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• 4 • Coming Attractions • [Reflections] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 10 • Second Skin • [The Quiet War] • short story by Paul J. McAuley
• 10 •  Second Skin • interior artwork by Steve Cavallo
• 32 • This Impatient Ape • poem by Steven Utley
• 33 • Never Despair • short story by Jack McDevitt
• 42 • Downsized • short story by Ron Goulart
• 42 •  Downsized • interior artwork by Paul Wagner
• 56 • Rust Castles • short story by Mark W. Tiedemann
• 73 • Many Moons Ago • poem by Lawrence Schimel
• 74 • Blood and Judgment • [China] • novelette by John Brunner
• 74 •  Blood and Judgment • interior artwork by Laurie Harden
• 101 • Our Brave Terranaut • poem by Steven Utley
• 102 • The Roads • short story by Ian R. MacLeod
• 108 • Quinn's Deal • novella by L. Timmel Duchamp
• 108 •  Quinn's Deal • interior artwork by Dwayne V. Wright
• 146 • On Books (Asimov's, April 1997) • [On Books] • essay by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 •   Review: The Bumper Book of Lies by Chris Bell • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 •   Review: Blood of Mugwump by Doug Rice • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Over the River and Through the Woods by Clifford D. Simak • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Tales of Neveryon by Samuel R. Delany • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Neveryona by Samuel R. Delany • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Flight from Neveryon by Samuel R. Delany • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Return to Neveryon by Samuel R. Delany • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: City Come A-Walking by John Shirley • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: The Exploded Heart by John Shirley • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: The Marvellous Land of Snergs by E. A. Wyke-Smith • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: The Cockatrice Boys by Joan Aiken • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 149 •   Review: Panda Ray by Michael Kandel • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 150 •   Review: Serial Killer Days by David Prill • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 151 •   Review: Kink by Kathe Koja • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 152 •   Review: The Gospel of Corax by Paul Park • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 153 •   Review: The Knowledge of Water by Sarah Smith • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 154 •   Review: Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: Distress by Greg Egan • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 158 • Next Issue (Asimov's, April 1997) • essay by uncredited
• 160 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, April 1997) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss