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Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2011 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #696)

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2011 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #696)

Penned By Gordon Van Gelder
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Editor's Note:
Stories:- "The Ants of Flanders", by Robert Reed- "Bronsky's Dates with Death", by Peter David- "The Witch of Corinth", by Steven Saylor- "The Ramshead Algorithm", by KJ Kabza- "The Way it Works Out and All", by Peter S. Beagle- "Less Stately Mansions", by Rob Chilson- "Hair", by Joan Aiken- "Sir Morgravain Speaks of Night Dragons and Other Things", by Richard Bowes- "Someone Like You", by Michael AlexanderFeatures:- Books to Look For, by Charles de Lint- Books, by Elizabeth Hand- Plumage from Pegasus: "A Short History of the Etewaf Revolution", by Paul Di Filippo- Films: Free Will Hunting, by Lucius Shepard- Science: Pattern Recognition, Randomness, and Roshambo, by Paul Doherty and Pat Murphy- Coming Attractions- Curiosities: "The Island of Not-Me", by Ezra Gerson Gotthelf (1935), by Paul Di Filippo

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Length 258 Pages
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Released July 1, 2011
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