December 2008Issue 49
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Ray Gun Revival magazine Issue 49, December 2008
Overlords (Founders / Editors)
Johne Cook, L. S. King, Paul Christian Glenn
Venerable Staf
A.M. Stickel - Managing Copyeditor Matthew Winslow - Book Reviews Editor Shannon McNear - Lord High Advisor, grammar consultant, listeningear/sanity saver for Overlord LeePaul Christian Glenn - PR, sounding board, strong right handL. S. King - Lord High Editor, proofreader, beloved nag, muse,webmistressJohne Cook - art wrangler, desktop publishing, chief cook and bottlewasher
Slushmasters (Submissions Editors)
John M. WhalenAlice M. RoelkeJenn SilvaDavid Wilhelms
Serial Authors
Sean T. M. StiennonM KeatonKeanan Brand
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“Merry Christmas”
by Gary TongeWithout Whom...
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Table of Contents
All content copyright 2008 by
Double-edged Publishing
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a Memphis, Tennessee-based non-prot publisher.
Rev: 200812A
2 Table of Contents3 Overlords’ Lair:Merry Christmas, 20084 Gifts From the Galaxy,by Clinton Lawrence9 Evergreen and Always9 by Alice M. Roelke14 The Garbage Men14 by Drew Arrants22 Myron’s Debarkation22 by Richard S. Levine27 Beneath Narsalia’s Veil27 by Timothy A. Sayell34 Regeneration34 by Martin Turton41 RGR Reviews-Book Reviews41 Matthew Winslow, Reviews Editor46 Featured Artist:Gary Tonge, UK
51 Calamity’s Child, Chapter FiveROP: Skip a Rope, Part Twoby M. Keaton62 Thieves’ Honor, Episode FourThe Game - Opening Movesby Keanan Brand71 Memory Wipe, Chapter 24Memory Reborn, Part Two71 by Sean T. M. Stiennon86 The RGR Time Capsule November 2008
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Ray Gun Revival magazine Issue 49, December 2008
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t is Christmas Eve as I write this. The snowis deep on the ground. It certainly looks likewhat I think Christmas looks like. The streetoutside is completely quiet in my small town,and we have our own silent night.We have peace on earth, or at least in onesmall town in Wisconsin. Aah. I can feel thestress leading up to the holidays melt away.It is a great feeling.I recently had occasion to corrospond brieflywith SF author Dave Wolverton. I signed upfor his e-mail list, and he said he liked thename of our humble little publication. Hesaid he’d just written a space opera novellafor Orson Scott Card’s
Intergalactic MedicineShow
. Then he something that gets the heartof everything we’ve been working toward forthe past two and a half years. “So here’s aquestion for you: does it seem to you thatthere actually is something of a revival of thegenre?”When we started looking at the landscape inlate 2005, there wasn’t much in the way of space opera out there for us to look at. Westarted making preparations for Ray GunRevival in January of 2006 and opened ourvirtual doors that July. Our one goal was todo our small part to revive the genre.The timing couldn’t have been better. Thatyear, editors David G. Hartwell & KathrynCramer gathered together an anthologycalled
The Space Opera Renaissance
, and itwas a tome. weighing in at nearly 1000 pages,it examines space opera from the beginningup to the present day. It’s a Who’s Who of space opera authors, from Leigh Brackett toJohn C. Wright.It didn’t end there. 2008 saw the release of
The New Space Opera
, edited by GardnerDozois and Jonathan Strahan. Gardner Dozoisis a legend and Strahan is an up-and-comerwho continues to impress.At RGR, 2008 was our best ever. We published40 short stories. We featured artists from theUSA, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Germany, andChina. We introduced film reviews from PaulChristian Glenn, and added book reviewsedited and written by Matthew Winslowand featuring newcomers Steve Davidsonand Donald Jacob Uitvlugt. We added newSlushmasters to the team. We published allor part of new original serial novels. Whoknows what 2009 will bring?I’m going to keep this short to get this oiut.Merry Christmas from Ray Gun Revivalmagazine!
Johne CookOverlordBreezeway, WI USADecember, 2008
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