Jim Baen's Universe February 2009 Issue

The February 2009 issue of Jim Baen's Universe (volume 3, number 5; whole number 17) is now available. This issue's contents include:

Science Fiction Stories:
"Astralis" by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
"Food for Thought" by Carl Frederick

Fantasy Stories:
"The Good Son" by Naomi Kritzer
"Johnny So Long At the Fair" by Lezli Robyn

Serial:
Blade Light, Episode One, by Michaele Jordan

Nonfiction:
"Five Famous Authors do Public Appearances in Second Life" by Stephen Euin Cobb (interviewing Catherine Asaro, David Brin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Charles Stross)

Columns:
The Editor's Page: "The Secret Author" by Mike Resnick
Salvos Against Big Brother: "Foam and Froth and Mighty (Upside-down) Pyramids" by Eric Flint
Notes from the Buffer Zone: "Short Story Collections" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
From the Heart's Basement: "Master of the Abyss" by Barry N. Malzberg
Past Masters: "Cyril With an M (or, I'm as Kornbluth as Kansas in August)" by Bud Webster
Quarks to Quasars: The Science of Science Fiction: "Galactic Geobiology" by Ben Bova
What's New in The Future and You: "January 2009" by Stephen Euin Cobb

As always, some of the pieces are available for free on the web site, while others require a subscription to read the whole thing.