The February 2008 issue of Jim Baen’s Universe (volume 2, number 5; whole number 11) is now available. This issue’s contents include:
Science Fiction Stories:
“The Smartest Mob” by David Brin
“Premature Emergence” by Eric James Stone
“Waking Ophelia” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Spiderweb” by David Gerrold
Fantasy Stories:
“The Temple of Thorns” by John Lambshead
“Hourgalss” by Alma Alexander
“Sluggo” by Mike Resnick
Serials:
Countdown to Armageddon, Episode Three by Edward M. Lerner
The Ancient Ones, Episode Five by David Brin
Fish Story, Episode Eleven, “The End of Mankind” by Dave Freer, Eric Flint, and Andrew Dennis
Introducing Story:
“End of the Line” by Holly Messinger
Classic:
“Unprofessional” by Rudyard Kipling
Nonfiction:
“Becoming Stewards of Our World, The Great Theme of the 21st Century,” Part One by Gregory Benford
“What I’ve Learned Interviewing Futurists” by Stephen Euin Cobb
Columns:
“Television Has a Lot to Answer For” by Mike Resnick
“The Literature of Fandom” by Mike Resnick
“Substantial Fire, or Why This Column Almost Didn’t Appear” by Barry N. Malzberg
“What’s New in the Future and You” by Stephen Euin Cobb