The September 2010 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction (Volume 34, Number 9; Whole Number 416) goes on sale 27 July. Contents of this issue include:
Novella:
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
Novelettes:
“Backlash” by Nancy Fulda
“Wheat Rust” by Benjamin Crowell
Short Stories:
“The Palace in the Clouds” by Eugene Mirabelli
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal
Poetry:
“The Now We Almost Inhabit” by Roger Dutcher & Robert Frazier
“Egg Production” by Ruth Berman
Departments:
Editorial: “2010 Readers’ Awards” by Sheila Williams
Reflections: “Calling Dr. Asimov!” by Robert Silverberg
Thought Experiments: “The View from the Other Side: Science Fiction and Non-Western/Non-Anglophone Countries” by Aliette de Bodard
In Memoriam: “George H. Scithers” by Sheila Williams
Next Issue
On Books by Paul Di Filippo
The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss
The cover art is for “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Jeroen Advocaat.
Fulda’s story is her first appearance in Asimov’s.