Cover Art by John SChoenherr. Stories: Secondary Meteorites by Ralph A. Hall MD, Names for Space Plants by John Becker, The Permanent Implosion byDean McLaughlin, Crackpots Inc. by Richard L. Davis, Rx for Chaos by Christopher Anvil, Dune World by Frank Herbert. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is the longest-running science fiction magazine. The Brass Tacks of science fiction, also considered Scientist Fiction b/c getting facts right is as important as plot line. George R.R. Martin described Analog as having "the reputation of being hard-nosed, steel-clad, scientifically rigorous, and perhaps a bit puritanical." The "it-could-happen" sci-fi magazine and winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards.