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Lightspeed Magazine, January 2017

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 80

Penned By John Joseph Adams
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Lightspeed Magazine, January 2017

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 80

Penned By John Joseph Adams
4.85 26,719 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. We have original science fiction by Adam-Troy Castro ("The Whole Crew Hates Me") and Molly Tanzer ("Nine Tenths of the Law"), along with SF reprints by James S.A. Corey ("Rates of Change") and Mary Rosenblum ("Tracker"). Plus, we have original fantasy by Kat Howard ("Seven Salt Tears") and Jeremiah Tolbert ("The West Topeka Triangle"), and fantasy reprints by Jeffrey Ford ("Daddy Longlegs of the Evening") and Kima Jones ("Nine"). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns. For our ebook readers, we also have an ebook-exclusive reprint of the novella "Awakening," by Judith Berman, and an excerpt from Sean O'Brien's new novel, Beltrunner.

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John Joseph Adams is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, John Joseph Adams enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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