The more we learn, the more surprises we find. . . . Last June, Richard A. Lovett gave us a fact article on the wildly diverse moons of Saturn, and an action-packed novelette, “The Sands of Titan,” set on one of them and introducing prospector Floyd “Phoenix” Ashman and his AI symbiote, Brittney. In our June issue he returns to other parts of that frontier with “Brittney’s Labyrinth,” just as engaging and intriguing, and again with a dramatic cover by David A. Hardy, but with very different—and no less challenging—surroundings. And there’s one more important difference: this time we see the story through Brittney’s “eyes”. . . .
And Lovett is not one to stand still. He again provides the fact article, too, this time a survey of some of the newest scientific thinking about some of the puzzles sprinkled around in various parts of our Solar System—including Earth. I wouldn’t be surprised to see still more stories growing from some of those a bit later. . . .
We also have tales by Ben Bova, Bud Sparhawk, Richard K. Lyon, and a couple of promising newcomers, making for a diverse and thoroughly entertaining issue.
