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• 4 • Opinion (Amazing Stories, November 1981) • [Opinion (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 5 • SF: Why We Read It • poem by Gregory Benford
• 6 • The Interstellar Connection (Amazing Stories, November 1980) • [The Interstellar Connection] • essay by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Silverberg • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: A Treasury of Modern Fantasy by Terry Carr and Martin H. Greenberg • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: Fantasy Annual III by Terry Carr • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories #5 (1943) by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: Elidor by Alan Garner • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 •   Review: Science Fiction Book Review Index, 1974-1979 by H. W. Hall • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 •   Review: Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology by Stanley Schmidt • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 •   Review: Nebula Winners Fifteen by Frank Herbert • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 • Review of the works of Philip K. Dick • essay by Tom Staicar
• 9 • A Conversation with Algis Budrys • interview of Algis Budrys • interview by Darrell Schweitzer
• 9 •   Review: Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Greg Irons • review by Tom Staicar
• 9 •   Review: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Alicia Austin • review by Tom Staicar
• 9 •   Review: Voyage of the Ayeguy by Josh Kirby • review by Tom Staicar
• 9 •   Review: Unicorns by Lela Dowling • review by Tom Staicar
• 17 • Haiku for a Singularity • poem by Robert Frazier
• 17 • Haiku for Dyson's Sphere • poem by Robert Frazier
• 17 • Haiku for the Macrolifers • poem by Robert Frazier
• 18 • Intercom (Amazing Stories, November 1981) • essay by Elinor Mavor
• 23 • The Visionary Cosmographer • poem by Peter Payack
• 24 • The Last Line of the Haiku • short story by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 24 •  The Last Line of the Haiku (excerpt) • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 37 • Somtow Sucharitkul • essay by uncredited
• 38 • Up Yours, Federico • short story by Parke Godwin
• 38 •  Up Yours, Federico • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 41 • Parke Godwin • essay by uncredited
• 42 • Training Talk • [Training Talk] • (1964) • short story by David R. Bunch
• 42 •  Training Talk • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 43 • Training Talk: Introduction • essay by David R. Bunch
• 48 • Let Us Gather ... • poem by David R. Bunch
• 49 • Freeway • short story by Jack Wodhams
• 61 • Jack Wodhams • essay by Paul Collins
• 62 • Songs My Computer Taught Me • poem by Erwin Krieger
• 63 • Melvin's Paradox • short story by J. Ray Dettling
• 68 • Microcosmos • poem by Peter Payack
• 68 • Afterword to Melvin's Paradox • essay by J. Ray Dettling
• 69 • A Plague of Butterflies • (1981) • short story by Orson Scott Card
• 69 •  A Plague of Butterflies • interior artwork by Elinor Mavor
• 82 • In the End, the Essence • short story by Richard Englehart
• 82 •  In the End, the Essence • interior artwork by George Barr
• 95 • Richard Englehart • essay by Richard Englehart
• 96 • Tagman • [Carl Hegan] • short story by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• 96 •  Tagman • interior artwork by James Odbert [as by James R. Odbert]
• 109 • Tagman: Afterword • essay by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• 110 • From a Spirit to the One Possessed • poem by Orson Scott Card
• 111 • The Golem and the Girl who Did Not Care • short story by Kendall Evans
• 112 •  The Golem and the Girl who Did Not Care • interior artwork by Dan Day
• 120 • The Forgotten Man • poem by Joey Froehlich
• 120 • The Golem and the Girl who Did Not Care: Afterword • essay by Kendall Evans
• 121 • Return of the Native • [Howie Wyman] • short story by Thomas A. Easton
• 129 • Epigrammatic Fragment Found on the Far Side of the Moon • poem by Peter Payack
• 130 • Close Encounters with Self and Community • essay by Marvin Kaye
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  •  The Last Line of the Haiku (excerpt) [bc] • interior artwork by uncredited