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Jul '09

August Asimov’s is out with my story!

MeAsimov-150x150Forgive me for squeeing all over myself but I’ve been reading Asimov’s since I was a teen and I just had just had the dream experience. I went into the bookstore and bought a copy of the magazine with my name on the cover. My name. On the cover of Asimov’s. It’s my first sale to the magazine, which is cool enough but didn’t know until I went in that I’d made the cover.

And then! I got home tonight and Lois Tilton at IROSF reviewed the August Asimov’s today. She gave my story, “The Consciousness Problem” a RECOMMENDED.

This is a poignant and sensitive look at problems of identity and relationships, as well as scientific ethics. Elise’s mental lapses are particularly well done. The characters have clearly not thought through the implications of their project.

Swooning. I’m swooning here.

19 Comments »

19 Comments

  1. Joe Iriarte Joe Iriarte on 03.07.2009 at 04:31 (Reply)

    How very cool. Congratulations! :)

  2. Nancy Fulda Nancy Fulda on 03.07.2009 at 04:34 (Reply)

    Utter coolness!

  3. Charles Tan Charles Tan on 03.07.2009 at 04:45 (Reply)

    Congrats!

    Go Mary!

  4. Kelvin Kao Kelvin Kao on 03.07.2009 at 04:55 (Reply)

    Congrats!!! Now autograph it and frame it for yourself! =D

  5. Amal Amal on 03.07.2009 at 06:04 (Reply)

    That’s wonderful, Mary!! Congratulations, and here’s to many, many more.

  6. Jen Jen on 03.07.2009 at 07:04 (Reply)

    That’s wonderful! Hopefully we can find a copy around here this weekend :-)

    Congratulations.

  7. Leland Purvis Leland Purvis on 03.07.2009 at 07:24 (Reply)

    KUDOS! I’ll have to pick one up!

  8. Mary Lewys Mary Lewys on 03.07.2009 at 07:34 (Reply)

    WOW! That’s amazing! I hope it feels as wonderful as I imagine it would. Congratulations!

  9. Mike Allen Mike Allen on 03.07.2009 at 08:52 (Reply)

    A well-earned swoon! Awesome.

  10. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 03.07.2009 at 08:52 (Reply)

    Thanks! The coolest thing was being able to buy it in a brick and mortar store.

  11. Rob Kimbro Rob Kimbro on 03.07.2009 at 09:17 (Reply)

    That’s fantastic, Mary! Congrats!

  12. Evan Nichols Evan Nichols on 03.07.2009 at 09:29 (Reply)

    Well worth squeeing about! Congratulations1

  13. Jennifer Jackson Jennifer Jackson on 03.07.2009 at 09:39 (Reply)

    Definitely awesome! Congrats!

  14. -e- -e- on 03.07.2009 at 09:51 (Reply)

    love the happy, contended look in the photo! Congratulations!

  15. kara gnome kara gnome on 03.07.2009 at 09:59 (Reply)

    Yay! I’m so happy for you. I read it some time ago and loved it! Great going :)

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 03.07.2009 at 10:09 (Reply)

      Ah yes, but was it still set in India when you read it?

  16. Todd Thorne Todd Thorne on 03.07.2009 at 10:04 (Reply)

    A rare, underware-at-risk moment absolutely rates a loud squee.

    Mega score, Mary, and an equally mega congratulations!

  17. John Chu John Chu on 06.07.2009 at 06:30 (Reply)

    Congratulations on the sale and the good review.

    I enjoyed “The Consciousness Problem” thoroughly. It is beautifully written. That all the little details mattered and built up to show the central relationships’ intense intimacy was exquisite.

    I’m looking forward to your workshop at Readercon this weekend on giving effective readings. (BTW, the description at the website says that it’s a 90 minute workshop. The schedule grid they put up this weekend implies that it’s only 60 minutes?)

    1. Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal on 06.07.2009 at 09:27 (Reply)

      Thank you, John!

      They had to change the workshop length to make the schedule work, so it’s only 60 minutes. I think they posted the description long before they put the schedule up. I’ll drop the organizers a note to let them know about the discrepancy.

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