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• 4 • Half-Done • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letters (Asimov's, November 1989) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov and Sheila Williams
• 17 • Neat Stuff (Asimov's, November 1989) • [Neat Stuff (Asimov's)] • essay by Matthew J. Costello
• 18 • A Touch of Lavender • novella by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]
• 18 •  A Touch of Lavender • interior artwork by A. C. Farley
• 55 •  A Touch of Lavender [2] • interior artwork by A. C. Farley
• 63 • Life as Candyland • poem by Scott Edelman
• 64 • Ride to Live, Live to Ride • novelette by Allen Steele
• 64 •  Ride to Live, Live to Ride • interior artwork by Bob Walters
• 83 •  Cartoon: Opposing Views on the Greenhouse Effect • interior artwork by Mark Heath
• 84 •  Chiprunner • interior artwork by Anthony Bari
• 84 • Chiprunner • short story by Robert Silverberg (variant of Chip Runner)
• 98 • Next Issue (Asimov's, November 1989) • essay by uncredited
• 100 • Dogwalker • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 100 •  Dogwalker • interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 123 • Balanced Scales • poem by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• 124 • The Front Page • short story by Ronald Anthony Cross
• 124 •  The Front Page • interior artwork by Robert Shore
• 136 • No Spot of Ground • novella by Walter Jon Williams
• 136 •  No Spot of Ground • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 152 •  No Spot of Ground [2] • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 173 •  No Spot of Ground [3] • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 192 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, November 1989) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss