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eBook Description: ON SALE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26, 2007. Hugo- and Nebula-winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch, one of today's most popular and prolific writers, under several different names in several different genres, returns with our lead story for February, painting a fascinating portrait of a lonely genius in the grip of a lifelong obsession who devotes his entire amazing career to the task of "Recovering Apollo 8"--a task that proves to be much more difficult, and, ultimately, more rewarding, than he ever dreamed! Popular new writer Jack Skillingstead gives us the compelling story of a man wrestling with the kind of irrevocable decision that, once made, cannot be unmade, whether or not to board "The Chimera Transit"; new writer Charles Midwinter, making his Asimov's debut, shows us that sometimes you can find inspiration in the very strangest of places, in "Portrait of the Artist"; World Fantasy Award-winner Tanith Lee, one of the most respected and prolific of modern fantasists, returns to tell us about the dangers of getting even anywhere near "Cold Fire"; new writer Alex Wilson, making his Asimov's debut, describes the strange and circuitous life-path that takes two very different people to a fateful rendezvous in space, in "Outgoing"; and new writer William Preston, making his second Asimov's appearance, introduces us to two people with otherwise nothing much in common who discover a very special reason to be "Close." Robert Silverberg devotes his "Reflections" column to "Rereading Jack Vance"; Peter Heck brings us "On Books"; and, in our "Thought Experiment" feature, writer Michael Cassutt shares a sharp-eyed evaluation of the Space Program, plus some treasured memories of hanging out with the Astronauts, as he talks about "Me and Deke and the Paradigm Shift"; plus an array of cartoons, poems, and other features. Look for our February issue on sale at your newsstand on December 26, 2006. Or you can subscribe to Asimov's, either by mail, or online, in varying formats, including in downloadable form for your PDA, by going to our website, www.asimovs.com). neurotransmitter nourishing stories by Karen Joy Fowler, Allen M. Steele, Kit Reed, Jim Grimsley, Neal Asher, Michael Swanwick, Mary Rosenblum, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg, Jack McDevitt, Brian Stableford, Jack Skillingstead, Bruce McAllister, and many others! NOVELLA
Recovering Apollo 8 by Kristine Kathyrn Rusch

NOVELETTE
Outgoing by Alex Wilson

SHORT STORIES
Cold Fire by Tanith Lee
The Chimera Transit by Jack Skillingstead
A Portrait of the Artist by Charles Midwinter
Close by William Preston

DEPARTMENTS
Guest Editorial: A Second-Hand Sensibility by Brian Bieniowski
Reflections: Rereading Jack Vance by Robert Silverberg
Thought Experiments: Me and Deke and the Paradigm Shift by Michael Cassutt
Special Book Review: Alice Through the Magnifying Glass by Paul Di Filippo
On Books by Peter Heck
The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss

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Words: 71272
Reading time: 203-285 min.
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