The April 2009 issue of Jim Baen’s Universe (volume 3, number 6; whole number 18) is now available. This issue’s contents include:
Science Fiction Stories:
“Calculating Minds” by Edward M. Lerner
“Primrose Rescue” by Bud Sparhawk
“Riding the Drop” by Graham Edwards
Fantasy Stories:
“Storming Hell” by John Lambshead
“The Queen of Sheba’s Diamonds” by Paula R. Stiles
Classic Story:
“The Bell-Tower” by Herman Melville
Serials:
Blade Light, Episode Two, by Michaele Jordan
SETI Library: Black Smoker by Gregory Benford
Introducing: (stories by new authors)
“Unpronounceable” by Susan diRende
Nonfiction:
“The Other Singularity: The Singularity of Connectedness” by Stephen Euin Cobb
Columns:
Quarks to Quasars: The Science of Science Fiction: “Buck Rogers Redux” by Ben Bova
The Editor’s Page: “Last Impressions” by Mike Resnick
Salvos Against Big Brother: “The Internet is Not a Magic Wand” by Eric Flint
Notes from the Buffer Zone: “Gothic Transformation” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
From the Heart’s Basement: “Across the Gates” by Barry N. Malzberg
What’s New in The Future and You: “April 2009” by Stephen Euin Cobb
The cover art is by Garrett W. Vance.
As always, some of the pieces are available for free on the web site, while others require a subscription to read the whole thing.