Asimov’s Science Fiction [v46 #1 & 2, #552 & 553 Jan/Feb 2022] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Dominic Harman
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Editorial: Looking Backward • Shelia Williams • ed
6 • Reflections: Five Million Monkey Selfies • Robert Silverberg • cl
10 • On the Net: Good Bots and Bad • James Patrick Kelly • cl
13 • Robot Valentine • Peter Tacy • pm
14 • Snowflake • Nick Walven • na
52 • Welcome Home • Jendayi Brooks-Flemister • ss
59 • Word Soup • Anatoly Belilovsky • pm
60 • River of Stars, Bridge of Shadows • A.A. Attanasio • nv
79 • Speech Lesson • Robert Frazier • pm
80 • The Roots of Our Memories • Joel Armstrong • ss
88 • Unmasking Black Bart • Joel Richards • ss
99 • October’s Feast • Michèle Laframboise • nv
117 • Messaging the Dead • Betsy Aoki • pm
118 • The Beast of Tara • Michael Swanwick • ss
124 • Fasterpiece • Ian Creasey • nv
139 • Long-Term Emergencies • Tom Purdom • ss
151 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
152 • The Boyfriend Trap • Stephanie Feldman • ss
160 • Goldie • Sean Monaghan • na
195 • On Books • Peter Heck • rc
_195 • Rabbits, Terry Miles, Del Rey, $28.00, hc * br
_195 • Holdout, Jeffrey Kluger, Dutton, $26.00, hc • br
_196 • Version Zero, David Yoon, Putnam, $27.00, hc • br
_197 • The Minders, John Marrs, Berkley, $17.00, tpb • br
_198 • The Rain Heron, Robert Arnott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.00, tpb • br
_198 • Hooting Grange, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Gresham & Doyle, $14.95, tpb • br
_199 • The Saints of Salvation, Peter F. Hamilton, Del Rey, $39,00, hc • br
_200 • The Future is Yours, Dan Frey, Del Rey, $27.00, hc • br
_200 • The Unfinished Land, Greg Bear, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, hc • br
_201 • Hollow, B. Carling, Vintage, $17.00, tpb • br
_202 • Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas, Emily C. Skaftun, Fairwood Press, $17.99, tpb • br
_202 • The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems, Jane Yolen, Shoreline of Infinity, £6.50, tpb • br
203 • Thirty-Sixth Annual Readers’ Award ballot • Anon • cn
205 • Index of Vol. 45, 2021 • Anon • ix
207 • Statement of Ownership • Peter Kanter • ms
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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