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Requiem Antarctica

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by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris #3

Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 2000, pp. 44-61

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    12. The SF Conventional Calendar by Erwin S. Strauss, pp. 142-146
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    13. Cover illustration by Nicholas Jainschigg
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    2. Requiem Antarctica by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris #3, pp. 44-61
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    4. The Noise of Their Joye by Tom Purdom, pp. 102-130
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