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Analog Science Fiction & Fact Magazine
November 1998
This month's issue of Analog starts with an editorial
by Stanley Schmidt who looks at language. He looks at the changing
use of language and wonders who really controls it; the people who use
it or the people who try to set rules on how to use the language.
Stories featured in this issue are:
- "Duel for a Dracowolf" by Wold Read is set on a world
where a rare avian giant, a dracowolf, has been cited. Two young
teens set out to stop a native hunter of the world from hunting it.
But by doing so, they may violate with their own non-interference
policy. An interesting story with a satisfying ending.
- "Catching the Wind From the Sun" by Alexis Glynn
Latner is a science article about a possible space mission
("Genesis") which is to gather particles emitted by the sun and
return them to Earth for study. It goes into detail on the
difficulties faced (like contamination) and the possible benefits of
the mission.
- "Kissing Cousins" by Jerry Oltion is the continuing
story of three astronauts who resemble 'ghosts' as they are mostly
electro-magnetic energy. In this story, they travel to a world
inhabited by humans and have a most enjoyable time there. Maybe too
enjoyable as they wonder whether they should continue traveling or
not.
- "Waltzing My Tilde" by F. Alexander Brejcha tries to
take an amusing poke at current World Wide Web technology in the
future but ends up flat. The premise, while plausible, is too silly
to be acceptable. Still, it may amuse some readers.
- "Wrench and Claw" by S.D. Howe is set in the distant
past and the present and gives an interesting perspective on whether
dinosaurs may have been intelligent and built up a civilisation or
not.
- "The Music of the (Neutron) Spheres" by John G>
Cramer is an Alternate View article about how infalling matter on a
neutron star can create harmonics in the radiation pulse detected from
it. This can help to determine the size and mass of the neutron star.
A fascinating article.
- "The Dream of Nations" by Wil McCarthy is set in a
world where individual homes are nations and shows that even in such a
world, being neighborly is still an important asset.
- "I Don't Know and I Don't Care" by Shane Tourtellotte
is a Probability Zero story about a new IRS form and various reactions
to it.
- "Aggravated Vehicular Genocide" by Christopher
L. Bennett looks at what happens when a human ram-jet space-craft
accidentally destroys the habitat of an alien species.
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