The chill of spring may still be in your bones, but summer heats up fast with the thrills of the June 2013 issue. In Robert Reed’s huge new Great Ship novella “Precious Mental,” the far-future Universe may be populated by aliens and bioceramic brains and life may seem endless, but that won’t mean that  death from murder and accidents will be any less horrible, or, in some cases, final!

Another perspective on indefinitely extended lifetimes, vastly older civilizations, sacrifice, and other aspects of the far future can be found in G. David Nordley’s tense novelette about “The Fountain”; Kristine Kathryn Rusch introduces us to a captivating new character who must defy her destiny if she is to find her way through the “Skylight”; we find ourselves closer to our own time and ever “Hypervigilant” in Eric Del Carlo’s tale of redemption; and Megan Arkenberg takes us to Mars and back again in her poignant short story, “A Love Song Concerning his Vineyard.”

Robert Silverberg provides us with a scathing Reflections column about thinking that’s “. . . Not Even Wrong”; James Patrick Kelly’s On the Net teaches us a lesson in “SF Economics 101”; Peter Heck’s On Books reviews afflictions, lost worlds, and scientific paradoxes; plus we’ll have an array of poetry and other features you’re sure to enjoy. Look for our June issue on sale at newsstands on April 2, 2013. Or subscribe to Asimov’s—in paper format or in downloadable varieties—by visiting us online at www.asimovs.com. We’re also available individually or by subscription on Amazon.com’s Kindle and KindleFire, BarnesandNoble.com’s Nook, ebookstore.sony.com’s eReader, Zinio.com, and from magzter.com/magazines!

new stories by Rudy Rucker & Paul Di Filippo, Gwendolyn Clare, Igor Teper, Ted Kosmatka, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Benjamin Crowell, Carrie Vaughn, Jack Skillingstead, Ian Watson, Gregory Norman Bossert, and many others!