Photo-Illustration: “EyeAm” © 2005 by Andrew G. McCann Sam talked while looking through the instrument. "Nothing to get excited about," he said. "Just a mix of individual stars. That red one looks to be a lot closer than the others... but that's because I'm assuming it's a dwarf." He pulled back from the eyepiece of … Continue reading “I Am” by Thomas Lee Joseph Smith
These are seemingly dark days in the transoceanic trucking industry. The seas are as deep and gloomy as they've ever been. Lotsa truck cabs are unheated and unpressurized, and they typically crumple under the pressure of even one aquasphere. More important, the goods being transported get wet, and flatter, even if they were wet and … Continue reading Smooth Sailing for Transoceanic Trucking
Illustration: “Time 2 Get Up!” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago Dr. Stanley Kelvington looked like a typical archaeologist. It was difficult to decide whether this was because he was an archaeologist, or whether his demeanour had led him to take up this line of work. This kind of philosophy did not concern him, however. He … Continue reading “Artefact Nouveau” by Gareth D. Jones
Illustration: “Exodus” © 2005 by Carl Goodman Ablad Cuvapor relaxed his outer docking tubes and allowed the Melkan female to deposit her spherical ovabiche in pleasant parallel tones inside his plastique receptors. So long as his explosion was contained, he felt no need to warn the Melkan servants preparing his afternoon meal in a nearby … Continue reading “The Gurnian Imposition” (part of the Langford Joh saga) by W.A. Rieser
Illustration: “TimeShare” © 2005 by SenthilKG The possibility of faster-than-light travel has fascinated astrophysicists and propulsion engineers, as well as science fiction writers. With the arrival of gravity-drive thrust, the possibility becomes a probability, with apologies to Albert Einstein. Trials are under way. Sara J. Iverson, Ph.D. Space Corps Gravity Laboratory Time is not a … Continue reading “Time Share” by E.S. Strout
Dear Editor: A link to Galacticsurf, the portal to the stars, is present on one of your web pages: http://www.etext.org/Zines/planet/pm33/pm33edit.html. Thank you very much for that. Galacticsurf has changed its URL. It used to be http://www.galacticsurf.com/ but is now http://www.galacticsurf.net/. Best Regards, Edouard Galacticsurf.net Webmaster galactic@galacticsurf.net
Illustration: “Mind Cow” © 2005 by Andy McCann The Centrac minerals representative was undoubtedly the strangest-looking being that Janson had ever seen. He, or was it she -- there was no way of telling -- was only a metre tall with a skin colour of pink, not pink in any way resembling a human skin … Continue reading “Business is Business” by S.K. Twyford
Dear Editor: My first book, “Humanity’s Edge”, will be available through amazon.com this December. The book is a collection of 13 classic science fiction short stories with a libertarian worldview. If your readers liked my other stories in Planet, I think they'll like this book too. Here are links to my stories in Planet Magazine: … Continue reading Author: Tamara Wilhite
Illustration: “1937 Lucky Shot” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago Travis was lounging on the couch, gnawing on a carrot for breakfast, and watching the President smash all the chandeliers in the White House with a sledgehammer. By the angle of the sun pouring in the window, he knew it had to be nine-thirty already, but … Continue reading “Greetings from the Heliosheath” by Corey Brown
Illustration: “Space Artsyfact” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago I clunked down steps in an eerie alien-twilight world. Deadly mist licked tenuously at my suit, Long fingers, searching fingers, An old world beckons. I stepped down into its arms. Dust rose from First Hesitant Contact with the damned place. But the world timidly opened its eyes … Continue reading “First Dawn” by Jason Maxwell
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