Analog Science Fiction and Fact traces its heritage back to Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue of which appeared in January 1930. I am tremendously grateful to Trevor Quachri and Emily Hockaday for the privilege of having my story “The Greatest Day” in the 90th anniversary January/February 2020 issue of Analog alongside astounding tales by Harry Turtledove, Sarina Dorie, C. Stuart Hardwick, Sean McMullen, Jay Werkheiser, Ian Randal Strock, Douglas F. Dluzen, Izzy Wasserstein, Matthew Claxton, A.J. Ward, Wendy Nikel, Gregor Hartmann, Richard A. Lovett, Joel Richards, and Rachel Rodman.

An alternate history about the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, “The Greatest Day” is my fourth-plus-one appearance in Analog because the story is accompanied by a companion fact article in the same issue. For their 90th anniversary year, Analog has also launched a free podcast in which they feature one story from each new issue of the magazine. I am honoured to have been asked to read “The Greatest Day” as the first of these podcasts. You can listen to the podcast here.

Paul Fraser has posted a detailed review (with some spoilers) of the 90th anniversary issue. He gives “The Greatest Day” four stars, compares it favourably to Apollo 13 and The Martian, and says the story “would be in my Year’s Best”.