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• 5 • A Step Farther Out: "A Few Good Books..." • [A Step Farther Out] • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 25 •  Nuclear Autumn • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 26 • Nuclear Autumn • shortstory by Ben Bova
• 33 •  Talion • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 34 • Talion • novella by John Brunner
• 93 •  Petrogypsies • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• 94 • Petrogypsies • shortstory by Rory Harper
• 118 • Iras, Vega, and Intelligent Life in the Galaxy • essay by Robert W. Bussard
• 133 •  A Cure for Croup • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn
• 134 • A Cure for Croup • [Barley Cross] • (1985) • novelette by Edward P. Hughes
• 161 •  Evileye • interior artwork by Judy Mitchell
• 162 • Evileye • shortstory by Dean Ing
• 179 •  The Software Plague • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate [as byVincent DiFate]
• 180 • The Software Plague • novelette by John Park
• 205 • Cheap Shots • essay by G. Harry Stine
• 223 •  Avenging Angel • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn
• 224 • Avenging Angel • shortstory by Eric Leif Davin [as byEric L. Davin]
• 241 •  House of Weapons • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate [as byVincent DiFate]
• 242 • House of Weapons • [Shane Evert] • novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• 309 • The Leading Edge (Far Frontiers #2) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• 310 •   Review: Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein • review by Richard E. Geis
• 314 •   Review: Green Eyes by Lucius Shepard • review by Richard E. Geis
• 317 •   Review: Star Rebel by F. M. Busby • review by Richard E. Geis
• 318 •   Review: Blank Slate by Mark J. McGarry • review by Richard E. Geis