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Volume CXXXXI, No. 11 & 12. Contents: 4 • Population and Genius • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Howard V. Hendrix 8 • The Malady • [Malady • 1] • novelette by Shane Tourtellotte 30 • Will Nuclear Power Save Us from Global Warming? • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Christina De La Rocha 37 • Mare Cognitum • poem by Josh Pearce 38 • A Sports Story • short story by Brenda Kait 47 • From the Maintenance Reports of Perseverance Colony, Year 12 • short story by Jo Miles 52 • An Hour to Ames • short story by Dan Reade 59 • Dan Reade • [Biolog] • essay by Richard A. Lovett 60 • Never to Happen Again • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini 64 • Ars Brevis Est • short story by Anatoly Belilovsky 66 • No Stranger to Native Shores • novelette by Matt McHugh 81 • What We Forget • poem by Bruce McAllister 82 • The Transparent World • short story by Robert Reed 85 • The Library at Ecbatana • short story by Timons Esaias 86 • Constellating the Darkness • short story by Howard V. Hendrix 88 • Kardashev Civilizations, Dyson Speres, and Black Holes • [The Alternate View] • essay by John G. Cramer 92 • The Kindness of Jaguars • short story by Monica Joyce Evans 102 • The Water Beneath Our Feet • short story by Alice Towey 109 • Wander On • short story by William Paul Jones 118 • Caoimhe's Water Music • short story by Mike Wood 124 • Moon Unit • short story by Bill Frank 131 • In Times to Come (Analog, November-December 2021) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited 132 • Kepler's Laws (Part 2 of 2) • [Kepler's Law] • serial by Jay Werkheiser (book publication as Kepler's Law 2017) 206 • Letters & upcoming events. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← November/December 2021 → NEXT ISSUE 】
Authors
Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008 Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987 Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink Married to author Marcia Muller. Pseudonyms: Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann) Jack Foxx William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann) Alex Saxon
Mjke was born on the Isle of Man and now lives in the Wirral, UK. He began writing in his late twenties, then but took a break in order to concentrate on accountancy exams. He returned to writing in 2007, and became the first winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Writing competition. He followed on from that success by winning the L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Competition. His Science Fiction and Fantasy short stories have appeared in many print and online venues. He is an active member of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, as well as the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) and the British Fantasy Society (BFS). Mjke has worked as a Shop Assistant, a Bus Scheduler and a Finance Manager. He plays alto saxophone and clarinet in several Big Bands and can often be found working in pit orchestras around Merseyside and North Wales. Several of his Fantasy and Science Fiction stories have featured public transport, accountants, and musicians. Mjke also writes sofa travel, for which he uses the more conventional name, Mike Wood.
