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• 6 • Word Games • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt
• 12 • The Kidnapped Key • novelette by Jayge Carr
• 12 •  The Kidnapped Key • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val]
• 42 •  The Kidnapped Key [2] • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val]
• 50 • Biolog: Jayge Carr • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein
• 52 • "Intelligent" Planetary Probes • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
• 62 • The Geometry of Narrative • short story by Hilbert Schenck
• 62 •  The Geometry of Narrative • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 73 • On Gaming (Analog, August 1983) • [On Gaming] • essay by Dana Lombardy
• 74 • The Sky is Going to Fall • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine
• 77 • In Times to Come (Analog, August 1983) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited
• 78 • Twin Paradox • short story by Robert L. Forward
• 78 •  Twin Paradox • interior artwork by Doug Beekman
• 87 • State of the Art: Another World of Science Fiction • essay by Joe Haldeman
• 92 • Credos • [Reformed Sufi] • novella by Ray Brown
• 92 •  Credos • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 112 •  Credos [2] • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 129 • The Reference Library (Analog, August 1983) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 130 •   Review: The Nonborn King by Julian May • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 130 •   Review: Operation Longlife by E. Hoffman Price • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 131 •   Review: Coils by Fred Saberhagen and Roger Zelazny • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 131 •   Review: Myth Directions by Robert Asprin • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 132 •   Review: Up to the Sky in Ships / In and Out of Quandry by A. Bertram Chandler and Lee Hoffman • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 132 •   Review: World of a Thousand Colors by Robert Silverberg • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 133 •   Review: Pulling Through by Dean Ing • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 134 •   Review: Flim-Flam! by James Randi • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 134 •   Review: Philosophers Look at Science Fiction by Nicholas D. Smith • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 136 • The Leaves of October • [Hlutr] • novelette by Don Sakers
• 136 •  The Leaves of October • interior artwork by Richard Crist
• 146 •  The Leaves of October [2] • interior artwork by Richard Crist
• 156 • Blue Sky • [President Nivling] • short story by Eric Vinicoff
• 156 •  Blue Sky • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 170 • Brass Tacks (Analog, August 1983) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
• 170 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by Judith Dubois
• 171 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by M. T. Nowak
• 171 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by Jane Reed
• 171 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by Joseph H. Delaney
• 172 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by Rick Norwood
• 173 •  Letter (Analog, August 1983) • essay by J. R. Macdonald
• 178 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, August 1983) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis]