Jim Baen's Universe

All the Things You Are

by Mike Resnick

Wed, Jun 14, 2006

You wouldn't think they'd be so dumb. Here they were, in the biggest spaceport in the country, with hundreds of holo cameras covering every inch of the place, and these three jerks actually think they're going to get away with robbing the currency exchange.

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The Old Woman In the Young Woman

by Gene Wolfe

Sun, Apr 23, 2006

He had been walking all day. Twice the wandering trails he followed had led him into ruined towns; in each case he had halted and spent an hour or so poking through such rubbish as nature had not yet buried.

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Protection Money

by Wen Spencer

Sat, Feb 11, 2006

Tommy Chang had no sympathies for the humans of Pittsburgh. Every time he heard someone complaining about how dangerous the city had become with the war between the elves and the oni, he wanted to punch the speaker in the face.

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Baby Girl

by Jon Skovron

Sat, Feb 11, 2006

There was a knock on the door and it wasn't good. It couldn't be good. What knock at 2 am when you were taking a bath ever was?

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Doing a Slow Turn

by David Brin

Thu, Apr 27, 2006

Lately, like a lot of other Americans, I have been trying to understand our national affliction called "Culture War."

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Salvos Against Big Brother

Copyright: How Long Should It Be?

by Eric Flint

Thu, Aug 24, 2006

I ended my last essay by presenting the general principles needed to answer the question, how long should copyright terms last?

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The Editor's Page

The Editor's Page October 2006

by Eric Flint

Sat, Sep 16, 2006

Jim Baen, the founder of this magazine, died three months ago. Between that and the fact that we've now had enough initial experience with Universe to have a much better sense of the prospects for the magazine than we did when we launched it at the end of last year, I think it would be appropriate for me to use this issue's Editor's Page to let our readers know what our current plans are.

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