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A Hero of the Empire

A Hero of the Empire

Robert Silverberg

Book 1 of Roma Eterna

Alternate History Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nomination of 1999 Sidewise Award for Best Short Form Alternate History Nominations Below Cutoff of 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novelette _isfdb best of year anthology novelette shortfiction

Publisher: Mercury Press, Inc.

Published: Jan 2, 1990

Magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1999

Description:

8 • Editorial (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Editorial (F&SF)] • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
10 • Guest Editorial: I Was There the Day the World Ended, I Was There the Day the World Began • (1975) • essay by Ray Bradbury
14 • Cartoon: "Further evidence of water on the Moon." • (1999) • interior artwork by Mark Heath
16 • Cartoon: "Whoops! Sorry, folks Â— should of had that one." • interior artwork by Danny Shanahan
18 • macs • shortstory by Terry Bisson
28 • Books To Look For (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Books To Look For] • essay by Charles de Lint
28 • Review: A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman • review by Charles de Lint
29 • Review: The Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan by William Sanders • review by Charles de Lint
30 • Review: Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask by Jim Munroe • review by Charles de Lint
32 • Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris • review by Charles de Lint
33 • Review: Eyes of Prey by Barry Hoffman • review by Charles de Lint
34 • Review: Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995 by Terry A. Murray • review by Charles de Lint
35 • Publisher's Note (F&SF, October-November 1999) • essay by Edward L. Ferman
36 • Books (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Robert K. J. Killheffer
37 • Review: The Age of Spritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
40 • Review: Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind by Hans Moravec • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
44 • Review: Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Works 1934-1988 by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
47 • Darkrose and Diamond • [Earthsea Cycle] • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
75 • Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
86 • How Heather Moon Kept My Life from Getting Completely Fouled Up Again • [Heather Moon] • shortstory by Ron Goulart
105 • A [Real?] Writer - Homage to Ted Sturgeon • essay by Judith Merril
143 • New York Vignette • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
147 • Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by John Jonik
148 • A Hero of the Empire • [Roma Eterna] • novelette by Robert Silverberg
181 • Fish in a Barrel • shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
191 • Cartoon: "It wasn't until many, many years later that Frank's co-workers began to take his suicide threats seriously." • interior artwork by Tom Cheney
192 • The History of Snivelization • [Plumage from Pegasus] • essay by Paul Di Filippo
198 • The Shrine for Lost Children • shortstory by Poul Anderson
213 • Cartoon: "Politics will become so degraded that only blatent sociopaths will seek office." • interior artwork by Bill Long
214 • The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On The Downs • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
223 • Cartoon: "I just wish you could see the expression on your face!" • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
224 • Kenny • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
231 • Cartoon: "I heartily concur, Steerbridge. Form does, indeed, follow function." • interior artwork by Bill Long
232 • The Happiest Day of Her Life • [Tony Manetti] • novelette by Kate Wilhelm
253 • Cartoon: "So you figured out how to grow hair everywhere but where you wanted it." • interior artwork by Frank Cotham
254 • A Fish Story • shortstory by Gene Wolfe
259 • Expecting the Unexpected • [A Scientist's Notebook] • essay by Gregory Benford
269 • Acceptance Speech • (1990) • shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
277 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, October-November 1999) • essay by uncredited
278 • Crocodile Rock • novella by Lucius Shepard
320 • Cartoon: "If it looks like a human, walks like a human, yaks like a human, it's a human." • interior artwork by Joseph Farris
322 • Curiosities: "The Seeing I" and Other Gems • [Curiosities] • essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch