Asimov's Science Fiction: October/November 2013 (46 page)

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ISSN 1065-2698. Vol. 37, Nos. 10 & 11. Whole Nos. 453 & 454, October/November 2013. GST #R123293128. Published monthly except for two combined double issues in April/May and October/November by Dell Magazines, a division of Crosstown Publications. One year subscription $55.90 in the United States and U.S. possessions. In all other countries $70.90 (GST included in Canada), payable in advance in U.S. funds. Address for subscription and all other correspondence about them, 6 Prowitt Street, Norwalk, CT 06855. Allow 6 to 8 weeks for change of address. Address for all editorial matters:
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Table of Contents

Asimov's Science Fiction

THE TIME TRAVEL CLUB

GROUNDED

QUANTUM ORPHEUS, AT THE LIGHT CONE'S APEX

NO OTHERS ARE GENUINE

DEEP DIVING

ENCOUNTER ON STARBASE KAPPA

MEMORIES OF EARTH

WHEN THE RAIN COMIN

ADVENTURES IN COGNITIVE HOMOGAMY: A LOVE STORY

A VERY SMALL DISPENSATION

WAITING FOR MEDUSA

Homage à Harlan...

One: A Few Tips from the Flash-Fire Manual of Good Manners

Two: Homeboys and Bimbos

Three: Meet Unnatural Death #3

Four: Ah, the Sweet Green Smells of Love and Duplicity

Five: The Trouble With Truth...

Six: Q & A Doggy Style

Seven: Epiphanies of a Love Slave

THE WILDFIRES OF ANTARCTICA

WITHIN THESE WELL-SCRUBBED WALLS

THE MONSTER'S SONNET

CREATURE COMFORTS

The Phantom Navigator In Stasis

THE MONSTER

NEANDERTHAL FRANKENSTEIN

MARIE ANTOINETTE, 2125

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