The first issue of New Scientist's Arc is now available. The collectible 152-page 5.5"x8.5" perfect bound magazine is available for $29.95. Electronic copies are available in a variety of formats for $6.99
Contents of this issue include: Editorial: "Welcome to the future" by Simon Ings and Sumit Paul-Choudhury Forward: "The object of posterity's scorn" by Bruce Sterling Short Story: "A Journey to Amasia" by Stephen Baxter Unreliable Narrator: "Alien Evasion" by China Miéville Short Story: "Bearlift" by Margaret Atwood Present Tense: "Breaking the fall" by Paul Graham Raven Short Story: "In Autotelia" by M. John Harrison Unevenly Distributed: "Sir John Schorne's Devil" by Simon Ings Prior Art: "What hpapnes fi it atcully wroks" by Sumit Paul-Choudhury Short Story: "Topsight" by Hannu Rajaniemi The Tomorrow Project: "Making the Future" by Justin Mullins Texts: "Three Surprising Theories About Science Fiction" by Adam Roberts Games: "Three Ways to Play the Future" by Leigh Alexander Spaces: "Three Stories on Dreamland" by Simon Pummell Short Story: "The Water Thief" by Alastair Reynolds
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