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Published since 1930, Analog Science Fiction and Fact is one of the most enduring and popular magazines of science fiction. Its editorial emphasis is on realistic stories that reflect high standards of scientific accuracy and imagination, and lively articles about current research on the frontiers of real science. A recurrent theme in both fiction and provocative opinion columns is the human impact of science and technology. ANALOG has won numerous Nebula, Hugo, and other awards acknowledging it as a leading periodical in the field. The Kindle Edition of Analog Science Fiction and Fact features a double issue in July. As such, you will not receive an issue for the following month of August. For your convenience, issues are auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle at the same time the print edition hits the newsstand.
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Good Issue. And one long wait is over. July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent issue. David R. Palmer! And Tendbrook of Mars which should be on a Hugo ballot next year. And David R. Palmer!
10 * Tracking (part I of III) * serial by David R. Palmer
Something which I have been waiting for about 25 years. A continuation for Emergence! Continues the story quite directly, and is written as well as the original book. Candy learns that her father is alive, and starts for a one-girl rescue mission. *****- (minus just because the second part is even better...)
70 * The Exoanthropic Principle * novelette by Carl Frederick
Scientists get contact to beings living in the other dimension.
Fairly good, but contains one very serious flaw which I should take up on Analog's forum.. ***
86 * Sand And Iron * novelette by Michael F. Flynn
A spaceship lands to a planet, finds strange artefacts, leaves after some serious problems. Seems like a segment from a novel (as I understand IS a segment of a novel) and doesn't work as well it could on its own. ***+
101 * A Plethora of Truth * shortstory by Bond Elam
Two crooked tele-evangelists try to top each other - and one gets more than he bargained for...
Nice humorous story, a bit too short, moves too fast. ***
110 * Let the Word Take Me * shortstory by Juliette Wade
A rerun of TNG episode Darmok(?). Language that is practically totally based on references to stories. If you don't know the stories, understanding the language may be a bit hard. Well written, nice story, on this one a small bit of condencing might have been a good idea. ***
132 * Outside the Box * shortstory by Jerry Oltion
If you do a criminal act intending to influence government policy - is it terrorism? And should it be punished as such. Considering US Patriotic act and so on, this story might not be so "Probability Zero" story as someone might think...
****
134 * Junkie * shortstory by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Wasn't there in the Hitchhiker's Guide a vignette about huge planetary invasion fleet eaten accidentally by a dog? Well told, but not too surprising. Might need a second part? ***
144 * Imprint * shortstory by Kyle Kirkland
University is studying an alien artefact. Somehow this story didn't have much effect, so much I had really trouble remembering it when writing this review. **
156 * Shotgun Seat * novelette by Paul Carlson
Automatic drivers are taking over truck driving. Nice, well written story. ****-
174 * Tenbrook of Mars * novella by Dean McLaughlin
A leader of a accidental Mars colony returns to Earth. Told by flash-back technique, and is excellent story, the second best in the magazine. Might well be the second best story in Analog in the whole year. ****
 One or two months behind May 15, 2008
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Despite the claim that "Your Kindle Magazine is auto-delivered wirelessly when the physical issue hits the newsstand," the Kindle version is one or two months behind the newsstand version. The physical July/August 2008 Analog (with a David R. Palmer novel for which I've been waiting twenty years) went on sale May 13th, but the Kindle version available on that date was the May issue. The June issue was posted a week or so later.
 Expensive May 10, 2008
9 out of 19 found this review helpful
I don't understand why most Kindle e-products are cheaper than the printed versions, but the Dell magazines are more expensive. Each issue is electronically generated for printing. It costs Dell almost nothing to send it to Amazon for downloading to Kindle subscribers. This is too expensive, I'll wait for the price to drop to something reasonable, like The $1.25 per month for Readers Digest.
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