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• 4 • Editors • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letters (Asimov's, November 1985) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 20 • Dirac's Scissors • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 24 • Gaming (Asimov's, November 1985) • essay by Dana Lombardy
• 26 • Deus Ex Machina • novella by J. V. Brummels
• 26 •  Deus ex Machina • interior artwork by Terry Lee
• 75 •  The Wake of Gravity • interior artwork by Robert Frazier and Andrew Joron
• 76 • He Travels the Fastest • [Azazel] • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 76 •  He Travels the Fastest • interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 85 • An Infestation of Angels • short story by Jane Yolen
• 85 •  An Infestation of Angels • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 94 • Ashland, Kentucky • novelette by Terence M. Green
• 94 •  Ashland, Kentucky • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• 116 • The One-Shoe Blues • short story by Ron Wolfe
• 116 •  The One-Shoe Blues • interior artwork by Daniel Horne [as by Daniel R. Horne]
• 124 • Blood-Mantle • short story by Tanith Lee
• 124 •  Blood-Mantle • interior artwork by Daniel Horne [as by Daniel R. Horne]
• 136 • Where Is Thy Victory? • short story by Lillian Stewart Carl
• 136 •  Where Is Thy Victory? • interior artwork by George Thompson
• 143 • Next Issue (Asimov's, November 1985) • essay by uncredited
• 144 • Portraits of His Children • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 144 •  Portraits of His Children • interior artwork by Stephen Gervais
• 151 •  Portraits of His Children [2] • interior artwork by Stephen Gervais
• 179 •  Mooney's Module (Asimov's, November 1985) • interior artwork by Gerry Mooney
• 180 • On Books: Books Into Movies • [On Books] • essay by Norman Spinrad
• 192 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November 1985) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss