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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Issue 717, January/February 2015

Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2015

Penned By Gordon Van Gelder
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Issue 717, January/February 2015

Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2015

Penned By Gordon Van Gelder
4.85 93,309 Ratings
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CONTENT:Novelets"Prisoner of Pandarius" by Matthew Hughes"Lightning Jack’s Last Ride" by Dale Bailey"Jubilee: A Seastead Story" by Naomi Kritzer"Portrait of a Witch" by Albert E. Cowdrey"Farewell Blues" by Bud WebsterShort Stories"Telling Stories to the Sky" by Eleanor Arnason"Out Of The Jar" by Eric Schwitzgebel"History’s Best Places to Kiss" by Nik Houser"The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner" by Alan Baxter"The Man From X" by Gregor Hartmann"The Gazelle Who Begged for Her Life" by Francis Marion SotyPoetry"Robot Agonistes" by Alan Ira Gordon"An Undiscovered Country" by Robert FrazierDEPARTMENTS Plumage from Pegasus: "The Stealer of Marketshare" by Paul Di FilippoBooks by James SallisFilms: Female Trouble by David J. SkalScience: "Falling into the Unknowable" by Paul Doherty & Pat MurphyVolume 128, No. 1&2 #717, January/February 2015Edited by Gordon Van GelderCover art by Kent Brash

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