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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July/August 2013 (vol 125 nos. 1 & 2)

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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July/August 2013 (vol 125 nos. 1 & 2)

Penned By Gordon Van Gelder
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Editor's Note:
5 • The Color of Sand • short story by K. J. Kabza25 • Books to Look For (F&SF, July-August 2013) • [Books to Look For] • essay by Charles de Lint35 • Books (F&SF, July-August 2013) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by James Sallis42 • Oh Give Me a Home • novelette by Adam Rakunas64 • Half a Conversation, Overheard While Inside an Enormous Sentient Slug • short story by Oliver Buckram68 • The Year of the Rat • novelette by Chen Qiufan (trans. of 鼠年Question mark 2009)93 • Flipping Genres for Fun and Profit • [Plumage from Pegasus] • short fiction by Paul Di Filippo97 • Kormak the Lucky • novelette by Eleanor Arnason139 • The Woman Who Married the Snow • [Way of the Shaman (original version)] • short story by Ken Altabef150 • Films: A Familiar Cyclone and Its Twisted Debris • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Kathi Maio157 • The Miracle Cure • short story by Harvey Jacobs167 • The Heartsmith's Daughters • short story by Harry R. Campion184 • Aliens Inside You • [Science (F&SF)] • essay by Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty191 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, July-August 2013) • essay by uncredited192 • The Nambu Egg • short story by Tim Sullivan212 • In the Mountains of Frozen Fire • novelette by Rus Wornom258 • Curiosities: Nequa, or, The Problem of the Ages, by Jack Adams (1900) • [Curiosities] • essay by Mark Esping

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