Planet Magazine - Issue 18

<BODY TEXT="#000066" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><B><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#0000AF"><IMG SRC="pm18co.gif" ALT="McCann's P L A N E T M A G A Z I N E" WIDTH=367 HEIGHT=123 ALIGN=bottom><BR> </FONT></B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000066">June 1998 (Vol. 5, No. 2)</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <P><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF6600"><MARQUEE BGCOLOR=#FFFFBB BEHAVIOR=ALTERNATE SCROLLAMOUNT=5 SCROLLDELAY=100><BLINK></FONT><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF6600">NEW FORMAT! ALWAYS FREE!</BLINK> </MARQUEE></FONT></B> </TD><TD> <P><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FF6600">Wild Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Humor & Poetry -- Online!</FONT></B> </TD></TR> </TABLE><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.kansas.net/~duncan/Artpage/" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="blast.jpg" ALT="Dance Nuke by Duncan Long" WIDTH=480 HEIGHT=360 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom lowsrc="blast.gif"></A></FONT></P> <UL> <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> </FONT> </UL> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT><B><FONT SIZE="+3" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="pm18co.htm#toc">Table of Contents</A></FONT></B><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#0000AF">You are Prime Minister of Russia number:</FONT></B></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/3" ALT="Bajillions!" ALIGN=bottom></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#0000AF">to visit this Big-Red-Button-Pushing Web site since 6/1/98 A.D.</FONT></B></P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#333333">Planet Magazine as a whole is copyright ©1998 by </FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#333333"><A HREF="mailto:planetzine@bigfoot.com">Andrew G. McCann.</A></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#333333"> Individual stories, poems, and illustrations are copyright their respective authors or creators. Planet Magazine is an award-winning free electronic quarterly of short science</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#333333"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#333333">fiction, fantasy, horror, poetry, and humor written by new or little-known writers. Online and in color worldwide since January 1994.  Like you care.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER><I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <HR> </FONT></I><CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1> <TR> <TD VALIGN=bottom> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><A HREF="pm18au.htm" TARGET=""><IMG SRC="prev.gif" ALT="PREVIOUS PAGE" WIDTH=112 HEIGHT=58 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">previous</A></FONT> </TD><TD> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.etext.org" TARGET="_blank"><IMG SRC="etext.gif" ALT="Etext Archives" WIDTH=161 HEIGHT=46 BORDER=2 ALIGN=bottom></A></FONT> </TD><TD VALIGN=bottom> <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="pm18ma.htm" TARGET=""><IMG SRC="next.gif" ALT="NEXT PAGE" WIDTH=111 HEIGHT=59 BORDER=0 ALIGN=bottom><BR> <FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial">next</A></FONT> </TD></TR> </TABLE></CENTER></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="pm18ma.htm" TARGET="">Masthead</A></FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"> || </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="pm18ed.htm" TARGET="">Editorial & Letters</A></FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"> || </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="pm18au.htm" TARGET="">Authors</A></FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE="-2" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.planetmag.com" TARGET="">PlanetZine Home</A></FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE><P ALIGN=CENTER> </P></BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY>