The penultimate issue of Jim Baen’s Universe, dated February 2010 (Volume 4, Number 5; Whole Number 23) is now available.
Contents of this issue include:
Science Fiction Stories:
“Tiny Elephants” by Gregory Benford
“The Hunt” by Shauna Roberts
“Shuffle Up and Deal” by Denise McCune
Fantasy Story:
“Thrill of the Hunt” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Classic Story:
“The Tongue Cannot Tell” by Manly Wade Wellman
Serials:
SETI Library: “The Grace of Tragedy” by Gregory Benford
Nowhere Man, episode two, by David Gerrold
Introducing: Stories by new authors:
“The Vessel Never Asks for More Wine” by Sandra M. Odell
Nonfiction Article:
“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Singularity?” by Stephen Euin Cobb
Columns:
The Editor’s Page: “Chemo for Algernon” by Mike Resnick
Notes from the Buffer Zone: “An Amazing Amount of Stuff” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Past Masters: “Merrily We Roll Along or, That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Judith” by Bud Webster
From the Heart’s Basement: “The Prince of Stasis” by Barry N. Malzberg
Quarks to Quasars: The Science of Science Fiction: “Why Science Fiction?” by Ben Bova
What’s New in the Future and You: “February 2010” 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.