Looking Ahead

Daniel K. Appelquist

Hello again everybody -- and a very very merry/happy non-denominational holiday occurring in the winter season to you all Sorry this issue is being distributed a bit late, but I've been INCREDIBLY busy lately. The good news is that I've supposedly completed all of my requirements for my undergraduate degree. The even better news is that I most probably will have a job starting in January! And the simply utterly fantastic news is that since this job is right here at Carnegie Mellon, I'll be able to continue to publish Quanta!! (And all this in a recession year, no less...)

Some more good news (albeit of a different sort) is that Quanta now has its first subscriber from Russia. We've had subscribers from `eastern block' countries before now, but, I believe, this is the first subscriber from actually within what used to be the Soviet Union. (Well *I* was excited...)

So what have we got lined up for you this issue? For one, Jesse Allen's three part serial `Earth as an Example' finishes up with this installment. We've also got new fiction from Jason Snell, editor of IterText, and William Racicot, both of whom are returning to Quanta after long hiatuses. This issue is a bit shorter than most, but I think you'll find that the quality of fiction is high.

Speaking of quality fiction (ahem) I'd like to make a quick plug for my new story (`A Handful of Dust') which should be appearing in a future issue of InterText.

Jason Snell has compiled an index of stories and articles which have appeared in Athene, InterText and Quanta. If you'd like a copy of the index, send me a note and I'll send it out to you. I'll also try to put it out on the FTP servers.

My submissions directory is currently getting a bit thin, so I'm once again asking you (that's right, YOU) to submit material. If you're a writer (or a potential writer), I urge you to come forward with stories and/or articles. I can always use more submissions, especially from authors who are new to Quanta.

There's really not much else to say, except hope you had a good 1991 (God knows mine could have been better) and have a happy New Year!

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