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• 4 • Editorial (F&SF, February 2000) • [Editorial (F&SF)] • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• 6 •  Cartoon: "Your Most Royal Majesty, Benevolent Usurper of the Sacred Chosen, and High Emperor of the Seven Kingdoms ... do you want fries with that?" • interior artwork by Tom Cheney
• 7 • The Fantasy Writer's Assistant • shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• 22 •  Cartoon: "I think it's pretty obvious what my problem is." • interior artwork by Joseph Farris
• 23 • Books To Look For (F&SF, February 2000) • [Books To Look For] • essay by Charles de Lint
• 23 •   Review: Flesh Guitar by Geoff Nicholson • review by Charles de Lint
• 24 •   Review: The History of Our World Beyond the Wave by R. E. Klein • review by Charles de Lint
• 25 •   Review: Dark Sister by Graham Joyce • review by Charles de Lint
• 26 •   Review: The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany • review by Charles de Lint
• 27 • Musing on Books (F&SF, February 2000) • [Musing on Books] • essay by Michelle West
• 27 •   Review: Hannibal by Thomas Harris • review by Michelle West
• 31 •   Review: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson • review by Michelle West
• 34 • The Green Moon • novelette by Dana Wilde
• 54 •  Cartoon: "You go girl. 'bitch.'" • interior artwork by Danny Shanahan
• 55 • For Every Tatter in Its Mortal Dress • shortstory by Michael Shea
• 66 • Films: He Can Foil a Nuclear Warhead, But Can He Take On a Mouse? • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Kathi Maio
• 71 •  Cartoon: "There is no last meal—only a last continental breakfast." • interior artwork by Frank Cotham
• 72 • Stink Lines • novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• 97 • Wood and Water • shortstory by Susan Palwick
• 109 • Skylife • [A Scientist's Notebook] • essay by Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski
• 120 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, February 2000) • essay by uncredited
• 121 • Due • novelette by Robert Reed
• 149 • Steppenpferd • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• 162 • Curiosities: Sannikov Land, by Vladimir Obruchev (1926) • [Curiosities] • essay by Paul J. McAuley
• 162 •   Review: Sannikov Land by Vladimir Obruchev • review by Paul J. McAuley