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• 6 • Bypass • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 •  Letters (Asimov's, July 1984) • essay by various
• 26 • Gaming (Asimov's, July 1984) • essay by Dana Lombardy
• 28 • The Road to Mandalay • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 29 •  Mooney's Module (Asimov's, July 1984) • interior artwork by Gerry Mooney
• 32 • Perchance to Dream, Revisited • [Viewpoint] • essay by Norman Spinrad
• 32 •  Perchance to Dream, Revisited • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 43 • Open House at the Archaeoastronomical Library • poem by Robert Frazier
• 44 • Writing Time • [Azazel] • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 44 •  Writing Time • interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 56 • The Twenty-Fifth (Found in the archives of Sirius IV) • poem by Hope Athearn
• 57 • The Bride of Bigfoot • short story by Kit Reed
• 57 •  The Bride of Bigfoot • interior artwork by Doug Beekman
• 66 • A Star is Born • novelette by Michael Cassutt
• 66 •  A Star is Born • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 90 • Washoe: Two Memories • poem by Robert Frazier
• 91 • Heart's Desire • short story by W. Warren Wagar [as by Warren Wagar]
• 91 •  Heart's Desire • interior artwork by Nicholas Jainschigg
• 102 • Next Issue (Asimov's, July 1984) • essay by uncredited
• 103 • The Random Man • short story by Marc Laidlaw
• 103 •  The Random Man • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 106 • The Vexation of Percival Lowell's Sight • poem by Robert Frazier
• 108 • The Assemblage of Kristin • short story by James Morrow
• 108 •  The Assemblage of Kristin • interior artwork by Robert McMahon
• 120 • A Traveler's Tale • novella by Lucius Shepard
• 120 •  A Traveler's Tale • interior artwork by Broeck Steadman
• 144 •  A Traveler's Tale [2] • interior artwork by Broeck Steadman
• 170 • On Books (Asimov's, July 1984) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 170 •   Review: Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler • review by Baird Searles
• 171 •   Review: The Practice Effect by David Brin • review by Baird Searles
• 173 •   Review: The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator • review by Baird Searles
• 173 •   Review: Fireball by John Christopher • review by Baird Searles
• 174 •   Review: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley • review by Baird Searles
• 175 •   Review: The Compleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt • review by Baird Searles
• 178 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, July 1984) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss