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• 2 • Nuts & Bolts (Vector 177) • [Nuts & Bolts] • essay by Catie Cary
• 3 •  Letter (Vector 177) • essay by Andy Sawyer
• 3 •  Letter (Vector 177) • essay by Keith Brooke
• 3 •  Letter (Vector 177) • essay by John Madracki
• 3 •  Letter (Vector 177) • essay by Philip Muldowney
• 5 • G. K. Chesterton: The SF Writer That Time Forgot • essay by Cherith Baldry
• 7 • The Well-Tempered Plot Device • (1986) • essay by Nick Lowe
• 12 • Compass Points 8: My Lady Tongue and Other Tales by Lucy Sussex • [Compass Points • 8] • essay by Steve Jeffery
• 13 • Lucy Sussex • interview of Lucy Sussex • interview by Colin Steele
• 15 • Insight - Worthwhile Buys • essay by Steve Palmer
• 16 • Card Coda • essay by Ben Jeapes
• 17 • Compass Points 9: Dean Koontz • [Compass Points • 9] • essay by Martin R. Webb
• 18 •   Review: The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold • review by Vikki Lee
• 18 •   Review: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold • review by Helen McNabb
• 18 •   Review: Flux by Stephen Baxter • review by Mark Plummer
• 19 •   Review: Omni Best Science Fiction One by Ellen Datlow • review by Paul Kincaid
• 19 •   Review: Omni Best Science Fiction Two by Ellen Datlow • review by Paul Kincaid
• 19 •   Review: Omni Best Science Fiction Three by Ellen Datlow • review by Paul Kincaid
• 20 •   Review: Strange Dreams by Stephen Donaldson • review by Kev McVeigh
• 20 •   Review: Faery in Shadow by C. J. Cherryh • review by Sue Thomason
• 21 •   Review: Virtual Light by William Gibson • review by Catie Cary
• 21 •   Review: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson • review by Catie Cary
• 22 •   Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton • review by Tanya Brown
• 22 •   Review: The Emperor of Earth Above by Sheila Gilluly • review by Valerie Housden
• 23 •   Review: A Different Kingdom by Paul Kearney • review by Cherith Baldry
• 23 •   Review: Overtime by Tom Holt • review by David V. Barrett
• 23 •   Review: Here Comes the Sun by Tom Holt • review by David V. Barrett
• 23 •   Review: Grailblazers by Tom Holt • review by David V. Barrett
• 23 •   Review: Stone Angels by Mike Jefferies • review by Colin Bird
• 24 •   Review: Brother to Shadows by Andre Norton • review by Cherith Baldry
• 24 •   Review: Traitors by Kristine Kathryn Rusch • review by Carol Ann Kerry-Green [as by Carol Ann Green]
• 24 •   Review: Nightshades by Tanith Lee • review by Sue Thomason
• 25 •   Review: India's Story by Kathlyn S. Starbuck • review by K. V. Bailey
• 25 •   Review: Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski • review by Paul Kincaid
• 25 •   Review: Lovedeath by Dan Simmons • review by Kev McVeigh
• 26 •   Review: Popes and Phantoms by John Whitbourn • review by Steve Jeffery
• 26 •   Review: Dark Voices 5 by Stephen Jones and David Sutton • review by Jon Wallace (1954 -)
• 27 •   Review: Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe • review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 27 •   Review: Lake of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe • review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 28 •   Review: The Broken God by David Zindell • review by Paul Kincaid
• 29 • Barbed Wire Kisses (Amazing August, September, October 1983; SF Age 1/5, 2/2 1984; Tomorrow 5,6; Aboriginal 41/42; Fantasy Magazine 20, 21) • [Barbed Wire Kisses] • essay by Maureen Kincaid Speller [as by Maureen Speller]
• 32 • Barbed Wire Kisses: Crisis of Reality (Nexus 3; Quantum 43/44; Science Fiction Eye 12;Sirius 1; Territories 3;Extrapolation 34; Science Fiction Studies 61) • essay by Paul Kincaid
• 34 •   Review: Harpy Thyme by Piers Anthony • review by Chris Bailey [as by Chris C. Bailey]
• 34 •   Review: Timelike Infinity by Stephen Baxter • review by Mat Coward
• 34 •   Review: Morningstar by Peter Atkins • review by Martyn Taylor
• 35 •   Review: Uncanny Banquet by Ramsey Campbell • review by Chris Amies
• 35 •   Review: Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling • review by Barbara Davies
• 35 •   Review: Star Trek: The Great Starship Race by Diane Carey • review by Stephen Payne
• 35 •   Review: The Complete Alien Omnibus by Alan Dean Foster • review by Andrew Seaman
• 35 •   Review: The Streets of Ankh-Morpork by Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett • review by Sue Thomason
• 36 •   Review: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin • review by Susan Badham
• 36 •   Review: Waylander II: In the Land of the Wolf by David Gemmell • review by Cherith Baldry
• 36 •   Review: Earth Dawn: The Longing Ring by Christopher Kubasik • review by Mat Coward
• 36 •   Review: Son of Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster • review by Carol Ann Kerry-Green [as by Carol Ann Green]
• 36 •   Review: Prophecy by Peter James • review by L. J. Hurst
• 36 •   Review: Dancing on the Volcano by Anne Gay • review by Steven Tew
• 37 •   Review: Elephantasm by Tanith Lee • review by Graham Andrews
• 37 •   Review: Vurt by Jeff Noon • review by Benedict S. Cullum
• 37 •   Review: Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm • review by Alan Fraser
• 37 •   Review: The Revelation by Bentley Little • review by Simon Lake (I)
• 37 •   Review: Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey • review by Jan Malique
• 38 •   Review: Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett • review by Julie Atkin
• 38 •   Review: Star Wreck V: The Undiscovered Nursing Home by Leah Rewolinski • review by Colin Bird
• 38 •   Review: Bright Hair About the Bone by Peter Ransley • review by Benedict S. Cullum
• 38 •   Review: Darklands by Nicholas Royle • review by Chris Hart
• 38 •   Review: Crybbe by Phil Rickman • review by Andrew Seaman
• 38 •   Review: The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice • review by Steven Tew
• 39 •   Review: Dragonlance Tales by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis • review by K. V. Bailey
• 39 •   Review: Valderen (Nightfall Part Two) by Roger Taylor • review by Norman Beswick
• 39 •   Review: Star Dancer by Fay Sampson • review by Colin Bird
• 39 •   Review: Battletech 12: Assumption of Risk by Michael A. Stackpole • review by Andy Mills
• 39 •   Review: Dragonlance Chronicles by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis • review by K. V. Bailey