Asimov’s Science Fiction [v45 #5 & 6, #544 & 545 May/June 2021] ed. Sheila Williams, mng ed. Emily Hockaday (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 208pp, digest) Cover by Shutterstock.com
2 • Contents Pages
4 • Editorial: Transitions • Shelia Williams • ed
6 • Reflections: The First Encyclopedia • Robert Silverberg • cl
10 • On the Net: Digital Heroes • James Patrick Kelly • cl
14 • Thought Experiment: Religion and Science Fiction • James Gunn • cl
20 • The Metric • David Moles • na
48 • Among the Marithei • Mary Anne Mohanraj • ss
54 • Reclaiming the Stars • James Gunn • na
70 • Ready Gas and Pills • Dominica Phetteplace • ss
77 • Año Nuevo • Ray Nayler • na
94 • Super Sprouts • Ian Creasey • na
120 • A Million Years • Tom Jolly • pm
122 • The Chartreuse Sky • K.A. Teryna & Alexander Bachilo; translated by Alex Shvartsman • ss
131 • My Heart Is at Capacity • TJ Berry • ss
141 • Inside Voice • Jackie Sherbow • pm
142 • Tin Man • Rick Wilber & Brad Aiken • na
161 • Speaking to Mom • Jane Yolen • pm
162 • Phosphor’s Circle • Annika Barranti Klein • ss
167 • Flattering the Flame • Robert Reed * na
197 • Next Issue • Anon • pv
198 • On Books • Sheree Renée Thomas • rc
_198 • Master of Poisons, Andrea Hairston, Tor.com, $27.99, 512pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_199 • Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse, Saga Press, $27.95, 454pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_200 • Ring Shout or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times, P. Djèlí Clark, Tor.com, $19.99, 181pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_202 • The Deep, Rivers Solomon with musicians Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes, Saga Press, $14.99, 166pp, paper • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_203 • Trouble the Saints, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tor.com, $26.99, 352pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_204 • Reconstruction: Stories, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Small Bear Press, $17.00, 208pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_206 • The Freedom Artist, Ben Okri, Akashic Books, $30.95, 336pp, hc • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
_206 • Dominion, edited by Zelda Knight and Elpeki Oghenechovwe, Aurelia Leo, $19.99, 250pp, pb • Sheree Renée Thomas • br
208 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • cl
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