Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 5 • Magazine Covers • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 • On Books (Asimov's, September 28, 1981) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: Caverns by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: A Planet in Arms by Donald Barr • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Giger's Alien by H. R. Giger • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn • review by Baird Searles
• 18 • Science Fiction on the Dial • essay by Alan Lankin
• 22 • The Dark Companion • novelette by John M. Ford
• 22 •  The Dark Companion • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 37 •  The Dark Companion [2] • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 42 • Ask Penny Jupiter • short fiction by Ron Goulart
• 42 •  Ask Penny Jupiter • interior artwork by Derek Carter
• 57 • Antimagic at the Number Wall • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 58 • On the Continuing Adventure: The Fourth Sally • essay by John M. Ford
• 58 •  On the Continuing Adventure: The Fourth Sally • interior artwork by George Barr
• 75 • A Trail of Footprints • short story by Keith Minnion
• 75 •  A Trail of Footprints • interior artwork by Artifact
• 84 • If Continents Can Wander, Why Not Planets • essay by Robert J. Schadewald [as by Robert Schadewald]
• 84 •  If Continents Can Wander, Why Not Planets • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 96 • You Can't Go Back • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 96 •  You Can't Go Back • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 113 • Bringing the Chairman to Order • short fiction by Tony Sarowitz
• 113 •  Bringing the Chairman to Order • interior artwork by Artifact
• 118 • Reliquary for an Old Soul • short story by Sharon Webb
• 118 •  Reliquary for an Old Soul • interior artwork by Jim Bearcloud
• 129 • Watch This Space • short story by Steven E. McDonald [as by Steven Edward McDonald]
• 132 • Improbable Bestiary: The Clone • [Improbable Bestiary] • poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• 134 • Limits • [Draco Tavern] • short story by Larry Niven
• 134 •  Limits • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 139 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, September 28, 1981) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 140 • Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo • [Quintana Roo] • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 140 •  Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 157 •  Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo [2] • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 168 •  Letters (Asimov's, September 28, 1981) • essay by various
• 173 • Next Issue (Asimov's, September 28, 1981) • essay by uncredited