Now in stock at the Crossroads B&N in Bellevue WA.

Thanks. It’s not carried at my local bookstore. Do Barnes & Noble or Borders carry it? On their websites they sell subscriptions but they don’t say if their stores carry single issues.

In all seriousness, although this wouldn’t be on my typical reading list, I might have to go grab a copy.

Same for me … I pretty much stopped reading SF after high school (doesn’t mean that I stopped liking it, rather I discovered other things to read). But the review that Post 1 links to was great, telling the reader what was going on in the stories and describing strengths and weaknesses without spoiling the plot — made me really want to go out and read them.

Now I have to find a place that sells Asimov’s; the outstanding newstand in Pasadena closed several months ago, I’ll have to try the bookstore across the street (which is an outstanding independent bookstore but has a mediocre newstand).

Re: Cartland vs Joyce. Counting books published is a little like using batting average to measure offensive contribution. Joyce did the equivalent of three times hitting walk-off grand slams in the bottom of the 9th in Game 7 of three World Series. I’m tempted to say that Cartland hit 723 meaningless singles but since I’ve never read her I can’t say that.

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And I don’t meant that in the sarcastic way Dave sometimes uses.