The December 2009 issue of Jim Baen’s Universe (Volume 4, Number 4; Whole Number 22) is now available.
Contents of this issue include:
Science Fiction Stories:
“Things Undone” by John Barnes
“Life with the Tumblers” by Mary E. Lowd
Fantasy Stories:
“Corpse Vision” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“The Blimp and Sixpence: A Harry the Book Story” by Mike Resnick
“Round-trip Coach” by R.J. Ortega
Classic Story:
“With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D.” by Rudyard Kipling
Serial:
Nowhere Man, episode one, by David Gerrold
Introducing: Stories by new authors:
“Salvaging Scottwell” by Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Nonfiction Article:
“The Future Unemployment Crisis” by Stephen Euin Cobb
Columns:
The Editor’s Page: “The Critics, Lord Love ‘Em” by Mike Resnick
Notes from the Buffer Zone: “Stalled Conversations, Global Visions, and the Future” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Quarks to Quasars: The Science of Science Fiction: “Interstellar Flight: The Not Impossible” by Ben Bova
From the Heart’s Basement: “The Laxian Key” by Barry N. Malzberg
What’s New in the Future and You: “December 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. And as we announced in this article, the April 2010 issue will be the last for JBU.