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Issue Ten - May 2008
"The only way to know the limits of the possible
is by going beyond them into the impossible."
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008)
| Desperately Seeking Darcy R. J. Astruc |
Teenagers, time machines and titles. |
| Aye, Robot Christopher Lockhart |
A robot wants to get his fiction published, and the editor just wants to get back to his slushpile. |
| This is a Smile Edward Cowan |
Four men stare into the face of sun as it grows larger and larger. |
| REVIEW The Guardener's Tale Bruce Boston |
Atomjack alumni Bruce Boston's new novel shows us a dystopian world from the perspective of an oppressor. |
| Living on Marxist Time Benjamin Chambers |
"Forty years ago, the Overlords came in their great starships, parked them over the cities of Earth, and haven’t budged since. They brought world peace, prosperity, and big breaks on auto insurance." |
| Gone but Not Forgotten Ray Tabler |
“I can see the whole thing like it was in slow motion. She slipped away from me and over the railing. And then she was falling, spinning and tumbling. There was nothing I could do!” |
| Intelligence Wanted Daniel P. Swenson |
A man sent to find out what happened to an automated research station has a new problem when his AI helper quits. |
| REVIEW George's Secret Key to the Universe Lucy & Stepen Hawking |
This children's novel by father and daughter Lucy & Stephen Hawking follows George around the solar system (with a quick stop in a black hole). |
The Girl With the Error Message Eyes |
Mike just wants time to think. But there's a chip in his head that's constantly chattering at him, telling him who he's looking at, how much this costs, and more. |
| The colonists of Sirat face infections, sterility, suffocation and the pressures of group marriages in Tamara White's new novel. | |
| Monkey Heaven Sam J. Miller |
Ricky's helper monkey is on the verge of evolution. Whether that is good or bad for the human race remains to be seen. |
Atomjack is a publication of the Cyrus Corporation, a subsidiary of the United Securitarian Authority.
©2008 susurrus press
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