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Clarkesworld [#110, November 2015] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 132pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Gate World · Julie Dillon · cv 1 · So Much Cooking · Naomi Kritzer · nv 22 · Your Right Arm · Nin Harris · ss 30 · In the Queue for the Worldship Munawwer · Sara Saab · ss 41 · The Hexagonal Bolero of Honeybees · Krista Hoeppner Leahy · ss 54 · If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler · Xia Jia; translated by Ken Liu · ss; translated from the Chinese (Guangming Daily, June 5, 2015). 61 · Way Down East · Tim Sullivan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Dec 2008 91 · One Last, Great Adventure · Ellen Kushner & Ysabeau S. Wilce · nv Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2013 109 · You Wouldn’t Be Reading This if It Weren’t for Buck Rogers · Mark Cole · ar 117 · Words with Wings: A Conversation with Fran Wilde · Chris Urie · iv 122 · Another Word: Chinese Science Fiction and Chinese Reality · Liu Cixin · cl 126 · Editor’s Desk: Making My Holiday Wish List · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#111, December 2015] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 160pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars · Peter Mohrbacher · cv 1 · Yuanyuan’s Bubbles · Liu Cixin; translated by Carmen Yiling Yan · ss; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World, 2004). 20 · Union · Tamsyn Muir · ss 33 · Morrigan in Shadow · Seth Dickinson · nv 71 · When We Die on Mars · Cassandra Khaw · ss 80 · Technarion · Sean McMullen · nv Interzone Sep/Oct 2013 109 · Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born, ed. Constance Ash, Roc 1999 135 · A Dance with Futuristic Dragons: The Science-Fantasy Glamour of Marc Bolan and T. Rex · Jason Heller · ar 142 · The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe · Kate Baker · iv 149 · Another Word: On Reading, Writing, and the Classics · Cat Rambo · cl 155 · Editor’s Desk: Hibernation Mode Activated · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#112, January 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, tp) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · Hierophant · Julie Dillon · cv 1 · The Algorithms of Value · Robert Reed · ss 17 · The Abduction of Europa · E. Catherine Tobler · ss 31 · Extraction Request · Rich Larson · nv 53 · Everybody Loves Charles · Bao Shu; translated by Ken Liu · na; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World, September 2014). 103 · The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale [Dying Earth] · Robert Silverberg · nv Songs of the Dying Earth, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press 2009 125 · Old Paint · Megan Lindholm · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Jul 2012 146 · Our Future Is Artificial · Sofia Siren · ar 151 · Painterly Cyborgs and Distant Horizons: A Conversation with Julie Dillon · Chris Urie · iv 157 · Another Word: Let’s Write a Story Together, MacBook · Ken Liu · cl 163 · Editor’s Desk: The 2015 Reader’s Poll and Contest · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#113, February 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Power Surge · Julie Dillon · cv 1 · The Fixer · Paul McAuley · ss; given as “The Ficer” in the Table of Contents. 10 · That Which Stands Tends Toward Free Fall · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · ss 25 · In the Midst of Life · Nick Wolven · nv 63 · Between Dragons and Their Wrath · An Owomoyela & Rachel Swirsky · ss 75 · Blood Dauber · Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Oct/Nov 2009 107 · Mercurial · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 15, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1985 135 · Six Quirks of the Human Genome · Dan Koboldt · ar 142 · Sapient Animals and Memory Particles: A Conversation with Lawrence M. Schoen · Chris Urie · iv 150 · Editor’s Desk: The Roundup · Neil Clarke · ed 176 · Another Word: Very Close Now · Fran Wilde · cl

Clarkesworld [#114, March 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · We Are the Robots · Waldemar Kazak · cv 1 · Salvage Opportunity · Jack Skillingstead · ss 11 · Seven Cups of Coffee · A. C. Wise · ss 20 · The Governess with a Mechanical Womb · Leena Likitalo · ss 36 · Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead · Kij Johnson · ss 50 · Chimera · Gu Shi; translated by S. Qiouyi Lu & Ken Liu · nv; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World, October 2015). 95 · The King of Norway · Cecelia Holland · nv Warriors, ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor 2010 122 · Gray Wings · Karl Bunker · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction Apr/May 2013 132 · The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off · Mark Cole · ar 140 · All the Words in the Sky: A Conversation with Charlie Jane Anders · Chris Urie · iv 145 · Another Word: How to Clothe a Character, Using Only Star Wars References · Genevieve Valentine · cl 150 · Editor’s Desk: Nebula Nominees and Reader’s Poll Winners · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#115, April 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Robot in Love · Rudy Faber · cv 1 · Touring with the Alien · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv 30 · Balin · Chen Qiufan; translated by Ken Liu · nv; translated from the Chinese (People’s Literature, July 2015). 57 · The Bridge of Dreams · Gregory Feeley · nv 83 · The Cedar Grid · Sara Saab · ss 97 · Old Friends · Garth Nix · ss Dreaming Again, ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia 2008 105 · Winter’s Wife · Elizabeth Hand · nv Wizards, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley 2007 137 · Silver Machine: Hawkwind’s Space Rock Journey Throughout Science Fiction and Fantasy · Jason Heller · ar 144 · Transparency and Transformation: A Conversation with David Brin · Chris Urie · iv 148 · Another Word: Technology Creates a New Golden Age of Speculative Fiction · Margot Atwell · cl 152 · Editor’s Desk: Best. Wife. Ever. · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#116, May 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 156pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Ananiel, Angel of Storms · Peter Mohrbacher · cv 1 · Left Behind · Cat Rambo · ss 16 · The Universal Museum of Sagacity · Robert Reed · nv 39 · Breathe · Cassandra Khaw · ss 47 · Jonas and the Fox · Rich Larson · ss 67 · Away from Home · Luo Longxiang; translated by Nick Stember · nv; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World, 2007). 92 · Tough Times All Over [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Rogues, ed. Gardner Dozois & George R. R. Martin, Bantam 2014 122 · A Heap of Broken Images · Sunny Moraine · ss We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology, ed. Fábio Fernandes & Djibril al-Ayad, Futurefire 2013 133 · Destination: Venus · Andrew Liptak · ar 141 · Transcendent Transformation: A Conversation with James Gunn · Chris Urie · iv 147 · Another Word: Strange Stars · Jason Heller · cl 150 · Editor’s Desk: Stress Relief · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#117, June 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 146pp, tp) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. fc. · XTC · Vincent Laïk · cv 1 · And Then, One Day, the Air Was Full of Voices · Margaret Ronald · ss 13 · Things with Beards · Sam J. Miller · ss 25 · .Identity · E. Catherine Tobler · ss 38 · Translators’ Note · Ken Liu & Carmen Yiling Yan · is 38 · The Snow of Jinyang · Zhang Ran; translated by Ken Liu & Carmen Yiling Yan · nv; translated from the Chinese (New Science Fiction, January 2014). 86 · The Promise of God · Michael Flynn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar 1995 101 · Pathways · Nancy Kress · nv Twelve Tomorrows, ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review 2013 126 · The Science Fiction Future of the Microbiome · Matthew Simmons · ar 131 · The ’Quarter Turn’ of History: A Conversation with Guy Gavriel Kay · Chris Urie · iv 136 · Another Word: Publishing—Jump In, the Water’s Fine · Alethea Kontis · cl 140 · Editor’s Desk: In My Own Way · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#118, July 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 158pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Alien Invasion · Lasse Perala · cv 1 · Helio Music · Mike Buckley · ss 8 · Fish Dance · Eric Schwitzgebel · ss 19 · The Sentry Branch Predictor Spec: A Fairy Tale · John Chu · ss 32 · Sephine and the Leviathan · Jack Schouten · na 68 · Against the Stream · A. Que; translated by Nick Stember · ss; translated from the Chinese (One-Yige, January 31st, 2015). 77 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Oct 2012 98 · Lion Walk · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Jan 2009 134 · Paradise Lost: A History of Fantasy and the Otherworld · Christopher Mahon · ar 141 · Talkative Creatures and a Mesozoic Cocktail: A Conversation with Michael Swanwick · Chris Urie · iv 147 · Another Word: Burning Bridges · Peter Watts · cl 152 · Editor’s Desk: What Is It with Readercon? · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#119, August 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 162pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Regis III (The Invincible) · Jaroslaw Marcinek · cv 1 · First Light at Mistaken Point · Kali Wallace · ss 18 · Teenagers from Outer Space · Dale Bailey · nv 45 · Now Is the Hour · Emily Devenport · ss 56 · The Engines Imperial · Sean Bensinger · ss 64 · Reclamation · Ryan Row · ss 74 · Alone, on the Wind · Karla Schmidt; translated by Lara Harmon · nv; translated from the German (Space Rocks ed. Harald Giersche, 2011). 105 · The Fish Merchant · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Science Fiction Age Mar 2000 118 · A Stopped Clock · Madeline Ashby · ss The Atlantic Council Art of Future Warfare Project, ed. August Cole, The Atlantic Council 2015 134 · Frankenstein’s Soldier: David Morrell and the Creation of Rambo · Jason S. Ridler · ar [David Morrell] 142 · Volcanoes, Obelisks, and Spam Sushi: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin · Chris Urie · iv 150 · Another Word: Peacetalk, Hate Speech · Cat Rambo · cl 156 · Editor’s Desk: The Little Things · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#120, September 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 130pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Seed to Sky · Julie Dillon · cv 1 · The Despoilers · Jack Skillingstead · ss 10 · Aphrodite’s Blood, Decanted · Jennifer Campbell-Hicks · ss 18 · The Green Man Cometh · Rich Larson · nv 47 · The Opposite and the Adjacent · Liu Yang; translated by Nick Stember · ss; translated from the Chinese (Micro SF December 2014). 54 · Toward the Luminous Towers · Bogi Takács · ss 64 · The House of Half Mirrors · Thoraiya Dyer · ss 82 · The Dark City Luminous · Tom Crosshill · ss The Baltic Atlas, ed. Karlis Berzinš, Jurga Daubaraite, Petras Išora, Ona Lozuraityte, Niklavs Paegle, Dagnija Smilga, Johan Tali, Laila Zarina & Jonas Žukauskas, Sternberg Press 2016 90 · No Placeholder for You, My Love · Nick Wolven · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction Aug 2015 110 · Space Is the Place: The Science Fiction Pulse of ’80s Electro Music · Jason Heller · ar 115 · Cat Pictures and Food Blogs: A Conversation with Naomi Kritzer · Chris Urie · iv 121 · Another Word: On Being a Late Bloomer · Kelly Robson · cl 125 · Editor’s Desk: Nice to Hear from You · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#121, October 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 146pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Samyaza, Angel of Pride · Peter Mohrbacher · cv 1 · The Next Scene · Robert Reed · ss 15 · One Sister, Two Sisters, Three · James Patrick Kelly · nv 36 · The Calculations of Artificials · Chi Hui; translated by John Chu · nv; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World May 2010). 58 · Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home · Genevieve Valentine · nv 82 · Rusties · Nnedi Okorafor & Wanuri Kahiu · ss 96 · Old Domes · J. Y. Yang · ss We See a Different Frontier: A Postcolonial Speculative Fiction Anthology, ed. Fábio Fernandes & Djibril al-Ayad, Futurefire 2013 110 · The Very Pulse of the Machine · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction Feb 1998 128 · Méliès to Bonestell: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction · Mark Cole · ar 135 · Jazz Music and Greek Myths: A Conversation with Peter S. Beagle · Chris Urie · iv 139 · Another Word: The Ship’s Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal · Fran Wilde · cl 143 · Editor’s Desk: A Decade · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#122, November 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 146pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Kasai · Joseph Biwald · cv 1 · What the Stories Steal · Nin Harris · ss 14 · Where Water Joins · Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas · ss 20 · Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart · Samantha Murray · ss 28 · Follow the White Line · Bo Balder · ss 41 · Western Heaven · Chen Hongyu; translated by Andy Dudak · nv; translated from the Chinese (Zui Found, April 2014). 67 · Afrofuturist 419 · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 73 · An Eligible Boy [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr 2008 100 · Reef [Quiet War] · Paul McAuley · nv Skylife, ed. Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, Harcourt 2000 128 · Kubrick to Scott: Relevancy and Realism in Cinematic Science Fiction · Mark Cole · ar 135 · Bioengineered Athletes and True Stories: A Conversation with Lauren Beukes · Chris Urie · iv 140 · Another Word: On Saying No · Sarah Pinsker · cl 146 · Editor’s Desk: Your Mission · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#123, December 2016] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 144pp, tp, cover by Maciej Rebisz) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · A Tower for the Coming World · Maggie Clark · ss 13 · Painter of Stars · Wang Yuan; translated by Andy Dudak · ss; translated from the Chinese (“Huixingzhe” on the World Chinese Science Fiction Association website, October 31, 2014). 27 · Checkerboard Planet · Eleanor Arnason · nv 56 · Blue Grey Blue · Yukimi Ogawa · ss 69 · A Future Far Too Bright · Yosef Lindell · ss 84 · A Soldier of the City · David Moles · nv Engineering Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2011 103 · The Most Famous Little Girl in the World · Nancy Kress · ss Sci Fiction May 8 2002 121 · Bugs from Outer Space & Invasive Earth: Planetary Protection · Julie Novakova · ar 133 · Magician Spies and Wacky Rubbish: A Conversation with Bruce Sterling · Chris Urie · iv 138 · Another Word: The Joy of Helping · Ken Liu · cl 142 · Editor’s Desk: Happy Holidays · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#124, January 2017] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 146pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Waste Pickers · Gabriel Björk Stiernström · cv 1 · The Ghost Ship Anastasia · Rich Larson · nv 22 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss 41 · Justice Systems in Quantum Parallel Probabilities · Lettie Prell · ss 48 · Interchange · Gary Kloster · nv 76 · Milla · Lorenzo Crescentini, Emanuela Valentini; translated by Rich Larson · ss; translated from the Italian (Living Force Magazine, Issue 49). 84 · Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance · John Kessel · nv The New Space Opera 2, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos 2009 113 · The Shipmaker [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Interzone Nov/Dec 2010 127 · The Evolved Brain · Benjamin C. Kinney · ar 133 · A Collective Pseudonym and an Expanding Universe: A Conversation with James S.A. Corey · Chris Urie · iv 139 · Another Word: Dystopias Are Not Enough · Kelly Robson · cl 144 · Editor’s Desk: Stomp Stomp Stomp · Neil Clarke · ed

Clarkesworld [#125, February 2017] ed. Sean Wallace (Wyrm Publishing, $6.99, 148pp, tp) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Fallout · Benedick T. Bana · cv 1 · Assassins · Jack Skillingstead & Burt Courtier · ss 8 · Prosthetic Daughter · Nin Harris · ss 22 · How Bees Fly · Simone Heller · nv 41 · Rain Ship · Chi Hui; translated by Andy Dudak · nv; translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World, January 2014). 79 · Dragon’s Deep · Cecelia Holland · nv The Dragon Book, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2009 102 · The Dragonslayer of Merebarton · K. J. Parker · nv Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2013 122 · Frodo Is Dead: Worldbuilding and the Science of Magic · Christopher Mahon · ar 130 · Organic Tech and Healing Clay: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor · Chris Urie · iv 138 · Another Word: A Doom of One’s Own · Genevieve Valentine · cl 142 · Editor’s Desk: The Next Chapter Begins · Neil Clarke · ed