CONTENTS Novella "A Deeper Sea" by Alexander Jablokov Novelettes "Fast Cars" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" by Janet Kagan Short Stories "Zelle's Thursday" by Tanith Lee "Waiting for Willie" by Avram Davidson "Kites" by M. F. McHugh "Points of View" by Kathe Koja Poetry "Maria Mitchell Observes the Perseid Shower" by Robert Frazier "When the Last Day Ends" b CONTENTS Novella "A Deeper Sea" by Alexander Jablokov Novelettes "Fast Cars" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" by Janet Kagan Short Stories "Zelle's Thursday" by Tanith Lee "Waiting for Willie" by Avram Davidson "Kites" by M. F. McHugh "Points of View" by Kathe Koja Poetry "Maria Mitchell Observes the Perseid Shower" by Robert Frazier "When the Last Day Ends" by M. Shayne Bell "Old Robots Are the Worst" by Bruce Boston Departments "Editorial: Assassination" by Isaac Asimov "3rd Annual Readers' Award Results" "Letters" "Neat Stuff" by Matthew J. Costello "On Books" by Baird Searles "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1989, Vol. 13, No. 10 (Whole No. 148) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Hisaki Yasuda
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1989 (Asimov's Science Fiction, #148)
CONTENTS Novella "A Deeper Sea" by Alexander Jablokov Novelettes "Fast Cars" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" by Janet Kagan Short Stories "Zelle's Thursday" by Tanith Lee "Waiting for Willie" by Avram Davidson "Kites" by M. F. McHugh "Points of View" by Kathe Koja Poetry "Maria Mitchell Observes the Perseid Shower" by Robert Frazier "When the Last Day Ends" b CONTENTS Novella "A Deeper Sea" by Alexander Jablokov Novelettes "Fast Cars" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" by Janet Kagan Short Stories "Zelle's Thursday" by Tanith Lee "Waiting for Willie" by Avram Davidson "Kites" by M. F. McHugh "Points of View" by Kathe Koja Poetry "Maria Mitchell Observes the Perseid Shower" by Robert Frazier "When the Last Day Ends" by M. Shayne Bell "Old Robots Are the Worst" by Bruce Boston Departments "Editorial: Assassination" by Isaac Asimov "3rd Annual Readers' Award Results" "Letters" "Neat Stuff" by Matthew J. Costello "On Books" by Baird Searles "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1989, Vol. 13, No. 10 (Whole No. 148) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Hisaki Yasuda
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