Vol. XCIII, No. 5 & 6. Contents: 4 • The Dystopia of Culture? • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Emily Hockaday 8 • Aleyara's Descent • [Arachne-Troubleshooter Universe] • novelette by Christopher L. Bennett 30 • Astronautical Explanations for 'Oumuamua • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Duncan Lunan 40 • The Last Romantic on the Belliponte • novelette by Maggie Clark [as by M. L. Clark] 53 • One for Sorrow • short story by Richard Gregson 57 • Horizon • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel 58 • Hail and Farewell • short story by Joel Richards 62 • Collateral Damage • short story by Jen Downes 65 • Argument from Consequences • short story by Mary Soon Lee 66 • Words, Music, and Information • essay by Edward M. Wysocki, Jr. 73 • Searchin' Every Which A-way • poem by Robert Frazier 74 • Rare, No Box, Fair Condition • short story by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele] 76 • Off Laboratories and Love Songs • short story by Kelly Lagor 78 • In Times to Come (Analog, May-June 2023) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited 79 • Kuiper Pancake • short story by Michèle Laframboise? 86 • Forlorn Hopes • short story by John Markley 96 • If Evening Found Us Young • novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann 115 • Saving Galileo • short story by Sean McMullen 126 • Been Riding with a Ghost • short story by Brian Hugenbruch 130 • Broken Parity Among Galaxies • [The Alternate View] • essay by John G. Cramer 134 • Like Emeralds Between Their Teeth • short story by Jo Miles 136 • A Place for Pax • short story by Colin F. Mattson 142 • Poison • novella by Jay Werkheiser and Frank Wu 199 • The Reference Library (Analog, May-June 2023) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Sean C. W. Korsgaard 206 • Letters, upcoming events. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← May/June 2023 → NEXT ISSUE 】