We're back! With our annual trek into the archives to read an old science fiction magazine, to see if and how our field has changed over the decades. This time we time-travel to 1982, where we pick up the February 15th 1982 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine . If you'd like to read along with us, you'll find the entire issue online courtesy of Luminist , here: https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/ASI/ASI_1982_02.pdf Among the other items mentioned in today's episode: RIP science fiction master John Varley Apple TV's For All Mankind , due for a fifth season in 2026 Kaliane Bradley's Hugo nominated time-travel novel The Ministry of Time Robert Silverberg's book about the art and craft of SF writing, Science Fiction 101 (good title, Silverbob!) Somtow Sucharitkul's tuneful march for Asimov's magazine , rendered for MIDI Amazon Prime to relaunch Stargate Early science fiction? Fantasy, at any rate: The Tale of th...