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• 4 • The Man on the Persian Carpet • novelette by Kate Wilhelm
• 35 •  Cartoon: "Rampant innumeracy will force a calculator redesign ..." • (2001) • interior artwork by Bill Long
• 36 • Books To Look For (F&SF, February 2002) • [Books To Look For] • essay by Charles de Lint
• 36 •   Review: Dreams of the Compass Rose by Vera Nazarian • review by Charles de Lint
• 37 •   Review: Coolhunting by Kristine Kathryn Rusch • review by Charles de Lint
• 37 •   Review: Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman • review by Charles de Lint
• 38 •   Review: The Man Who Grew Young by Daniel Quinn • review by Charles de Lint
• 39 •   Review: Pioneer by Melanie Tem • review by Charles de Lint
• 39 •   Review: A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned by Edward Bryant • review by Charles de Lint
• 40 • Books (F&SF, February 2002) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Elizabeth Hand
• 40 •   Review: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 43 •   Review: Turbulence: A Log Book by Henrick Drescher • review by Elizabeth Hand
• 45 • Afterlife • shortstory by Jack Williamson
• 60 • Foodstuff • [Silurian Tales] • shortstory by Steven Utley
• 72 • Black Dust • (2001) • shortstory by Graham Joyce
• 85 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by S. Harris
• 86 • Films: The Ghost and Ms. Kidman • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Lucius Shepard
• 92 • Forkpoints • shortstory by Sheila Finch
• 106 • Shoes • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• 113 • A Cyborged World • [A Scientist's Notebook] • essay by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre
• 122 •  Cartoon: "I have a bigger spearpoint, but I forgot to bring an adapter." • interior artwork by Frank Cotham
• 123 • Death and Suffrage • novelette by Dale Bailey
• 160 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, February 2002) • essay by uncredited
• 162 • Curiosities: The Last Revolution, by Lord Dunsany (1951) • [Curiosities] • essay by David Langford
• 162 •   Review: The Last Revolution by Lord Dunsany • review by David Langford