The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 633
| Novel |
While Jenny Appleseed’s stimuli shield, Millicent, conducts a Cosmitix executive committee meeting, Jenny’s consciousness journeys into the superworld and into a vision of herself as the Cosmitix Übermensch. Bertrand Cayzac, Floozman in Space
Chapter 9: The Zodiac of Her Spirit, I, part 1
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| Novella |
Tom Piper is enjoying his stay in Kansas while his son, John, is enjoying the company of a trio of young ladies in New Mexico. They all seem to be quite comfortable, for the moment. James Shaffer, Back to the World, part 18; part 19; part 20 |
| Short Stories |
How might economic inequality be systematically exploited? Bill Kowaleski, Living Standards, part 1; part 2; conclusion. New contributor John Wright puts a married couple in a strange place where they finally have to make an important decision about themselves: Things Could Be Worse. |
| Drama | The best-laid plans of mice and men... might actually work out, if they include their wives: Charles C. Cole, The All-In Game. |
| Poetry | Richard King Perkins, II, The Sleeper’s Requiem |
| Short Poetry |
Oonah V. Joslin, Dandelions Ron Van Sweringen, When You Come for Me |
Departments
| Welcome | Bewildering Stories welcomes John Wright. |
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| Challenge | Challenge 633 wonders Who’s You? |
| The Reading Room |
Don Webb reviews Joe Haldeman, Work Done for Hire. |
| The Art Gallery |
A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
Randomly selected Bewildering motto:
Randomly selected classic rejection notice:
Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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