The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - August 1980 Read online

  No one answered her.

  Steve turned toward the truck in the brush. He suddenly remembered from his childhood how he had hoped everyone he knew, everyone he loved, would live forever. He hadn't wanted change. He hadn't wanted to recognize time. He remembered the split-second image of Paul and Carroll struggling to control the wheel. "The land," he said, feeling the sorrow. "It doesn't forgive."

  "That's not true." Carroll slowly shook her head. "The land just is. The land doesn't care."

  "I care," said Steve.

  Amazingly, Ginger started to go to sleep. They laid her down gently on the precipice, covered her with Steve's jacket, and cradled her head, stroking her hair. "Look," she said. "Look." As the moon illuminated the glowing sea.

  Far below them, a fin broke the dark surface of the forest.

  Acrostic Puzzle

  by Georgia F. Adams

  This puzzle contains a quotation from a science fiction work. First, guess the clues and write the word in the numbered blanks beside the clues. Put these letters in the matching blocks in the puzzle. (The end of the line is not necessarily the end of a word. Words end with black squares.) If your clue words are correct, you will see words forming in the puzzle blocks. If you can guess some of these words, put the letters into the blanks for the clues, over the appropriate numbers. This will help to guess more words. The first letters of the correctly worked clues spell the name of the author and the title of the sf work from which the quotation is taken.

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  *Without significant exception, the gossip of American SF's early days is retailed solely by the men. The women smile or change the subject, even when it's of considerable literary significance.

  *I'm not an officer
in the Lithuanian army. But for a while it was useful to be one, and I can't fault anyone who's not up on current immigrant politics.

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