Gordon Van Gelder is doing a nifty thing to celebrate F&SF’s sixtieth anniversary. He’s reprinting some classic stories from the magazine’s first 59 years. He’s asking former editors and others to introduce the stories and (in some cases) pick them.

He asked me which story from my tenure that I would choose. I chose “The Night We Buried Road Dog,” by Jack Cady. To understand why I made that choice, see the introduction I wrote in the February issue. Just click on the image above, and it’ll link you to the F&SF site.

If you’ve never read “Road Dog,” now’s your chance. It’s a hell of a story.

This lovely cover comes from Esli, the Russian version of If. Inside, if you can read Russian, you’ll find a number of excellent stories. How do I know? I read them in English. Not all of them, mind you, but several of the stories come from U.S. venues. The rest, as far as I can tell (and I don’t read [much] Russian [just my name, really]), are from Russian authors.

The reason I have a copy is because my story, “Recovering Apollo 8,” is the final story in the issue. I’ve had a number of stories in Esli and they’ve always treated me well, and done a lovely job with the story–or the art, at least. And it is a beautiful magazine.