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• 6 • The Masquerade • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 10 • On Books (Asimov's, January 19, 1981) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 10 •   Review: Day By Night by Tanith Lee • review by Baird Searles
• 12 •   Review: The Dragon Lensman by David A. Kyle • review by Baird Searles
• 13 •   Review: Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Baird Searles
• 13 •   Review: The Palace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Baird Searles
• 13 •   Review: Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame • review by Baird Searles
• 18 • Island Man • novelette by Robert Anton Wilson [as by R. A. Wilson]
• 18 •  Island Man • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 57 •  Island Man [2] • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 58 • The Bagel Heads Home • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 59 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, January 19, 1981) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 60 • The Robot Novels • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 60 •  The Robot Novels • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 92 • 1952 Monon Freightyard Blues • short story by John M. Ford
• 92 •  1952 Monon Freightyard Blues • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 109 • Author, Author • short story by Tim Colley
• 109 •  Author, Author • interior artwork by Marc Schirmeister
• 111 • On the Marching Morons • essay by Isaac Asimov and Larry Niven
• 111 •  On the Marching Morons • interior artwork by George Barr
• 119 • Son of Space Cases • [Ann Atomic] • short story by Sharon N. Farber
• 119 •  Son of Space Cases • interior artwork by Marc Schirmeister
• 124 • Improbable Bestiary: The Chinese Dragons • [Improbable Bestiary] • poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• 126 • Isolated Events • short story by John Stallings
• 126 •  Isolated Events • interior artwork by Jim Thomas
• 139 • Headlines by the Dozens (Right in My Own Kitchen) • poem by David R. Bunch
• 140 • Death in Vesunna • novelette by Elaine O'Byrne and Harry Turtledove [as by Eric G. Iverson and Elaine O'Byrne]
• 140 •  Death in Vesunna • interior artwork by Karl Kofoed [as by Karl B. Kofoed]
• 162 •  Letters (Asimov's, January 19, 1981) • essay by various
• 170 • Next Issue (Asimov's, January 19, 1981) • essay by uncredited
• 171 • Index (Asimov's, Volume 4, January - December 1980) • [Index (Asimov's)] • essay by uncredited