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        <dc:title>Flirting With Death</dc:title>
        <dc:creator opf:file-as="Bryant, Edward" opf:role="aut">Edward Bryant</dc:creator>
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        <dc:date>1995-05-02T00:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
        <dc:description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;5 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866899" dir="ltr"&gt;Editorial (F&amp;SF, May 1995)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?20161" dir="ltr"&gt;Editorial (F&amp;SF)&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?283" dir="ltr"&gt;Kristine Kathryn Rusch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;11 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40369" dir="ltr"&gt;Ebb Tide&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1362" dir="ltr"&gt;Mary Soon Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;20 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866901" dir="ltr"&gt;Books (F&amp;SF, May 1995)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?20077" dir="ltr"&gt;Books (F&amp;SF)&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23419" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert K. J. Killheffer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;21 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163334" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?558" dir="ltr"&gt;Quarantine&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?79" dir="ltr"&gt;Greg Egan&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23419" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert K. J. Killheffer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;26 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163335" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?4666" dir="ltr"&gt;Happy Policeman&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1564" dir="ltr"&gt;Patricia Anthony&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23419" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert K. J. Killheffer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;30 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163336" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?7519" dir="ltr"&gt;Beyond the Veil of Stars&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?199" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert Reed&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23419" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert K. J. Killheffer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;33 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163337" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?19291" dir="ltr"&gt;Archangel&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?6210" dir="ltr"&gt;Mike Conner&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?178" dir="ltr"&gt;Charles de Lint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;33 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866902" dir="ltr"&gt;Books to Look For (F&amp;SF, May 1995)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?20057" dir="ltr"&gt;Books To Look For&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?178" dir="ltr"&gt;Charles de Lint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;34 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163338" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?12707" dir="ltr"&gt;She Walks These Hills&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3540" dir="ltr"&gt;Sharyn McCrumb&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?178" dir="ltr"&gt;Charles de Lint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;35 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?163339" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?761" dir="ltr"&gt;Remake&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?99" dir="ltr"&gt;Connie Willis&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?178" dir="ltr"&gt;Charles de Lint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;37 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40368" dir="ltr"&gt;Flirting With Death&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?202" dir="ltr"&gt;Edward Bryant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;53 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?867111" dir="ltr"&gt;Cartoon: "I suspect Dr. Kevorkian had a hand in this."&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?84157" dir="ltr"&gt;Henry Martin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;54 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40367" dir="ltr"&gt;Goatman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2459" dir="ltr"&gt;Patricia Matthews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;67 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?867112" dir="ltr"&gt;Cartoon: "That we both want to be reincarnated as cats is a lovely and comforting thought, Mr. Burlington, but not necessarily the basis for a deep and lasting relationship."&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?84157" dir="ltr"&gt;Henry Martin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;68 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40370" dir="ltr"&gt;The Noonday Pool&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; novelette by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1522" dir="ltr"&gt;Ian R. MacLeod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;101 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866903" dir="ltr"&gt;Biotech and Nanodreams&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?10419" dir="ltr"&gt;A Scientist's Notebook&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?109" dir="ltr"&gt;Gregory Benford&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;111 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40371" dir="ltr"&gt;De Secretis Mulierum&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; novella by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?408" dir="ltr"&gt;L. Timmel Duchamp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;158 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?867110" dir="ltr"&gt;Cartoon: "This all a game to you, isn't it?"&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?84149" dir="ltr"&gt;John Jonik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;159 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866904" dir="ltr"&gt;F&amp;SF Competition: Report on Competition 63&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?20754" dir="ltr"&gt;uncredited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;160 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1108668" dir="ltr"&gt;F&amp;SF Competition: Competition 64 (suggested by Ed Ferman)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?20754" dir="ltr"&gt;uncredited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;162 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?866900" dir="ltr"&gt;Coming Attractions (F&amp;SF, May 1995)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?20754" dir="ltr"&gt;uncredited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</dc:description>
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