After the controversies unwittingly ignited a few months ago when Analog editorials made passing mention of Sports Utility Vehicles, it will be interesting to see what kinds of reactions we get to this month’s lead novella, "Baby On Board." It comes to us from a writer new to our pages, Kenneth Brady, and has the somewhat unusual quality that most of its characters are SUVs–and I mean that quite literally. It also has the added virtues of being both thought-provoking and a lot of fun, no matter where you stand on that cluster of questions.
In a completely different vein, Mike Moscoe offers a seasonal tale that’s also one of the more unusual stories of alien contact you’re likely to read. We also have stories by such writers as John G. Hemry, Grey Rollins, Brenda Cooper, and relative newcomers Carl Frederick and Joe Schembrie.
Rounding out the issue is a fact article by Yoji Kondo and William A. Gaubatz about one of the less technical but nonetheless crucial problems of space exploration and utilization: focusing visions and goals. In general, to achieve any goal, you need to have a reasonably clear picture in mind of where you’re trying to go!
