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LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.Welcome to LIGHTSPEED's 115th issue! We have a new SF short from Matthew Baker: "A Bad Day in Utopia." Like a lot of utopias in fiction, this one will leave you wonderin...

INLEIDING. Daar is maar één spel, dat mij hartstocht is en weelde, Daar 'k alles voor laat staan en dat mij nooit verveelde,” zong De Genestet, toen hij nog jong en jolig” was en 't groene veld hem meer trok dan het groene laken.” Dat spel was het raketten. Deze regelen zijn mede van toepassing op het kaatsen, dat Oud-Hollandsch balspel. Immers op den dag van den grooten wedstrijd van den Ned. Kaatsbond zijn reeds 's morgens vele honderden naar de kampplaats opgetrokken, die in den middag ...

Is Wilber Winkle a consumer advocate extraordinaire or just a nut with too much time on his hands? Whatever the verdict, this hilarious collection of complaint letters to American corporations and their responses are a laugh-aloud page-turner. Readers everywhere will recognize the beefs that Wilber strives to get to the bottom of: Denny's waitresses disturbing the delicate balance of cream and sugar in their coffee, the disappearance of the almond from the 5th Avenue candy bar, and insul...

Prepare for a remarkable journey into the boundless imagination of classic science fiction with Vintage Sci-Fi 27, a collection of 22 unforgettable stories from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. These tales transport you to distant planets, strange civilizations, mysterious technologies, and futures filled with wonder, danger, and surprise.Explore alien landscapes in Pink Grass Planet, Snowstorm on Mars, and The Moon Devils...

Absprachen, Lügen und kuriose Methoden: so kam es zu den Skandalen im Rennradsport Blutdoping, verbotene Leistungssteigerungen und geheime Abmachungen für den Sieg des Team-Favoriten – ab den 1990er-Jahren taumelte der Radsport und mit ihm die Tour de France von einem Skandal zum nächsten. Vom Glanz des gelben Trikots blieb in jenen Tagen nicht mehr viel. Wie organisiert lief das Doping in der TdF ab, wer war beteiligt und wie konnten berühmte Dopingfälle so lange unbemerkt bleiben? Rudy P...