Trial By Ordeal, by Grey Rollins, ANALOG/ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION

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Trial By Ordeal

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by Grey Rollins

Analog/Astounding Science Fiction, November 1997, pp. 104-125

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      5. The Infinite Sea by Jeffrey A. Carver
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      4. Humpty Dumpty: An Oval by Damon Francis Knight
      5. Callahan's Legacy by Spider Robinson
      6. Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
      7. How Many People Can the Earth Support? by Joel E. Cohen
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    14. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    15. Cover design, art by Terri Czeczko and Daniel S. Jimenez
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    13. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    14. Cover art by George H. Krauter
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      6. Trader by Charles de Lint
      7. The White Papers by James White
      8. Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier? by Patricia Barnes-Svarney
      9. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
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    18. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 288-290
    19. Cover design, art by Monica Gaige-Rosensweig and Kelly Freas
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    5. First Nanocontact by Pete D. Manison, pp. 70-90
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      3. God's Fires by Patricia Anthony
      4. The Howling Stones by Alan Dean Foster
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      6. Hal's Legacy by David G. Stork
      7. His Share of Glory by Timothy P. Szczesuil and C.M. Kornbluth
      8. In Search of Wonder by Damon F. Knight
      9. Three in Time by Jack Dann, Pamela Sargent, and George Zebrowski
      10. The Road to Science Fiction, Vol. 4 by James Gunn
    11. Nebula Award Winners, p. 153
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    13. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    14. Cover design, art by Monica Gaige-Rosensweig and Jim Burns
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      5. Ignition by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
      6. Outposts: Literatures of Milieux by Algis Budrys
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    13. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    14. Cover design, art by Monica Gaige-Rosensweig and Bob Eggleton
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    2. O Pioneer! by Frederik Pohl, pp. 14-67
    3. Last Exit Before the Final Frontier by Jeffery D. Kooistra, pp. 68-81
    4. Cosmological Darwinism by Richard Meisner, pp. 82-92
    5. Sufficiently Un-Advanced by Mark Rich, pp. 93-95
    6. WWW: The Web We Wove by Arlan Andrews, Sr., pp. 96-103
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      2. How Like a God by Brenda W. Clough
      3. Final Diagnosis by James White
      4. Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
      5. The Ecolitan Enigma by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
      6. Destiny's Road by Larry Niven
      7. Political Science Fiction by Donald M. Hassler and Clyde Wilcox
      8. Time Travel by Paul J. Nahin
      9. Space Travel by Ben Bova and Anthony R. Lewis
      10. Postmodern War by Chris Hables Gray
      11. Fantasy Annual, Spring 1997 by Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace
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    12. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    13. Cover design, art by Monica Gaige-Rosensweig and Ron Walotsky
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    3. Biology at the Extremes by Mark S. Lesney, pp. 41-58
    4. The Alternate View by John G. Cramer, pp. 59-62
    5. In Times To Come, p. 63
    6. Easter Egg Hunt: A Christmas Story by Jeffery D. Kooistra, pp. 64-86
    7. The Analytical Laboratory Ballot, p. 87
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      2. Greenwar by Steven Gould and Laura J. Mixon
      3. Secret Passages by Paul Preuss
      4. Einstein's Bridge by John Cramer
      5. Giant Bones by Peter S. Beagle
      6. Spec-Lit: Speculative Fiction Issue No. 1 by Phyllis Eisenstein
      7. Yes, We Have No Neutrons by A.K. Dewdney
      8. The Loom of God by Clifford A. Pickover
      9. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute and John Grant
    12. Brass Tacks, pp. 154-159
    13. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 160-162
    14. Cover design, art by Monica Gaige-Rosensweig and George H. Krauter, ...
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