My First Asimov's magazine

Writers were discussing the first issues of SF magazines. This was my first issue of Asimov's. I was most taken by Nancy Kress's story, "Beggars in Spain," which went on to win a Nebula. She later expanded it into a novel, which felt like its more natural milieu. My first read left me wanting more, when I reread it as a novel, the expansion felt a good fit. Some prefer the story, however.

Mike Resnick's alternate history, "Bully!," got attention as did "The July Ward" by Sharon N. Farber/S. N. Dyer, which may be her best known work. I'll have to reread it.

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