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A Plague of Ruins

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by Joe Schembrie

Analog/Astounding Science Fiction, December 2004, pp. 90-109

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    4. Private Eyes by Grey Rollins, pp. 49-68
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      7. Budayeen Nights by George Alec Effinger
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    22. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 240-242
    23. Cover design, art by Victoria Green and George Krauter
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    5. Babel by Steven Utley, pp. 75-81
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      5. A Chance to Remember by Ramona Louise Wheeler
      6. Business Secrets from the Stars by David Dvorkin
      7. Aurora: A Child of Two Worlds by David A. Hardy
      8. The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy Art by John Grant and Elizabeth Humphrey
      9. The Art of John Berkey by Jane Frank and John Berkey
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    5. The Slow Train by Don Sakers, pp. 72-83
    6. The Alternate View by John G. Cramer, pp. 84-86
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      3. Scarab by Don D'Ammassa
      4. Lost in Transmission by Wil McCarthy
      5. Heaven by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
      6. A Scholar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
      7. He Do the Time Police in Different Voices by David Langford
      8. The SF Book of Days by Don Sakers
      9. The Twentieth Century by Albert Robida
      10. The Adam Strange Archives, Vol. 1 by Gardner Fox
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    13. Cover design, art by Victoria Green and Bob Eggleton
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    3. Fat Mice, Eating Machines, and Biochemical Treason by Richard A. Lovett, Ph.D., pp. 34-43
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    5. Gun Control by Edward Muller, pp. 46-53
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      2. The Holy Machine by Chris Beckett
      3. The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley
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      5. Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven
      6. Bio Rescue by S.L. Viehl
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    14. Upcoming Events by Anthony Lewis, pp. 144-146
    15. Cover design, art by Victoria Green and David A. Hardy
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    2. A Plague of Ruins by Joe Schembrie, pp. 90-109
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    4. The Fruitcake Genome by Carl Frederick, pp. 48-55
    5. The Bambi Project by Grey Rollins, pp. 56-60
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      5. Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia
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