Our July issue features a sprawling new novella by reader favorite Robert Reed—and it’s sprawling in both size and the reach of its far-future extrapolation. In “A History of Terraforming” Reed examines the multi-multi-generational journey of some very long-lived humans and their valiant (and sometimes catastophic and nefarious) schemes to make our Solar System a more habitable place. Along the way, we follow an earnest scientist, Simon, on his journey through some of the most inhospitable environments we know today, suddenly made positively Edenic. This story goes from Mars to Saturn’s moon Iapetus, to far, far beyond: this is one trip you won’t want to skip.

ALSO IN JULY

The venerable Tom Purdom returns with the taut and suspenseful  “Haggle Chips” wherein an urbane and dashing merchant is held captive against his will in the midst of a bitter border dispute between two intractible societies; newcomer D.T. Mitenko submits the funny (though a little scary, too) story of “Eddie’s Ants”—they’re not ants at all, but a clever, unkillable alien hivemind living amongst the unwitting humans of a college campus. And what can you do when an alien ant farm starts dating your ex? Kristine Kathryn Rusch also pursues the lighter side of alien relations with her indispensible guide to intergalactic cruise tourism,“Amelia Pillar’s Etiquette for the Space Traveler,” an invaluble resource for those who’ve yet to get their “space legs”; acclaimed new talent Aliette de Bodard returns with her second piece for us, the dramatic and historically dizzying, “The Jaguar House, in Shadow,” that describes a fascinating alternate future in which the Aztec culture remained ascendent in the south; and Alice Sola Kim, making her Asimov’s debut, deftly explores the trials and travails of a young woman who must contend with psychically transmitted messages from somewhere, courtesy of “The Other Graces.”

Robert Silverberg’s Reflections joins the hunt in “The Search for Other Earths”; Paul Di Filippo contributes “On Books”; plus an array of poetry you’re sure to enjoy. Look for our July issue on sale at newsstands on May 11, 2010. Or you can subscribe to Asimov’s—in classy and elegant paper format or those new-fangled downloadable varieties, by visiting us online at www.asimovs.com. We’re also available on Amazon.com’s Kindle!

New stories by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mike Resnick, Alan Wall, Carol Emshwiller, Sara Genge, Robert Reed, Will McIntosh, Neal Barrett, Jr., R. Neube, Ian Creasey, Eugene Mirabelli, Don D’Ammassa, Nick Wolven, Gregory Norman Bossert, and many others!