Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November/December 2020

Volume CXXXX, No. 11 & 12. Contents: 4 • Therefore, I Knew Him • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Trevor Quachri 9 • Call Him Lord • (1966) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson 20 • Together, We Can Be More! • novelette by Juliette Wade 34 • Big Smart Objects • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven 44 • This Hard World of Unwanted Beauty • novelette by Evan Marcroft 59 • So Many Blank Moons • poem by Holly Lyn Walrath 60 • A Purpose for Stars • short story by Brad McNaughton 70 • Ghost Strike • short story by Brenda Kalt 77 • Peaceweaver • short story by Marissa Lingen 80 • The Polar Bear Sleeps On • short story by M. Bennardo 84 • The Lentz Soliton FTL Drive • [The Alternate View] • essay by John G. Cramer 87 • Event • short story by Timons Esaias 88 • Courtship FTL • short story by Mary E. Lowd 91 • Beloved Toiler • short story by George Zebrowski 98 • The Women We Can See in Analog • essay by Marie Vibbert 104 • Brought Near to Beast • short story by Gregor Hartmann 114 • Trial and Error • novelette by Grey Rollins 131 • Asleep Was the Ship • short story by Eric Del Carlo 139 • Just the Facts: How Articles Came to Astounding • essay by Edward M. Wysocki, Jr. 146 • State of Grace • short story by Clancy Weeks 156 • Lazarus, Unbound • short story by Liam Hogan 158 • In Times to Come (Analog, November-December 2020) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited 159 • Ashes • short story by Mario Milosevic 161 • The Return • poem by G. O. Clark 162 • Why Things Work on a Starship • short story by Stephen R. Loftus-Mercer 166 • Winter's Spring • novelette by A. P. Hawkins 178 • Enter the Fungicene • novelette by J. M. Swenson 200 • The Reference Library (Analog, November-December 2020) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Don Sakers 206 • Letters & upcoming events.