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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2008 [MultiFormat]
eBook by Dell Magazine Authors
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Our lead novella for May is David Bartell's "Test Signals," a novella very different from the author's earlier stories here, but engaging and disturbingly thought-provoking. Disturbingly, because while the concepts explored may seem far-fetched to some, they're solidly rooted in questions beginning to be raised here and now. Some of a person's most bankable assets are now things far more ... personal than the ones we've tended to think of in the past, but the law has only begun to consider who actually owns them. This, or something like it, could happen to you....
Edward M. Lerner's novelette "The Night of the RFIDs" also has origins uncomfortably close to home. In addition, we'll have a mixed bag of other stories, in a wide range of flavors, from authors including Dave Creek, Ronald L. Lambert, Carl Frederick, and Sarah K. Castle (a newcomer who recently made a splash here with "Kukulcan").
The fact article comes from linguist Henry Honken, continuing his campaign to expand our linguistic horizons. The title "Strange Croaks and Ghastly Aspirations" is not his personal aspersion, but rather an early European observer's impression of the South African "click" languages, on which Honken has himself done some recent research--which will surely stretch almost anyone's understanding of just how widely languages can vary, even among humans!
CONTENTS
Reader's Department: EDITORIAL: UPS AND DOWNS by Stanley Schmidt
Novella: TEST SIGNALS by David Bartell
Science Fact: STRANGE CROAKS AND GHASTLY ASPIRATIONS by Henry Honken
Novelette: NO TRAVELLER RETURNS by Dave Creek
Short Story: THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS by Eric James Stone
Short Story: STILL-HUNTING by Sarah K. Castle
Probability Zero: THE DINOSAURS OF EDEN by Darrell Schweitzer
Reader's Department: THE ALTERNATE VIEW: THE FALLING DOMINOES: THE SOURCE OF ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS by John G. Cramer
Short Story: PETITE PILFERER PUZZLES PIEDMONT POLICE by Walter L. Kleine
Short Story: WHAT DRIVES CARS by Carl Frederick
Novelette: CONSEQUENCES OF THE MUTINY by Ronald R. Lambert
Short Story: THE NIGHT OF THE RFIDS by Edward M. Lerner
Reader's Department: THE REFERENCE LIBRARY by Tom Easton
Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME
Reader's Department: BRASS TACKS
Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS by Anthony Lewis
eBook Publisher: Dell Magazines, Published: 2008
Fictionwise Release Date: March 2008
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [1.2 MB], Adobe Acrobat - Large Print (PDF) [1.3 MB], eReader (PDB) [402 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [268 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [299 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [872 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [293 KB], hiebook (KML) [1.4 MB], Sony Reader (LRF) [1.2 MB], iSilo (PDB) [255 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [745 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [749 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [428 KB]
Words: 79229
Reading time: 226-316 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
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All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
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