Analog November 1985 [antikvár]

iditoridTHEStanley SchmidtWhen my esteemed colleague and predecessor Ben Bova was turning over the reins of Analog he warned me that I could expect to see several submissions a month with the surprise ending, "And his name was Adam and hers was Eve"and that I would seldom find this surprising. He was right on both counts. In the ensuing years I've seen the number of Adam and Eve stories fall off somewhat, but new clichés have risen to take their place, and others justgo on and on. My term as editor has largely coincided with the blossoming popularity of computer games, so it's hardly surprising that the plots I've seen most overworked are what we know in the office as "Computer Game Plot A" and "Computer Game Plot B." Plot A ends, "And it was all just a game." Plot B ends, "And it wasn't a game after all."And I can almost always recognize either before I finish the first paragraph.Usually in these editorials 1 talk about ideas of the kind science fiction ex-Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact