across the world. One lands in hospice yard and a orange globe starts to follow the woman as her mother dies. An original approach. 4*
Black Box Sonnet #13, 041 My Prosperity IVpoem by Garrison Kammer
Forger Mr. Znovelette by Chen Qiufan a SF writer working in tech support gets a dismissal from an editor and decides to create a fictional Albanian SF writer, who glorifies China in his SF to get published. 5*
Protozoan Pridepoem by Peter Payack
Return from the Starsnovelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] Robot 101, who terraformed a planet for Earth colonists returns to Earth to find out why no one comes. The planet is flooded and he seeks ways to restore it. 3.5*
Footprintshort story by Kate Maruyama a mother with inoperable cancer (which she hides from her daughter) meets with her daughter (a scientist, who discovered a self-regenerating oxygen source to terraform), who leaves for Mars. A cli-fi. 3*
Let Them Gopoem by Darrell Schweitzer
Pull it from the Rootnovelette by Zack Be a strange world of post-humans, with drug dealers and parasite plans controlling hosts… hasn’t worked for me. 2*
The Long Iapetan Nightnovelette by Julie Novakova a new expedition to one of Saturn satellite. A hundred years ago Earth experienced a couple of calamities and all space programs died, including a mission here. As a new team gets into old colony, something tries to kill them. 3*
Return to Gloryshort story by Jack McDevitt an utopian future and a guy finds a DVD with Star Trek, a long forgotten story. 3*
Next Issue (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by uncredited
Take a Look at the Five and Tennovella by Connie Willis I made a review here 3*
On Books (Asimov's, November-December 2020)[On Books]essay by Paul Di Filippo
SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November-December 2020)essay by Erwin S. Strauss