Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3

Jim Baen (Editor), Larry Niven (Contributor), Jerry Pournelle (Contributor)

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Contents:

The Plot, essay by James P. Baen
Spirals, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
How to Become a Space Colonist, essay by J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D.
The Pilot, by Joe Haldeman
The Story Writer, by
Spider vs. the Hax of Sol III, essay by Spider Robinson
Encounter, by Stephen Leigh
Computerized Fireflies, by Stephen Kimmel
Defending the Third Industrial Revolution, by G. Harry Stine
Malthus' Last Laugh, by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin
Fleas, by Dean Ing
Science and Science Fiction, Part Three: On Imaginary Science, essay by Poul Anderson

Cover art by Dean Ellis.

Interior illustrations by David Egge, Steve Fabian, Fernando, Jose Gonzalez, M. Salvador, E. T. Steadman and Katrina Taylor.

GenresAnthologiesScience Fiction

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1979

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Jim Baen

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Jim Baen was Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Baen Books, and renowned in the science fiction field for his taste and ability to select authors with strong storytelling ability and steer them to commercial success. Prior to founding of Baen Books, he was the editor of science fiction magazine Galaxy, science fiction editor of Ace Books, and an editor at Tor Books.

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Craig

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August 22, 2023

This is the third issue of Destinies, a science fiction magazine in mass-market paperback format that Baen established and edited for Ace Books until he left to direct his own eponymous science fiction/fantasy publishing company. The first four or five decades of the sf genre (from the first issue of Gernsback's Amazing Stories until around the time of Ellison's Dangerous Visions original anthology, give or take, more or less) were absolutely dominated by the magazines, first in pulp and then in digest-sized format. Destinies was an innovative concept that attempted to blend the best of both worlds, incorporating the less-ephemeral book format with the charm of original illustrations and columns that promoted a sense of community one found in the magazines. The authors were mostly from Baen's stable that he'd built at Ace (and his earlier stint as editor of Galaxy) and ran a little heavy with his odd mix of pro-science conservative libertarianism, but he published some very good stuff. The non-fiction in this third volume came from Spider Robinson, Jerry Pournelle, G. Harry Stine, and Poul Anderson, and there was lovely art from, Stephen E. Fabian, David Egge, E.T. Steadman, Fernando, Jose Gonzalez, M. Salvador, and Katrina Taylor. The cover is again especially terrific, from one of my favorites of the time, Dean Ellis. The book contains stories by Dean Ing, Stephen Kimmel, Stephen Leigh, Joe Haldeman, Richard Wilson, Eric Vinicoff with Marcia Martin, and my favorite was Spirals, a novella by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.