SF Read of the Week

"I’m just a realistic man," I said. "When I was a kid, I wanted so badly to believe A Princess of Mars was true that I used to stand in my backyard every night and reach my hands out to Mars, just the way you did. I kept waiting to get whisked away from the mundane life I’d been living and transported to Barsoom." I paused. "It never happened. All I got from all that reaching was sore shoulders and a lot of teasing from friends who didn’t read books."

Another 2005 Hugo nominee for you this week. Mike Resnick, of course, has won pretty much every science fiction award known to man. While this story didn't take home the award, another of his managed the feat. I figure I'll finish off the month with that one, though.

For the moment, check out Resnick's "A Princess of Earth" at Asimov's.