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• 6 • Up Front (Asimov's, June 1983) • essay by Shawna McCarthy
• 7 • Unreasonable! • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 14 •  Letters (Asimov's, June 1983) • essay by various
• 21 •  Mooney's Module (Asimov's, June 1983) • interior artwork by Gerry Mooney
• 22 • IAsfm Puzzle #11: Mad Spoofs • essay by Merl H. Reagle
• 24 • Thang, Thung, and Metagame • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 29 • Gaming (Asimov's, June 1983) • essay by Dana Lombardy
• 30 • Haiku for Halley's Comet: 1983 • poem by Robert Frazier
• 32 • The Feasibility of Mind-Transfer • [Viewpoint] • essay by Tom Rainbow
• 32 •  The Feasibility of Mind-Transfer • interior artwork by Judy Mitchell
• 49 • Star Hungry World • poem by Norma Gjuka
• 50 • The High Test • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 50 •  The High Test • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val]
• 64 • In the Deserts of the Heart • short story by Stuart H. Stock
• 64 •  In the Deserts of the Heart • interior artwork by D. Della Ratta
• 84 • Perchance to Dream • short story by Norman Spinrad
• 84 •  Perchance to Dream • interior artwork by Gary Freeman [as by Garry Freeman]
• 92 • Nearly Departed • [Deadpan Allie] • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 93 •  Nearly Departed • interior artwork by James Odbert [as by Odbert]
• 108 • In the Shadow of Heaven • short story by Joel Rosenberg
• 108 •  In the Shadow of Heaven • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val]
• 122 • The Colonist • poem by Lee Killough
• 123 • Sunlight • short story by Paul E. Holt
• 123 •  Sunlight • interior artwork by Richard Crist
• 133 • A Caption for Illiac IV • poem by Robert Frazier
• 133 •  A Caption for Illiac IV • interior artwork by Robert Kraus
• 134 • Fire-Caller • novelette by Sydney J. Van Scyoc
• 134 •  Fire-Caller • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 167 • On Books (Asimov's, June 1983) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 167 •   Review: The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad • review by Baird Searles
• 168 •   Review: The Floating Gods by M. John Harrison • review by Baird Searles
• 169 •   Review: Misplaced Persons by Lee Harding • review by Baird Searles
• 170 •   Review: Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea • review by Baird Searles
• 171 •   Review: The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Baird Searles
• 172 •   Review: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake • review by Baird Searles
• 172 •   Review: Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake • review by Baird Searles
• 172 •   Review: Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake • review by Baird Searles
• 178 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, June 1983) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss