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• 6 • The Mosaic and the Plate Glass • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 6 •  The Mosaic and the Plate Glass • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 12 • On Books (Asimov's, October 1980) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 12 •   Review: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Galactic Warlord by Douglas Hill • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Green Is for Galanx by Josephine Rector Stone • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Unicorns in the Rain by Barbara Cohen • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: The Fires of Lan-Kern by Peter Tremayne • review by Baird Searles
• 20 •  The Wheels of Dreams • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 21 • The Wheels of Dream • novelette by John M. Ford
• 40 •  The Wheels of Dreams [2] • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 53 • Robots of Oz • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 55 •  Outsider • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 56 • Outsider • short story by Skip Wall
• 66 • Smile ... • short story by Tim Colley
• 66 •  Smile ... • interior artwork by Marc Schirmeister
• 68 •  Touch of the Bear • interior artwork by Laura Lakey [as by Laura Buscemi]
• 69 • Touch of the Bear • short story by Pat Murphy
• 81 • Clausius' Chaos • poem by Poul Anderson
• 81 • Heinlein's Stories • poem by Poul Anderson
• 82 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, October 1980) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 83 • The Axioms of Science Fiction • essay by Jon Inouye
• 83 •  The Axioms of Science Fiction • interior artwork by Derek Parks-Carter
• 84 •  Peregrine: Perplexed • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 86 • Peregrine: Perplexed • [Peregrine] • novella by Avram Davidson
• 89 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [2] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 102 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [3] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 111 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [4] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 119 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [5] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 134 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [6] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 155 •  Peregrine: Perplexed [7] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 170 •  Letters (Asimov's, October 1980) • essay by various
• 171 •  Letter (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1980) • essay by Jon L. Breen [as by Jon Breen]
• 173 •  Letter (Asimov's, October 1980) • essay by Ted White
• 174 •  Letter (Asimov's, October 1980) • essay by John DeChancie