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• 6 • The Articles of SF • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 6 •  The Articles of SF • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 12 • On Books (Asimov's, April 1979) • [On Books] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 13 •   Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Charles N. Brown
• 13 •   Review: Titan by John Varley • review by Charles N. Brown
• 14 •   Review: Catacomb Years by Michael Bishop • review by Charles N. Brown
• 14 •   Review: The Palace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Charles N. Brown
• 14 •   Review: Tomorrow and Beyond by Ian Summers • review by Charles N. Brown
• 14 •   Review: The Fantastic Art of Boris Vallejo by Boris Vallejo • review by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: The Third Book of Virgil Finlay by Virgil Finlay • review by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: Wall of Serpents by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt • review by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown • review by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: The King of Terrors by Robert Bloch • review by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: Angels of Darkness by Cornell Woolrich • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Norgil the Magician by Maxwell Grant • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction, Numbers 1-8 by Peter Nicholls • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Extrapolation: A Science Fiction Newsletter by Thomas D. Clareson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Science Fiction Studies, Second Series: Selected Articles on Science Fiction 1976-1977 by R. D. Mullen • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement • review by Charles N. Brown
• 20 • Heat Wave • short story by D. C. Poyer
• 20 •  Heat Wave • interior artwork by Karl Kofoed
• 40 • The Three Robots of Professor Tinker • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 41 • The Origins of the Material World • poem by Peter Payack
• 43 • Jack Gaughan • [Artist Profile] • essay by Ginger Kaderabek
• 45 •  Jack Gaughan • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 52 • Double in Brass • novelette by John M. Ford
• 52 •  Double in Brass • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 78 • Twisting the Unicorn's Tale • short story by Robert Karl Bohm
• 78 •  Twisting the Unicorn's Tale • interior artwork by Bjo Trimble
• 83 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, April 1979) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 84 • This Isn't the Way We Did It in Rehearsal • short story by Eric Loranger
• 86 • Places to Crawl Through • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 86 •  Places to Crawl Through • interior artwork by Derek Carter
• 94 • Point of View • [Multivac] • (1975) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 94 •  Point of View • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 98 • The Fall of the Eisenstein • short story by Lowell A. Bangerter
• 100 • On Tabletop Universes • essay by John M. Ford
• 101 •  On Tabletop Universes • interior artwork by George Barr
• 112 • The Napoli Express • [Lord Darcy] • novella by Randall Garrett
• 112 •  The Napoli Express • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 131 •  The Napoli Express [2] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 160 •  The Napoli Express [3] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 171 •  The Napoli Express [4] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 179 • Wide Open Spaces • poem by Peter Payack
• 180 •  Letters (Asimov's, April 1979) • essay by various
• 191 •  Letters (Asimov's, April 1979) • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel [as by Roy G. Krenkel, Jr.]