Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • Are Scientists Stupid? • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letters (Asimov's, October 1990) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 17 • Night • poem by Roger Dutcher
• 18 • The Betrothal • novelette by Phillip C. Jennings
• 18 •  The Betrothal • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 62 • Touchdown • short story by Nancy Kress
• 62 •  Touchdown • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 76 • A Half-Dime Adventure • short story by Don Webb
• 76 •  A Half-Dime Adventure • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 85 • Next Issue (Asimov's, October 1990) • essay by uncredited
• 86 • Gaudi's Dragon • novelette by Ian Watson
• 86 •  Gaudi's Dragon • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 107 • The End of Everything • short story by Kathryn Cramer
• 107 •  The End of Everything • interior artwork by John Barrick
• 112 • Lion Time in Timbuctoo • [The Gate of Worlds] • (1990) • novella by Robert Silverberg
• 112 •  Lion Time in Timbuctoo • interior artwork by Terry Lee
• 114 • Lion Time in Timbuctoo (Introduction) • [Silverberg's Essays: Own Work] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 143 •  Lion Time in Timbuctoo [2] • interior artwork by Terry Lee
• 155 •  Lion Time in Timbuctoo [3] • interior artwork by Terry Lee
• 174 • A Missionary of the Mutant Rain Forest • [Mutant Rain Forest] • poem by Bruce Boston
• 176 • On Books: The Art of Editing • [On Books] • essay by Norman Spinrad
• 181 •   Review: Iris by William Barton and Michael Capobianco • review by Norman Spinrad
• 185 •   Review: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks • review by Norman Spinrad
• 187 •   Review: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons • review by Norman Spinrad
• 190 •  Cartoon: "Okay, listen up ... give me the approximate year in which the Sumerians developed their system of writing ..." • interior artwork by Mark Heath
• 192 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, October 1990) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss