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• 6 • Ideas Before Their Time • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt
• 12 • The Descent of Anansi (excerpt) • short fiction by Steven Barnes and Larry Niven
• 12 •  The Descent of Anansi (excerpt) • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val Lakey]
• 41 •  The Descent of Anansi (excerpt) [2] • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val Lakey]
• 55 • Biolog: George W. Harper • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein
• 56 • The Inner Five • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by George W. Harper
• 76 • Lungfish • short story by Jayge Carr
• 76 •  Lungfish • interior artwork by Richard Crist
• 86 • Escape Velocity • [Probability Zero] • short story by Don Sakers
• 89 • The Next Shortage • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine
• 92 • My Brother's Keeper • novelette by Joseph H. Delaney
• 92 •  My Brother's Keeper • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 114 •  My Brother's Keeper [2] • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 124 • Collaboration • novelette by Mark C. Jarvis
• 124 •  Collaboration • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen
• 142 •  Collaboration [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen
• 150 • Who Will Guard the Guardians? • short story by Catherine McCollum and Michael McCollum
• 150 •  Who Will Guard the Guardians? • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen
• 162 • In Times to Come (Analog, October 1982) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited
• 163 • The Reference Library (Analog, October 1982) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 164 •   Review: The Last Hero by Leslie Charteris • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 164 •   Review: The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 165 •   Review: The Blind Men and the Elephant by Russell M. Griffin • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 166 •   Review: Peace by Gene Wolfe • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 166 •   Review: The Rape of the Sun by Ian Wallace • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 166 •   Review: The Golden Naginata by Jessica Amanda Salmonson • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 167 •   Review: They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 167 •   Review: The Pillars of Eternity by Barrington J. Bayley • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 167 •   Review: The Warlock Unlocked by Christopher Stasheff • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 168 •   Review: A Reader's Guide to Fantasy by Michael Franklin and Beth Meacham and Baird Searles • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 168 •   Review: Slow Sculpture by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 168 •   Review: New Dimensions 13 by Marta Randall • review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton]
• 169 • Brass Tacks (Analog, October 1982) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
• 169 •  Letter (Analog, October 1982) • essay by Rob Chilson
• 170 •  Letter (Analog, October 1982) • essay by Ben Johnson
• 171 •  Letter (Analog, October 1982) • essay by Terry Jeeves
• 171 •  Letter (Analog, October 1982) • essay by M. B. Monahan
• 172 •  Letter (Analog, October 1982) • essay by Bill Westrup
• 178 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, October 1982) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis]