12 review for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1989 (Asimov's Science Fiction, #144)

1. 

   5 out of 5

   Kevin Phyland – Nov 30, 2020

   Steven Utley takes us back to the Devonian where (and when) an invertebrate paleontologist and his crew are doing field work in “The Tall Grass”. But his phobia of centipedes is about to take a giant and catastrophic leap forward. Allen M. Steele gives us an alternative history where the military never relinquished control of space operations. “John Harper Wilson” became the first man to set foot on the Moon and uttered those famous word (but what happened during the 4 or so minutes of radio bla Steven Utley takes us back to the Devonian where (and when) an invertebrate paleontologist and his crew are doing field work in “The Tall Grass”. But his phobia of centipedes is about to take a giant and catastrophic leap forward. Allen M. Steele gives us an alternative history where the military never relinquished control of space operations. “John Harper Wilson” became the first man to set foot on the Moon and uttered those famous word (but what happened during the 4 or so minutes of radio blackout just after?) and Eileen Gunn gives us the unsettling tale of a future where children are groomed to be wetware for the global computer and those who fail the ‘aptitude’ tests go the Asia Centre, but Elizabeth wants to save her friends from it in “Computer Friendly”. James Patrick Kelly’s “Faith” is putting herself back out there after a divorce but finds her blind date seems to know just what to say and when, while the issue culminates in an enjoyable conceit from Robert Silverberg where programmers generate simulations of historical figures, and Socrates and Pizarro debate good and evil in “Enter A Soldier. Later: Enter Another”.

2. 

   4 out of 5

   jennet wheatstonelllsl –

3. 

   5 out of 5

   Conrad Ledebuhr –

4. 

   5 out of 5

   OTIS –

5. 

   5 out of 5

   Donna Lombardo –

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Tina –

7. 

   4 out of 5

   Time Enough At Last –

8. 

   4 out of 5

   Michael Joseph Schumann –

9. 

   4 out of 5

   Tawnya Fugate –

10. 

    4 out of 5

    Nathan Brooks –

11. 

    4 out of 5

    Ylilith –

12. 

    5 out of 5

    Marica Davis –