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Description:Vol. CXXIX, Nos. 1 & 2. Cover art by John Allemand.We start 2009 with the first "double" issue in our new format, with a strikingly dramatic cover by John Allemand for Rajnar Vajra's novella "Doctor Alien," which gives new meaning to the archaic term "alienist." It's hard enough for psychiatrists to help patients of their own species, for whom they have a pretty good idea of what is "normal." But what is one to do when thrust into the life-or-death position of having to treat a motley collection of extraterrestrials, whose standards of normality are all over the map--and all quite unknown? The possibilities are, so to speak, mind-boggling.... As usual, we take advantage of the extra space in a double issue to feature items that wouldn't fit in a regular issue. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's January/February offering in this category is "The Recovery Man's Bargain," an offshoot of the "Retrieval Artist" series she started here some while back, but with a different kind of specialist--who has a lot to learn, not all of it comfortable. Kevin Walsh returns with another of his fact articles exploring our rapidly expanding knowledge of what sorts of extrasolar planets are really out there. This one he calls "Neptune, Neptune, and Neptune . . . But Not Neptune," examining a trio of discoveries which all have some similarity to one of "our guys"--but also plenty of differences from it, and from each other. Rounding out the issue will be a mixed bag of intriguing stories by Dave Creek, Edward M. Lerner, Richard Foss, Richard A. Lovett, and John G. Hemry--and, last but by no means least, Part 3 of Robert J. Sawyer's Wake. CONTENTS Reader's Department: EDITORIAL: LOOSE ENDS, MISSED POINTS, AND TANGENTS by Stanley Schmidt Novella: DOCTOR ALIEN by Rajnar Vajra Science Fact: NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE ... BUT NOT NEPTUNE by Kevin Walsh Novelette: ZHENG HE AND THE DRAGON by Dave Creek Novelette: TO LEAP THE HIGHEST WALL by Richard Foss Reader's Department: THE ALTERNATE VIEW: ENERGYCRISIS *REDUX:* A POLEMIC by Jeffery D. Kooistra Short Story: ROCKS by John G. Hemry Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME Short Story: EXCELLENCE by Richard A. Lovett Novelette: SMALL BUSINESS by Edward M. Lerner Serial: WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer Novella: THE RECOVERY MAN'S BARGAIN by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Reader's Department: GUEST REFERENCE LIBRARY by Ian Randal Strock Reader's Department: BRASS TACKS Reader's Department: 2008 INDEX Reader's Department: IT'S ANLAB TIME AGAIN Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS by Anthony LewisWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Volume 129, Issues 1 & 2, January-February 2009. To get started finding Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Volume 129, Issues 1 & 2, January-February 2009, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Dell Magazines

Release: 2008

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Description: Vol. CXXIX, Nos. 1 & 2. Cover art by John Allemand.We start 2009 with the first "double" issue in our new format, with a strikingly dramatic cover by John Allemand for Rajnar Vajra's novella "Doctor Alien," which gives new meaning to the archaic term "alienist." It's hard enough for psychiatrists to help patients of their own species, for whom they have a pretty good idea of what is "normal." But what is one to do when thrust into the life-or-death position of having to treat a motley collection of extraterrestrials, whose standards of normality are all over the map--and all quite unknown? The possibilities are, so to speak, mind-boggling.... As usual, we take advantage of the extra space in a double issue to feature items that wouldn't fit in a regular issue. Kristine Kathryn Rusch's January/February offering in this category is "The Recovery Man's Bargain," an offshoot of the "Retrieval Artist" series she started here some while back, but with a different kind of specialist--who has a lot to learn, not all of it comfortable. Kevin Walsh returns with another of his fact articles exploring our rapidly expanding knowledge of what sorts of extrasolar planets are really out there. This one he calls "Neptune, Neptune, and Neptune . . . But Not Neptune," examining a trio of discoveries which all have some similarity to one of "our guys"--but also plenty of differences from it, and from each other. Rounding out the issue will be a mixed bag of intriguing stories by Dave Creek, Edward M. Lerner, Richard Foss, Richard A. Lovett, and John G. Hemry--and, last but by no means least, Part 3 of Robert J. Sawyer's Wake. CONTENTS Reader's Department: EDITORIAL: LOOSE ENDS, MISSED POINTS, AND TANGENTS by Stanley Schmidt Novella: DOCTOR ALIEN by Rajnar Vajra Science Fact: NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE, NEPTUNE ... BUT NOT NEPTUNE by Kevin Walsh Novelette: ZHENG HE AND THE DRAGON by Dave Creek Novelette: TO LEAP THE HIGHEST WALL by Richard Foss Reader's Department: THE ALTERNATE VIEW: ENERGYCRISIS *REDUX:* A POLEMIC by Jeffery D. Kooistra Short Story: ROCKS by John G. Hemry Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME Short Story: EXCELLENCE by Richard A. Lovett Novelette: SMALL BUSINESS by Edward M. Lerner Serial: WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer Novella: THE RECOVERY MAN'S BARGAIN by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Reader's Department: GUEST REFERENCE LIBRARY by Ian Randal Strock Reader's Department: BRASS TACKS Reader's Department: 2008 INDEX Reader's Department: IT'S ANLAB TIME AGAIN Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS by Anthony LewisWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Volume 129, Issues 1 & 2, January-February 2009. To get started finding Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Volume 129, Issues 1 & 2, January-February 2009, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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