Asimov's Science Fiction - September 2014

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Tom Purdom’s September 2014 blockbuster novella, “Bogdavi’s Dream,” wraps up his exciting series about interspecies war in the distant future. Even readers unfamiliar with Tom’s previous tales will appreciate this story of heroism, sacrifice, and the hard questions war asks of all participants.

Science Fiction legend, James Gunn, warns us about secrets hidden in the “Patterns”; new writer Kelly Sandoval inhabits the mind of a young teen to explain why “Everyone Will Want One”; new writer Amanda Forrest takes us to a future Vietnam for “A Lullaby in Glass”; new author Tochi Onyebuchi exquisitely reveals how a space station can be a “Place of Worship”; a harsh view of society’s ills can be seen through the “Windows” in critically acclaimed author Susan Palwick’s new tale; and, just as the baseball season revs up, crack SF writer Rick Wilber captures our attention with a riveting “Scouting Report.”

A traumatic experience in London last fall led Robert Silverberg to a deeply felt reverie about his early career that he shares with us in September’s Reflections “Flashing Before My Eyes”; Paul Di Filippo’s On Books reviews the Nebula nominated Hild by Nicola Griffith as well as works by Tom Purdom, Paul McAuley, and Edmund Hamilton; Allen M. Steele, whose latest connected series of stories has required an astounding amount of research into the history of SF, has put all the information crammed into his head to good use in his Thought Experiment: “Tomorrow Through the Past”; plus we have an array of poetry and other features you’re sure to enjoy.