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
Illustration: “Space Couple” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago “Ready to go?" I nodded. We walked to an electric car. I got in, no longer caring who saw me get in. We drove past the chaos that was the city. Outside was a mix of shanties and high rises, and religious communities bounded by perimeter fences. … Continue reading “Whom to Betray Today” by Tamara Wilhite
Illustration: “The Meeting” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago The accursed time traveler,Swept up and set down in a vortex,Finds himself in the future whereMen look like womenAnd women look like men,Or perhaps they lookLike neither.Seeing they have no eyes to seeAnd no mouth with which to speak,He panics at the sight of theirFeatureless faces and … Continue reading “Vagabondage” by Ray Sikes
When The Clone War started up, my comrades and I in The Rebel Federation quickly determined that it was an exact duplicate of an earlier war, known simply as The War. A war that we had won. So we carefully did everything exactly the same again, using, ironically, clones of soldiers who had fallen in … Continue reading How We Won The Clone War
Illustration: “Smile” © 2005 by Romeo Esparrago Among my mother’s frequent sayings when I was a child was, “You’d cut off your nose to spite your face.” I know she meant that I was stubborn and obstinate and determined to have my own way. She was right. I was all of that, plus! And now…. … Continue reading “Cutting Off My Nose” by Anastasia Voight
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