Aug 1, 2010 | Lightspeed Magazine
by CAROL PINCHEFSKY PUBLISHED IN SEP. 2010 (ISSUE 4) | 1266 WORDS Humans are sexual beings, but though the human urge to merge is rooted in our biological imperative to procreate, nowadays we do it, well, mostly just for fun. And if the aliens we encounter aren’t made...
Aug 1, 2010 | Lightspeed Magazine
by CAROL PINCHEFSKY PUBLISHED IN AUG. 2010 (ISSUE 3) | 1753 WORDS From 1945 to 1991, Americans woke up every morning to coffee, cereal, and the threat of a Ruskie-style, nuclear holocaust. But ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the only thing we’ve had to fear...
Jul 1, 2010 | Lightspeed Magazine
Time travel is currently only a thought experiment, but if you have to dream, dream big. Who hasn’t fantasized about going back in time to choose the winning lottery numbers, or to kill Hitler, or to say no to the prom date who drenched you in pig’s blood? There ought...
Jun 1, 2010 | Lightspeed Magazine
by CAROL PINCHEFSKY PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2010 (ISSUE 1) | 238 WORDS From Cordwainer Smith’s “The Ballad of Lost C’Mell” to the Pern series to Alan Dean Foster’s Taken trilogy, animals gifted with genetically-enhanced intelligence have been, and still are, a popular...